THE KURAM VALLEY, ETC., AFGHANISTAN. 159 
axillares, pedunculis et pedicellis brevibus albo-pilosis. Calyz floriferus 
23-3 lin. longus, tubo oblongo parce albo-hispidulo. Vexillum glabrum, 
oblongo-unguiculatum, 43-5 lin. longum ; ale vexillo paulo breviores; 
carina alis vix brevior. Legumen sessile, oblongum, subglabrum, 4 lin. 
longum. 
A near ally of A. horridus, Boiss., from which it differs by its 
much smaller stipules, leaflets with much shorter and fewer hairs, 
calyx without any black hairs, shorter, less exserted corolla, &c. 
In the Hariáb district, common at 7500 feet, occurring in large, 
flat, circular patches. Flowers greenish, tipped with rose-pink. 
283. Oxytropis glacialis, Benth. 
On meadows at the Nangrâr pass, at an altitude of 11,000 
feet. 
68, 86, 186 (1879). Onobrychis ($ Hymenobrychis) dasycephala, 
Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. p. 48. (Plate VI. figs. 1, 2.) 
75,=512, 484 (1879). O. (§ Hymenobrychis) laxiflora, Baker, n. sp. 
Herbacea, perennis, pilis brevissimis albidis adpressis ubique preedita, 
foliolis 9-17 elliptieis crassiusculis pallide viridibus, racemis laxis 
elongatis, bracteis minutis scariosis lanceolatis, calycis dentibus tubo 
sequilongis, corollee alis oblanceolatis lilacinis, petalis reliquis pallide 
luteis pulehre purpureo-venosis distinete brevioribus, legumine plano 
tenui semiorbiculari late cristato breviter piloso, areolis disci parce spi- 
nosis, margine dentibus pluribus parvis deltoideo-cuspidatis armato. 
Herba perennis, caulescens, ad collum radicis copiose ramosa, caulibus 
erectis pedalibus et ultra firmis teretibus paree ramosis pilis adpressis 
albidis subtilibus inconspicuis vestitis. Folia imparipinnata, 2-4 poll. 
longa, stipulis parvis deltoidels acuminatis persistentibus, petiolo 3-13, 
pollicari, foliolis oppositis vel suboppositis breviter petiolulatis planis 
4-6 lin. longis. Racemi centrales demum semipedales et ultra, pedi- 
cellis brevissimis pilosis, bracteis minutis lanceolatis scariosis brunneis 
persistentibus. Calyx brunneus, obscure pilosus, 14 lin. longus, denti- 
bus lanceolatis vel deltoideis, tubo campanulato subzequilongis. Corolla 
glabra, semipollicaris et ultra, vexillo obovato 4-5 lin. lato pallide luteo, 
venis flabellatis gracilibus purpureis decorato, alis saturate lilacinis con- 
coloribus, petalis reliquis distincte brevioribus, carina truncata 3 lin. lata. 
Legumen circivatum, planum, semiorbiculare, monospermum, disci areolis 
subhexagonis muris elevatis parce spinosis, cristze areolis duplo longiori- 
bus quam latis muris tenuibus integris, margine corneo brunneo dentibus 
parvis concoloribus crebris armato. 
This is the plant which Dr. Aitchison gathered last year, and 
which closely resembles O. heterophylla, C. A. Meyer, in habit, 
leaves, and flower, This year he has obtained the pod, which is 
