44 STTBG.-MAJ. J. E. T. AITCHISON ON THE FLOBA OF 



835. Caragana grandiflora, Bieb. 



A large shrub, Karatigah ; July. 

 8. C. ulicina, Stocks ? 



This very distinct shrub, which much resembles a dwarf Acacia 

 modesta, is only from 2 to 3 feet in height. I first mistook it for 

 Acacia modesta dwarfed by climate. Very common from Ibrahinzai, 

 along the road up the right bank of the Kuram river, to the Dar- 

 wazaghai pass ; not uncommon from Alizai to Badishkhel. It is a 

 low country, from 4000 to 7000 feet. 

 1219. C. arborescens, Lamk. 



Biankhel and along the Leliddar stream. 

 1218. C. (Chesneya) acaulis, Baker, n. sp. Herba perexmis, acaulis, 

 rhizomate lignoso gracili elongate Folia rosulata, imparipinnata, facie 

 parce dorso dense persistenter albo-sericea, foliolis 7-9 obovato- 

 cuneatis sessilibus 4-8 lin. longis apice obtusis vel truncatis minute 

 euspidatis, rachi subpollicari, petiolo brevi, stipulis parvis laneeolatis 

 albo-sericeis. Pedunculus fructiferus 12-15 lin. longus. Calyx 6-9 

 lin. longus, tenuiter albo-canescens, tubo cylindrico, dentibus laneeo- 

 latis tubo duplo brevioribus. Corolla pollicaris, vexillo 6 lin. lato extus 

 sericeo sordide purpurascente intus luteo, alis vexillo paulo brevioribus, 

 carina obtusa alis paulo breviore. Legumen lineare, 2-2^ poll, longum, 

 leviter recurvation, rigidum, mucronatum, tenuiter canescens, seminibus 

 circiter 20 reniformibus compressis. 



Allied to C. cuneata, Baker, in ' Flora of British India,' vol. u. 

 p. 117, from which it differs by its fewer leaflets and solitary 

 flowers. It has a dense fibrous rootstock much out of propor- 

 tion to the few leaves and solitary pedunculate flowers, not more 

 than 2 or 3 inches at the most in length. The interior of each 

 flower is golden yellow, the exterior a dead grey-purple. On dry 

 hot hill-sides, Shalizan and Habibkalla ; April and May. 

 42. Astragalus anfractuosus, Bunge. 



Shinnak, Sadatkalla, and Kuram ; April . 

 586. A. coluteocarpus, Boiss. 



In the pine-forest up the Karchatal ravine, at about 9000 feet ; 

 June. 

 1/4, 76. A. decemjugus, Bunge. 



Profuse in the fan country near Habibkalla on shingle ; May. 

 241. A. graveolens, Ham. 



Very common near watercourses. Kuram and Shalizan ; April 

 to June. 

 80, 61,52, 184, 53. A. hippocrepidis, Benth. 



Very profuse from Kuram to Habibkalla ; April and May. 



