Taxonomic history:
   1753: Linnaeus described this species as Astragalus christianus in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 755 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
   today: The current name for this species is Astragalus christianus L.

original Latin description
Astragalus caulescens erectus, floribus glomeratis subsessilibus ex omnibus axillis foliaceis.

English translation
Astragalus growing with a stem [and] erect; with flowers clustered [and] somewhat sessile from all axils foliaceous.

English translation with commentary

Astragalus	Astragalus
growing with a stem	caulescens - nominative singular masculine of present active participle of third conjugation verb caulesco, caulescere, —, —; modifies Astragalus
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
erect;	erectus - nominative singular masculine of perfect passive participle of 3rd conjugation verb erigo, erigere, erexi, erectum; modifies Astragalus
with flowers	floribus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun flos, floris
clustered	glomeratis - ablative plural masculine of perfect passive participle of first conjugation verb glomero, -are, -avi, -atum; modifies floribus
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
somewhat sessile;	sessilibus - ablative plural masculine of group B adjective subsessilis, -is, -e; modifies floribus
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
from	ex - preposition (takes ablative)
all	omnibus - ablative plural feminine of group B adjective omnis, -is, -e; modifies axillis
axils	axillis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun axilla, -ae; object of ex
[that are] foliaceous.	foliaceis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective foliaceus, -a, -um; modifies axillis