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OTHER SPECIES OF GALEGA. 
G. OFFICINALIS, Lin. 
A native of Spain, with small flowers, introduced before 1598. Tliere are two kinds, one with blue and 
one with white flowers. 
GENUS X. 
OXYTROPIS, Dec. THE OXYTROPIS, OR MOUNTAIN MILK VETCH. 
Lin. Syat. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Generic Character. — Calyx fiTe-toothcd ; keel of corolla ending I Legume bilocular, or half bilocular, in consequence of the upper suture 
in an exserted mucrone on the back of the apex. Stamens diadelphoua. | being very much bent in. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — The species constituting this genus were formerly included in that of Astragalus, the 
Milk Vetch, but were separated by Professor De CandoUe, who gave his new genus the name of Oxytropis, in 
allusion to the sharp-pointed keel of the flowers. The species are all hardy ; several of them, of which 0. montana 
is the type, grow in low close tufts, without stems, and are therefore suitable for rockwork ; some others have 
erect stems, with both the leaves and flowers in whorls ; and the rest have the stem erect, but the leaves only in 
pairs instead of being in whorls. 
1.— OXYTROPIS MONTANA, Dec. THE MOUNTAIN OXYTROPIS. 
little longer than the leaves ; racemes short ; bracteas one half shorter 
than the calyxes ; legumes erect, terete-oblong, villous, acuminated by 
the style, half bilocular. (G. Don.) 
Synontmes. — Astragalus montanus, Lin, ; Pliaca montana, Craniz. 
Engraving. — Bot. Mag. t. 483. 
Specific Character. — Plant almost stemless, villous, the hairs on 
the petioles and scape spreading ; leaflets elliptic-lanceolate ; scapes a 
Description, &c. — This species, though included in the genus Oxytropis, from the shape of the flower, bears 
more resemblance to the common Milk Vetch in its habit of growth and in its leaves, which are pinnate, with 
fourteen or fifteen pairs of leaflets, which are small and sharply pointed. The species is common on all the Alps 
of the South of Europe, and it was introduced in 1581. It will grow in any common garden soil, but it is most 
suitable for rockwork. 
2.— OXYTROPIS LAMBERTI, Purih. LAMBERT'S MOUNTAIN MILK VETCH. 
part ; leaflets lanceolate, acute, rather remote ; scape rather longer than 
the leaves ; flowers spicate or capitate ; bracteas lanceolate-linear 
rather shorter than the silky calyx. (G. Don.) 
Sykonyhe. — Astragalus Lambert!, Spreng, 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 2147 ; Bot. Reg. t. 1054 ; and our 
fig. 1, in Plate 35. 
Specific Character. — Plant stemless, silky and pilose in every 
Description, &c. — ^This is a very beautiful species, from the silkiness of the back of the leaves and stalks. 
The flowers are also large, and of a very dark purple ; they appear in May and June. The plant is one of the 
very few belonging to the genus that are natives of North America ; by far the greatest number of the species 
being found wild in Siberia. It is quite hardy, and is better suited for a border flower than the preceding 
species, as it is larger in all its parts. It was introduced in 1818, and it is generally propagated by seeds, which 
it ripens sparingly. 
