'Caragana.'] L. LEGUMINOSJS. (J. G. Baker.) 117 



WEST HIMALAYA?, temperate region, alt. 5-9000 ft. ; KASHMIR, KUNAWAR, GUR- 

 WHAL, SIMLA, &c. DISTRIB. Chinese Tartary. Afghanistan. 



A shrub several feet high, the nodes less crowded than in the preceding, the young 

 branches finely downy. Old spine-tipped rachises 2-4 in. long, rigid or flexible. 

 Leaflets f-f in. long, subcoriaceous, glabrescent on both sides or thinly pubescent bB- 

 low. Peduncle 1-2 in. ; bracts and bracteoles linear, scarious ; pedicels downy. Calyx 

 in. long, subglabrous ; teeth half the tube, lanceolate-cuspidate. Corolla glabrous, 

 yellowish, twice the calyx. Pod glabrous, linear, 2 in. long, woolly within. 



*** Spineless leaf -rachis produced, with a leaflet at the end (CnESNEYA, Lindl.}. 



6. C. crassicaulis, Benth. MSS. ; leaflets 21-25 linear-oblong pubes- 

 cent, flowers solitary. Astragalus crassicaulis, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5932. A. 

 nubigenus, Don Prodr. 245 ? Caragana (Nephelotrophe) nubigena, Bunge 

 Mon. Astray. 240 ? 



HIMALAYAS, alpine region, alt. 12-17,000 ft. ; GTJRWHAL and KTJMAON to SIKKIM. 



Stems thick, tufted, woody, creeping for a few inches below the surface, clothed 

 very densely with the long old tough but not pungent or spinous leaf -rachises. Leaves 

 in a lax rosette at the surface, short-petioled, l-l i n - l n g 5 leaflets green, not coriace- 

 ous, 5- in. long, truncate or emarginate. Peduncle downy, as long as the calyx. Calyx 

 | in. long, very oblique, densely pubescent ; teeth |-^ tube. Corolla reddish-yellow, twice 

 the calyx ; standard pubescent on the outside ; wings and keel shorter. Pod linear- 

 oblong, ^-f in. long, finely pubescent, stuffed inside with cottony down. 



7. C. cuneata, Baker; leaflets 11-13, flowers 1-3 long-peduncled. 

 Guldenstsedtia cuneata, Benth. in Royle III. 200. Cliesneya vaginalis, Jaub. and 

 Spach. HI. 96, t. 48 ? (calyx teeth shorter), 



TEMPERATE and ALPINE WEST HIMALAYAS, alt. 8-13,000 ft. ; TIBET and KUNAWAR. 

 DISTRIB. Orient ? ; Kashgar, Bellew. 



Branches 2-3 in. long, crowded from a woody rhizome. Stipules small, deltoid ; 

 leaf-rachis, including distinct petiole, 2-4 in. long ; leaflets obovate, f-f in. long, truncate, 

 emarginate, not coriaceous, densely pubescent. Peduncle equalling or overtopping the 

 leaves ; pedicels very short. Calyx f- in. downy ; teeth linear-lanceolate, half as long 

 as the tube or more. Corolla twice the calyx ; standard pubescent ; wings rather shorter ; 

 keel shorter still. Pod straight, linear, glabrous, 2-2^- in. long, 10-12-seeded, slightly 

 stuffed within. This and the last have the oblique calyx of Calophaca, but in habit 

 arid corolla range better under Guldenstoedtia. Dr. Aitchison sends from Ladak a plant 

 with deep purple flowers, more hoary leaves and narrower pod, which may be distinct. 



25. GULDENST2EDTIA, Fisch. 



Spineless perennials. Leaves odd-pinnate. Floivers solitary or umbellate on 

 long axillary peduncles. Calyx-tube campanulate, not oblique ; teeth 5, distinct, 

 upper broader. Corolla much exserted ; standard round ; keel not more than 

 half as long as the other petals, straight, obtuse. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers 

 uniform. Ovary sessile, many-ovuled ; style incurved very short, stigma capitate. 

 Pod linear, turgid, not torulose, continuous within. DISTRIB. Species 7-8, all 

 Central Asian. 



1. Cr. himalaica, Baker-, shortly caulescent, leaflets 11-13 obovate- 

 obcordate densely silky, flowers 1-3, calyx-teeth much shorter than the tube. 



HIMALAYA, alpine zone, alt. 11-15,000 ft. ; KUMAON and GURWHAL to SIKKIM. 

 Stems 1-2 in. long, caespitose from a perennial rootstock, densely silky. Leaves 

 -1^ in. long, distinctly petioled, densely clothed with pale brown silky hairs ; stipules 



