956 
Plants of the Punjab. 
Heres, ERECT, WITH ALTERNATE STrPULATE ComMPOUND LEAVES, 
Astragalus 
Faleoneri, 
LEGUMINOS &. 
Pe Be 1. 120. 
Hazara 
(Winterbottom). 
Astragalus 
trichocarpus, 
LEGUMINOS. 
Pep iri i201 
Hastern Punjab. 
Himalaya, 
5-8,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Dharmpur. 
Astragalus 
ciliolatus 
LEGUMINOSZ. 
FB. Lu. 129. 
Himalaya, 
6-9,000 ft. 
Kashmir. 
Astragalus 
frigidus, 
LEGUMINOS#. 
BB: Pri 180: 
Lahul. 
PETALS UNUNITED, 
LEAFLETS MANY. 
large, perennial, stems almost woody, zigzag, velvety, 
white when young; leaves 1-1}in., mid-rib ending in a 
point or leaflet, stipules broad, leaflike, leaflets 18-17, 
1-1 in. long, lanceolate-oblong, with broad tips, blunt ; 
flowers 4 in., lilac, in long-stalked few-flowered racemes, 
calyx 4 in., pouched, nearly smooth, teeth 5, very short, 
petals 5, wing petals short-pointed, equal to the keel petals, 
stamens 10, upper one free, others united, style incurved, 
smooth ; pod 4-2 in., narrowed to both ends, stalk twice as 
long as the calyx, 4-6-seeded, 
large, perennial, nearly smooth, branches straight, 
twiggy, much furrowed; leaves 2-4 in., nearly sessile, 
mid-rib ending in a point or leaflet, stipules minute, leaflets 
31-41, 1-8 in., nearly blunt, pale green, covered with minute 
silvery hairs ; flowers 4 in., lilac, crowded in stalked racemes, 
8-4 in. long, bracts linear, minute, calyx ;, in., bell-shaped, 
oblique, smooth, teeth 5, triangular, petals 5, standard 
petal round, wings lanceolate, shorter than the keel petals, 
stamens 10, upper free, others united ; pod 3-1, stalked, 
oblong, velvety, seeds 4-6. 
medium size, perennial, stems hollow, smooth ; leaves 
6-9 in., mid-rib ending in a point or leaflet, leaflets 17-19, 
4-11 in., oblong, blunt, green, smooth, stipules 3-3 in., 
lanceolate or triangular, free, persistent; flowers # in., 
yellow tinged with lilac, crowded nearly all on one side of 
longe-stalked racemes, bracts linear, shorter than the buds, 
calyx 3 in., tubular, oblique, teeth 5, bristle-lke, feathered, 
petals 5, keel shorter than the standard and wing petals, 
broad, abruptly upeurved, stamens and style lke those 
of the last species ; pod 1 in., oblong, expanded, narrowed 
into a beak, covered with fine short spreading black hairs, 
stalk 2 in., seeds 8-20. 
medium size, perennial, stout, smooth ; leaves 4-6 in, 
long, stipules 3-3 in. long, ovate or lanceolate, sharp-pointed 
or blunt, free, persistent, leaflets 9-15, oblong, one or more 
inches long, opposite, thin, smooth above, with a bluish 
waxy gloss and a few hairs below; flowers ? in., bright 
yellow, arranged nearly all on one side of long-stalked 
racemes, calyx % in., tubular, with a few flat-lying hairs, 
teeth 5, minute, petals 5, standard longer than the wings 
