Hedysanvm."] L. LEGUMINOS^;. (J. G. Baker.) 147 



KASHMIR, temperate region, Falconer. 



Stems above a foot high, densely clothed with short adpressed whitish hairs. Leaf- 

 rachises 6-8 in. long; leaflets 19-25, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 1-1^ in. long, flexible, 

 glabrescent above, thinly white-silky beneath. Racemes dense, 2-3 in. long ; the 

 buds quite hidden by the imbricated scariose ciliated bracts ; pedicels very short. 

 Calyx tubular, |- in. long ; teeth deltoid-cuspidate, not more than - tube. Corolla 

 yellowish, under ^ in. long. Pod unknown. 



8. H. microcalyx, Baker ; stems robust, leaflets large membranous, 

 "bracts linear minute, corolla several times calyx, keel exceeding- standard, joints 

 large membranous entire. 



WEST HIMALAYAS, temperate region ; G-UBWHAL, Falconer ; KASHMIR, Lance ; 

 LAHUL, Jaeschke. 



Stems 1^2 ft. high, stout, sulcate, glabrous. . Lm/-rachises 6-9 in. long; leaflets 

 Il-i3, distant, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, 1-1^ in. long; both sides 

 green, glabrous. .FYower-racemes 2-4 in. long, lax ; pedicels ^-^ in. long, grey- 

 pubescent. Calyx in., campanulate, membranous, glabrous ; teeth minute, deltoid- 

 cuspidate. Corolla bright red, | | in. Joints 2-3, oblong, |~g in. long, thin, 

 glabrous, the sutures both distinctly margined. 



35. STRACKEYA, Bentli. 



A 'tufted low shrub. Leaves odd-pinnate. Flowers axillary. Calyx-tube 

 turMnate; teeth 5, lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla much exserted; 

 standard broad ; keel as long as the other petals, incurved and obtuse at the tip. 

 Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary linear, sessile, few-ovuled ; style 

 long, filiform, abruptly incurved, stigma minute capitate. Pod flat, not visibly 

 jointed, niuricated along the edge and face and marked with conspicuous trans- 

 verse veins. DISTKLB. A single endemic species. 



1. S. tibetica, Benth. in HooJc. Kew Journ. v. 308 ; Walp. Ann. iv. 545. 



TIBETAN Himalayas, alpine region, from Pangong eastward to East Nipal, 

 alt. 14-+-17,000 ft., Thoimon, Strachey $ Winterbottom, $c. 



Stems densely tufted, from a slender woody rootstock, the leaves and peduncles 

 in a rosette at the surface. Leaves odd-pinnate; leaflets 11-15, oblong, obtuse, 

 faintly hairy; leaf-rachis 2-4 in. long, including a distinct petiole, articulated at the 

 nodes. Flowers 1-5, shortly pedicellate, on very short peduncles ; bracts lanceolate, 

 silky. Calyx \ in., densely pubescent. Corolla |-^ in., reddish, glabrous. Pod 

 glabrous, membranous. 1 ia. long. 



i 

 -'";.;. 2-ORNIA, Gmel. 



Annuals, with large geminate coriaceous bracts and dotted leaflets in 1-2 

 opposite pairs. Flowers in lax racemes. Calyx minute ; upper teeth short, 

 connate ; lowest shorter than the two middle ones. Corolla much exserted ; 

 standard broad ; keel incurved, acute. Stamens monadelphous ; anthers dimor- 

 phous. Orary sessile, many-ovuled ; style filiform, incurved, stigma minute 



< > ate. Pod of several small round flattened finely niuricated 1-seeded inde- 

 nt joints. DISTKIB. Species 10, all but two American. 



&i. d'.phylla, Pers. ; Benth. in Mart. Fl. Bras. xv. 80, t. 21-1. 

 Heu} .sai-urn dipliyltuih, Linn. ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 353. Z. angustifolia, Smith : 

 DC. Prodi: ii. 316; Wall Cat. 5660; W. $ A. Prodr. 217; Dalz. $ Gibs. 

 Bo ml. Fl. 62. Z. dictyocarpa, DC. Prodr. ii. 317. Z. pibbosa and graminea, 

 Spanoyhe in Linn(sa } xv. 102. JKheede Hort. Mai. ix. t. 82-3. 



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