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Askagahs.'] l. leguminosj;. (J. G. Baker.) 125 



clothed with adpressed white silky hairs, leaflets 19-25, calyx clothed with 

 adpressed mixed black and white 'hairs, teeth linear shorter than the tube, 

 ^a stalli-ed linear-oblong unilocular 6-8-seeded. Benth. in Royle III. 198 ; 

 Bunge Mm. i. 23 ; ii. 27. A. mutabilis, Jacquem. MSS. 



■ Through the Himalayas in the alpine region, alt. 11-16,000 ft., from JSTubea and 

 liADAK to SiKKni and Silhet. 



w*iM^!^ ^^^^ely csespitose, firm bnt slender, branched, r^-l ft. long. Leaves short- 

 f !i -^'"^ ^ ^°" ^^°^ ' leaflets close, oblong, obtuse, ^f in. long, pale green, persistently 

 «».ted with adpressed white hairs ; stipules small, deltoid, free, foliaceous. Heads very 

 (lense, 20-40-flowered ; peduncles 2-4 in., with a few black hairs mixed with the 

 s^very ones near the top; pedicels black, shorter than the miniito bracts. Calyx 



^ Corolla twice the calyx ; wings and keel shorter than the standard. 'Pod \ in. 



'iig; short- stalked, rather recurved, clothed like the calyx. 



^** A. oxyodon, Baker; stems short slender ascending clothed with 



ajpressed white silky bairs, leaflets 15-17, calyx clothed with adpressed mixed 



ack and white haii-s, teeth setaceous twice as long as the tube, ovary stalked 



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West Tibet, Falconer. 



1-14 ^°^T^ li^l>it of A, strictits. Stems densely csespitose, ^-^ foot high. Leaves 

 iT I 1?" ^^^ ' leaflets oblong, obtuse or subacute, densely Avhite-strigillose on the 



. .^J_^ly on the face, alternate, the lower distant ; stipules moderately large, con- 

 te, silky on the back. Peduncles 2-3 in., very slender, densely clothed with 

 ^pressed mixed black and white hairs; pedicels black, very short; bracts 'i-^ 

 • ;* . ^*^^^^te, membranous. Calyx -J in.; tube campanxilate ; teeth much longer 

 "proportion than in any of its allies. Corolla | in.; keel and standard equal ; 

 »ings much shorter. Mature ^ocZ not seen ; ovary thinly silky. 



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w 1^- ^ ■ denslflorus, Kar. 4* Kir. Unum. PI. Song. No. 246 ; stems elong- 

 whi> \- ^^^^'^^^^^^ leaflets 11-13, calyx minute clothed with mixed black and 

 tn^ J ^> *®^*^ lanceolate short, pod dobose sessile minute xmilocular 1-2- 

 «eeded. Sunge Mon. i. 21 ; ii. 22. , 



I^];^®^ Himalayas, alpine region, alt. 12-17,000 ft.; Lahul, Sassab, Zanskae, 

 ^ivrKA:wAR.—DisTRiB. Afghanistan, Central Siberia. 



thick vfi ^^^^^^ ^*^P^^*^®^' ^^S^*^' ®^®^^' 4"^ ft. long. Leaves 1-2 in. long; leaflets 

 «tin^ y^^Sf glaucous, obtuse, ^-^ in. long, obscurely white-strigillose on both sides ; 

 Wi^^^ ^^11» deltoid, foliaceous, free. Peduncles 1-4 in., with a few black and white 

 Vi^\^ r ^PP®^ ^^^^' ^^cts minute, linear, black, ciliated, exceeding the very short 

 lilac t^ ^^^y^ A-i in., campanulate; teeth shorter than the tube. Corolla 



^odr^^*^ ^^^es as long as the calyx ; keel and wings much shorter than the standard. 



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y, 5^ in. long, turgid, membranous. 



ie«<S' n^' »*»«lanostachys, BentJi. MSS. ; stems elongated firm prlabrous^ 



leaflets 13^1 .t; „„1_, „i„x-l_j r-A -li.^t. „,-11„, 1,„;™ +a«fl, «« ^r,no■ as. tliA tiiTiA 



Pod rSki '^^' '^^^y^ clothed with black silky hairs, teeth as long a^ 

 i-u oDiong sessile half-bilocular 2-seeded. Bunge Mm. i. 21 ; u. 22. 



as the tube. 



Bunge Mm. i. 21 ; ii. 22. A. brae- 



leosna 1^7 ''°*"'^ nan-DilociUar l^-seeaea. nunge invn. i. 

 ^>. ^¥=sch Reise Pr. Wakl. Bot. 100, t. 6, non Boiss. 



fc^ ^™alayas, alpine region, alt. 10-15,000 ft.; Kashmie, Lahul, Tibet. 

 leaflet*, ,^^2 ^^- '"'gh. moderately stout. Uavcs distinctly petioled, 1-3 in. long j 

 stipulp, 1 ??• glaucous-green, obtuse or emarginate, \-\ in. long, nearly naked; 

 MunrL ^a^ '"•' f'^'^e, foliaceous, deltoid-cuspidate. Heads dense, 1-3 in. long ; 

 densoaf !l .^ in. long, clothed with sbort spreading mixed black and white hairs. 



U i-^*^ *^e l>3se of the head ; bracts 4-f in., lanceolate, foliaceous, persistent. Cdyx^ 

 ^x^T"^^ sessile. Corolla narrow, half as long again as the calyx ; keel and 



fine bln^!! .» *^^^° the standard. Fod included in the calyx, ^ m. long, clothed with 

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