j. Astragalus ( Ahpeciir aides ) caulefcens, folds cylin- 
dricis fubfeffilibus, calycibus leguminibufque lanatis. 
Lin. Sp. Plant. 755. "'Stalky' <Miik Vetch ‘with cylindrical 
flpikes growing clofe to the ftalks , and woolly pods and em- 
palements. Aftragalus Alpinus proccrior Alopeeuroi- 
des. Tourn. I nft. 416*. 
4. Astragalus ( Gicer ) caulefcens proftf&tus, leguniihi- 
bus fubglobofis inflatis mucronatis pilolis. Hort. Up- 
fal. 226. Milk Vetch with a pr oft rate ft alk, and a glo- 
bular, Jwelling , hairy pod, ending in a point. Aftragalus 
luteus perennis filiqua gemella rotunda vefieam refe- 
rente. Mor. Hill. 2. 107. 
5. Astragalus ( Epiglottis ) caulefcens procumbens, le- 
guminibus capitatis cordatis acutis reflexis complica- 
tis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 759. Milk Vetch with trailing ftalks, 
and pods growing in heads, which are heart-ftsaped, point- 
ed, reflexed, and complicated. Aftragalus Hifpanicus 
filiqua epiglottidi fimili flore purpureo major. H. L. 
. 74 - 
6. AstragAlus ( Montanus ) fubacaulos fcapis folio lon- 
gioribus, floribus laxe fpicatis eredis, leguminibus 
ovatis acumine infiexo. Prod. Leyd. 392. Low Milk 
Vetch with flower-ftalks longer than the leaves , and flow- 
ers growing in loofle upright flpikes . Onobrychis floribus 
viciae raajoribus caeruleo-purpurafcentibus five foliis 
tragacanthae. C. B. P. 351. 
7. Astragalus ( Bceticus ) caulefcens procumbens, fpicis 
pedunculatis, leguminibus prifmaticis redis triquetris 
apice uncinatis. Hort. Cliff. 225. Milk Vetch with 
’trailing ftalks, flpikes of flowers with foot-ftalks, and up- 
right triangular pods Jhaped like a priflm pointed at the 
top. Aftragalus annuus maritimus procumbens lati- 
folius floribus pediculo infidentibus. Tourn* Inft. 
416. 
S. Astragalus ( Arenarius ) fubcaulefcens procumbens 
floribus fubracemofls eredis foliis tomentofts. Lin. 
Sp. Plant. 759. Low trailing Milk Vetch with branch- 
ing flowers growing erect, and woolly leaves. Aftragalus 
incanus parvus purpureus noftras. Pluk. Aim. 59. 
9. Astragalus flPhyflodes) acaulos fcapis folia asquanti- 
bus leguminibus inflatis fubglobofis nudis. Lin. Sp. 
Plant. 760. Low Milk Vetch with flower-ftalks as long 
as the leaves, and naked , globular , fwelling pods. Aftra- 
galus acaulos leguminibus inflatis fubglobofis. Amce- 
nit. Acad. 
10. Astragalus ( Chriftianus ) caulefcens eredus flori- 
bus glomeratis fubfeffilibus ex omnibus axillis folia- 
ceis. Lin. Sp. 755. Milk Vetch with upright ftalks, and 
glomerated flowers growing clofe to them, proceeding from 
all the wings of the leaves. Aftragalus Orientalis max- 
imus incanus eredus, caule ab imo ad fummum flo- 
rido. Tourn. Cor. 29. 
■11. Astragalus ( Atgyptiacus ) caulefcens fcapis folio 
longioribus floribus laxe fpicatis eredis, leguminibus 
arcuatis. Stalky Milk Vetch with flower-ftalks longer 
than the leaves, upright flowers growing in loofle flpikes, 
and arched pods. Aftragalus AEgyptius floribus fpica- 
tis purpurafcentibus filiquis incurvis. Juff. 
>■12. Astragalus ( Seflameus ) caulefcens diffufus capitu- 
lis fubfeffilibus lateralibus leguminibus eredis fubula- 
tis acumine reflexis. Hort. Cliff. 361. Milk Vetch with 
diflfufled ftalks, flower-heads growing clofe to the flides of 
the ftalks, and awl-fhaped upright pods reflexed at their 
points. Aftragalus annuus foliis & filiquis hirfutis 
plurimis in foliorum alis feflilibus. Pluk. Aim. 60. 
13. Astragalus ( Galegiflormis ) caulefcens ftridus gla- 
ber, floribus racemofis pendulis, leguminibus trique- 
tris utrinque mucronatis. Lin. Sp. 1066. Milk Vetch, 
with flmooth flender ftalks , hanging branching flowers, and 
three-corner ed pointed pods. Aftragalus Orientalis altif- 
fimus folio galegae flore parvo flavefcente. Tourn. 
Cor. 29. 
14. Astragalus ( Uralenfis ) acaulos fcapo credo foliis 
longiore leguminibus fubulatis inflatis villofis erec- 
tis. Hort. Upfal. 226. Low Milk Vetch , with upright 
foot-ftalks to the flowers longer than the leaves, and awl- 
fhaped, upright, flwoln, hairy pods. Aftragalus non ra- 
mofus villofus & incanus fpicatus floribus purpura- vi- 
olaceis. Amman. Ruth. 167. p. 126. 
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15. Astragalus ( Carolinianus ) caulefcens eredus Le- 
vis pedunculis fpicatis leguminibus ovato-cylindricis 
ftylo acuminatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 757. Smooth, up- 
right, ft alky Milk Vetch, with flpiked ftalks, and oval cy- 
lindrical pods ending in flharp points. Aftragalus proce- 
rior non repens More viridi flavefcente. Hort. Elth. 
45 - 
id Astragalus ( Canadenfis ) caulefcens diffufus, legu- 
minibus fubcylindricis mucronatis foliolis fubtus fub- 
villofis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 757. Milk Vetch with diffufed 
ftalks, pointed cylindrical pods, and the flmall leaves hairy 
on their under fide. Aftragalus Canadenfis flore viridi 
flavefcente* Tourri. Inft. 416* 
17. Astragalus fPilofus) caulefcens eredus pilofus flo- 
ribus fpicatus leguminibus fubulatis pilofis. Lin. Sp. 
Plant. 756. Milk V etch with hairy upright ftalks, floxvers 
growing in flpikes, and awl-ftoaped hairy pods. Aftraga- 
lus villofus eredus fpicatus floribus flavefcentibus, 
Amman. Ruth. 166. 
18. Astragalus ( Proctimbens ) incanus caulibus pro- 
cumbentibus fcapis folio aequantibus floribus glome- 
ratis. Hoary Milk Vetch with trailing ftalks, foot-ftalks 
equal with the leaves, and glomerated flowers. Aftraga- 
lus fupinus filiquis villofis glomeratis* Tourn. Inft. 
R. H. 417. 
19. Astragalus ( Incanus ) caulefcens incanus, legumi- 
nibus fubulatis recurvatis incanis. Hoary flcalky Milk 
Vetch , with awl-fhaped recurved pods which are hoary. 
Aftragalus incanus filiqua recurva. Bot. Monfp. 
20. Astragalus ( Capitatus ) caulefcens capitulis globo- 
fis, pedunculis longiftimis, foliolis emarginatis. Hort. 
Cliff 360. Stalky Milk Vetch with globular heads , 
very long foot-ftalks, and the flmall leaves crenated at their 
points. Aftragalus Orientalis villofiffimus capitulis ro- 
tundioribus floribus purpureis. Tourn. Cor. 29. 
21. Astragalus {Chinenfis) caulefcens procumbens, 
capitulis pedunculatis, leguminibus prifmaticis redis 
triquetris apice fubulatis. MilkV etch with trailing ftalks^ 
the foot-Jlalks terminated by flowers collected in heads , 
and three-cornered pods Jhaped like prifms. 
22. Astragalus ( Uncatus ) acaulis cxfcapus, legumini- 
bus fubulatis hamatis folio longioribus, foliolis ob- 
cordatis. Lin. Sp. 1072. Milk Vetch without ftalks , 
awl-fhaped hooked pods longer than the leaves, and the flmall 
leaves almoft heart-flhaped. 
The firft fort grows wild upon chalky ground in 
many parts of England, fo is not often admitted into 
gardens. The root of this is perennial, but the ftalks 
decay every autumn : it creeps at the root, fo that it 
is too apt to fpread where it is fuffered to grow. It 
flowers in June, and the feeds ripen in Sep- 
tember. 
The fecond fort is annual ; the branches of this trail 
upon the ground, which are ftriated ; the leaves are 
winged, compofed of about eight pair of lobes, ter- 
minated by an odd one ; thefe are crenated at their 
points. The foot-ftalks of the flowers arife from the 
wings of the leaves, which are about three inches long, 
garnifhed toward the top with a few pale yellow 
flowers rifling one above another ; thefe are fucceeded 
by oblong pods, which bend in form of a fickle, be- 
ing round on their outer fide, but flatted on the op- 
pofite, ending in a point, opening in two cells, each 
having a row of fquare feeds. It flowers in June, and 
the feeds ripen in September. The feeds of this 
fhould be fown in April, in the place where they are 
to remain, and require no other care but to draw the 
plants out where they come up too thick, leaving 
them a foot and a half afunder, and keep them clean 
from weeds. 
The third fort is a biennial plant, which grows natu- 
rally on the Alps. This rifes with an upright hairy 
ftalk near three feet high, garnifhed with long winged 
leaves, each having eighteen or twenty pair of oval 
lobes, terminated by an odd one. The flowers are 
produced in large cylindrical fpikes from the wings 
of the leaves, fitting very clofe to the ftalks, which 
are entirely covered with down, out of which the yel- 
low flowers juft peep i thefe are fticceeded by oval 
