126 L. LEGUMINOSJE. (J. GL Baker.) [Astragalus. 



30. A. bhotanensis, Baker; stems firm elongated glabrous, leaflets 

 21-25, calyx glabrous, teeth short linear, pod cylindrical sessile many-seeded 

 half-bilocular. 



BHOTAN, temperate region ; grassy banks at Panga, 7000 ft., Griffith. 



Stems 1-2 feet high, slender glabrous, terete, with distant nodes and ascending 

 branches. Leaves 2-4 in. long ; leaflets oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, |-f in. long, green 

 and glabrescent above, clothed with a few obscure adpressed hairs below ; stipules 

 free, lanceolate, f- in. Floiuers 12-20, in very dense heads; peduncles 2-5 in. long, 

 with only a few obscure adpressed white hairs at the top ; bracts lanceolate, glabrous, 

 i- in. Calyx nearly sessile, \ in. long, tubular ; teeth a third as long as the tube. 

 Corolla twice the calyx, colour uncertain ; wings rather shorter than the keel and the 

 latter than the standard. Pod firm, turgid, straight, -| in. k>ng ; seeds about 20. 



31. A. inconspicuus, Baker-, stems short filiform trailing subglabrous, 

 leaflets 15-17, calyx-tube with a few adpressed black hairs, teeth minute 

 lanceolate or setaceous, pod stalked unilocular 10-12-seeded. 



KTJMAON ; banks of the Ralam river, alt. 9000 ft., Strachcy and Winterbottom. 



Habit of a small Vicia. Leaves 1-1 in. long; leaflets opposite, oblong, obtuse, 

 i in. long, green, glabrescent when mature, thinly silky at first ; stipules minute, 

 lanceolate. Flowers 3-4 together, on a short peduncle clothed with ascending grey 

 silky hairs ; pedicels distinct, but shorter than the minute deltoid bracts. Calyx | in., 

 tubuloso-campanulate, nearly naked. Corolla scarcely twice the calyx, the petals 

 equal in length. Pod not seen mature. 



32. A. tenuicaulis, Benth. MSS. ; stems elongated subglabrous very 

 weak and slender, leaflets 13-15, calyx thinly clothed with short black hairs, 

 teeth not more than - as long as the tube, pod oblong sessile unilocular 

 4-6-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 23 ; ii. 28. 



SIKKIM and EAST NIPAL, temperate region, alt. 7-9000 ft., Hook. fil. 



Stems straggling, branched, a foot or more long. Leaves l-l in. ; leaflets oblong, 

 obtuse, opposite, thin, glaucous green, finely downy ; stipules free, minute. Heads 4-8- 

 flowered, not very dehse; peduncles an inch or less long, finely downy; bracts 

 lanceolate or deltoid, minute. Calyx | in., tubuloso-campanulate. Corolla | in. ; 

 standard slightly exceeding the keel and wings. Pod \ in. turgid, membranous, ob- 

 scurely downy. General habit of an Ervum. 



33. A. sikkimensis, Benth. MSS.; stems elongated slender weak 

 nearly glabrous, leaflets 19-21, calyx clothed with adpressed black hairs, teeth 

 "half as long as the tube, pod small oblong stalked unilocular 2-3-seeded. Bunge 

 Mon. i. 23 ; ii. 28. 



SIKKIM and EAST NIPAL, alt. 8-12,000 ft., Hook. fil. 



Stems 1-2 feet, erect, very slender, with distant nodes clothed only with a little 

 minute adpressed white pubescence. Leaves l|-2 in. long; leaflets oblong, obtuse or 

 emarginate, clothed when young with adpressed white silky hairs, green and glabres- 

 -cent above when mature ; stipules minute, lanceolate, falcate. Peduncles short,, clothed 

 .with copious adpressed black hairs; flowers 20-30 in an oblong head; pedicels 

 black, very short ; bracts deltoid, minute. Calyx | in. tubuloso-campanulate. Corolla 

 twice the calyx ; standard slightly exceeding the keel and wings. Pod i- in. long, 

 membranous, turgid, densely black-silky ; stalk as long as the calyx -txibe. 



34. A. himalayanus, Klotzsch Reise Pr. Wold. Bot. 100, t. 4; stems 

 elongated slender weak nearly glabrous, leaflets 21-25, calyx clothed with minute 

 adpressed black and white hairs, teeth half as long as the tube, pod linear- 

 oblong stalked subunilocular 5-6-seeded. A. carinalis, Benth. MSS. ; Bunge 

 Mon. i. 23 j ii. 28. Phaca longicaulis and cachemerica, Benth. MSS. 



