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j^j B"^ ill- Cal^x I in., tubular, with a few obscure adpressed black hairs, 

 wroite twice the calyx, bright yellow; standard exceeding the wings and keel. Pod 

 Winch long, glabrous, turgid, membranous, narrowed to both ends. 



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50. A. vicioides, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 6931, 7io/i. Ledeb. Herbaceous, 

 ^tieta oblong 17-21, calyx-teeth minute, pod oblong stalked bilocular 8-9- 

 «f«aed. A. concretus, JSenth. in Roijle HI 199. 



^ntral Himalayas, temperate region ; Nipax, Kistvah and Kttnawar. 

 dZe»j5 U2 ft. high, erect, moderately stout, hollow, glabrous. Leaves ^ ft. ; leaflets 

 2 m. long, thin, oblong, obtuse, green and glabrescent above, glaucous, with a few 

 lo^^ ^^^^^ below ; stipules broad, membranous, connate, ^_| in. long. Racemes 

 mT^T^"^^*- ^^^^®' ^"^ ^^* ^^°^' pedicels ^-^ in., subglabrous; bracts lanceolate, 

 Wk 11 ^^^-^ tubular, glabrous except the teeth, the mouth oblique. Corolla 

 mxli'^' twice the calyx ; petals equal. Pod glabrous, oblong, membranous, tur- 

 6^ f-A in. long, narrowed to both ends. 



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 Benth. in Moyle III. 



uuu^joiong^ caljx-teeth half as long as the tube, pod ensi 



jJJ'ed bilocular 12-18-seeded. Bunge Man. i. 26 ; ii. 81 ; _. — ^ 



^A. rotundifolius, Rm/le III. 199 ; Bun{je loc. cit. A. medullaris, Boiss. 

 r3?-ix. 66; Fl. Onent. ii. 268: Bunge loc. cit. A. Scottianus, Stocks MSS. 

 *• stipuktua, Jaqueni. MSS. mm Don. 



GuR^ ^i?^%as, temperate region, alt. 4-12,500 ft. ; Kashmir, Kistvab, Pitt, 

 A^' ^^^'^'^^ KuMAON.— DisTRiB, Afghanistan, Beloochistan. 



^*le fl f ^^^^^^'^^^'^ ^*^P^^^® ^^^^^^ ^®^®^® glaucous branches. Leaves 4:-6 in. 

 long- gjj^^^ opposite, firm, obtuse, glaucous, glabrous on both sides, subdistant, i-l in. 

 Wpedim l!!l i ' ^oliaceons, cordate, ovate or lanceolate, 1-1^ in. long. Eaccmes 

 ^muz /• j ^^ ^^' ^^^^ ' pedicels, -^^ in. ; bracts linear, glabrous. Calyx tubular, 

 riiglitiy ' I '^•. ^*^^ J ttiouth very oblique. Corolla yellow, twice the calyx; standard 

 '^oiLB ^*^®7^"& the wings and keel. Pod 1-1| in. long, \ in. broad, glabrous, mem- 

 ' X ^V. straight ; stalk as long as the calyx. 



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Wbacie^" v*iP«la*«s. D- lion in Bot. Mag. t. 2380 ; Prod. Nep. 246 ; 

 «iConrv-i ®*^ ^1-41 oblonp;, calyx-teeth as long as the tube, pod oblong- 



W^ •''''^^^ 15-20-seeded. Wall. Cat. 5928 ; BetUh. in Boyle HI. 199 ; 

 "«« ^o«. 1. 28 ; u. 33, 



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%m „1 f ^y^S' temperate region, alt. 6-8000 ft ; Nipal and Sikkim. 

 ot^use, 1-2 • ?^®^^' ^ollo"«f. glabrous, 3-6 ft. high. Leaves \-\ ft. long ; leaflets thin, 

 '*'''*■ stinn" "S'^reen, glabrescent above, glaucous with a few adpressed hairs 

 ^'^'^M lo« j°^^"^^'"^'^°"^> concrete, leaf-opposed, amplexicaul, 1-3 in. long. 

 r=«olate !f'Pt ""*^^^'^' i-1 It. long, at first dense ; pedicels \ in. ; bracts \ in., 

 '""•JpeUk ^"^ , °^^- ^"^y^ tubular, §-li in., finely grey-downy. Corolla yellow, 

 < equal. Pod glabrous, turgid, rather recurved, narrowed into a long beak. 



^^ «C?" ^'..y'y^^roma, Bunge. Stemless or short-stemmed perennial or 

 '"^ ifl 'a"^i ^%^^e8 adnate in the lower part to the petiole, leaf-rachis 

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r^den'J ?i*^**»«s» -Roy^e -??^. 200; heads subsessile, leaflets oblongs 

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