388 LEGUMINOS.E. Astragulus (L. Microphysa). 



fructiferi accreti dentibus triangularibus tubo quadruplo brevioribus^ 

 vexilli recurvi larnina orbiculari transverse subbatiori bilobS alis 

 carinseque subte^juilonga 5. 



Hab. in Persifi australi inter Darap et Fasa (Auoh. 4390!). 



Rami seniipedale.s. spinte 3-4-poUicares, foliola 4 lineas longa. calyx fauce 

 constrictus fructifer lineas longus, coroUa purpurea e calyce l)reviter e^serta, 

 legumen ovatum compressum sesquilineam longum. Indumento denso non ad- 

 presso, capitulislongioribus ssepe sesquipollicaribus, calycis dentibus basilatis 

 ab A. Schiraziano dilfert. 



400. A. ptychophyllus (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. [, 6, p. 42) suf- 

 fruticosus latc cespltosus adpresse sericeus, ramis spinis patulis 

 tenuibus borridis, stipulis triangularibus brevibus tomentosis parce 

 nervosis, foliolis o-7-jugis ovatis complicatis obtusis, pednnculis folia 

 sequiintibus vel vix supera;itibus, spicis oblongo-cyiindricislaxiusculis, 

 bracteis oblongis brevibus, calycis adpressiuscule et breviter viilosi 

 demuni accreti inflato-globosi dentibus setaceis sub antbesi tubo vix 

 brevioribus, vexillo ovato obtuso alas carinamque subsuperante 5. 



Hab. in Persiai australis cacumine montis Sabst Buschom prope Schiras (Ky. 

 exs. 430!), in montibus Kuh Sawers, Kuh Eschker et Kuh Nur alt. 7000'-9000' 

 (Haussk!). 



Pelioli 1-1 Vj pollices, foliola 1 V^-^ lineas, racemi 2-3 Vi-poUicares, corolla e 

 calyce breviter exserta 4 lineas longa, calyx fructifer diam. 5-G lineas latus, 

 legumen oblongum compressum sesquilineam longum. Ab .4. Renteriano spi- 

 cis elongatis laxis, calycis dentibus tenuibus distinctus. 



-j- -f- Capitula s^ubsessilia. 



461. A. microphysa (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 2, p. 7IJ suffruti- 

 cosus erinaceus adprcsse canescens, rauiis spinis tenuibus brevibns 

 erecto-patulis liorridis, stipulis brevibus triangularibus obtusiusculis 

 nervulosis, folioli.^ 7-8-jugis minutis complicatis obovatis mulicis, 

 capitulis ovatis brcvissime pedunculatis inter folia suboccultatis, 

 bracteis ovatis acuminalis, calycis tomentelli breviter cylindrici tan- 

 dem inflalo-subglobosi dentibus triangulari-lanceolatis tubo 3-4-plo 

 brevioribus, vexilli rccurvi lamina orbiculari retusa alas carina lon- 

 giores subsuperante 5- 



Hab. in montibusPersise anstro-occidentalis in monteZerdkuh(Auch. 1376!*), 

 in monte Kuh Daena (Ky. 720! et 741 !). 



SpinjB 1-1 '/2-pollicares. foliola 2-3Iineas longa, flores 4 Vi lineas longi, calvx 

 fructifer piso submajor, legumen adpresse hirtum ovatum compressum mucro- 

 natum. A speciebus pra^cedentibus capitulis subsesssijibus distinctus. 



* • Foliola spinulosa. 



46-2. A. Kellalensis (Boiss. et Haussk.) suffruticosus adpresse 

 canescens. raniis decumbenlibus vetustis subdenudatis. stipulis bre- 

 Titer triangularibus elevatim reticulato-nervosis, foliolis 6-7-jugis 



