124 L. LEGUMINOSJE. (J. G. Baker.) [Astragalus. 



black and white silky hairs, teeth setaceous as long as the tube, ovary stalked 

 glabrous few-ovuled. Phaca astragalina, DC. Prodr. ii. 274 ? 



WEST TIBET ; Burgil pass, Winterbottom. DISTRIB. Alpine region through north 

 temperate zone. 



Stems 3-4 in. high, simple, ascending. Leaves about an inch long ; leaflets oblong, 

 acute, pale green, thinly coated with close silvery hairs on both sides ; stipules deltoid, 

 foliaceous, rather large. Peduncles 1-1 in., thinly silky. Heads 3-6-flowered; 

 bracts linear, exceeding the short pedicels. Calyx % in. Corolla twice the calyx; 

 wings shorter than the standard and keel. Pod not seen. The Sikkim plant re- 

 ferred here by Bunge is our A. kongrensis. 



23. A. tibetanus, Benth. MSS. ; stems slender short ascending thinly 

 clothed with addressed mixed black and white hairs, leaflets 21-25, calyx-teeth 

 densely black-silky setaceous a third as long as the tube, pod linear stalked 

 bilocular 6-10-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 52 ; ii. 85 ; Boiss. FL Orient, ii. 250. 

 A. MaxwdMi, Jbyfe III. 198 ? 



West Tibet, temperate and alpine region, alt. 9-14,000 ft.; DBAS, ZAKSKAB, 

 NUBRA, LADAK, Thomson, Henderson. DISTRIB. Afghanistan. 



G-eneral habit of A. Hypoglottis, to which it is closely allied. Stems zigzag, firm, 

 slender, branched, 5--^ ft. Leaves 2-4 in. long, distinctly petioled ; leaflets oblong, 

 obtuse, moderately close, pale green, thinly canescent at first, glabrescent above -when 

 mature ; stipules small, lanceolate or deltoid, free. Heads subglobose, 10-20 -flowered ; 

 peduncles 1-4 in., the black hairs predominating upwards ; bracts lanceolate, much 

 exceeding the short black pedicels. Calyx f in., the teeth densely, the tube thinly 

 black-silky. Corolla twice the calyx ; wings shorter than the standard ; keel still 

 shorter. Pod ^ | in., rather recurved, finely black-silky; stalk shorter than the 

 calyx-tube. 



24. A. liypog'lottoides, Baker; stems slender short ascending thinly 

 clothed with adpressed white hairs, leaflets 17-19, calyx densely coated with 

 mixed black and white silky hairs, teeth linear a third as long as the tube, ovary 

 stalked 8-10-ovulate. 



TIBETAN HIMALAYAS, the exact station not known, Dr. Henderson. 



Closely allied to the last, with which it agrees in general habit. Leaves 1-1| in. 

 long; leaflets oblong, obtuse, pale grey green, persistently coated on both sides with 

 adpressed silvery hairs ; stipules foliaceous, connate in lower half. Flowers 12-20, in 

 a dense head, not more than half the size of those of A. Hypoglottis and tibetanus ; 

 peduncles 1^-2 in. long, with a few black hairs mixed with the white ones upwards. 

 Calyx i- in. Corolla deep purple, f in., the proportion of the petals as in the last. 

 Developed pod unknown. 



25. A . lessertioides, Benth. MSS. ; stems short firm erect glabrous, 

 leaflets 9-11, calyx-teeth* linear densely black-silky half as long as the 

 nearly naked tube, pod stalked silky unilocular 3-4-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 24 ; 

 ii. 28. 



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



Whole plant under a foot high. Leaves 1-2 in. long ; leaflets green, oblong, obtuse, 

 ^-^ in. long, with a few black hairs ; stipules foliaceous, lanceolate, - in. long, 

 ciliated at first with black hairs ; petiole twice as long as the stipules. Heads 

 12-20-flowered. Pedicels very short; peduncles erect \-^ ft., with a few adpressed 

 black hairs in the upper half; bracts minute, shaggy with black hairs. Calyx -| in., 

 tube campanulate, nearly naked; teeth black-plumose. Corolla ^ in., petals sub- 

 equal. Pod in. densely silky, narrowed from the middle to both ends ; stalk as 

 ong as the calyx-tube. 



26. A. strictus, Grali. in Wall. Cat. 5924 ; stems short slender ascending 



