p. 48. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 211. — Dick. FI. Abred. p. 48. — Xrv. Lond. FI. p. 
176. — Baines' FI. of Yorksh. p. 30. — Mack. F). Ilibem. p. 76. — Astragalus are- 
narius, FI. Dan. t. 014. — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nded.) p. 323.- Lightf. Fi. Scot. v. i. 
p. 400. — Astragalus incanus parvus purpureus nostras, Kay’s Syn. p. 32G. 
t. 12. f. 3. 
Localities. — On hills, and open mountainous heaths, in a dry gravelly, 
chalky, or sandy soil ; also on the sea coast. — Oxfordsh. Burford Downs: Dr. 
SiBTiionp. Under a wall on the side of the road between Witney and Burford, 
about 3 or 4 miles from the latter place ; June, 1831 : W. B.- — Beds ; Hills near 
Dunstable: M r. Woodward. — Cambridgesh. Gogmagog Hills; ShelfordMoor ; 
Hildersham ; Barrington Hill, near Linton; Newmarket Heath; Linton, and 
Teversham : Rev. R. Rei.han. Between Newmarket and Chippenham; Fleam 
Dyke; N.B. G. — Cumberland; Keswick: Mr. Hutton. — Durham; On the 
sandy banks of the sea-coast near Whitburn; South Shields; Seaton Carew; 
Blackwell, six miles from Hartlepool ; and near the mouth of the Tees: N. J. 
Winch, Esq. Durham: N. B. G — Gloucestersh. Beaumonts Hay; Upper 
Slaughter; and Barrington Bushes: Rev. E. F. Witts. — Hants; Carisbrook 
Castle Hill: Mr. Griffith. — Leicestersh, Charnwood Forest, very rare: Rev. 
A. Bloxam. — Lincolnsh. Near Grantham, on the Heath: D. Turner, Esq. 
On Lincoln Heath : Sir T. G. Culi.um. — Norfolk ; On Swaffham Heath : Mr. 
Woodward. Barton Bendish, on the road to Swaffham: Rev. R. Forbv. — 
Northumberland ; On the summit of Ratcheugh Crag near Alnwick; and on 
the Links at Tynemouth ; Dunstanborough ; Holy Island; Budle ; Bamborough : 
Beadnel ; and north of N'ewbiggin : N.J. Wink, Esq. On Spittal Point; and 
Banks to the southward; Links beyond Scrammerston ; and on Holy Island 
near the Castle: Thompson. Near St. Mary’s Isle : N.B G. — Suffolk; About 
Bury: Sir T. G. Cullum Newmarket Heath, on both sides of the town : Rev. 
G. Crabbe. — Worcestersh. Near the summit of Biedon Hill, at the height of 
800 feet, the only habitat in the county: Mr. E. Lf.es. — Yorksh. On the Wolds 
near Birdsall ; and by the road from Mahon to Settiington ; Seamer Moor, and 
Ganton Dale near Scaiboiough ; Thorp Arch ; Paik at Ebberston Lodge, and 
other pastuies near Mallon : B. G. Jack- Daw Cragg, two miles West of Fad- 
caster ; road-sides from Sherburn to Huddlestone Quarry; I.ongton Wold; 
Lime Hills at Kippax • near the Pyramid at Castle Howard ; near Hazelwood ; 
Pigburn Fields, near Doncaster; on \\ elburn Moor; Clifford Moor, near We- 
therby ; and on the Limestone Track near Leeds: N. B.G., & FI. of Yorksh. — 
SCOTLAND. In the counties of Aberdeen ; Berwick; Edinburgh ; Elgin ; 
Fife; Forfar ; Haddinton ; Perth; and Boss. — IRELAND. On the largest 
of the S. Islands of Arran: FI. Hibern. 
Perennial. — Flowers in June and July. 
Root creeping, slender, woody. Stems several, from 2 to 6 or 
8 inches long, slightly branched, procumbent, leafy, rather hairy. 
Leaves pinnate, of many little egg-shaped, blunt, dark-green 
leaflets , sometimes rather emarginate ; coarsely hairy on both sides. 
Slipulas egg-shaped. Flowers variegated with purplish blue and 
white, rarely quite white, in roundish heads, on axillary peduncles 
from 2 to 6 inches long. Calyx twice as long as the bractea, 
clothed with black and white hairs intermixed. Legumes egg- 
shaped, turgid, deeply channelled along the back, compressed, 
hairy ; hooked at the point, 2-celled ; cells 1-seeded. 
This very pretty plant is a native of many other parts of Europe 
as well as of Britain, as it is also of Barbary, Tauria, Siberia, and 
North America, on hills and mountains. 
The drawing for the annexed plate was made from a specimen 
gathered between Witney and Burford, by my much-esteemed 
friend Mr. J. Haines, sen. of the Radcliffe Library, who kindly 
communicated it to me. 
