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fcent diffufe, heads fitbfefTile lateral, legumes fubulate, 
reflected at the point. Native of France and Italy; flower¬ 
ing in June and July. Cultivated in 1616, by Parkinfon. 
22. Aftragalus Auftriacus, or Auftrian milk-vetch: cau¬ 
lefcent proftrate, fmooth, ftriated, weak; leaflets fub- 
linear, emarginate; legumes round. Root perennial, 
woody; flems many, fpread round on the ground, from 
feven inches to a foot high, fometintes longer, leafy, not 
branching, (lender, fomewhat flreaked, and angular. Flow¬ 
ers in May and June. 
23. Aftragalus leontinus : caulefcent proftrate, legumes 
ovate, villofe; flowers fpiked, erect. It has no fmell, but 
»he colour of galega officinalis. 
24. Aftragalus pentaglottis: caulefcent procumbent, le¬ 
gumes headed, folded back, compreffed, converging, creft- 
ed, with a reflected point. According to Linnaeus this is 
an annual plant; but Mr. Miller fays that it flowers and 
perfects its feeds the fecond year only, feldom continuing 
after that. It flowers the beginning of Auguft, and bears 
feed at the end of the fame month. Native of Spain, 
whence the feeds were fent to Mr. Miller. 
25. Aftragalus epiglottis, or heart-podded milk-vetch : 
caulefcent procumbent, legumes headed, feflile, nodding, 
cordate, mucronate, folded back, naked. This is annual. 
Native of Provence, Spain, Portugal, and the Levant, in 
mountainous woods. It flowers in July, and the feeds 
ripen in autumn. 
26. Aftragalus hypoglottis, or purple mountain milk- 
vetch: caulefcent proftrate, legumes headed, ovate, fold¬ 
ed back, comprefled, hairy, with a reflex point. Root 
perennial. This fpecies was for fome time fuppofed by 
©urEnglifh botanifts to be the aftragalus arenarius of Lin- 
tiseus, which appears by the Linntean herbarium to be a 
very different plant. It is found in fandy and chalky paf- 
tures, flowering from May to July. 
27. Aftragalus Syriacus, or Syrian milk-vetch : caule¬ 
fcent procumbent, heads peduncled, flowers reflected, le¬ 
gumes tomentofe, ovate-oblong. This is a perennial plant, 
in appearance approaching to the next fpecies, from which 
however it differs in being three times as large, and lefs 
hoary; in having numerous flowers head-fpiked, not race- 
med, three times as large as in that, and more reflex. The 
leaves alfo are linear-lanceolate ; the legumes oblong, 
hairy, and'ereft. Native of Siberia. 
28. Aftragalus arenarius: fubcaulefcent, procumbent; 
flowers fubracemed, erefft; leaves tomentofe. Root pe¬ 
rennial, filiform; Hem almoft erect, fix inches high, often 
branching, with a white knap on it. It is a native of Sca¬ 
nia, in loofe fand. 
29. Aftragalus glaux, or final 1 milk-vetch: caulefcent 
diffufe, heads peduncled, imbricate, ovate; flowers eredt, 
legumes ovate, callous, inflated. Root woody; flems fe¬ 
ven inches long. Native of Spain. Cultivated in 1648, 
in the botanic garden at Oxford. 
30. Aftragalus finicus: caulefcent proftrate, umbels pe¬ 
duncled, legumes prifmatic, three-fided, eredt, fubulate 
at lop. Root annual. According to Linnaeus, the flems 
are feven inches long, and round. It grows naturally in 
China;. flowers in July and Auguft, and the feeds ripen 
in autumn. 
31. Aftragalus Alpinus, or Alpine milk-vetch : caule¬ 
fcent procumbent; flowers pendulous, racemed; legumes 
acute at both ends, hairy/ Stems a foot high, or rather 
more, loofely leaved. Native of the mountains of Swit¬ 
zerland and Lapland. Introduced hereabout 1771. 
• 32. Aftragalus ammod.ytes: caulefcent underihrubby, 
flowers twin, legumes ovate, twin woolly. The root is 
annual, but runs very deep. Native of the fandy hills of 
iouthern Siberia. 
33. Aftragalus trimeftris, or Egyptian milk-vetch: fub- 
eaulefcent, Rapes moftly two-flowered, legumes hooked, 
fubulate, two-keeled. Root annual. Native of Egypt; 
flowering in June and July, and ripening its feeds in Au- 
guff. Introduced in 1777, by Ant. Conan, M. D. Mr. 
Miller, however, had received feeds of it before from 
G A L U S. 
Jttflieu. He defcribes the ftems as upright, and a foot 
and half high. 
III. Scape naked, without a leafy ftem. 34. Aftragalus 
verticillaris: leaflets aggregate-femiverticilled. Native of 
eaftern Siberia, beyond Baikal. 
35. Aftragalus montanus : nearly ftemlefs, fcapes longer 
than the leaf, flowers loofely fpiked, eredt; legumes ovate, 
with an inflected point. Native of the fouth of France, 
Switzerland, the Valais, Auftria, Carniola, and Siberia. 
Mr. Miller fays, that it grows naturally upon the moun¬ 
tains in Spain, whence he received it. He defcribes it as 
a low plant, feldom more than three inches high ; the 
flowers large, purple, ereft, in a loofe fpike, on long pe¬ 
duncles riling above the leaves ; the pods oblong, crooked, 
opening in two cells, and filled with fquare feeds. 
36. Aftragalus velicarius : fcapes longer than the leaves, 
flowers loofely fpiked, calyxes and legumes inflated hir- 
fute. Root perennial. This is not ftemlefs but caulefcent, 
half a foot in height, and branching. Native of Dan phi no 
and Siberia. 
37. Aftragalus phyfodes: fcapes equal to the leaves, 
legumes inflated, fubglobular, naked. Root perennial, 
creeping. Native of Siberia; flowering in June. 
38. Aftragalus caprinus: fcape ereift, leaflets ciliate, le¬ 
gumes ovate, tumid, villofe. Root perennial, long, and 
thick. Native of Barbary and. RulTia. Ray obferved it 
in the botanic garden at Montpellier, when he made fome 
ftay there in the year 1665. 
39. Aftragalus uralenfis, or filky milk-vetch : fcapeereft, 
longer than the leaves; legumes fubulate, inflated, villofe, 
eredL Root long, woody, deftitute of leaves; ftem five 
or fix inches high, foft, and downy. Native of Dauphine, 
Carinthia, the Pyrenees, and Siberia ; alfo of mountainous 
paftures in Scotland. 
40. Aftragalus monfpelfulanits, or Montpellier milk- 
vetch : fcapes declining, the length of the leaves; legumes 
fubulate, round, rather bowed, fmooth. Root very large, 
woody. Native of the fouth of France, the government 
of Aigle, the Lower Valais, and the Grifons. 
41. Aftragalus incanus: fcapes declining, leaflets tomen¬ 
tofe, legumes fubulate, rather bowed, hoary, incurved at 
top. Root perennial; fcapes rough, often with twenty 
flowers. Native of the fouth of France. Mr. Miller fays, 
that he received it from the hills near Verona, but his de- 
fcription by no means agrees with that of Linnaeus. 
42. Aftragalus campeftris, or field milk-vetch : calyxes 
and legumes villofe, leaflets lanceolate acute, fcape de¬ 
cumbent. Root long, (lender, perennial; ftem none, but 
procumbent runners half an inch long. Native of Swit¬ 
zerland and Germany. 
43. Aftragalus depreftus, ordwarf white-flowered milk- 
vetch : (capes (horter than the leaf, legumes nodding, leaf¬ 
lets fubemarginate, naked. This (pecies was cultivated in 
the Oxford botanic garden in 1772. 
44. Aftragalus uncatus : fcapelefs, legumes fubulate, 
hooked, longer than the leaf, leaflets obeordate. This 
plant is annual, fending out a few branching ftalks which 
trail upon the ground; the leaflets are broader at their 
end than at their bafe, and are indented fo as to become al¬ 
moft heart-fhaped ; the flowers are axillary, in fliort loofe 
(pikes ; they are almoft white, and are fucceeded by*(ickle- 
(liaped pods, having two cells filled with fquare brown- 
feeds. It flowers in July and Auguft, and the feeds ripen 
in autumn. It grows naturally about Aleppo, whence the 
feeds were brought by Dr. Ruffel. 
45. Aftragalus exfcapns, or hairy-podded milk-vetch: 
fcapelefs, legumes woolly, leaves villofe. Native of Hun¬ 
gary. Introduced in 1787, by Jof. Nic. de Jacquin, M. D. 
IV. Stem woody. 46. Aftragalus tragoides: nearly 
ftemlefs, flowers radical, numerous, fublefiile. Native of 
Switzerland, Siberia, and Armenia, 
47. Aftragalus tragacantha, orgoaVs-thorn: trunk ar- 
borefcent, petioles becoming fpinefcent. Root large, 
woody., and branching ; ftems a foot long, leafy, brandl¬ 
ing, hard. Native of the fea (bore near Marfeilles, of 
Switzerland, 
