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



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/West Himalayas, temperate and alpine regions, alt. 9-16,000 ft.; Zanskab, 

 Lahtjl, Kashmir, Kunawak. 



Tufts one or several together at the crown of a woody rootstock. Stipules f-f in., 



lanceolate ; petiole and leaf-rachis densely silky, the latter 2-4 in. long, not persisting 

 after the leaflets fall; leaflets 31-41, |-^ in. long, glaucous, persistently silky on 

 both sides, the upper close, the lower distant. Heads dense, many-flowered, usually 

 quite sessile at the crown of the rootstock ; bracts linear, |-^ in. long, densely silky. 

 Cali/x tubular, silky, ^— | in. long ; teeth half as long as the tube. Corolla half as long 

 again as the calyx ; wings shorter than the standard, and keel than the wings. Pod 

 densely silky, ^-f in. long, oblong, turgid, bilocular, splitting open the calyx, 15-20- 

 eeeded, narrowed suddenly into the beak. 



-^'^'^ 54, A. acBMlls^ Baker MSS, ] heads subsessile, leaflets lanceolate acute 

 glabrous, leaf-rachis not indurated; calyx-teeth lanceolate, ovary stipitate. 



SiKKiM, alpine region, alt. 16-17,000 ft., Hook.JlL 



Tufts several from the crown of the woody rootstock, the glabrous stems at most 

 an inch long. Leaves 2-3 in. long, distinctly petioled; leaflets 25-31, green, 

 narrowed gradually to a point, ^^ in. long ; stipules | in., membranous, lanceolate. 

 Scads 2-3-flowered, sessile. Cali/x under | in. long, clothed with a few adpressed 

 hairs ; teeth a third as long as the tube. Corolla bright yellow, twice the calyx ; petals 

 subequal; standard J in, broad. Ovary glabrous, distinctly stalked; ovules 12-16. 

 Poi not seen. 



Webbianus, Grah, in Wall. Cat. 593 

 se erlabrous, leaf-rachis indurated, calvx 



subsessile. 



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KuNAWAn and "Wkst Tibet, alt. 12-16,000 ft., alpine region. 



Tufts densely ca-spitose at the crown of a thick woody rootstock. Stipules linear 

 or lanceolate, ^-§ in. ; petiole 1-4 in. long, stramineous, glabrous, like the leaf-rachis, 

 which 5s 3-6 in. long and becomes wiry in texture; leaflets 31-51, scattered, dis- 

 tant, rather caducous, |-| in. long, glaucous with a few fine spreading hairs in the 

 early stage. Heads many-flowered, sessile or short-pedunclod ; pedicels ^ in. ; bracts 

 linear, exceeding tlie pedicels, Calyx tubular, | in. long ; teeth a third as long as the 

 tube. Corolla under an inch long; wings distinctly shorter than the standard, atid 

 keel than the wings. Vod oblong, turgid, glabrous, \-^ in. long, bilocular, 15-20-seeded, 

 narrowed suddenly at both ends. 



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56. A. bakuensis, Bum/e.Mon, i. 37; ii. 45; heads long-peduncled; 

 leaflets linear finely downy, leaf-rachis not at all indurated, calyx-teeth setaceous, 

 pod subsessile. Boiss. FL Onent. ii. 283. 



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PijyjAB, subtropical zone; Salt range, Fleming, Stewart. — Distetb. Orient. 



Leaves i-| ft. long; petioles 2-6 in. long, densely clothed with short spreading 

 hairs; leaflets 31-41, distant, opposite or alternate, glaucous, distinctly stalked, 

 i-| in. long; stipulos lanceolate, \-\ in. Racemes many-flowered, laser than in the 

 other species ; peduncle 2-12 in. lon^, finely downy; bracts linear-setaceous, \ 'J^* 

 long. Cahjx tubular, downy, ^ in. long; teeth a third 'as long as the tube, CorolU 

 half as long again as tlie calyx, considez^ably tinged with purple; petils subeq^i^l* 

 Pod oblong, densely silky, bilocular, 15-20-seeded, not seen mature. — Connects 



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leaflets 17-25, leaf-i'achises indurated 

 pod linear-oblong narrowed from the 

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