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pinnis 3-5-jugis inferioribus ad 15 cm. longis, pinnulis circiter 
3-jugis ; foliola ovata, trilobata, lobo intermedio plerumque acute 
vel subacute tridentato, basi rotundata, glabra, membranacea, 
subtus subglauca ; petioli breves, uti rhachis angulato-striati ; 
petioluli ultimi ordinis breves vel brevissimi, raro ad 3 mm. longi ; 
stipulae petioli basi adnatae, perlatae, simplices, parvae. Flores 
in paniculam inferne foliatam laxam dispositi, parvi, virescentes, 
penduli; bracteae ad basin pedicelli subulatae, breves ; pedicel li 
subcapillares, valde inaequales, longiores ad 15 mm. longis. 
Sepala 4, ovato-lanceolata, 4°5 mm. longa, acuta vel acuminata, 
3-nervia. Stamina cirea 14; antherae lineares, apiculatae, 3 mm. 
longae ; filamenta filiformia ‘ad 2 mm. longa, Carpella 5, sessilia, 
longitadinaliter 8-costata ; stigmata triangularia. Achaenta oblique 
oblonga, teretia, costis acutis lateralibus dorsali proximis quam 
ceteris minus altis, 3°5 mm. longa stigmate dempto. 
N. Cuina. Purdom, 169. 
The plant described was grown by -Messrs. Veitch & Sons at 
ae nursery from seeds collected by Mr. W. Purdom in N. 
in 
692. Onobrychis (Hymenobrychis) Sykesiae, N. DD. Simpson 
[ Leguminosae-Hedysareae]; affinis O. vaginali, C. A. Mey., se 
petiolis Iohgionoac Nontitas enlyeitis longioribus, vexillo breviore, 
alis parvis obtusis auricula obtusa parva, carina paulo longiore 
distineta. 
Herba radice funiculari, caulescens, ultra 25 cm. alta, pilis longis 
tenuissimis patulis sericeis laxe vestita, Folia ad 10 cm. longa, 
4-8-juga ; foliola late ovata, elliptica vel obovata, obtusa, minute 
mucronata, ad 18 mm. longa, 12 mm. lata, supra glabra, subtus 
py tenuissimis longis sericeis laxe villosa; petiolus ad 5 cm. 
ongus ; supulee sabherbacesa. late lane aslatad. acuminatae, basi 
connatae, intus glabrae, extus molliter sericeo-villosae. Racemi 
albido-sericei, multiflori; flores primum dense congesti, deinde 
striatum, extus laxe vi osulum ; alae eaten obtusae, 5 mm. 
Jongae, 2°6 mm. latae, margine superiore 1 mm. infra apicem uni- 
dentata, auricula obtusa brevi deorsum directa; carina 1°3 em. 
onga, 6 mm. lata, obtusa, auricula parva, ungue 4 mm. longo. 
Ovarium glabrum biovulatum ; stigma = parvum. 
Persia. Khorasan, Sykes, 110. 
693. Astragalus (Cercidothrix) Sykesiae, N. D. Simpson [Legu- * 
tninosae-Galegene) ; potius ad A, Holdichianum, Ait. et Baker 
t A. Cuscutae, es accedens, sed foliis 3-5-jugis, foliolis fere 
artiealattins pedunculis folia non excedentibus, vexillo margine 
integro breviore et carina angustiore, ovario subsessili 34-ovulato. 
Herba perennis, rhizomate funiculari descendente parce ramos 
acaulis, caespitosa, pube cana adpressa medio fixa vestita, Folia 
basi congesta, imparipinnata, 3-7-juga, ad 10 cm. petiolis inclusis 
