Astragalus.'] L. LEGUMINOSJE. (J. G. Baker.) 129 



An undershrub, several feet high, with abundant slender branches, pubescent when 

 mature, clothed with short spreading hairs above. Leaves - ft. long ; leaflets thin, 

 oblong, obtuse, ^-f in. long, green, glabrescent above, glaucous, finely white-silky be- 

 neath ; stipules lanceolate, free, small, spreading. Racemes close, copious, long- 

 peduncled, 2-4 in. long ; pedicels ^ i n - l n g '> bracts lanceolate, scarcely exceeding 

 the buds. Calyx tubular, under in. long, finely downy, oblique at the mouth, the 

 teeth deltoid. Corolla twice the calyx ; petals subequal. Pod turgid, membranous, 

 glabrous, in. long, narrowed to both ends ; its stalk twice the calyx. 



42. A. Stewartii, Baker; shrubby, leaflets 13-15 oblong, calyx-teeth 

 half as long as the tube, bracts long- setaceous plumose, corolla pale yellow 

 tinged with lilac, pod oblong turgid stalked bilocular 6-8-seeded. 



HAZARA, temperate region, alt. 5-9000 ft., Dr. J. L. Stewart. 



Habit of the last, from which it differs by its leaves persistently and densely 

 white-silky, and long setaceous plumose calyx-teeth and bracts, the latter conspicu- 

 ously protruded beyond the buds. Stipules \ in., linear-setaceous, spreading, caducous. 

 Branches firm, many-ribbed, clothed with copious adpressed short white hairs. Ra- 

 cemes %-% ft., in the single specimen panicled near the base. Calyx % in. long, includ- 

 ing the teeth, densely silky. Pod ^-| in. long, oblong, glabrous, very turgid, fully 

 bilocular. 



43. A. long-icaulis, Baker; shrubby, leaflets 21-25, narrow-oblong, 

 calyx-teeth half as long as the tube, bracts long setaceous plumose, corolla pale 

 yellow-lilac, pod oblong turgid stalked bilocular 10-12-seeded. 



KASHMIR, temperate region, Falconer. 



General habit of the two preceding, to which it is closely allied. Branches with 

 only a few adpressed short silky hairs. Leaves 4-6 in. long ; leaflets J-f in. long, 

 finely white-silky, greenish above, glaucous beneath ; stipules minute, free, lanceolate. 

 Bracts as in the last. Calyx | in., with copious minute adpressed black hairs 

 and deciduous longer white ones. Pod | f in. long, glabrous, narrowed to both ends ; 

 its stalk - ^ in. long. 



44. A. ciliolatus, Benth. MSS. ; stems herbaceous, leaflets oblong 17-19, 

 calyx-teeth elongated s&taceous, corolla yellow tinged with lilac, pod oblong 

 turgid stalked bilocular 8-10-seeded. Bunge Man. i. 27 ; ii. 33. 



West Himalayas, temperate region ; LADAK, KASHMIR, KISTWAR, alt. 6-9000 ft. ; 

 Thomson, Falconer. 



Stems 1-2 ft. or more high, firm, hollow, erect, glabrous. Leaves reaching | | ft. 

 long ; leaflets thin, obtuse, green and glabrescent, |-1 in. long, glaucous, thinly white- 

 silky at first below ; stipules ^-^ in., free, persistent, lanceolate or deltoid. Racemes 

 long-peduncled close, subsecund ; bracts linear, not exceeding the buds. Calyx f in., 

 oblique, tubular ; teeth setaceous, plumose, half as long as the tube. Corolla nearly 

 twice the calyx ; keel shorter than the other petals, broad, abruptly upcurved. Pod 

 1 in. long, oblong, turgid, membranous narrowed into a beak, clothed with fine short 

 spreading black hairs ; stalk as long as the calyx. 



45. A. xiphocarpus, Benth. MSS. ; herbaceous, leaflets 21-25 oblong, 

 corolla yellow, calyx-teeth short linear, pod ensiform suhcompressed stalked 

 bilocular 8-12-seeded. Bunge Man. i. 27 ; ii. 32. 



East Himalayas, alpine region, alt. 10-11,000 ft.; SIKKIM and East NIPAL, 

 Hook, fil 



Stems 2-3 ft. high, erect, hollow, obscurely pubescent upwards, glabrous below. 

 Leaves \-\ ft. long; leaflets thin, narrow, oblong, obtuse, 1-1^ in. long, green, glabres- 

 cent above, glaucous, thinly silky below ; stipules lanceolate, spreading, free, -1 in. 

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