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ASTRAGALUS caryocarpus. 
Nut-podded Milk-Vetch. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRI4A. 
Nat. ord. Lucuminosm. Jussieu gen. 345. 
Div. VI. Cor, irregularis papilionacea. Legum. 1-loc. (in Astra- 
galo et Biserrula biloc.) Q-valy. Herbe aut frutices aut arbuscule; 
Sfolia impari-pinnata, ay 13: 
ASTRAGALUS. Cal. 1-phyllus, cylindricus, 5-dentatus, 5- 
fidus, aut nunc 5-partitus, sewpids corolla brevior. _ Vex. oblongum ova-, 
tum- aut rotundum, spils emarginatum, .nunc lateribus reflexis, alis 
longius aut nunc quale. _A/e stipitate limbo oblongo, basi hine auri- 
culato. Car. obtusa, alis brevior aut subwqualis, basi bipes. Germ. 
sessile’ v. nunc stipitatum, form’ varium. Stylus a basi y. medio in- 
flexus. Stig. simplex, subvapitatum. Legum. sessile rard stipitatum, 
form magmiiudineque varium, biloc., semibiloc., v. vix semibiloc,; su- 
turd inferiore introflexi; sem, reniformia, numero paria in quoque 
loculo. Decand. Astrag. 22. - 
Dio. 1, Stipulis caulinis s. petiolo non adherentibus. A. Corollis pur- 
purers aut albo-roseis. «. Caulibus diffusis. 
A. caryocarpus, sericeo-canus, multiceps caulibus subsimplicibus: foliolis. . 
(17-25) lanceolato-ellipticis brevé petiolatis subtis sericeis, pedunculis 
axillaribus spicd duplo longioribus: leguminibus nuciformi-inflatis, 
rugosis. . ee Seenoet Ch 
Astragalus crassicarpus. Fraser’s catal. 1813; (@ carnoso Pursh amer. 
sept. 2. suppl. 740, toto celo distans). é 
Perennis. Caules herbacez, rostrato-assurgentes, spithamei ad pedales, 
pilosi, viridi-purpurascentes, ite Folia alterné distantia, patentia, foliolis 
suboppositis, laxis, supra glabris, semuncialibus, triplo angustioribus quam 
longa: stipule ovato-cuspidate, pilose. Pedunculi egquantes v. superantes 
Jolia; spice 8-14-flore glomerate v. laxiits extensae ; flores subsessiles, % 
partes unci@ longi ». circa, oblongi, distincti bracteis. sericeis lineari-lanceo= 
datis non eguantibus calyces. Cal. duplo brevior corolla, fusco-hirsutus, sub- 
coloratus, lacinulis subulatis equalibus. Cor. violaceo-pallescens + vex. longius 
alis, reflecum, ovato-oblongum, emarginatum: ale oblongo-falcate: car. 
brevior alts, ventricoso-inflexa, obtusa, emarginata ventre et apice intense colo- 
rata, petalis 2 coherentibus. Auth. aurantiace. Germ. polyspérmum, gla- 
brum, teres, virens, brevius stylo. Stylus albicans, subulato-teres: stig. simplex 
parum incrassatum glabrum obiusum. Legumen Juglandem apté satis in 
parvo exhibens, mole ferme Nucis moschate, spongioso-cartilagineum, fuscum, 
> . es ¢ . 
glabrum, profundé rugatum, suturd prominente divisum, mucronatum ; bilocu= 
tare dissepimento dupticato completo pergamineo: sem. plura in loculo utroque. 
Astragalogia, or the history of the Milk-worts, has oc- 
cupied two splendid folios; one with coloured engravings 
by the Chevalier Pallas, the other, the more recent, by 
Professor Decandolle, with uncoloured plates. But neither 
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