Astragalus.] L. LEGUMINOSJE. (J. G. Baker.) 



clothed with, adpressed white silky hairs, leaflets 19-25, calyx clothed with 

 adpressed mixed black and white hairs, teeth linear shorter than the tube,, 

 pod stalked linear-oblong iinilocular 6-8-seeded. Benth. in Royle III. 198 ;. 

 Bunge Mon. i. 23 ; ii. 27. A. mutabilis, Jacquem. MSS. 



Through the Himalayas in the alpine region, alt. 11-16,000 ft., from NUBKA and 

 LADAK. to SIKKIM and SILHET. 



Stems densely csespitose, firm but slender, branched, ^-1 ft. long. Leaves short- 

 petioled, 1-1 in. long ; leaflets close, oblong, obtuse, -f in. long, pale green, persistently 

 coated with adpressed white hairs ; stipules small, deltoid, free, foliaceous. Heads very 

 dense, 2 0-40 -flowered ; peduncles 2-4 in., with a few black hairs mixed with the 

 silvery ones near the top; pedicels black, shorter than the minute bracts. Calyx- 

 ^ in. Corolla twice the calyx ; wings and keel shorter than the standard. Pod i in. 

 long, short- stalked, rather recurved, clothed like the calyx. 



27. A. oxyodon, Baker; stems short slender ascending clothed with 

 adpressed white silky hairs, leaflets 15-17, calyx clothed with adpressed mixed 

 black and white hairs, teeth setaceous twice as long as the tube, ovarv stalked 

 5-6-o vulate. 



WEST TIBET, Falconer. 



General habit of A. strictus. Stems densely csespitose, ^ foot high. Leaver 

 1-1 in. long ; leaflets oblong, obtuse or subacute, densely white-strigillose on the 

 back, thinly on the face, alternate, the lower distant ; stipules moderately large, con- 

 nate, silky on the back. Peduncles 2-3 in., very slender, densely clothed ( with 

 adpressed mixed black and white hairs; pedicels black, very short; bracts ^ | 

 in., lanceolate, membranous. Calyx ^ in. ; tube campanula te ; teeth much longer 

 in proportion than in any of its allies. Corolla in. ; keel and standard equal ; 

 wings much shorter. Mature pod not seen ; ovary thinly silky. 



28. A. densiflorus, Kar. fy Kir. Enum. PL Song. No. 245; stems elong- 

 ated firm glabrous, leaflets 11-13, calyx minute clothed with mixed black and 

 white hairs, teeth lanceolate short, pod globose sessile minute unilocular 1-2- 

 seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 21 ; ii. 22. 



West Himalayas, alpine region, alt. 12-17,000 ft.; LAHUL, SASSAE, ZANSKAE,. 

 LADAK, KUNAWAR. DISTBIB. Afghanistan, Central Siberia. 



Stems densely csespitose, rigid, erect, i-1 ft. long. Leaves 1-2 in. long ; leaflets, 

 thick, oblong, glaucous, obtuse, \-% in. long, obscurely white-strigillose on both sides ; 

 stipules small, deltoid, foliaceous, free. Peduncles 1-4 in., with a few black and white 

 hairs in the upper half ; bracts minute, linear, black, ciliated, exceeding the very short 

 black pedicels. Calyx -^-^ in., campanulate ; teeth shorter than the tube. Corolla, 

 lilac, three times as long as the calyx ; keel and wings much shorter than the standard. 

 Pod rugose, silky, ^ in. long, turgid, membranous. 



29. A. melanostachys, Benth< MSS. ; stems elongated firm glabrous,, 

 leaflets 13-15, calyx clothed with black silky hairs, teeth as long as the tube,, 

 pod oblong sessile half-bilocular 2-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 21 ; ii. 22. A. brae- 

 teosus, Klotzsch Reise Pr. Wold. Bot. 160, t. 5, non Botss. 



West Himalayas, alpine region, alt. 10-15,000 ft. ; KASHMIR, LAHUL, TIBET. 



Stems 1-J 2 ft. high, moderately stout. Leaves distinctly petioled, 1-3 in. long ; 

 leaflets oblong, glaucous-green, obtuse or emarginate, |-f in. long, nearly naked ; 

 stipules | | in., free, foliaceous, deltoid-cuspidate. Heads dense, 1-3 in. long ; 

 peduncles 2-6 in. long, clothed with short spreading mixed black and white hairs, 

 dense at the base of the head ; bracts - in., lanceolate, foliaceous, persistent. Calyx 

 g-i in. nearly sessile. Corolla narrow, half as long again as the calyx ; keel and 

 wings shorter than the standard. Pod included in the calyx, in. long, clothed with 

 fine black silky hairs. 



