122 L. LEGDMINOS2E. (J. Gr. Baker.) [Astragalus. 



, 14. A. ophiocarpus, Benth. MSS. ; heads lax nearly sessile, leaflet^ 

 oblong einarginate, pod very long and. slender sickle-shaped slightly torulose 

 unilocular 10-12-seeded. Bunge Mm. i. 10 ; ii. 6 ; Boiss. Fl Orient, ii. 224^ 



LADAK, alt. 11,000 ft., Tliomson. DISTRIB. Persia. 



Stems slender, diffuse, ^ ft., densely finely white-downy. Leaves distinctly petioled, 

 -J-l in. long; leaflets moderately close and thick, distinctly notched at the apex, 

 matted on both sides with short white hairs ; stipules lanceolate, very minute. 

 Racemes 3-6-flowered ; pedicels and bracts minute. Calyx under i in., densely 

 matted ; teeth lanceolate, shorter than the tube. Corolla nearly twice the calyx, its 

 petals subequal in length. Pod 1-1 3 in. long, thick, finely downy, the dissepiment 

 not at all incurved, the oblong seeds with a space corresponding to the slight con- 

 strictions of the pod between them. 



15. A. tribuloides, Delile; DC. Prodr. ii. 288; heads dense sessile, 

 leaflets 13-15 oblong-lanceolate acute, pod short linear-oblong densely pubescent 

 little recurved 10-12-seeded subbilocular. Bunge Mon. i. 10 ; ii. 7 ; Boiss. FL 

 Orient, ii. 224. A. minutus, erpocaulis and ammocryptos, Boiss. Diagn. ix. 

 58-9. 



Plains of PUNJAB. DISTRIB. Canaries, through Egypt to Afghanistan. 



Stems slender, densely csespitose, trailing, ^-1 ft., densely clothed upwards with 

 ascending white hairs. Leaves distinctly petioled, 1-2^ in. long ; leaflets mostly close, 

 densely clothed with long white hairs on both sides ; stipules minute. Heads 6-10- 

 flowered. Calyx tubular, |- in., densely matted ; teeth setaceous, shorter than the 

 tube. Corolla pale yellow, little exserted. Pods | in. long, turgid, densely pubescent, 

 the cluster often spreading from the stem like the spokes of a wheel from the axis. 



16. A. hamosus, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 290; heads peduncled dense, 

 leaflets 13-25 oMong emarginate, pod long cylindrical glabrous much recurved 

 nearly bilocular 16-18-seeded. Stbth. $ Sm. FL Grcec. t. 728 ; Bunge Mon. 

 i. 13 ; ii. 13 ; Boiss. FL Orient, ii. 238. 



Plains of PUNJAB at Lahore, Peshawur, &c. DISTRIB. Canaries, Mediterranean 

 region, Orient. 



More robust and less hairy than the other species, the stems 1-2 ft. long. Leaves 

 distinctly petioled, ^-^ ft. long ; leaflets distinctly stalked, pale green, -| in. long, 

 glabrescent above, or thinly matted with silvery hairs on both sides. Heads 6-20- 

 flowered ; peduncles much shorter than the leaves. Calyx % in., matted with mixed 

 black and white hairs ; teeth subulate, as long as the tube. Corolla pale yellow, half 

 as long again as the calyx. Pod -1 in. long, cylindrical, firmer than in its neigh- 

 bours, quite glabrous. 



17. A. gracilip JS, Benth. MSS. ; heads dense peduncled few-flowered, 

 leaflets 9-13 oblong obtuse, pod cylindrical pubescent little recurved 10-12- 

 seeded half-bilocular. Bunge Mon. i. 15 ; ii. 17. 



WEST TIBKT; Zanskar and Indus valley, alt. 11-14,000 feet, Thomson. 

 Acaulescent, or stems short, suberect, densely clothed with ascending strong white 

 hairs. Leaves long- petioled, 1-3 inches long ; leaflets distant, greenish, - f in. long, 

 densely clothed with hairs like those of the stem ; stipules minute. Heads 3-6- 

 flowered ; peduncles pilose, 2-4 in. Calyx in., tubular; teeth short, setaceous. 

 Corolla pale yellow, twice the calyx ; standard narrowed suddenly into a deltoid tip, 

 the wings shorter and keel shorter still. Pod -|- in. long by in., Sessile, clothed 

 with short dense white bristly hairs. 



18. A. contortuplicatus, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 290 ; heads dense short- 

 peduncled, leaflets 13-17 oblanceolate-oblong emarginate, pod cylindrical downy 

 very much recurved nearly bilocular 20-30-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 18 ; ii. 20; 

 JBoiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 230. 



