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Plants of the Punjab. 



Bhkubs with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Pod-bearing plants. 

 Petals ununited. 



Astragalus 

 Candolleanus, 



LEGUMINOSiE, 



F. B. I. ii. 132. 

 Himalaj^a, 

 8-13,000 ft. 



Leaflets many. 



small, stems woody, a few inches long below the 

 tufts of leaves, man}'- woody leaf stalks of old leaves, 

 stipules lanceolate, membraneous ; leaves 3-4 in. 

 long, leaf stalks 1-2 in., finely down}^, leaflets 17-25, 

 oblong, blunt, bluish waxy green, ^-| in. long, more 

 or less silky ; flowers 1| in. long, yellow, in nearly 

 sessile heads, many, bracts linear, calyx ^ in. long, densely 

 silky, teeth linear, stamens 10, all united but the upper 

 one ; pod f-1 in. long, curved, shortly stalked, firm, 

 2-celled, narrowed to both ends, 12-16-seeded. 



Astragalus 

 pyrrhotriehus, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. L ii. 133. 

 Hazara, 

 1-6,000 ft. 



small, stem short, woody, covered with long fine 

 brown hairs, no old leaf stalks as in the last ; leaves 6-12 

 in. long, stipules ^-^ in. long, lanceolate, silky, leaflets 

 41-51, roundish, ^-| in. long, blunt with a fine point, 

 covered with long silky hairs ; flowers 1^ in. long, yellow, 

 in close 6-12 flowered 1-4 in. stalked heads, bracts linear, 

 bristle-like, feathery, calyx |-| in. long, very silky, teeth 

 bristle-like, nearly as long as the tube, stamens 10, all 

 united but the upper one ; pod nearly sessile, oblong, 

 silky, 2-celled, 10-12-seeded. 



Astragalus 

 malaeophyllus, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 133. 

 Himalaya, 

 8-11,000 ft. 



small, stem one foot long, densely velvety ; leaves 2-4 

 in. long, stipules lanceolate, |-| in. long, leaflets 31-41, 

 densely silky, oblong, blunt, |-| in. long ; flowers 1| in. 

 long, yellow, in shortly 'Stalked close heads, bracts linear, 

 bristle-like, calyx | in. long, densely silky, teeth linear, 

 stamens 10, all" united but the upper one; pod ^ in. 

 long, sessile, 2-celled, silky, 8-10-seeded. 



Astragalus 

 polyacanthus, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 134. 

 The Plains to 

 12,000 ft. 

 Piawalpindi. 

 Hazara (Douie). 

 Murree. 



small, branchlets short, armed with the old leaf 

 stalks l|-2 in. long ; leaves l|-3 in. long, stipules tri- 

 angular, leaflets 9-13, oblong, slightly silky, pale bluish 

 green, }-| in. long ; flowers yellow, usually in twos, sessile, 

 in the axils of leaves, 1^ in. long, calyx | in. long, 

 tubular, silky, teeth short, linear, stamens 10, all united 

 but the upper one ; pod | in. long, oblong, sessile, 2- 

 celled, seeds 15-20. 



