1232 DIADELPHIA. DECAND. 1413. Aftragalus. 



rupifragus. Stemlefs : leafets oblong, obtufe, hairy-pubefcent : flowers 

 aggregate, on (hort peduncles : legumes oblong, acute, 

 woolly. 

 Tauria. PalL Ajlrag. t. 70. Scapes hardly any, 



d.Jusus; Stemlefs: leafets lanceolate, acute, hairy-pubefcent : flow- 

 ers aggregate, nearly feifiie : calyx with fubulate hairy 

 teeth: legumes oblong, fomewhat 3-fided, woolly. 

 Tartary. Fail. Ajlrag, t. 68. Flowers pale yellow. 



gakiaites* Stemlefs: leafets oblong, acute, fomewhat filky : flowers 

 aggregate* nearly feiiile: legumes Ovate, 2-feeded, in- 

 clofed in the calyx. 

 Siberia. Pm t.6g. Flowers milk white. 



nummularis Stemlefs: leafets roundifh, emarginate, hairy: flowers ag- 

 gregate, nearly feflile: legumes ovate, hairy. 

 Crete. Fahl.j'ymb. 1. p. 60. Leafets obcordate. 



lanigerusk Stemlefs: leafets elliptic-roundifh, woolly : peduncles very 

 fhort, 3 or 4 flowered : calyx woolly; legumes ovate, 

 fwclling, pubefcent. 

 Barbary. Desfont. ail. 2./>.l8l./. 202. 



exscapus. Stemlefs: leafets oblong, obtufe, hairy : flowers aggregate, 

 flightly peduncled : calyx with appreiTed hairs: le- 

 gumes oblong, woolly. 

 Auftria ; Switzerland. Woodv. t. 253. Pall. Ajlrag. t. 64. 



tragacan- Nearly ftemlefs: flowers radical, numerous, nearly feflile. 

 tboides. Armenia. Buxb, cent. 3. /. 38./. 2. Legume roundifh. 



triphyllui. Stemlefs; leaves Ample and ternate, glabrous: fcapes 2- 

 flowered, declined, longer than the leaves. 

 Siberia. PalL Ajlrag. t. 56. A. Corol purple. 



G. Shrubs or underjhrubs, with the petioles permanent and 

 becoming fpinous. 



Lagopodio- Shrubby; petioles fpinefcent : leafets with fpinous points: 

 ides, fpikes ovate, peduncled, longer than the leaves: bractes 



ovate, acute, deciduous. 

 Armenia. Willd* Ad. Rerol 1 704. ^.28, /.I. /- 4. 

 Calyx very hairy, tubular, with filiform teeth. 



Lagurus* Shrubby ; petioles fpinefcent : leafets with fpinous points : 

 fpikes ovate, peduncled, longer than the leaves: bracles 

 ovate, pointed, fcarious, permanent. 

 Armenia. Willd. A8. BeroL 1 794. p. 28. t.i . /. 2. 



Corol yellow, which in the laft fpecies is purple. 



