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glabris inferne pilis elongatis densissime et molliter tomentoso- 
villosis, pedunculis axillaribus foliorum dimidium  attingentibus, 
capitulo gossypino ovoideo confertifloro pedunculum fere æquante, 
floribus subsessilibus, bracteis setaceis calycis tubum paulo super- 
antibus, calycis densissime gossypini dentibus setaceis plumosis 
tubum excedentibus corolla paulo brevioribus. 
Has. Doobund, between Kelat and Nooshky. No. 873. 
Flowers cream-coloured with a yellowish tinge (ochroleucous), and 
green veins. Vexillum and carina equal in height. Wings shorter 
than the carina. 
Among “Alopecuroidei” this species may be known from 4. spe- 
ciosus, Boiss., by the long setaceous bracts and calyx-teeth, and by the 
densely cottony calyx. From 4. obcordatus, Boiss., it is distinct in 
the ovate (not globose) capitulum, in the cottony pubescence, shape of: 
leaflets, etc. 
12. Rhynchosia pulverulenta, J. E. S.; diffusa, volubilis seu prostrata, 
pube brevi velutina tomentoso-canescens, foliis trifoliolatis, foliolis- 
rhomboideo-rotundatis basi cuneatis subtus albo-glandulosis, racemis 
abbreviatis 5—10-floris, floribus breviter pedunculatis, bracteis pe- 
dunculum vix æquantibus, calycis segmento inferiore cæteris longiore 
et latiore, vexillo egibboso, legumine falcato basi attenuato dispermo 
seminum caruncula inconspicua. 
Has. Hills of Scinde and Lower Beloochistan. No. 658. 
Flowers light yellow, with inconspicuous yeins of the same colour.— 
The white glands on the underside of the leaf, the vexillum without a 
gibbous projection, and other marks, will distinguish this species. x 
13. Sophora Griffithii, J. E. S.; suffruticosa, ramis et calyce tomento 
raso candicantibus, foliolis 21-41 ovalibus vel obovatis plerumque 
retusis tomentoso-sericeis subtusque argenteo-velutinis, racemis ter- - 
minalibus et lateralibus 10—20-floris, legumine moniliformi albo- - 
pubescente levi vel crista tuberculata (alam preenunciante) ad situe 
que suturam utrinque instructa. a 
Haz. Over Upper Beloochistan, and in Lower Beloochistan, as Pes : 
down as 3000 feet in the Gundava Pass. No. 720. 7 
It is called “Shampusteer” by the Brahuis, and many a deaciate 
place is made gay in spring by the golden flowers and silvery leaves of 
this beautiful shrub. It belongs to the section Æusophora, and the ale — 
of the corolla have an additional and posterior auricle. 
