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54. Ebenus stellata, Boiss. 



A large shrub, covered with enormous harsh-looking spines, 

 that prove quite pliant to the touch, and very silky leaves giving it 

 the general appearance of a Hippophae. Common from Badish- 

 khel to Sadatkalla, and thence in occasional patches to near Shali- 

 zan cantonments. 



240. Glycyrrhiza glandulifera, Wald. $ Kit. 



Kuram ; April. 

 489. Onobrychis cornuta, Desv. 



JTrom Sergal to the west base of Sikaram, about 9000 to 11,000 

 feet ; June. Forms immense hedgehog-like, intensely matted 

 gregarious masses, perfectly rounded, as if clipped. Flowers 

 white or purple. 



68, 86, 186. O. (Hymenobrychis) dasycephala, Baker, n. sp. Herba 

 acaulis, perennis, radice elongata lignosa. Folia rosulata, imparipinnata, 

 utrinque dense persistenter albo-sericea, foliolis 9-11 sessilibus, 3-4 lin. 

 longis oblongis vel obovatis obtusis vel subaeutis, rachi subpollicari, 

 petiolo subpollicari, stipulis linearibus. Pedunculus 2-3-pollicaris, 

 albo-eanescens. Racemus dense 20-30-florus, bracteis lanceolatis, pe- 

 dieellis brevissimis. Calyx 4-5 lin. longus, dense molliter albo-sericeus, 

 tubo campanulato, dentibus lineari-subulatis tubo multo longioribus. 

 Corolla 6-7 lin. longa, vexillo obovato 5-6 lin. lato luteo lineis rubris 

 percurso, alis parvis luteis, carina lata vexillo aequilonga. Legumen 

 lanosum, oblongo-reniforme, dispermum, 6-/ lin. longum, faciebus alveo- 

 latis breviter spinosis, margine angusto corneo dentibus multis insequa- 

 libus lanceolatis acuminatis ^-1 lin. longis armato. 

 Allied to O. dealbata, Stocks. Yery profuse on stony ground 



in the fan country, Kuram to Habibkalla ; April and May. 



51, 85, 263. O. (Hymenobrychis) microptera, Baker, n. sp. Herba 

 perennis, acaulis vel breviter caulescens. Folia imparipinnata, breviter 

 albo-birsuta, foliolis 13-15 oblongis acutis 3-4 lin. longis breviter 

 petiolulatis, rachi l|-2 poll, longa, petiolo elongato, stipulis lan- 

 ceolatis. Pedunculus 1-3-pollicaris. Racemus floriferus sublaxus, U-2 

 poll, longus, fructiferus 3-4-pollicaris, pedicellis brevibus, bracteis 

 parvis Unearibus. Calyx 1± lin. longus, pubescens, tubo campanulato, 

 dentibus linearibus tubo longioribus. Corolla 3-4 lin. longa, albida, lineis 

 rubellis decorata, vexillo obovato fauce lutea, alis parvis lanceolatis, 

 carina obtusa vexillo sequilonga. Legumen orbiculari-reniforme, niono- 

 spermum, tenuiter albo-araneosum, 4 lin. longum, faciebus profunde 

 alveolatis baud spiniferis, margine angusto albido membranaceo eroso- 

 denticulato. 

 This should be placed between species 47 and 48 in Bois- 



