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pointed at both ends. A native of Hungary. Since the 

 year 1786, this plant has been much celebrated ns a remedy 

 in fyphihtic complaints. Its fncccfs ii\ cunng old venereal 

 nfFcctions was experienced bv Qiiarin, in the general hofpital 

 Bt Vienna, and the efficacy of this plant was afterwards ac- 

 knowleged over all Gti-many. Its root is employed in decoc- 

 tion, in the proportion of half an ounce, to a pint of water, 

 and taken warm night and morning. 



» s*» S/eiKS woolly. 

 46. A. friri;old.'s, Cmel. Sib. 4. 52. n. 67. "ISearly ftemlefs; 

 flowers radical, nnmerous, fiibfeflile." It has no ftcm or 

 fcape, but has branches from the root, fpreadin^r on the 

 ground, with fmall villofe-pinnale leaves ; calyxes hirfute, 

 with black teeth ; corollas yellow ; legumes roundifli, fmooth. 

 A native of Swifierland, Siberia, and Armenia. 47. A. 

 Tra{;acantha, goat's thorn. Woodv. Med. Bot. 2. t. 98. 

 " Trunk avborefcent ; petioles becoming fpinefceut." Stems 

 a foot long, leafy, branching ; leaflets about ten p;iirs, fmall, 

 ovate; brafles ovate, lanceolate; flowers erctt, four or five 

 in a duller, having a purple keel, and a yellowilh white 

 banner ai-d wings. A native of the fea-fliore near Mar- 

 feilks, of Swifleriand, mount .lEtna, Olympus, &c. Cul- 

 tivated here in 1640. Miller makes four forts of tragacan- 

 -tha. From this fpccies is gathered the gum tragacanth ufed 

 for various purpolcr,, as well as an article in the materia me- 

 dica. It forces its way through the crevices of the bark to 

 which it adheres and concretes. This gum differs from all 

 others, in giving a thick confillence to a much greater quan- 

 tity of water, which it flowly imbibes, and but imperfectly' 

 dilTolves. It is ufed as a demulcent, and peculiarly weil 

 adapted for the formation of troches. 



Other [penes. 

 48. K.fc-lidiu, Villar'sDaup'h. 3. t. 43. f. I. " Stemlefs ; 

 leaves prolhate, vifcid, fharply linear; fcape erecl, with few 

 flowers." Ijcaflets greenilh, yellow, fubhirfute, vifcid, about 

 twenty pairs, much lefs-than thofe of the campellris, which 

 it much refembles ; but in this the legumes are more inflated, 

 and put forth a greater number of heads of yellow flowers. 

 A native of Dauphine, alfo of mount Cenis, and other high 

 Alps. 49. A. Halleri. " Scapes leatlefs ; leaves ovate-lanceo- 

 late, fmooth ; legumes inflated, hirfute, creft." This alfo 

 approaches to the campelhis, but differs in the braii^.es, in 

 the fmoothnefs of the leaves, in having a longer flower, 

 ■white, and not a violet-coloured keel. A native of the 

 mountains of the \'alais and Piedmont. 50. A. vuliurail- 

 oiiies, Allion. Fed. t. 19. f. 2. "Stemlefs, hirfute; feapes 

 longer than the leaves; legumes inflated, ovate, in heads." 

 Thi; has the habit of anthvllis vulneraria. The corolla is 

 but little extended beyond the calyx ; the keel and wings of 

 a dulkv-colour ; the banner of a pale yellow, cmargiuate ; 

 legumes Ihort, rather hifpld, crooked at the ftyle. A na- 

 tive of ir.ount Cenis. 51. A. lenuifolius, upnght milk-vetch. 

 " Caulefcent, erc6t ; fpikes pcduncled; banner twice as long 

 as the wmgs; leaflets linear." Lsaflets from eleven to thirteer. ; 

 peduncles long, llraight, obtuf.lv triangular, ft refembles 

 A. onobrychis fo as tu be thou jht a variety, but differs in 

 having rather tomentofe leailtts, larger flowers, and iulitaiy 

 Uipules. A native of Siberia. Introduced here by Pallas, 

 in 1780. 52. A. virefceiu, green-flowered milk-vetch. 

 "Caulefcent, ereCl; legumes bent back'; peduncles manv- 

 fl nwered, longer than the leaf; leaflets lanteolate, acute." A 

 native of- Siberia, and introduced by P. S. Pallas, in 1780. 

 53. A. Givhanallo, Cavan. Hifp. n. 93. t. 84. •■ Stem fluubby, 

 up'right ; pinnules ovate-oblong, fomewhat tomentofe ; p.- 

 duncles naked, elongated." Stem a foot and a half high, co- 

 vered with a very fliort white nap; leaflets numerouo, ovate- 

 oblong, one-nerved, fubtomeiitofe ; ilipules llem-clalping, 



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cowled, bifid at the tip ; peduncles naked, elongated ; ax- 

 lUary, ending in fp:kcs of pale vi'okt-eolourcd flowers. A 

 native of Peru. It flowered in t!ie royal garden, Madrid. 

 54. A. hifpiilus, Billardicre, Ic.Syr. i. iS. "Caulrfcent, pro- 

 cumbent ; leaflets and legumes ovate, hifpid; corollas fliort- 

 er than the calyx." Stem herbaceous, procumbent, hairy, fix 

 inches high ; leaflets ovate-oblong, liifpid, with ooprcffcd 

 rigid hairs, tubercled at the bafe ; flowers in fpikes,' yellow, 

 with lanceolate hifpid bractes ; legume ovate-oblon'<-| com- 

 prelfed, a little hifpid ; feeds kidnev-.Oiaped. 55. A. nr.ar- 

 S'matus, Billard. I. c. «' Almofl lltiiilefs; feapes very long ; 

 heads globofe; legumes woolly." I.eallets forty-three or fiftv- 

 one, ovate-oblong, cmarginate, tomentofe ; flipules ovale, 

 lanceolate, fluivelling ; flowers in a gh^bofe head, purplilli, 

 with lanceolate hairy bractes ; legume fubovate, acute, dc- 

 preffed at top, wrapped in fubrufous wool. 56. A. larialui, 

 Lillard. 1. c. «' Stemlefs, with a naked fcape, the length of 

 the leaves ; legumes in dole fpikes, woolly, half-cordate, 

 three-iidcd, fubulate ; leaves villofe." Leaves radical; IcafletJ 

 generally from eleven to twenty-three, ovate, tomentofe, 

 feffile ; flowers yellow, on a clofe fpike, with fdifurm hairy 

 bractes. This and the two preceding fpccies are natives of 

 mount Libanus. 57. A. Icucophjus, Lin. Tranf. i. 252. 

 " Caulefcent, procumbent ; legumes fubcylindric, ftraight, 

 fmooth ; leaflets obcordate, villofe underneath." Allied to 

 A. hamofus ; but differs in having rounder leaves, more 

 flowers on the fpike, and efpecially in having ilraight pods, 

 which are very fliort. Native country unkiiow:;. Cultiva- 

 ted in the Clielfea garden. 5S. A. ihjjixus, L'Herit. Sti.-p. 

 nov. 6. 167. "Subeaulefcent, prollrate; feapes tv.ice as loi^g 

 as the leaf; legumes gaping; leaves pedinatc, right angled."' 

 A. hians. Jaeq. Ic. t. 153. Branches fliort, round; twigs 

 villofe ; leaves fix inches long ; leaflets fifteen to twer.tv 

 pairs, gradually fmaller at the top, lanceolate, entire, acute, 

 concave, viilol'e, hirfute beneath ; fcapcs radical, folitar)-, 

 naked, terminated in fpikes crowded with purple flowers ; 

 bracle linear, acute, under each flower ; legumes oblonfr, 

 turgid, having a groove on each fidt, villofe, one-celled, 

 one-valved. A native of the loftiell mountains of Siberia. 

 59. A. unifulliis, L'Herit. Stirp. nov. 6. ifiS. "SufTruticofe, 

 procumbent ; ilipules folilaiy, llem-clafping, oppofite to the 

 leaves, bifid." A native of Peru, where it was found by 

 Dombey. 60. A.variris, L'Herit. 1. c. 6. 169. "Caulef- 

 cent, futfruticofe, upright; flowers in loofe fpikes; legume 

 linear; ftipules fuhginofe downwards." A hoarv little Ihnib, 

 about a cubit in height ; leaflets fix or fevcn pairs, linear en- 

 narrow-lanctolate, (harp at both ends; llipules half llem- 

 clafping, two-parted, acute, fprcading, and rolled back ; 

 fpikes axillary, folitary, on jieduncles longer than the leaves; 

 flowers fiiblcflile, purple, with linear acute villofe braCles ; 

 legume linear, round, villofe. A native of Siberia. 61. 

 A. arijlotifs, L'Herit. I.e. 6. 1 70. "SuflVulieofe, proftrate; 

 leaves hairy; petioles fj)inefceiit ; calyxes awned." It differs 

 from the tragacanth in having green leaves, and being fmall- 

 er; the petioles fcarcely fpinefeent, and not very firm ; the 

 flowers purple ; the calycine teeth having long awns. A 

 native cf Swiflcrland and Provence. 62. A. pugniforwis, 

 L'Herit. I.e. 6. 170. Tng. orientalis, fee. Toiinief. Cor. 

 30. Pocock. It. 3. 188. t. 'i'i. "Shrubby, procumbent; 

 he-.ds lUm-clafping, tomentofe ; petioles and leaves pungent 

 and fmooth." Tliis is remarkable for the heads or balls of 

 flowers, which are jiurple. A native of the Levant. 63. 

 A. ech'm'/iilcs, L'Herit. I. c. T. cretica, ,'vc. Toum. Cor. 

 29. The leaves arc minute ; the flowers fmall, white, witk 

 a purple line on the banner ; peduncles axillarvi fliort, two- 

 flowered. A native of Crete or Candia. 



Piafagation and Ciiliun. All the fpedes may be raifej 

 X 2 fruTH 



