Astragalus.'] L. LEGUMINOS^. (J. G. Baker.) 123: 



^Plains of PUNJAB and SCJNDE. DISTRIB. East Europe, Orient, "West Siberia. 



Stems suberect, ^-1-fc ft., densely clothed with short soft spreading white hairs* 

 Leaves distinctly petioled, 3-4 inches long ; leaflets ^--^ in., distant, greenish, thin at 

 first> densely pilose on Loth sides ; stipules lanceolate, free, larger than in all the pre- 

 ceding. Heads very dense, many-flowered, on pilose peduncles much shorter than the- 

 leaves. Calyx in., densely pilose ; teeth setaceous, plumose, exceeding the tube. 

 Corolla little exserted, the lanceolate acute wings shorter than the standard and keel. 

 Pod in. long, sausage-shaped, membranous, rugose, completely conduplicate. 



STJBGEN. 4. Fodolotus, Royle. A caulescent perennial, with a few 

 obscure basifixed hairs and naked stigma, differing from all the other groups by 

 the endocarp of the unilocular pod separating as a thin membrane and produced 

 into septa between the seeds. 



19. A. hosackioides, Benth. Gen. i. p. 507. Podolotus hosackioides 

 Royle III. 198. 



KTJMAON and GUITWHAL, temperate region. 



Stems slender, glabrous, zigzag, densely caespitose, 1^-1^ ft. Leaves short-petioled, 

 1 1^ in. ; leaflets 13-15, green, glabrous, oblong, obtuse, ^ |- in. ; stipules minute,, 

 deltoid. Peduncles equalling or exceeding the leaves, 1-2-flowered. Calyx in., 

 glabrous ; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla yellow, twice the calyx ; petals equal in 

 length, wings and keel abruptly incurved. Pod linear, turgid, straight, ^-f in. long^ 

 5-6-seeded, with a stalk as long as the calyx. 



SITBGEN. 5. Kypoglottis. Herbaceous perennials, with basifixed hairs> 

 flowers in dense mostly peduncled capitate heads, and naked stigmas. 



* Heads sessile or peduncled. Flowers lilac or purple. 



20. A. confertus, Benth. MSS. ; stems very dwarf densely caespitose 

 thinly clothed with adpressed white hairs, leaflets 11-13, calyx clothed with 

 adpressed black hairs, teeth linear shorter than the tube, pod stalked unilocular; 

 few-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 23 ; ii. 27. 



WEST TIBET, alpine region; Pangong and Parang valley, alt. 15-17,500 ft., 

 Thomson, Henderson. 



Rhizome woody, fusiform, the whole plant not more than 1-3 inclies high above 

 the soil. Leaves \-^ in. long ; leaflets silvery, thick, close, complicate, oblong, densely- 

 canescent, J- in. or less long; stipules small, lanceolate. Heads 6-8-flowered ;. 

 peduncle 1-1^ in., mostly subradical, clothed with adpressed black and white silky 

 hairs ; pedicels and bracts very small. Calyx % in., the tube campanulate. Corolla, 

 twice the calyx ; keel and wings subequal, rather shorter than the standard. Ovary, 

 silky, not seen fully developed. 



21. A. rigidulus, Benth. MSS.; stems very short glabrous, leaflets 

 17-21, calyx clothed with adpressed black silky hairs, teeth lanceolate as 

 long as the tube, pod oblong turgid sessile imilocular 6-8-seeded. Bunge Mon*, 

 i. 23 j ii. 25. 



SIKKIM, alpine region; Tungu, alt. 13,000 ft., Hook.jil. 



Rhizome slender, much branched below the surface, the whole plant closely 

 resembling A. alpinus in habit, not more than 3-4 inches high above the soil. Leaves^ 

 distinctly petioled, 1-1 in.; leaflets green, linear-oblong, obtuse, i- in. long, thinly 

 coated with adpressed white hairs ; stipules in. deltoid, membranous. Heads 6-10- 

 flowered ; peduncles and pedicels both very short. Calyx under in. Corolla twice- 

 the calyx ; limb of standard oblong, exceeding the wings and keel. Pod glabrous,, 

 oblong, membranous, ^ in. long. 



22. A. alpinus, Linn. Sp. 1070 ? ; stems short slender clothed with ad- 

 pressed white silky hairs, leaflets 11-13, calyx clothed with adpressed mixed 



