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t. LEGUMiNOS^. (J. G. Baker.) 



[^Astragalus, 



jRacemes long-peduneled, at first close, finally 2-3 m. long ; peaiceis ~-^ in., black ; 

 bracts lanceolate, not protruded. Calyx | in., tubular, with a few black hairs; teeth 

 more densely black-silky, less than half as long as the tube. Corolla bright yellow, 

 ■J-| in. ; petals subequal. Pod 1-1^ in. by |-| in., glabrous, membranous, narrowed 

 gradually to both ends, rather recurved ; stalk as long as the calyx. 



46. A. emodi, Stead. Nomen. edit 2, p. 161 ; herbaceous, leaflets oblong 

 21-25, calyx-teeth half as long as the tube, corolla yellow, pod long-stalked 

 oblong turgid subbilocular 12-16-seeded. Bunge Man. I 28 ; ii. 33. A. podo- 

 carpus, Grah, in Wall. Cat. 5930, non C. A. Meyer. 



KmtfAON, alt. 10-11,000 ft., Blinkworth, Strachey and Winterbottom. 



Stems tall, fistular, stout, erect, glabrous. Leaves 6-9 in. long ; leaflets thin, obtuse, 

 J-1 in. long, glabrescent on both sides, green above, glaucous beneath ; stipules lanceo- 

 late, acute, free, reflexed. Bacemes long-peduneled, 2-3 in. long ; pedicels ascending, 

 i in. long, finely downy ; bracts lanceolate, i-^ in. Calyx | in., long, subglabrouS: 



I in. long. 



tubular. Corolla twice the calyx ; petals equal. Pod oblong, turgid, membranoi^ 

 glabrous, 1^-1^ in. long, narrowed gradually into a beak; stalk 



47. A. kbasianus, Benth. MSS.] sbrubby, leaflets oblong 21-25, 

 calyx-teeth minute, corolla yellow, pod oblong turgid stalked bilocular 1-- 

 16-3eeded. Bunge Mon. i, 27 j ii. 32. 



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Khasia, temperate region, alt. 6-7000 ft., Hook.Jil. and ThoTmon, Griffith. 



Stems tall, erect, shrubby, much branched, subglabrous. Leaves 4 in. long; lea"^ 

 thin, narrow oblong, obtuse, |-| in. long, green and glabrescent above, glaucous "vritna 

 few adpressed white hairs below ; stipules lanceolate, free, \ in. long. Racemes long- 

 peduneled, moderately close, subsecund, finally 3-4 in. long; pedicels ^ in., fij^^v 

 downy ; bracts lanceolate, aiducous, \ in. Calyx \ in., tubular, scarcely at all pilose. 

 Corolla twice the calyx ; petals subequal. Pod oblique oblong, very turgid, meni' 



brauous, glabrous ; stalk exceeding the calyx, 



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48. A. coluteocarpus, Boiss. Biaffn. \x. 05 -^ shrubby, leaflets roun^ 

 oblong 11-13, calyx-teeth long, corolla yellow, pod oblong turgid stalks 

 bilocular ia-12-seeded. Bmige Man. i, 26; ii. 32; Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 271. 



West Tibetan Himalayas and Ktjnawae, alt. 6-10,000 ft., Thomson^ Munro 



TKLB. Afghanistan. 



A tall nndershrub, with copious erecto-patent terete virgate glabrous branch^ 

 Leaves 4-5 in. long ; leaflets opposite, firm, glabrous, obtuse, glaucous, |-| in. long; s ' 

 pules free, minute, deltoid. Racemes long-peduneled, at first close; finally |-J_ ft. longf 

 pedicels short, pilose ; bracts linear, not protruded. 



teeth setaceous, half as long as the tube. Corolla i __. , ^__^ 



shorter than the wings and standard. Pod glabrous, very turgid, 1-1 J in. long, '^^ 

 rowed to both ends ; stalk finally longer than the calyx. 



Pifr 



1, at first close, finally t-J i^.. i^-e ; 

 Calyx f in., tubular, thinly pilose . 

 in. ; keel abruptly incurved, m^*^ 



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Stipules large. 



49. A. fMgridus, Bunge Mon. i. 25; ii, 28; herbaceous, leaflets 9--1 

 oblong, calyx-teeth minute, pod oblong stalked unilocular &-8-seeded. P^ 

 firigida, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 273. 



"Western Himalayas, temperate region; Gcbwhax, Kistwah, Lahtji. 

 Mountains throixgh the north temperate zone. 



Steiris 1-2 ft. high, erect, stout, glabrous. Leaves 4-6 in. long; 



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thin, an inch or more long, green, glabrescent above, glaucous with a few obscure ha 

 below ; stipules ovate or lanceolate, acute or obtuse, free, persistent, ^ in. long. ^^ 

 cemes long-peduneled, moderately close, subsecuud, finally 2-3 in. long ; pedicels bla*> 





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