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An undershrub, several feet high, with abundant slender branches, pubescent when 

 mature, clothed with short spreading hairs aboye. Leaves l~^ ft. long ; leaflets thin, 

 oblong, obtuse, ^-| in. long, green, glabrescent above, glaucous, finely white-silky he- 

 Death; stipules lanceolate, free, small, spreading. Racemes close, copious, long- 

 Nuncled, 2-4 in. long ; pedicels ^\ in. long ; bracts lanceolate, scarcely exceeding 

 tlie buds. ^ Cali/x tubular, under ^ in. long, finely downy, oblique at the mouth, the 

 teeth deltoid. Corolla twice the calyx ; petals subequal. Pod turgid, membranous, 

 glabrous, ^ in. long, narrowed to both ends ; its stalk twice the calyx. 



42. A. Stewartil, Baker ; sbrubby, leaflets 13-15 oblong, calyx-teeth 



^ as long as the tube, bracts long setaceous plumose, corolla pale yellow 

 ^ ^^li lilac, pod oblong turgid stalked bilocular 6-8-seeded. 



Hazara, temperate region, alt. 5-9000 ft., Dr. J, L. 'Stewart. ■ 



tK'f •*''^^^^^ last, from whicli it differs by its leaves persistently and densely 

 lUte-silky, and long setaceous plumose calyx-teeth and bracts, the latter conspicu- 

 ^sly protruded beyond the buds. Stipules \ in., linear-setaceous, spreading, caducous^ 

 ^^^<^^s firm, many-ribbed, clothed with copious adpressed short white hairs. Ra- 

 • ,4'j ft., in the single specimen panicled near the base. Cal^x ^ in. long, includ- 

 3 ® ^^^th, densely silky. Pod ^-| in. long, oblong, glabrous, very turgid, fully 



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43 A. longricanlis, Baker -^ shrubby, leaflets 21-25, narrow-oblong, 

 vf^Tp" 1 *^ 1^9'lf as long as the tube, bracts long setaceous plumose, corolla pale 

 )«uow4ilac, pod oblong turgid stalked bilocular 10-12-seeded. 



^ASHATiE temperate region, Falconer. 

 onlv ^^ ^^^>^t of the two preceding, to which it is closely allied. Branches with 

 fol^ *^y ^*lpressed short silky hairs. Leaves 4-6 in. long; leaflets \~^ in. long, 

 ^''ai« . ^'"^^^^^' greenish above, glaucous beneath; stipules minute, free, lanceolate. 

 auj 1 ?? *" the last. Calyx \ in., with copious minute adpressed black hairs 

 its sJlv J ^1^^ longer white ones. Pod \-^ in. long, glabrous, narrowed to both ends ; 



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ca]^' >^; <5*Molatus, Bmtk MSS. ; stems herbaceous, leaflets oblong 17-19, 

 tuKri^ f u ^l^^^n^ted setaceous, corolla yellow tinged with lilac, pod oblong 

 ^<i stalked bilocular 8-l(^seeded. Bunae Man. i. 27 x ii- 33. ' - - -' -^ 



ThmT^- ^.^"^^layas, temperate region; Ladak, Kashmib, Kistwab, alt. 6-9000 ft.; 

 ^^<^^^ i^ alco7ier. ., :. j ; ■■ . i ^; i v^^.,; 



W.^,^fll~2 ft. or more high, firm, hollow, erect, glabrous. ■ Leaves reaching J-| ft. 

 5i^v at fi ^^ ^^^"' obtuse, green and glabrescent, §-1^ in. long, glaucous, thinly white; 

 lo J *\^^^ l^elow ; stipules \-^ in., free, persistent, lanceolate or deltoid. Racemes 

 ^MiQurrv close, subsecund ; bracts linear, not exceeding the buds. Calyx f in., 

 twice th ,^^^ J ^eeth setaceous, plumose, half as long as the tube. Corolla nearly 

 1 in ] ® ^*^jyx ; keel shorter than the other petals, broad, abruptly upcurved. Pod 

 gpreadinf ti '^"S. ^^^^g^^» membranous narrowed into a beak, clothed vnih, fine short 



S black hairs ; stalk as long as the calyx. 



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coroiu ^'., ^'pilocarpus, Benth. MSS. ; herbaceous, leaflets 21-25 oUong, 

 '>ilocX^Q 1^' <=alyx-teeth short linear, pod ensiform sul>compressed stalked 



OCuln; Q -ic.' ^"V^"''««iu suorx linear, piiu cu; 



S;12-seeded. Bunoe Mm. i. 27 ; ii. 32. 



Sook% ^'^^yas, alpine region, alt 10-11,000 ft.; Sikjum and East Nipal, 



^ave^^^ ft. high, erect, hollow, obscurely pubescent up^tds, glabrous beloif, 



cent aliv 1 ^^^^' leaflets thin," narrow, oblong, obtuse, l-lj in. long, green, glabres- 



YoT ' ^^^^*^^^» thinly silky below ; stipules lanceolate, spreading, free, ^-1 in. 



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