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Sophora,] L. leguminos^. (J. G. Baker.) 249 



capitate. Pod monilifomi, sublignose or membranous in our species, usually 

 mdeliiscent, the joints turbid, terete or in § Echcardsia furnished ^\dth four 

 wuigs.—DisTRiB. Species aoove 20, widely spread in warm countries. 



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§ Eusophora. Pod wingless. Keel obtuse, without a mucro. 



Stipules permtentj spiny. Pod finally dehiscing, 



1. S, IKCoorcroftiana, Benth, MSS, Astragalus Moorcroftianus, Wall 

 ^ot, 5933. Caragana Moorcroftiana, Bmth. in Royle III 198. 



Western Tibet. Ladak, MoorcrofL Nubra valley, alt. 10-12,000 ft., Thomson, 

 ^SHMiR, -BeWeM;.— DisTRiB. Kashgar, Bellew, 



■ A low copiously-branched shrub, with densely grey-do"wny branches, armed ■with 

 De pungent spines, w-hich are the stipules that persist, as m Caragana, long after 



"" lefi'VeS lH.ll T .antMte 1 1 O \-n 1/-iTnr». Inr.44^ffi 11 17 nn rK f\ r* r\-^y a rvVirt^ru f a /^Vif iioj:* -wit-h 



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e leaves fall. Leaves 1^-2 in. long; leaflets 11-17, caducous, obovate, obtuse, "with 

 "^IJg awn, J-i in. long, subcoriaceous, pale green, finely grey-silky on both surfaces, 



i^y ^^^rly glabrescent. Flowers in copious sparse axillary racemes; pedicels 



shorte 



r than the calyx. Calyx \ in., densely grej^-silky ; teeth short. Corolla 

 yellow, more than twice the length of the calyx ; blade of standard oblong. Fod 

 ininner than in the other species, 3-4 in. long, b-^- 



seeded, densely pubescent. 



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Small spineless trees tcitk usually indehiscent pods. 



olh ?' *^™®»*osa, Linn.\ DC. Pt^odr. ii. 95; leaflets 15-19 obovate 

 tuse densely grey-downy beneath, pedicels as long as the densely grey-downy 

 ?«r- o ^^ yellow, pod finely grev-downy. Wall. Cat. 5333; Pojb. Fl. 

 V; V^^' ^^- ^ ^' ^'odr. 179: Bedd. FL Sylv. 89. S. glabra, HassL; 

 ^^^ Flor. /«rf. Bat i. 125. 



horesof the Eastern and Western Peninsulas, and Ceylon.— Distrib. Cosmo- 

 P^^^Jn m the Tropics. 



fiexifr^^^^v''^ ^ifgate, thinly persistently grey-dovny. Leaves ^ ft. long; leaflets 

 imm ' ®^^*=^riaceous, 1-2 in. long, dull grey-green, thinly downy above, the veins 

 M\Jv ^° ^^^'^ surfaces. Eacemes terminal, ^ ft. long ; pedicels densely silky, articu- 



lated l" 1 '''''^^'^"■^Aaces. liacemes terminal, ^ it. long ; peaiceisueiibeiysiih.^, <ut.it u- 

 r^ a little below the calyx. Calyx J-| in., nearly truncate, very oblique. Corolla 



oarl^-'. ^^^^^ ^^ standard round, veine^d. 'Pod \-^ ft. long, 6-8-seeded, the oblong 

 V joints separated by a narrow neck as long as themselves. 

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?labr "^lolacea, Thtcaites Enum. 94; leaflets 19-21 oblong obtuse 



liJI'^k pedicels as long as the subdabrous calyx, flowers violet, pod glabrous. 



^«- i'/. Sylo. 90. 



?Im?,' ®^^^^ *iistrict, Thwaites. 

 1 3'j.^/^^le-sized shrub. Branches slender, virgate, obscurely silky at first. Leaves 

 ttW ?^' leaflets subdistint, membranous, glabrous, f-1 in. long, bright green 

 pedicel ^ '^*^*^^^ beneath. Racemes axillary, close, short-poduncled, 3-4 in. long ; 

 Ue In/^^^' ^^^"^^^^^^ articulated below the apex. Calyx very oblique, both at the 

 Btari^.!? t^^^oat; teeth obscure. Corolla twice the length of the calyx; blade _ of 



Ted 3-4 in. 



"^andarrl "7""^ I Leecii oDscure. Vorolia twice me u-ugui ui t^c v. 

 W /V^H^ceolate-spathulate, :f in. broad, with a very long claw. 



b' ^-seeded; joints oblong, veined, hard, with a narrow neck between them. 



4. S. 



silK'if • ^^^^<5a, Xe^c^. ; DC. Pi^odr. H. 95; leaflets 21-25 acute denselv 

 PeritT.^^^' pedicels shorter than the densely silky calyx, flowers purple, pod 

 fe If J? ''^^^^^y- '^V^ll' Cat 6334; W. ^ A. Prodr. 179; Wight Ic t. 

 madpif/ . -^^- '^/^^^- 89- S. velutina, Lindl. Bat. Beg. t. H85. Edwardsia 

 ^Patana, Wight Ic. t 1054 (eueept the pods). 



Bills of 



the Western Peninsula. 



' ■ Brfl«^i '^r "^ ASTERN ir'ENlNSTTLA. 



h |ft . ?; fl ^ clothed with dense persistent grey or brown velvety pubescence. Leaves 

 .;:;:'' ®^^^^s oblong, not acuminate, rarely subobtuse, |-1 in. long, subcoriaceous, 



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