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sierV Flora Orientalis.' Badishkhel to Habibkalla, all the fan 

 country, profuse ; April. 



168. Onobrychis sp. 

 Habibkalla ; April. 



512, 484. O. sp. near O. heterophylla, C. A. Mey. 



Profuse in the Hariab district, dry stony soil, Sergal, Zabardast- 

 kalla, Biankhel; June. 



1217. O. (Dendronobrychis) spinosissima, Baker, n. sp. Nana, fru- 

 ticosa. Folia rosulata, basi petiolis rachibusque vetustis spinescentibus 

 erecto-patentibus dense cincta sequaliter pinnata, pallide viridia, albo- 

 canescentia, foliolis oblongis 5-6-jugis l£-2 lin. longis, rachi vix pol- 

 licari stricta apice pungente, petiolo brevi, stipulis parvis lanceolatis 

 raembranaceis. Racemi 1-3-flori, pedunculi radicali brevissimi, pedi- 

 cellis subnullis. Calyx 1 lin. longus, pubescens, tubo campanulato, 

 dentibus deltoideo-cuspidatis tubo longioribus. Corolla rubello-pur- 

 purea, 4-5 lin. longa. Legumen dimidiato-orbiculare, nionospermum, 

 4 lin. longum, faciebas areolatis, margine exalato. 

 Allied to the Persian O. amacantlia, Bunge. Prom 9500 to 



12,000 feet on Sikaram ; forms dense masses, but not nearly so 



firm or so hedgehog-like as 489. 



661. Lespedeza sericea, Miq. 



In stony places from 6000 to 7000 feet, Shalizan, common ; 

 June. 



786. Hedysarum astragaloides, Benth. 



Shendtoi at 10,000 feet ; flowers pink ; July. 



810. Desmodium tilioe folium, G. Don. 



Amongst the low scrub, altitude 7000 feet, near Shalizan and 

 Shendtoi, not very common ; July. 



740. Cicer soongaricum, Steph. 



Kaiwas, at 10,000 feet, profuse near forest ; July. 



819. C. soongaricum, Steph., var. spinosum. 

 Seratigah, at 11,000 feet ; July. 



3, 714, 591. Vicia sativa, L. 



A very common weed in corn-fields, Manduri, Kaiwas, and Kar- 

 chatal, at 3000 to 9000 feet. 



188, 554, 506, 580. Ervum Ervilia, L. 



Cultivated throughout the Hariab district extensively, and a 

 little near Habibkalla ; is frequently an escape. 



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