Astragalus orientalis flore ocbroleueo. Hcib. VailL
Aslragale en gaine. GalL
C a l i . i s necliis, glaher, rolionim vaginis oKsilii.'!. Slipnliu bina;, pcadnala;
per (bniidiani longilmMnem, el e u n i llbi ennb adpres.sLr et
vaginantes, 2 cent. longa-, a c t i n n n a t a ! , marccsccntes. Eolioi'nm pclinbis
(•(nnnnini.s teres, 5 eenl. Initgus, peLsistens, pnbc-sccns. Fobola i i ,
op|)osita , pedicellata, eaduca , oMnnga, i n a c n t n e n j'eetnni desincnlia,
snbtüs pubescentia , nnlliii]. bniga, 3 - 5 lata. Peibniculi a\illares ,
t e r e t e s , erecti , v i l l o s i , b j l t o mullö longiores. Flores n u n K ï i o s i , scssiles,
in s p i e a m ovalam condensati. liraclCLC marcescentcs, ovalo-lanecolala;,
calyci icfjiiales. Calyx cylindraceus, snbinnatiis, e x t ü s villosus , ( p i i i u p i e -
dentatus ; dentibus acutis, profundis, ct^pialibus. Corolla ocbrol(?nca , calyce
longior; Vexillum magnum, ovatum, apice f e r è emarginalum, a l as
superans. Abc pedicellata;; limbo brevi, basi binc aurieulato; Carina b i p
e s , a l i s ie()ualis. Ovarium villosum, ovato-acuminatum. Stylus reclus,
apice Incurvus et eliam rellexus. Sligma simplex. Legumen non vidi ( v. s.).
J! \ B I T A T in OrJcnlc. S.
CVL A S T U A C A L F S CEPIIALAXTHUS. T A B . 38.
A. Iloribus capitatis, petiolis subinerunbus, calycibus quinipiedculalis.
Aslragale ileurs en tète. GalL
i'. \ U T 1 S s u d r u t e s c e u s , erectus, brevis. Slipube nnucescenles, coalila-,
v a g i n a i i t i ' s , g i a b r u ' . Petiolus pubesc-ens, subpincseens, 5- 6 centim. long
i r s . I' ( j l i o l a 1 4 - 1 8 , subopposita, oblonga, acuta, sid)ineana, a-3 m i l l i m .
lata, 1 0 - 1 2 longa. Pedunculus axillarls, gracilis, folio duplö longior. Flores
in e a p l l u l u m globosum a r c t è aggregati. Calyx cyiindrieus, birsutus, v ix
( p i i i K p i e d e n t a t u s . Corolla puipurascens, calyce longior. Vexillum ovatum ,
a l a s paulö superans. Ala;slipilata;, limbo obluso. Caiina alis brevior. Ovarium
V i l l o s u m (v. s. ),
l l x B L T A T in Pcrsia. Michaux. %