132 L. LEGUMINOS.SS. (J. G. Baker.) [Astragalus*. 



West Himalayas, temperate and alpine regions, alt. 9-16,000 ft.; ZANSKAR, 

 LAHTTL, KASHMIR, KUNAWAR. 



Tufts one or several together at the crown of a woody rootstock. Stipules f- in., 

 lanceolate ; petiole and leaf-rachis densely silky, the latter 2-4 in. long, not persisting 

 after the leaflets fall; leaflets 31-41, |- in. long, glaucous, persistently silky on 

 both sides, the upper close, the lower distant. Heads dense, many-flowered, usually 

 quite sessile at the crown of the rootstock ; bracts linear, |- in. long, densely silky. 

 Calyx tubular, silky, | f in. long ; teeth half as long as the tube. Corolla half 'as long 

 again as the calyx ; wings shorter than the standard, and keel than the wings. Pod 

 densely silky, -f in. long, oblong, turgid, bilocular, splitting open the calyx, 15-20- 

 seeded, narrowed suddenly into the beak. 



54. A. acaulis, Baker MSS. ; heads subsessile, leaflets lanceolate acute 

 glabrous, leaf-rachis not indurated, calyx-teeth lanceolate, ovary stipitate. 



SIKKIM, alpine region, alt. 16-17,000 ft., Hook.fil. 



Tufts several from the crown of the woody rootstock, the glabrous stems at most 

 an inch long. Leaves 2-3 in. long, distinctly petioled; leaflets 25-31, green, 

 narrowed gradually to a point, i- in. long ; stipules | in., membranous, lanceolate. 

 Heads 2-3-flowered, sessile. Calyx under | in. long, clothed with a few adpressed 

 hairs ; teeth a third as long as the tube. Corolla bright yellow, twice the calyx ; petals 

 subequal ; standard in. broad, Ovary glabrous, distinctly stalked ; ovules 12-16. 

 Pod not seen. 



55. A. Webbianus, Grdh. in Wall. Cat. 5936; heads subsessile, leaflets 

 oblong obtuse glabrous, leaf-rachis indurated, calyx-teeth linear-setaceous, pod 

 subsessile. Benth. in JRoyle III. 199 ; Bunge Mon. i. 39 ; ii. 51. 



KTJNAWAR and WEST TIBET, alt. 12-16,000 ft., alpine region. 



Tufts densely csespitose at the crown of a thick woody rootstock. Stipules linear 

 or lanceolate, -f in. ; petiole 1-4 in. long, stramineous, glabrous, like the leaf-rachis, 

 which is 3-6 in. long and becomes wiry in texture; leaflets 31-51, scattered, dis- 

 tant, rather caducous, f-f in. long, glaucous with a few fine spreading hairs in the 

 early stage. Heads many-flowered, sessile or short-peduncled ; pedicels |-| in. ; bracts 

 linear, exceeding the pedicels, Calyx tubular, f in. long ; teeth a third as long as the 

 tube. Corolla under an inch long ; wings distinctly shorter than the standard, and 

 keel than the wings. Pod oblong, turgid, glabrous, ^-f in. long, bilocular, 15-20-seeded, 

 narrowed suddenly at both ends. 



56. A. bakuensis, Bunge Mon. i. 37; ii. 45; heads long-peduncled, 

 leaflets linear finely downy, leaf-rachis net at all indurated, calyx-teeth setaceous, 

 pod subsessile. Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 283. 



PUNJAB, subtropical zone ; Salt range, Fleming, Stewart. DISTRIB. Orient. 



Leaves |- ft. long; petioles 2-6 in. long, densely clothed with short spreading 

 hairs; leaflets 31-41, distant, opposite or alternate, glaucous, distinctly stalked, 

 -f in. long ; stipules lanceolate, - in. Racemes many-flowered, laxer than in the 

 other species ; peduncle 2-12 in. long, finely downy; bracts linear-setaceous, ^ in. 

 long. Calyx tubular, downy, in. long; teeth a third as long as the tube. Corolla 

 half as long again as the calyx, considerably tinged with purple ; petals subequal. 

 Pod oblong, densely silky, bilocular, 15-20-seeded, not seen mature. Connects 

 Myobroma with Phaca. 



** Stems distinct. 



57. A. Candolleanus, Royle HI 199, non Boiss -^ heads subsessile, 

 leaflets 17-25, leaf-rachises indurated persisting long after the leaflets fall, 

 pod linear-oblong narrowed from the middle to both ends. A. Koyleanus, 

 Bunge Mon. i. 30 ; ii. 34. 



