122 Ii. LEGUMlNOSiE. . (J. G. Baker.) [Astragalus.. 



14. A. opbiocarpus, JSenth. MSS, ; heads lax nearly sessile, leaflets 

 oWong emarginate, pod very long and slender sickle-shaped slightly torulose 

 unilocular l(>-12-seeded. Bunffs Mm. I 10 ; ii. 6 ; Boiss, FL Orient, ii, 224. .. 



. Ladak, alt. 11,000 ft., Tliomson. — I)istrib. Persia. 



Stems slender, diffuse, ^i ft., densely finely -white -downy. Leaves distinctly petioled, 

 \-\ in, long; leaflets moderately close and thick, distinctly notched at the apex, 

 matted on both sides with short Mhite hairs ; stipules lanceolate, very minute. 

 Racenics 3-6-flowered; pedicels and Lracts minute. Calyx under y^^ in., densely 

 matted ; teeth lanceolate, shorter than the tube. Corolla nearly twice the calyx, its 

 petals subequal in length, Pod 1-1^ in. long, thick, finely downy, the dissepiment 

 not at all incurved, the oblong seeds with a space corresponding to the slight con- 

 strictions of the pod between them. 



15. A. trlbuloides, DeUh', DC. Prodr. ii. 288; heads dense sessile, 

 leaflets 13-15 oblong-lanceolate acute, pod short linear-oblong densely pubescent 

 little recurved 10-12-seeded subbilociilar. Bnnge Man. i, 10 ; ii. 7 ; Boiss. FL 

 Orient, ii. 224. A, minutiis^ erpocaulis and ammocryptos, Boiss, Diagn. ix. 



58-9. 



Plains of Pitxjab. — Distrib. Canaries, through Egj-pt to Afghanistan. 



Stems slender, densely csespitose, trailing, ^-1 ft., densely clothed upwards wit« 

 ascending white hairs. Leaves distinctly petioled, 1-2| in. long ; leaflets mostly close, 

 densely clothed with long white hairs on both sides ; stipules minute. Heads ^^^^' 

 flowered. Calyx tubular, ^-^ in,, densely matted; teeth setaceous, shorter than the 

 tube. Corolla pale yellow, little exserted. Pods | in. long, turgid, densely pubescent, 

 the cluster often spreading from the stem like the spokes of a wheel from the axis. 



16. A. hamosus, Linn. -, DC. Prodr. ii. 290; heads peduncled dense, 

 leaflets 13-25 oblong emarginate, pod long cylindrical glabrous much recun'ed 

 nearly bilocular 16-l8-seeded. Sibth. ^ Sm. FL Grcec. t. 728 ; Bunge Man.' 

 i 13 J ii. 13 ; Boiss. FL Orient, ii. 238. 



Plains of PtrwjAB at Lahore, Pesliavur, &c. — Distiub. Canaries, Mediterranean 

 region, Orient. ^! 



More robust and less hairy than the other species, the stems 1-2 ft. long. Leaves 

 distinctly petioled, ^\ ft. long; leaflets distinctly stalked, pale gi-een, ^-| in. J<>°S' 

 glabrescent above, or thinly matted -with silvery hairs on both sides. Heads ^'l^' 

 flowered ; peduncles much shorter than the leaves. Calyx ^ in,, matted with mixea 

 black and white hairs ; teeth subulate, as long as the tube. Corolla pale yellow, h^J^ 

 as long again as the calyx. Pod tJ— 1 in. long, cylindrical, firmer than in its neigli" 

 bours, quite glabrous. ^ 



17. A. ^racilipes, Benth. MSS. ; heads dense peduncled few-flowere^^ 

 leaflets 9-13 oblong obtuse, pod cylindrical pubescent little recurved 1^^-' 

 seeded half-bilocular. Bunge Man. i, 15 ; ii. 17. 



West Tidht; Zanskar and Imlus valh\y, alt. 11-14,000 feet, Thomson. 

 ^ Acaulescent. or stems short, suberect, densely clothed with ascending strong "^"^^® 

 hairs. Leaves iong-petiolcd, 1-3 inches long ; leaflets distant, greenish, \-% in. \on^\ 

 densely clothed with hairs like those of the stem; stipules minute. Heads B-tJ' 

 flowered; peduncles pilose, 2-4 in. Calyx ^ in., tubular; teeth short, setaceons. 

 Corolla pale yellow, twice the calyx ; stanclard narrowed suddenly into a deltoid tip- 

 the wings shorter and keel shorter still. Pod J-f in. long by | in., sessile, clothe^ 

 with short dense white bristly hairs. -. 



. 18. A .' contortuplicatus, Zwm. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 290 ; heads dense short*. 

 peduncled, leaflets 13-17 ohlanceolate-oblohg emarginate/pod cylindrical ^^^J^, 

 Tery much reciurved nearly "bilocidar 20-30-seeded. Bunge Man. i. 18 ; ii. 2^' 

 £ois8. FL Onent. IX. 220, A.^^.,.. ,f ::,«,4?. .:....«■' :.^av.* • 



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