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Lorus TENUIFOLIUS, Reichb. var.; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. р. 166, syn. Z. corniculatus, var., Linn. 
Neither locality nor date: 1048. 
ASTRAGALUS AMMOPHILUS, Kar et Kir.; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 228. 
Hari-rud valley : 322, April 18, 26, 1885; 407, May 9, 1885. In great abundance, in 
sandy soil, forming soft, mossy turf along with 4. Nawabianus. 
ASTRAGALUS ($ OxyeLorris) NAWABIANUS, Aitch. et Baker, n. sp.—Annua, caule erecto 
seepissime simplici, stipulis liberis linearibus, foliolis 9-13 oblongis obtusis, utrinque 
laxe albo-hispidulis, floribus 6-10 in capitula densa longe pedunculata aggregatis, 
calyce dense piloso, dentibus linearibus tubo æquilongis vel longioribus, petalis 
lilacinis, calyce duplo longioribus, legumine oblongo abrupte rostrato biloculari 
4-spermo dense piloso. 
Caules graciles, erecti, 6-9 lin. longi, sursum tenuiter strigillosi. Folia 2-4 
poll longa, foliolis oppositis viridibus 3-4 lin. longis. Capitula 1-4, axillaria, 
omnia longe pedunculata. Calyx li lin. longus, pilis albis et nigris elongatis 
flexuosis dense vestitus. Carina3 lin. longa. Fructus 2 lin. longus, stylo persistente 
abrupte rostratus. 
Ad 4. ammophilum magis accedit. Recedit pilis laxis elongatis, capitulis omnibus 
longe pedunculatis, dentibus calycinis elongatis, legumine abrupte rostrato. 
Hari-rud valley : 1044, April 12, 1885; Badghis: May 14, 1885. А slender annual, 
about six inches in height, growing in great masses close together so as to form a soft 
moss-like sward; greedily eaten by horses. 
ASTRAGALUS TENUIRUGIS, Boiss. Fl. Or, ii. p. 232, syn. 4. corrugatus, Bert., var. 
Hari-rud valley : 132 (2), 264, April 7, 17, 19, 21, 1885. Very common. 
ASTRAGALUS CAMPYLORRHYNOHUS, Fisch. et Mey.; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 233. 
Badghis : 374, Мау 1, 1885; Hari-rud valley: 404, Мау 9, 1885. 
ASTRAGALUS GYZENSIS, Delile; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 234, syn. 4. hauarensis, Boiss. 
Hari-rud valley : 410, Мау 9, 1885. Common, in sandy soil amongst gravel. 
ASTRAGALUS, sp. aff. A. trimestri, Linn. 
Hari-rud valley : 1045, Мау 14, 1885. Common; intermixed with 4. Nawabianus. 
Ripe pod wanting for exact determination. 
ASTRAGALUS, sp. aff. 4. hispidulo, DC. 
Нагі-гий valley: 226, April 13, 1885. In cultivated land; one specimen only, and 
insufficient in this genus for description. 
AsTRAGALUS ($ PHACA) STEPHENIANUS, Aitch. et Baker, n. sp. Perennis, pilis basi- 
fixis, caulibus elongatis breviter pilosis, stipulis parvis liberis lanceolatis, foliolis 
circiter 30-jugis parvis oblongis obtusis utrinque breviter tenuiter albo-pilosis, 
racemis multis paucifloris densis axillaribus sessilibus, pedicellis brevibus, calyce 
piloso pilis albis nigrisque intermixtis, tubo oblongo dentibus linearibus tubo vix 
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Mo. Bot. Garden. 
1898. 
