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25. lEGUMINOS^. 
2-cell€d.—Astraffalm uralensis Sm., M B. 466. — Rootstock woody, 
branched. Pods abrupt with a very oblique acute point. Fl. 
bluish purple. More suky and hairy than Sp. 2. — " PI. uralensis 
ab europsea differt." Koch. — Dry hilly pastures in Scotland. 
p.vn. s. 
2. O. cainpes'tris (DC.) ; stemless, leaflets lanceolate in about 
12 "^(drs,, peduncles rather exceeding the 1. ascending hairy, bracts 
equalling the calyx, pods erect ovate inflated hairy imperfectly 
'2-cellcd.— Astragalus Sm., E. B. 2522. St. 19. 12.— Rootstock 
woody, prostrate. Pods naiTowed upwards with a slightly oblique 
point. Fl. yelloivish tinged with pm-ple. — Olova Mountains. 
P. VII. S. 
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11. AsTRAGr'ALtrs Linn. Milk-vetch. 
1. A. hypoglot'tis (L.); st. prostrate, stip. united, leaflets 
blunt in 8 — 10 pairs, racemes ov&te, peduncles exceeding the leaves, 
pods ovate hairy stalked in the calyx erect. — F. B. 274. — Stip. 
opposite to the leaves. St. a few inches long, slender. Leaf- 
lets small. Fl. in rather large heads, ascending, piurple. Ovary 
twice as long as its stalk. — Chalky and gravelly places, rare. 
P. VI. VII. E. S. 1. 
2. A. alpinus (L.) ; st. prostrate, stip. ovate free, leaflets 
elliptic blunt in 10 — 12 pairs, racemes short close, peduncles 
equalling the leaves, j'ods oblong haiiy nan-owed at both ends 
stalked in the crIjx petuMous. — F.B. S. 2717. .S!. 19. 13. — Stip. 
sometimes slightly connected at the base. St. a few inches long, 
slender. Fl. few, drooping, white tipped with piu-ple. — Lofty 
mountains. Glen Dole, Clova. Little Craigindal, Braemar. 
P. VII. S. 
■3. A. glycyphyl'los (L.) ; .st. prostrate, stip. ovate-lanceolate 
fi-ee, leaflets ovate in 5 — (3 pairs, racemes ovate, peduncles much 
falling short of the leaves, pods linear incurved erect glabrous. — 
E. B. 20.3. — St. 2 — 3 feet long, scarcely branched, nearly gla- 
brous. Fl. in short den.se racemes, diUl yellow. Pods an inch 
long. — Thickets on a chalky or gravelly soil, rare. P. VI. Wild 
Liquorice. E. S. 
Tribe II. Viciea. 
12. Vic'iA Linn. Vetch. 
• Upper part of the style equally hairy all over. 
t Peduncles long, few-flowered ; cal. not gibbous at the base 
on the upper side. Ervum. Tares. 
1. V. hirsuta (Koch) ; ped. 1 — Vt-Jl. about equalling the leaves, 
leaflets in 0 — 8 pairs linear-oblong truncate mucronate, calyx- 
