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1213. Astragalus infestus, Boiss. 

 Biankhel; July. 



916, 435. A. leucocephalus, Grak. 



Among debris, Sikaram, 12,000 feet, Pewarkotal, 8500 feet, 

 between Shalizan and Habibkalla, 6500 feet. 

 1216. A. murinus, Boiss. ? 



Habibkalla to Pewarkotal. 

 23. A. polyacanthus, Royle. 



Shinnak ; April. (A Punjab Salt-range plant.) 

 485, 451. A. psilacanthus, Boiss. 



Common from Kuram to Zabardastkalla and Sikaram ; April to 

 July. 

 436,81. A. purpurascens, Bunge. 



Prom Habibkalla to Sikaram at 15,000 feet ; April to August. 



1214. A. raphiodontus, Boiss. 

 Zabardastkalla ; July. 



441, 237. A. rhizanthus, Royle. 



Abundant in pine-forests at Pewarkotal ; May and June. 



434. A. strobiliferus, Boyle. 

 Shalizan to Habibkalla. 



502. A. tephrosioides, Boiss. 



West base of Sikaram. A tall (3 feet) herbaceous stem from a 



thick perennial rootstock. Only one plant of this collected with 



several stems from the rootstock. June. 



421. A. verticillaris, Bunge. 



From 6000 to 8000 feet ; profuse in pine-forests on Pewarkotal 



along with 441. The verticillate leaves give the plant a very ru- 



biaceous look. 



924. A. (Hypoglottis) immersus, Baker, n. sp. Herba perennis, dense 

 caespitosa, rhizomate valde ramoso. Folia imparipinnata, pallide vi- 

 ridia, dense albo-hispida, foliolis 13-15 oblongo-lanceolatis acutis 

 1-2 lin. longis, raclii 3-6 lin. longa, petiolo brevi, stipulis laneeolatis. 

 Pedunculus interdum pollicaris. Racemi subumbellati, 3-4-flori, pedi- 

 cellis brevissimis, bracteis minutis subulatis. Calyx l£ lin. longus 

 atro-viridis, pilis albidis paueis adpressis vestitus, tubo infimdibulari, 

 dentibus parvis laneeolatis. Corolla caerulea, calyee duplo longior, alis 

 vexillo paulo brevioribus. Legumen oblongum, turgidum, acutum, 

 3 lin. longum, distincte stipitatum, tenuiter albo-eaneseens, sutura 

 nullo modo inflexa, seminibus 3-4 parvis reniformibus duplo longioribus 

 quam latis. 

 A near ally of A. confertus, Benth., of West Tibet. From 



12,000 to 14,000 feet, Sikaram j a very minute plant ; August. 



