124 L. LEGUMiNOS^. (J. G. Baker.) [Astragalus. 



black and white silky hairs, teeth setaceous as long as the tuhe^ ovary stalked 

 glahrous few-ovuled. Phaca astragali na, DC. Frodr, ii. 274 ? 



West Tibet; Burgilpass, Wintcrbottom, — Distrib, Alpine region through nortli 

 temperate zone. 



Stems 3-4 in. high, simple, ascending. Leaves about an inch long ; leaflets oblong, 

 -acute, pale green, thinly coated with close silvery hairs on both sides; stipules deltoid, 

 foliaceous, rather large. Pcdimcles 1-1| in., thinly silky. Heads 3 -6 -flowered; 

 bracts linear, exceeding the short pedicels. Calyx J in. Corolla twice the calyx; 

 wings shorter than the standard and keel. Pod not seen. — The Sikkim plant re- 

 ferred here by Bunge is our A. kongrensis, 



23. A. tibetanus, Benth. MSS.] stems slender short ascending thinly 

 clothed with adpressed mixed black and white hairs, leaflets 21-25, calyx-teeth 

 densely black-silky setaceous a third as long as the tube, pod linear stalked 

 l)ilocular 6-10-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 52; ii. 85; Boiss. FL Onent. ii. 250. 

 A. Maxwellii, Boi/le III. 108 ? 



"West Tibet, temperate and alpine region, alt. 9-14,000 ft.; Dras, Zanskae, 

 Ntjbra, Ladak, Thovison, Henderson, — Distrib. Afghanistan. 



General habit of A, Hypoghttis, to which it is closely allied. Stems zigzag, firnii 

 slender, branched, \-\ ft. Leaves 2-4 in. long, distinctly petioled ; leaflets oblong, 

 obtuse, moderately close, pale green, thinly canescont at first, glabrescent above when 

 mature; stipules small, lanceolate or deltoid, free. Heads subglobose, 10-20-flowerea; 

 peduncles 1-4 in., the black hairs predominating upwards ; bracts lanceolate, much 

 exceeding the short black pedicels. Calyx | in., the teeth densely, the tube thinlj 

 black-silky. Corolla twice the calyx ; wings shorter than the standard ; keel still 

 shorter. Pod ^-f in., rather recurved, finely black-silky ; stalk shorter than the 

 calyx-tube- 



Baker ' stftma ftlfiudftv short ascendinCT thinlT 



IL. liypog^lottoides 



with adnressed white 1 



ary 



8-10-ovulate 



TiBE-FAK HiMAXAYAS, the cxact station not known, J9r. Henderson. 



Closely allied to the last, with which it agrees in general habit. Leaves 1-1^,'^* 

 long; leaflets oblong, obtuse, pale grey green, persistently coated on both sides with 

 adpressed silvery hairs ; stipules foliaceous, connate in lower half. Flowers 12-20, in 

 a dense head, not more than half the size of those of A. Hypnglottis and tibetanus] 



uncles 1 J-2 in. long, with a few black hairs mixed with the white ones upwards. 



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Develooed vod unknown 



25. A. lessertloldes, Bmth. MSS.] stems short fimi erect glabrous, 

 leaflets J)-ll, calyx-teeth linear densely black-silky half as long as the 

 nearly naked tube, pod stalked silky unilocular 3-4-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 24} 

 11. ^8* 



Sikkim, alpine region ; Tungu, alt. 13,000 ft., Hooi, fil. 



Whole plant under a foot high. Leaves 1-2 in, long ; leaflets green, oblong, obtuse, 

 1^ in. long, with a few black hairs ; stipules foliaceous, lanceolate, J-i in. lo^' 

 -ciliated at first with black hairs; petiole twice as long as the stipules. U^(^^ 

 12-20-flowered. Pedicels very short; peduncles erect \-^ ft., with a few adpressed 

 black hairs in the upper half; bracts minute, shaggy with black hairs. Calyx %-% ^"^ 

 tube Ciimpanulate, nearly naked; teeth black-plumose. Corolla J in., i>etals stth- 

 -equaL Pod \ in. densely silky, narrowed from the middle to both ends; stalk ^ 



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