By Mr. John Lindley. 



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HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 

 LV. Astragalus chlorostachys. 



A. cauleerecto pubesccnte, stipulis liberis, foliolis 11-12-jugis oblongis pubes- 

 centibus, racemis pedunculatis multifloris foliis longioribus, leguminibus subar- 

 cuatis inflatis glabris. 



A diffuse, bushy, caulescent perennial, from two to three 

 feet high ; perfectly hardy, and when in pod rather a hand- 

 some species- It is a native of Nepal, whence the seeds 

 from which it was raised were received through the Honour- 

 able Court of Directors of the East India Company in 1823. 

 Flowers from September to the end of October, and produces 

 seed in abundance. 



Stems round, pink, downy. Leaves very numerous, downy, 

 of about 12 pair, those towards the point smallest; leaflets 

 linear, oblong, obtuse. Stipules separate from the petiole, 

 and from each other, ovate, acuminate, entire, reflexed. Ra- 

 cemes straight, axillary, stalked, appearing towards the end 

 of the shoots, longer than the leaves. Stalk slightly angular, 

 and like the calyces covered over with fine scattered black 

 hairs. Calyx tinged with purple. Flowers greenish yellow. 

 Pods stalked, somewhat falcate, inflated, 3 or 4 seeded ; when 

 nearly ripe much stained with red. 



LVI. Eccremocarpus scaber. Ruiz and Pavon. 



This extremely graceful creeper was raised from Chilian 

 seeds presented to the Society in 1825 by Francis Place, 

 Esq. It is a half hardy suffruticose perennial, climbing over 

 branches, sticks, or any thing similar near which it may 



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