Plate 1725. 



CARAGANA DECORTICANS, Hemsl 



LeguminoS2E. Suborder Papilionacejj. 



C. decorticans, Eemsl. (sp. nov.) ■ foliolis glabrescentibus promi- 

 nenter transversim paucivenosis, calycis dentibus brevissiniis, ovario 

 glaberrimo, leguraine elongato.— Caragana ambigua, Aitch. in Journ. 

 Litm. Sec. xxiii. p. 43, non Stocks. 



Hab. Kurrum Valley, Afgbanistan, Dr. J. E. T. Aitchison. 



( jv? fa -7 e * ar ' Dor P arva > statura corticeque Laburni vulgaris 

 {Aitchison)^ dense ramosa, ramulis floriferis spinosis stipulatis dense 

 toliatis. Foliola 3-4-juga, puberula, glabrescentia, ovato-oblonga vel 

 obovata, apice aculeata, rhachide indurato spinoso persistente. Fed- 

 uncuk graciles, saapissime geminati, folia a?quantes vel snperantes, 

 supra medium articulati. Calyx glaber vel cito glabrescens. Petala 

 glabra, 9-12 hneas longa. Ovarium glaberrimum, multiovnlatum, 

 stylo elongato eurvato. Legumen sessile, crustaceum, Iseve, 1J-2 poll, 

 longum, compressum, acuminatum. Semina oblonga, leevia. 



This differs from the allied species G. ulicina and G. ambigua in the 

 giabrescent calyx with very short teeth, quite glabrous ovary, and 

 much longer pod.— W. B. Hemslet. 



o ^ k , e ? 1 P lo y ed b y the Afghans in the form of rings to slip over 

 and hold the sheaths of their long knives in position in lieu of brass- 

 work ; the surface takes a good polish, and when new resembles 



bronzed leather.'— Aitchison. 



5 SL!*i2"^ ° f leaflet - 2 - Cal y* a °<* °™7- 3. Wing-petal. 4. Keel-petal. 

 enlurg^ " frUlt ' 6 ' Pod with one ™*™ removed. I Seed. All except 5 



