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ASTRAGALUS ($ МуоввомА) COTTONIANUS, Aitch. et Baker, n. sp. Acaulis, perennis, 
exscapus, pilis parcis brevibus adpressis albis, stipulis lanceolato-deltoideis, foliis 
longe petiolatis, foliolis 11-13 orbiculari-cuneatis, pedunculo foliis subzequilongo, 
racemo laxe elongato, bracteis lanceolatis persistentibus, pedicellis brevibus ascen- 
dentibus, calyce vix piloso basi bracteolato dentibus lanceolatis tubo oblongo 
brevioribus, petalis luteis calyce sesquilongioribus, legumine lineari recurvato uni- 
loculari 4—5-spermo breviter stipitato. 
Herba perennis, radice elongato fusiformi. Petioli 2-3 poll. longi, pilis adpressis 
albis dense vestiti. Lamina 2-4-pollicaris ; foliola 6-9 lin. longa, utrinque viridia, 
pilis adpressis hispidulis albis tenuiter vestiti. Pedunculus 5—6-pollicaris ; racemus 
3-6-polliearis, laxe 10-20-florus, pedicellis 1-2 lin. longis. Calyx 6-7 lin. longus, 
pilis paucis sparsis albis vel nigris preeditus. Petala 10-11 lin. longa. Fructum 
maturum non vidi. 
Habitus A. longiflori, Pall, et A. flexi, Fisch.  Recedit racemis foliis conspicue 
eminentibus, etc. 
Badghis: 377, May 2, 4, 1885. Іп great luxuriance, on the low rocky hill-sides of 
the Badghis; flowers numerous, large, bright yellow, on long spikes. А very showy 
plant and one well worthy of cultivation. 
ASTRAGALUS GoMPHOLOBIUM, Benth.; Bunge, Astragali Sp. Geron. ii. p. 50. no. 218. 
Badghis: 348, April 29, Мау 1, 21, 1885. Very common in the sandy soil of the 
Badghis. It has very long fibrous whip-like roots; the pods are the size of a grape, 
inflated and full of liquid, and greedily eaten by the natives, who call them both 
“ grapes " and “ melons." 
ASTRAGALUS, sp. aff. А. ovino, Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 288. / 
Badghis: 1047, Мау 21, 1885. Not sufficient material for identification. The pods 
are as large as good-sized gooseberries, and, previous to ripening, largely inflated and 
full of liquid, like those of 4. Gomphkolobium ; at this period greatly resembling miniature 
melons. They are sought for and eaten by the shepherds. 
ASTRAGALUS GERENSIS, Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 300. l 
Khorasan : 694, June 14, 18, 1885. In the arid gravelly plains, not uncommon ; 
characterized by its large pod, ending in a hard woody spine. 
ASTRAGALUS, sp. aff. 4. viciefolio, DC.; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 252. 
Badghis: 1048, May 19, 1885. 
ASTRAGALUS ($ Hyrocrorris) RAWLINSIANUS, Aitch. et Baker, n. Sp. Perennis, pilis 
mollibus albis basifixis, caule brevi, stipulis lanceolatis, foliis breviter petiolatis, 
foliolis circiter 12-jugis parvis oblongis utrinque laxe albo-pilosis, pedunculo foliis 
longiore, racemo denso multifloro subspicato pilis elongatis mollibus albis nigrisque 
dense vestito, bracteis linearibus, calycis dentibus linearibus tubo oblongo-cylindrico 
vix brevioribus, petalis violaceis calyce sesquilongioribus, legumine sessili parvo 
oblongo 4-spermo longe piloso stylo elongato eurvato apiculato. : 
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