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№ оте.— Рг. Regel identifies this with Erersmannia astragaloides, Reg. et Schmalh. (in 
Reg. Pl. Nov. Fedtsch. p. 18), which, with a large number of specimens before us, we 
should regard, as he himself suggests in the place cited, as a state of E. hedysaroides. 
HEDYSARUM MAITLANDIANUM, Aitch. et Baker, n. sp. Perenne, caule producto pilis 
albis brevibus tenuiter vestito, stipulis deltoideis membranaceis, foliolis 5-7 obovatis 
obtusis utrinque breviter albo-pilosis, racemis laxis paucifloris longe pedunculatis, 
pedicellis brevibus dense pilosis, bracteis bracteolisque lanceolatis, calyce dense 
piloso dentibus lanceolatis tubo duplo longioribus, petalis saturate lilacinis calyce 
duplo longioribus, vexillo glabro carina sublongiore, legumine recurvato pedicellato 
articulis 3-4 suborbieularibus discoideis facie glabris venulosis margine breviter 
ciliatis. 
Herba erecta semipedalis vel pedalis. Petioli 6-12 lin. longi; lamina 2-3 poll. ; 
foliola 6-9 lin. longa. Pedunculi stricti, 2-4 poll. longi. Racemus demum 2-3-polli- 
caris. Calyx З lin. longus, vexillum 8-9 lin. longum, 5-6 lin. latum. Leguminis 
articuli 2-3 lin. longi. 
Ad stirpem Multicaulia, Boiss., prope H. elymaiticum, Boiss. et Haussk., pertinet. 
Badghis: 381, Мау 2, 4, 1885; Hari-rud valley: May 19, 1885. 
А dense bush, about а foot in height, with very numerous annual shoots, growing 
closely together and forming clumps of from nine to twelve feet in circumference. 
Flowers large, rose-pink, in loose spikes. A very handsome shrub when in full flower. 
Common. 
HEDYSARUM WRIGHTIANUM, Aitch. et Baker, n. sp. Perenne, caulibus brevibus dense 
albo-incanis, stipulis e basi deltoidea acuminatis, foliolis 18-15 lineari-oblongis 
obtusis facie subcalvatis dorso albo-pilosis, racemis pedunculatis elongatis multifloris, 
pedicellis brevibus dense pilosis, bracteis minutis deciduis, calyce dense piloso denti- 
bus linearibus tubo campanulato 3—4-plo longioribus, floribus parvis sordide rubello- 
luteis, vexillo alisque calyci æquilongis carina brevioribus, legumine piloso pedicel- 
lato articulis 1-3 facie et margine longe crinitis. 
Caules dense czespitosi, semipedales vel pedales. Реной 6-12 lin. longi; lamina 
2—4-pollicaris; foliola 9-12 lin. longa, 15-2 lin. lata. Racemus demum 8-4 рой. 
Calyx З lin. longus. Carina 4-5 lin. Legwminis articuli demum 3 lin. longi, setis 
- 11-2 lin. longis brunneis vel purpurascentibus. | i 
Ad H. criniferum, Boiss., et H. micropterum, Bunge, magis accedit. 
Hari-rud valley : 421, May 10, 28, 1885; Badghis : April 4, May 19, 1885. 
An extremely common shrub, greedily eaten by goats and sheep. The ripe fruit is 
covered with bright purple bristles. 
ONOBRYCHIS MICRANTHA, Schrenk ; Ledebour, Fl. Ross. i. p. 710. 
Hari-rud valley : 405, May 9, 1885 ; 611, June 6, 1885. Je | 
An excessively common annual,in stony soil Тһе form of the fruit might give 
artists a new design for ear-rings. 
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