714 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XIX. 



Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Pod Bearing, Leaflets Many. 



Petals Dissimilar. 



Astragalus malti- 

 ceps, 



Kandiara, sarmul. 

 Leguminos^. 

 F. B. T. u. 134, 

 Himalaya, 812,000 ft. 



Astragalus zans- 

 Icarcnsis, 

 Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 134. 

 Himalaya, 10-14,000 ft. 



Astragalus lepto- 

 ceutr'.:is, 

 Leguminos^s:. 

 F. B. I. ii. i:f5. 

 Himalaya, 14,000 ft. 



Astragalus bicuspis, 



LEGUMINOS.E. 



F. B.I. ii. 135. 

 llazara. 



small, main stem very short, branchlets with tufts 

 of leaves very close together, armed with the old 

 leaf stalks 1| 3 ins. long, leaves l|-3 ins. long, sti- 

 pules i in. long, lanceolate, leaflets 21-31, oblong- 



ovate with broad tip, 



Ti-6 



in. long, covered with 



grey silky hairs ; flowers one or two together in leaf 

 axils, sessile or nearly so, yellow, 1 in. long, bracts 

 linear, ^ in. long, calyx ^ in. long, silky, teeth linear 

 bristle-like, stamens lO, all united but the upper, 

 one ; pod sessile, oblong, ^ in. long, covered with 

 fine grey silky hairs, seeds 12-14. 



small, main stem short, branchlets with closely 

 crowded leaves lower parts armed with the old leaf 

 stalks 3-4 ins. long ; leaves 3-4 ins. long, stipules | in; 

 long, lanceolate, leaflets 21-25, oblong, blunt, soon 

 falling oft, |- 1 in, long, densely brown silky velvet 

 flowers yellow, 1| ins. long, in few to six flowered 

 shortly stalked heads, bracts linear bristle-like, 

 feathery, calyx ^-| in. long, tubular, densely silky, 

 teeth bristle-like, stamens 10, all united but the 

 upper one ; pod shortly stalked, seeds up to 20. 



small, main stem lengthened, armed with the old 

 leaf stalks, 2-3 ins, long, velvety, branches velvety, 

 branchlets with closely clustered leaves, leaflets 

 21-.. 1, oblong blunt, ^-| in. long, grey brown, silky 

 velvet on both surfaces ; flowers yellow, I| in. long, 

 one or two together without a stalk common to 

 both, in the leaf axils, calyx ^ in. long densely 

 silky, teeth linear, biistln-iike, stamens lO, all united 

 but the upper one ; pod oblong, A-g in, long, sessile 

 silky, two-celled, 12 1 4 -seeded. 



small generally like A, 2)clyacanthus above, braD- 

 ches densely silky, stem lengthened, armed with the 

 old leaf stalks 1-2 ins long, leaflets 13-17, oblong, 

 blunt, -j- 1 ill. long, shaggy stipules q-| in. long, lan- 

 ceolate sharp-pointed ; flowers yellow, 1 in. long, one 

 to three togetliei , not on a common stalk, in the leaf 

 axils, calyx i in. long, shaggy, stamens 10, all united 



