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Plants of the Punjab. 
Heras, Erect, with ALTERNATE STIPULATE COMPOUND LEAVES. 
Astragalus 
melanostachys, 
LEGUMINOS2. 
RB. 12d. 
Himalaya, 
10-15,000 ft. 
Kashmir, 
Lahul. 
Astragalus 
cashmirensis, 
LEGUMINOS#. 
Reals 27.. 
Kashmir, 
9-10,000 ft. 
(Falconer). 
Astragalus 
leucocephalus, 
LEGUMINOSAE. 
Bes: in. 128: 
Himalaya, 
1-7,000 ft. 
Simla, Naldera 
(Collett). 
Murree (Douie). 
Sakesar, Salt Range. 
Astragalus Munroi, 
LEGUMINOS®. 
EF. B. I.u..128. 
Spiti, Lahul. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
LEAFLETS MANY. 
medium size, perennial, oy a: smooth ; leaves 
1-3 in., distinctly stalked, stipules 3-2 in., leafy, free, trian- 
oular vith a sharp hard point, leaflets 13- 15, oblong, green 
with a bluish waxy gloss, blunt or notched ; flowers 4-} in., 
lilac or purple, in crowded heads, 1-8 in. long, stalks 2-6 in., 
covered with short spreading black and also white hairs, 
dense just below the head, calyx }-1 in., covered with 
black silky hairs, teeth 5, equal to the tube, nearly sessile, 
petals 5, contracted, keel and wings shorter than the stand- 
ard, stamens and style like those of the last species ; pod 
+ in., oblong, sessile, black, silky, 2-seeded. 
small, perennial, stems stout, shaggy with long hairs ; 
leaves 3-4 in., distinctly stalked, stipules 3 in., lanceolate, 
thin, free, marked with lines, leaflets 29-38, oblong, blunt 
or short-pointed, 3-2 in., crowded, dull, densely clothed at 
first with fine long hairs ; flowers 31 ie , yellow, in dense round 
heads on stalks 1-8 in., bracts } 13 in., linear, feathered, 
persistent, calyx 3-4 in., thinly "COV ered with long hairs, 
teeth 5, linear, petals 5, standard longer than the wings 
and ped stamens and style like those of the last species ; 
pod 4 in. linear-oblong, straight, sessile, finely velvety, 
hollowed down the keel, narrowed into along beak, 6-8- 
seeded. 
small, perennial, densely covered with silvery white 
hairs, stems slender, short ; leaves 1-3 in., stipules small, 
leaflike, united below the middle, leaflets 4-4 in., oblong, 
21-31, thick, blunt or nearly short-pointed, close to each 
other, covered with silvery white hairs ; flowers } in., pale 
yellow, in small, very dense, oblong heads on densely white- 
felted stalks, 2-6 in., bracts lanceolate, longer than the buds, 
calyx 4 in., shaggy with white hairs, nearly sessile, teeth 
5, bristle-like, equal to the calyx tube, petals 5, keel 
shorter than the standard and wings, stamens and style 
like those of the last species; pod } in., oblong, sessile, 
finely downy, 3-4-seeded. 
small, perennial, rootstock stout, long, woody, spindle- 
shaped, stems of a tuft of shoots from the base, stout, 
shaggy with dense spreading white hairs ; leaves 14-2 in., 
stipules 4 in., linear or lanceolate, free, leaflets 19-21, 3-1 in., 
lanceolate with a broad blunt tip, thinly covered with loose 
