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short-peduncled, finally 3-4 in. long; pedicels ^-J in. Cal//x ohlique, -^ in. ; teeth 

 short. Corolla ^ in. long, pale red. Fod straight, glabrcseent, turgid, l^-lf in. 

 long, 8-10-seeded. 



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31. X. leptostachya, DC. Proch\ ii. 225? shruhby, "branches glabrous^ 

 leaflets middle-sized oblauceolate-oblong 13-19 obscurely hispid^ stipellce minute, 

 pedicels short, bracts 0. 



Khasu and Sikkim, temperate zone, 5-8000 ft., H.f, ^' T, 



An erect shrub, reaching 10 ft. high, ^vith slender twiggy branches, thinly silky 



only -when young. Leaves short-petioled, 3-4: in. long ; leaflets membranous, opposite, 

 •J-1 in. long, green above, glaucous belo^v, nearly glabrescent. Peduncles reaching 

 1-2 in. ; racemes lax, finally 2-3 in. long ; pedicels not much longer than the calyx. 

 Calyx j^2 in-^ finely brown-^ilky ; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla |— | in., pale red, canes- 

 cent externally. Pod glabrous, straight, 1-1 i in. long, 6-8-seeded, turgid, ^vith narrO'ff' 

 sutures. — The Candollean sjTionym may not unlikely belong to a form of I. j^ulchella. 



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32. Z. Crerardiana, Wall Cat, 5486; shrubby, branchlets argenteo- 

 canescent, leaflets small oblanceolate-obloug 9-17, stipellse and bracts minute. 



Temperate and stjbthopicai. Western Himalaya ; common, from the Saltrange 

 to Kumaon, alt. 5^-10,000 ft. — Distrib. Afghanist;in. ^ 



A low copiously -branched shrub, the branchlets distinctly argenteo-canes- 

 cent. Leaves short-petioled, 1-2 in. long; leaflets subcoriaceous, f-§ in. long, 

 opposite, pale grey-green, thinly clothed with short white bristles above, glaucous and 

 thinly argenteo-canescent below, obtuse, often emarginate. Racemes distinctly pe- 

 duncled, 1-2 in. long, 12-20-flowered ; pedicels very short. Calyx obliquely cam - 

 panulato, argenteous, ^ in. long ; teeth deltoid-cuspidate. Corolla f-^ in,, pale red, 

 canescent externally. Pod li-2 in. long, subcylindrical, glabrous, 6-10-seeded; 

 sutures narrow. 



Var. hetcranfha ; leaflets more numerous 17-25 smaller, corolla and poa 

 smaller, the former, ^ in., the latter 1-1-J- in. long. I. heterantha, WalL Cat. 

 5480, A.B.C. ex parte. Brand. For. FL 135. I. Dosua, Wall. Cat. 5481 i?.; Bot. 

 Peg, 28, t. 57, no7i Hamilt. 1. virgata, Boxh. FL Ind. iii. 383? I. quadrangularis, 

 Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5483. L polyphylla, PC. Prodr. 227 ?— Temperate and sub- 

 tropical Himalayas, as fir east as Khasia and Bhotan, ascending to 8000 ft- 

 Distrib- Afghanistan, 



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33. 1. g-ale^oides, DC. P/wZr. ii. 225; shrubby, branches glahrescent, 

 leaflets large oblong 11-25, stipellse and bracts minute. I. uncinata, Roxh. 

 FL Ind. iii. 382; WalL Cat. 5472. I. Finlaysoniana, WalL Cat. 5488. L 

 Zollingeriana, Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 310 ? 



Tropical zone; Khasta and Mkhgth to Ceylox, ILvlacca and Slam. — Distrip- 

 Malay isles, Philippines, S. China. 



A tall shrub, with twiggy woody branches, thinly coated with adpressed hairs ^^ 

 first. Leaves distinctly petioled, |~-1 ft. long ; leaflets opposite, membranous, usually 

 obtuse, 1-H or 2 in. long, green above, glaucous below, the hairs short, adpressed, quit« 

 obscure, liacemes short-peduncled, very dense, 2-3 in. long, not lengthened in fruit. 

 Calyx J^ in., canescent; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla pale red, ^-^ in., finely 

 canescent externally. Pods glabrous, the longegt of the genus, 2^-3 in. long, sub- 

 cylindrical, straight, 15-18-sceded, beaked. "' y 



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34. X. bracteata, Grah. in WalL Cat. 5477; suffruticose, branches 

 glabrescent, leaves middle-sized oblanceolatc-oblong 7-17, stipellflD and bracts 



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Khasia; 5-6000 ft., Tlook. fil ^ Tlionmh; Nipal, Wallich; and 'an'exstipellat^ 

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