Astragalus.'] L. LEQUMINOSJS. (J. G. Baker.) 131 



silky, i- in. Calyx f in., tubular, with a few obscure adpressed black hairs. 

 Corolla twice the calyx, bright yellow ; standard exceeding the wings and keel. Pod 

 an inch long, glabrous, turgid, membranous, narrowed to both ends. 



50. A. vicioides, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5931, non. Ledeb. Herbaceous, 

 leaflets oblong 17-21, calyx-teeth minute, pod oblong stalked bilocular 8-9- 

 seeded. A. concretus, Benth. in Royle HI. 199. 



Central Himalayas, temperate region ; NIPAL, KISTVAR and KUNAWAR. 



Stems 1-2 ft. high, erect, moderately stout, hollow, glabrous. Leaves |-^ ft. ; leaflets 

 11^ in. long, thin, oblong, obtuse, green and glabrescent above, glaucous, with a few 

 adpressed hairs below ; stipules broad, membranous, connate, -f in. long. Racemes 

 long-peduncled, close, 2-3 in. long ; pedicels ^-3 in., subglabrous ; bracts lanceolate, 

 | in. Calyx | in., tubular, glabrous except the teeth, the mouth oblique. Corolla 

 bright yellow, twice the calyx ; petals equal. Pod glabrous, oblong, membranous, tur- 

 gid, ^ f in. long, narrowed to both ends. 



51. A. graveolens, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 5929; shrubby, leaflets 17-19 

 round-oblong, calyx-teeth half as long as the tube, pod ensiform subconipressed 

 stalked bilocular 12-18-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 26 ; ii. 31 ; Benth. in Royle III. 

 199. A. rotundifolius, Royle III. 199 ; Bunge loc. cit. A. medullaris, Boiss. 

 Diagn. ix. 66; Fl. Orient, i'i. 268; Bunge loc. cit. A. Scottianus, Stocks MSS. 

 A. stipulatus, Jaquem. MSS. non Don. 



West Himalayas, temperate region, alt. 4-12,500 ft. ; KASHMIR, KISTVAR, PITI, 

 GURWHAL, KUNAWAR, KUMAON. DISTRIB. Afghanistan, Beloochistan. 



A tall undershrub, with copious virgate terQte glaucous branches. Leaves 4-6 in. 

 long ; leaflets opposite, firm, obtuse, glaucous, glabrous on both sides, subdistant, ^-1 in. 

 long ; stipules free, foliaceous, cordate, ovate or lanceolate, l-l in. long. Racemes 

 long-peduncled, ^1 ft. long ; pedicels, ~^. i n . ; bracts linear, glabrous. Calyx tubular, 

 glabrous, ^ in. long ; mouth very oblique. Corolla yellow, twice the calyx ; standard 

 slightly exceeding the wings and keel. Pod 1-1 \ in. long, | in. broad, glabrous, mem- 

 branous, nearly straight ; stalk as long as the calyx. 



52. A. stipulatus, D. Don in Bot. Mag. t. 2380; Prod. Nep. 246; 

 herbaceous, leaflets 31-41 oblong, calyx-teeth as long as the tube, pod oblong 

 subsessile bilocular 15-20-seeded. Wall. Cat. 5928 ; Benth. in Royle III. 199 ; 

 Bunge Mon. i. 28; ii. 33. 



East Himalayas, temperate region, alt. 6-8000 ft ; NIPAL and SIKKIM. 



Stems stout, erect, hollow, glabrous, 3-6 ft. high. Leaves -1 ft. long ; leaflets thin, 

 obtuse, 1-2 in. long, green, glabrescent above, glaucous with a few adpressed hairs 

 below; stipules membranous, concrete, leaf-opposed, amplexicaul, 1-3 in. long. 

 Racemes long-peduncled, ^-1 ft. long, at first dense ; pedicels in, ; bracts in., 

 lanceolate, membranous. Calyx tubular, f-1^ in., finely grey-downy. Corolla yellow, 

 | in. ; petals equal. Pod glabrous, turgid, rather recurved, narrowed into a long beak. 



STTBGEN. 7. Myobroma, Bunge. Stemless or short-stemmed perennial or 

 low shrubs, with stipules adnate in the lower part to the petiole, leaf-rachis 

 ending in a leaflet, large yellow flowers in close heads, gibbous calyces and 

 naked stigmas. 



* Stemless. 



53. A. rliizanthus, Royle III. 200; heads subsessile, leaflets oblong 

 obtuse densely silky, leaf-rachis not indurated, calyx-teeth linear, pod subsessile. 

 Bunge Mon. i. 35 ; ii. 60. 



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