smooth, 5-toothed, two upper teeth ovate, acute; three 
lower ones lanceolate; pointed, longer than the upper. 
Corolla greenish-white, tinged with red; vexillum oblong, 
reflexed, obtuse, slightly notched, narrowed at the base: 
ale stipitate, widened into an oblong lanceolate pointed 
lamina, furnished towards the base, on one side, with a 
small ear-like appendage: carina cucullate, obtuse, shorter 
than the ale, biauriculate, stipitate. Pod completely two- 
celled, eight- to twelve-seeded, oblong, flattened, mucro- 
nate, smooth, drooping, stipitate at the base. 
This species of Astragalus was discovered by Dr. Francis 
Haminron, in 1802, at Gorasan, in Upper Nepal. It has 
since been met with by Dr. Watuicu’s collectors on the 
Himalaya Alps. Dr. Watticn suspected it to be a new 
species of Galega; but a careful examination proves it to 
belong decidedly to the genus in which we have placed it. 
The broad leafy stipules and the stipitate pods are the dis- 
tinguishing marks of this species. In general appearance 
it somewhat resembles the common Astragalus glycyphyllos. 
In the Lambertian Herbarium, are specimens of two other 
new species, natives of the Nepalese Alps. Don. 
_ This new Astracatus was raised at the Fulham nursery, 
in the spring of 1822, from seeds, given by Rosert Henry 
Jenkinson, Esq. and being planted out in the open ground 
flowered in September and October. Mr. Mitne informs 
us, that he thinks it will prove to be hardy. 
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Fig. 1. represents the ped opened, (a) one valve, with the dissepiment 
removed to shew the seeds; (6) the dissepiment separated ; (c) the other — 
valve covered by the dissepiment. 3 
Fig. 2, The entire pod, 
