130 L. LEGUMiNOS^J. (J. Gr. Baker.) [Astragalus. 



Racemes long-peduncled, at first close, finally 2-3 in. long ; pedicels ^- in., black ; 

 bracts lanceolate, not protruded. Calyx f in., tubular, with a few black hairs ; teeth 

 more densely black -silky, less than half as long as the tube. Corolla bright yellow, 

 |-f in. ; petals subequal. Pod l-l in. by %~ in., glabrous, membranous, narrowed 

 gradually to both ends, rather recurved ; stalk as long as the calyx. 



46. A. emodi, Steud. Nomen. edit, 2, p. 161 ; herbaceous, leaflets oblong 

 21-25, calyx-'teeth half as long as the tube, corolla yellow, pod long-stalked 

 oblong turgid subbilocular 12-16-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 28 ; ii. 33. A. podo- 

 carpus, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5930, non C. A. Meyer. 



KTJMAON, alt. 10-11,000 ft., BlinJcworth, Strachey and Winterbottom. 



Stems tall, fistular, stout, erect, glabrous. Leaves 6-9 in. long ; leaflets thin, obtuse, 

 J-l in. long, glabrescent on both sides, green above, glaucous beneath ; stipules lanceo- 

 late, acute, free, reflexed. Racemes long-peduncled, 2-3 in. long ; pedicels ascending, 

 in. long, finely downy ; bracts lanceolate, f in. Calyx % in., long, subglabrous, 

 tubular. Corolla twice the calyx ; petals equal. Pod oblong, turgid, membranous, 

 glabrous, 1^-l^in. long, narrowed gradually into a beak; stalk -f in. long. 



47. A. khasianus, Benth. MSS. ; shrubby, leaflets" oblong 21-25, 

 calyx-teeth minute, corolla yellow, pod oblong turgid stalked bilocular 12- 

 16-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 27 ; ii. 32. 



KHASIA, temperate region, alt. 6-7000 ft., Hook. fil. and Thomson, Griffith. 



Stems tall, erect, shrubby, much branched, subglabrous. Leaves 4 in. long ; leaflets 

 thin, narrow oblong, obtuse, ^-f in. long, green and glabrescent above, glaucous with a 

 few adpressed white hairs below ; stipules lanceolate, free, in. long. Racemes long- 

 peduncled, moderately close, subseeund, finally 3-4 in. long; pedicels ^ in., finely 

 downy ; bracts lanceolate, caducous, | in. Calyx in., tubular, scarcely at all pilose. 

 Corolla twice the calyx ; petals subequal. Pod oblique oblong, very turgid, mem- 

 branous, glabrous ; stalk exceeding the calyx. 



48. A. coluteocarpus, Boiss. Diagn. ix. 65; shrubby, leaflets round- 

 oblong 11-13, calyx-teeth long, corolla yellow, pod oblong turgid stalked 

 bilocular 10-12-seeded. ' Bunge Mon. i. 26 ; ii. 32 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 271. 



WEST TIBETAN HIMALAYAS and KTTNAWAE, alt. 6-10,000 ft., Thomson, Munro. Dis- 

 TEIB. Afghanistan. 



A tall undershrub, with copious erecto-patent terete virgate glabrous branches. 

 Leaves 4-5 in. long ; leaflets opposite, firm, glabrous, obtuse, glaucous, |-f in. long ; sti- 

 pules free, minute, deltoid. Racemes long-peduncled, at first close ; finally i-| ft. long ; 

 pedicels short, pilose ; bracts linear, not protruded. Calyx fin., tubular, thinly pilose ; 

 teeth setaceous, half as long as the tube. Corolla f in. ; keel abruptly incurved, much 

 shorter than the wings and standard. Pod glabrous, very turgid, 1-1| in. long, nar- 

 rowed to both ends ; stalk finally longer than the calyx. 



** Stipules large. 



49. A. frig-idus, Bunge Mon. i. 25; ii. 28; herbaceous, leaflets 9-15 

 oblong, calyx-teeth minute, pod oblong stalked unilocular 6-8-seeded. Phaca 

 frigida, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 273. 



"WESTEBN HIMALAYAS, temperate region ; GDEWHAL, KISTWAE, LAHTJL. DISTEIB. 

 Mountains through the north temperate zone. 



Stems 1-2 ft. high, erect, stout, glabrous. Leaves 4-6 in. long ; leaflets opposite, 

 thin, an inch or more long, green, glabrescent above, glaucous with a few obscure hairs 

 below ; stipules ovate or lanceolate, acute or obtuse, free, persistent, ^-f in. long. Ra- 

 cemes long-peduncled, moderately close, subseeund, finally 2-3 in. long ; pedicels black- 



