608 372. Oxytropis. 63. LEGUMINOSiE. PI, ex. cal 
C. Astragalide^e. Stamens diadelphous ; legumens 
2-celled ; partitions longitudinal, complete or incomplete. 
XI. 372. OXYTROPIS. De Candolle. Axe-vetcli . 
Calyx 5-cut; keel ending in a straight point; legumen 
2-celled, or imperfectly 2-celled ; upper suture bent inwards. 
1. Oxytropis Uralensis. Ural axe-vetch . 
Herb stemless, villous, silky ; legumen 2-celled, upright, 
ovate, cylindrical, inflated, downy ; style persistent ; stipules 
adherent to the petiole. 
Astragalus Uralensis, Lin. S. P. 1071. 
Oxytropis Uralensis, De Candolle FI. Gall. 3955. 
Sandy alpine places ; perennial; July. 
Leaves radical ; leaflets ovate, lanceolate ; petioles per- 
sistent ; stipules scarious ; spike longer than the leaves ; 
flowers violet, spiked or in heads; braclece linear, lanceo- 
late, the length of the calyx. 
2. Oxytropis campestris. Field axe-vetch . 
Herb stemless, rather silky ; scape nearly as long as the 
leaves ; legumen upright, ovate, inflated, downy, imperfectly 
2-celled ; stipules adherent to the petiole. 
Astragalus campestris, Jacquin Col. 1, 1319. 
Oxytropis campestris, De Candolle FI. Gall. 3956. 
Alpine fields ; perennial ; July. 
Leaves radical ; flowers spiked, yellow ; base of the keel 
purple; spike leafless. 
XII. 373. ASTRAGALUS. Dioscorides. Milk-vetch. 
Calyx 5-toothed ; keel blunt ; legumen 2-celled, or imper- 
fectly 2-celled ; lower suture bent inwards. 
a. Stipules not adherent to the petiole ; flowers purple ; 
stem diffuse . 
1. Astragalus hypoglottis. Hypogloltis milk-vetch. 
Stem procumbent; petioles oblong; spike ovate; pedun- 
cles longer than the leaves; legumen upright, ovate, chan- 
nelled. 
Astragalus incanus parvus pufpureus nostras, Rail Syn. 326,2. 
Astragalus hypoglottis, Lin. Mant. 2, 274. 
Astragalus arenarius, Hudson FI. Angl. 323. 
Astragalus Danicus, ltetz. Obstrv. 
Astragalus Glaux, Pillars Delph. 3, 459. 
Astragalus epiglottis, Dickson Hart. Sicc. 1, 13, 
Purple milkwort. Purple cocks-head. 
