128 !*• LEGUMINOS^. (J. G. Baker.) ^Astr 



38. A. leucooeplialus, Grah. in Wall 



iflp.lv rlotlied witli loose white hairs, leaf 



g sessile unilocular 3-4- 

 Mou. I 48 : ii. 76 ; BoisB. 



seeded. 



FL Orient ii. 241. ^ 



West Himalayas, temperate and tropical zone, alt. 1-7,000 ft. ; Punjab, Kashmir 

 SiatLA, GuRWHAL, KuMAON. — DisTRiB. Afghanistan. 



Stems densely csespitose, ascending, J-^ ft., densely persistently tomentose. Leaves 

 1-3 in. long ; leaflets close, oblong, glaucous, densely argenteo-oanesccnt, thick, obtuse or 

 subacute, i-| in. long; stipules small, foliaceous, connate below the middle. Heads 

 small, verv dense, obloncr; Dedunclos 2-6 in., densely "white-tomentose : bracts lanceo- 



late, exceeding the buds, Cali/x ^ in. long, subsessile, very shaggy ; teeth setaceous, 

 as long as the tube. Corolla pale yellow, \ in. ; keel rather shorter than the standard 

 and wings. Pod ~ in. long, included in the calyx, finely downy. 



Heads few-^oiverecl^ sessile or nearly soy in the axils of the leaves of an 



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elongated stem ; Jloivers yelloiv, 



39. £Lm munroi, Benth, MSS. ; Bunge Mon. i. 30 ; ii. 35. 



Tibet Himalayas, alpine region ; Piti, Lahul, Ladak. — Distrib. Kashgar> 



Bellew. 



Bhizome stout, long, woody, fusiform. Stems csespitose, stout, erect, ^1 ft., shaggy 

 throughout with dense spreading white hairs. Leaves 1^2 in. long; leaflets 19-21- 

 oblanceolatc, obtuse, |-1 in. long, thinly clothed with loose white hairs ; stipules 

 i in., free, linear, or lanceolate. Calyx short-pedicelled, ^~| in., thinly pubescent ; teeth 

 linear-setaceous, nearly as long as the tube. Corolla ^-^ in,, palo yellow ; petixls sub- 

 equal. Bod oblong, sessile, membranous, much inflated, an inch long, nearly bilocular, 

 10-12-seeded. 



SxiBGEN. 6. Phaca.* Herbaceous perennials or undershrubs with 

 flowers in elongated racemes, Lasi-fixed hairs and naked stigmas. 



Stipidi 



macropterus 



bilocular 



5-6-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 21 ; ii, 22. A. vicioides, Led. Fl. Alt. ^, 301, t. 286. 

 A. distang^ Benth. MSS. A. longipes, Kar. and Kir. ; Led. FL Boss. i. G18. A. - 

 puberulus, K. and K. Enum. PL Alt. No. 240. 



Tibetan Himalayas, alpine region, alt. 9-12,000 ft. ; Ladak, Zaxskak, &c., Tho^" 

 Mon. — DisTRiB. AVestern and Central Siberia. 



An erect undershru]>, 2-3 ft. high, with numerous crecto-patent stiff virgate glabro^^ 



branches. Leaves 2-3 in. long; leaflets distant, thick, pale green, glabrcscent, i-i ^"' ' 



long ; stipules minute, lanceolate, free, spreading, caducous. Bacemes very lax, J-l ^' "j 



long ; peduncles stiff, ascending, ^-1 ft. ; pedicels ^\ in. ; bracts very minute. C^^^Vf ■ 



campanulate, -^ in. long, with a few minute ad pressed black hairs ; teeth deltoid- ; 



cuspidate. Corolla ^ in. ; keel much shorter than tlie wings and standard. -P^* ; 



\-l in. long, glabrous, turgid, narrowed to a beak, nearly straight. ''^: 



41. A. chlorostachys, ZtncZ/. in Tram. Hart. Soc. vii. 249; shriib^y^ ^ 

 leaflets 13-17 oblong, calyx-teeth very short, bracts lanceolate, corolla pale greeo 

 tinged with lilac, pod oblong turgid stalked bilocular G-10-seeded. Bunge Mo^^ 

 i. 27 ; ii. 32. A. Govanianus, Grah. in WalL Cat. 5925. A. himalensis, J(^ 

 quern. MSS. •:^l 



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Kashmir, Snn.A, Kumaox, Gubwhal, 



Lah^ 



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