118 
Papilionacese. 
— Ls with 4—5 pairs of leaflets. Stipules oval, foliaceous 
Stem simple, 20—30 cm. —Alp. 7 . . frigida L. 546- 
151. Oxytropis. Oxytrope. XVII, 17. 
1 . Pods 2-celled, i. e. the two sutures bent inwards so as 
to form a complete septum. FIs violet. Stemless pis, 
villous-silky, or (b. velutina Sieb.) villous-wooly or (c. 
intricans Thom.) more sparsely hairy or nearly glabr.— 
Alp., rare; variety b. in Wall, also in the valley (Saxon,- 
&c.); c. Lower-Engadine, Miinsterthal, Pilatus. 4—6 
Halleri Bunge. 547. 
— Pods 2-celled. FIs yellowish. Stem 20—40 cm, erect.— 
Stony places; G. T. W. St. Gallen, Holientwiel. 5 
pilosa Dec. 548. 
— Pods half 2-celled, the upper suture only inflexed 2 
2. Pods sessile (in the cal.). Stemless pis . . 3 
— Pods stipitate. Stem present but sometimes short, or 
indeed 0. (FIs violet or blue) .... 4 
3. PI. with glandular hairs, FIs yellowish-white.—High Alp.; 
W. (southern chain). 6 . . . foetida Dec. 549. 
— Pis without glandular hairs. FIs yellowish, rarely partly 
or entirely violet (b. sordida Gaud.). Alp. 6 
campestris Dec. 550. 
4. Carpophore (stalk of the pod) as long as the cal.-tube. 
Cal.-teeth only attaining 1 /4 or at most 1 /a the length 
of the cal.-tube. O. Jacquini Bunge.—b. sericea (montana 
Dec.). Ls almost gray-silky.—Alp. and Jura (Reculet, 
Colombier). 7.montana Dec. 551. 
— Carpophore only l h the length of the cal.-tube. Cal.- 
teeth as long or almost as long as the tube . .5 
5. Pods erect. Resembling the last, but the pi. gen. stem¬ 
less, gray-silky all over, keel with a longer point. O. 
cyanea auct. not Bieb. 0. Gaudini Bunge.—Alp. W. 
(Nicolaithal and Bagnetlial). 7 . neglecta Gay. 552, 
— Pods pendant. Distinguished also from O. montana by 
the longer cal.-teeth.—Alp.; G. W. (Albula, Simplon; 
Saas, val du Dix, Bagne, St. Bernard). O. (Faulhorn). 7 
lapponica Gay.*) 553. 
152. Astragalus. Milk-Vetch. XVII, 18. 
1. Wings deeply incised .or 2-fid. Ls with 4—8 pairs of 
leaflets. FIs variegated with white and violet. Phaca 
australis L.—Alp. 7 . . australis Peterm. 554. 
— Wings undiv., obtuse . . . . . . 2 
*) The plant of Mt. Generoso appears to be allied to O. corinthiaca 
Fisch.—Oost. See N. Beitr. Ill, 7. 
