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PLATE DXVI.
A S T R A G A L U S V I L L 0 S U S.
H a h y A s t r a g a l u s .
CLASS XVIL ORDER IV.
BIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Two Brotherhoods. Ten Chives.
ESSENTIAL GEN£RIC CHARACTER.
L E C U M K N plerumque biloculare, gibbum. Semina
biserialia.
A POD mostly two-celled, bunched. Seeds in
two rows.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
ASTRAGALUS caule humili villoso : foliis pinnatis
: foliolis 20- 30, oblongis, gerainis, villosis
: petiolis longissimis, villosis : floribus
aggregatis viride flavis: leguminibus oblongis,
lanatis.
ASTRAGALUS with a low hairy stem. Leaves
winged. Leaflets 20 to 30, oblong, in pairs,
and villous. Footstalk of the leaves very
long, and hairy. Flowers in bunches, of
a greenish yellow. Pod oblong, and woolly.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. The standard.
3. One of the wings.
4. The keel.
5. The chives.
6. The same spread open.
7. Seed-bud and pointal.
8. The same shown from the under side.
THE figure of this handsome hardy perennial shrub was delineated from a plant in the collection of
J. Swainson, esq. at Twickenham, where it was raised from seed received from Vienna in the year
1805, under the title of Astragalus exscapus : but upon comparison with the figures extant ofthat
species, we could not with propriety rank it under that denomination, especially as it bears as much
or more resemblance to some of the surrounding species of that extensive family, one hundred and
seventy-four of which are already enumerated by Willdenow. It is a plant of very humble growth, but
by no means stemless, and produces flowers in abundant succession during the months of July
and August.
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