VEGETATION OF BRITISH BALUCHISTAN. 323 
squamiformibus ; foliola crassa, breviter petiolulata, ovali-oblonga 
vel interdum obovato-oblonga, apice rotundata vel obscure 
emarginata, 2-3 lineas longa. Flores parvi, circiter semipol- 
licares, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis brevissimis 1-2-floris; 
calyx latus, albo-strigillosus, dentibus distantibus parum in- 
æqualibus subulatis; vexillum subsessile, latius quam longum; 
ale ovali-oblongæ, brevissime unguiculate, late auriculate, quam 
carina fere dimidio breviores; carina longiuscule latiusculeque 
unguiculata, subite cucullata, vix ineurva; stamen vexillare 
liberum, filamento deorsum incrassato; ovarium breviter sti- 
pitatum, minute puberulum, sepe 9-ovulatum, stylo vix barbato 
ineurvo. Legumen breviter stipitatum, inflatum, membranaceum, 
tenuissimum, oblique ovoideum, circiter pollicare, indehiscens ? ; 
semina matura non visa. 
Wainu Pil Hill at 7000 feet. 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XXXIX. 
A branch of Colutea armata, Hemsley & Lace, natural size. 
Fig. 1, part of calyx and ovary ; 2, standard ; 3, a wing; 4, keel; 5, stamens : 
all enlarged ; 6, a seed, natural size. 
Crategus ($ Pleiostylæ) Wattiana, Hemsley & Lace, n. sp. 
(Plate XL.) 
Arbor parva, inermis, ramulis ultimis floriferis crassiusculis 
brunneis nitidis. Folia conferta, graciliter petiolata, omnino glabra, 
papyracea, demum subcoriacea, ambitu ovato-oblonga, elliptica, 
vel interdum fere rotundata, absque petiolo usque ad 3 poll. 
longa, breviter pinnatifida, simul longiuscule apiculato-dentata, 
basi sæpius truncata vel rotundata, rarius cuneata, venis paucis 
primariis exceptis inconspieuis; petiolus fere filiformis, 6-10 
lineas longus; stipule cito decidue, oblique, 4-6 lineas longæ, 
glanduloso-dentatæ. Flores albi, circiter 6 lineas diametro, 
laxiuseule corymbosi, corymbis terminalibus duplicatis brevis- 
sime pedunculatis, bracteis albidis glanduloso-dentatis cito deci- 
duis, pedicellis gracilibus pauciglandulosis; calycis glabri lobi 
petaloidei, lanceolato-oblongi, obtusi, arcte recurvi ; petala fere 
orbicularia, leviter undulata ; ovarium 5-loculare, stylis distinctis. 
Drupa flava, ovoidea vel fere sphæroidea, 4-5 lineas longa, siccitate 
5-sulcata. 
Urak Gorge at 7300 feet. 
Nearest to the Chinese C. pinnatifida, Bunge, which has much 
