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stipule herbacew, petiolis brevissime adnate, basi inter se 
connate, ellipticee, minute apiculate, circiter 14 lin. longe. 
Racemi scapiformes, densi, capituliformes, multiflori, pilis atris 
pubescentes. Flores bracteati, purpurei, brevissime pedicellati. 
Calyx subcampanulatus, alte 5-lobatus, pilis atris pubescens, 
circiter 2 lin. longus ; lobi angusti, erecti, mox declinati, circiter 
flm.longi. Vewxillum glabrum, apice late rotundatum, circiter 
3 lin. longum. Stamina a petalis libera. Ovarium stipitatum, 
glabrum, 2-ovulatum. Stylus glaber. Legumen non visum. 
In 87° and 35° 18’, 16,401 ft., July, Wellby § Matcolm. Flowers 
purple. 
Allied to A. tibetanus, which, however, 1s distinctly caulescent. 
Astragalus melanostachys, Benth.; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii, 
p. 125. 
A. bracteosus, Klotzsch, Reise Pr, Wald., Bot. p. 160, t. 5, non Boiss. 
A. strictus, Hemsl. in Kew Bull. 1896, p. 210, non &. Grah. 
Goring valley, 90° 25’, 30° 12’, about 16,500 ft., Liftledale. 
Flowers purple. 
Astragalus nivalis, Kar. et Air.; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 
p. 136. 
In89°-95°,35°-37°, August 7, Hedin. 88 30', 35° 20’, 16,294 ft., 
July, Wellby § Malcolm. Flowers purple. 
Astragalus tribulifolius, Benth.; Hook. f. Fi. Brit. Ind. i. 
p- 120; Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. xxx. (1894) p. LIL; Peterm. 
Mitteil. Erg.-Heft 131, p. 373. 
Sandy valley, 15,800 ft., Thorold. September 1 & 21, Hedin. 
Flowers purple. 
Astragalus Webbianus, Grah.; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. il. 
p. 132. 
Gugé plains, 15,000 ft., Strachey Sf Winterbottom. Flowers 
purple. 
Oxytropis cachemirica, Cambess. in Jacquem. Voy, Bot. p. 38 
t. 44; Kew Bull. 1896, p. 210; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 
p. 139. 
Goring valley, 90° 25’, 30° 12’, about 16,500 ft., July and 
August, Littledale. Flowers violet or yellow. 
Oxytropis densa, Benth. ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 138. 
Sandy, gravelly soil in valleys, 17,500 ft., Thorold, 11. Flowers 
purple-red. 
