Plants of the Punjab. 



103 



Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Pod-bearing plants. 



Petals ununited. 



Leaflets many. 



Astragalus 

 cicerifoliiis, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 134. 

 Himalaya, 

 \0-17,000 ft. 



small, densely armed with the old leaf stalks, 3-6 

 in. long ; leaves 3-8 in. long, leaflets |-f in. long, 31-41, 

 blunt, lanceolate with a broad tip, pale green, . soon 

 falling off, stipules lanceolate ; flowers If in. long, yellow, 

 3-4, on shortly, stalked heads in the axils of leaves, 

 calyx I in. long, with a few black or brown hairs, teeth 

 bristle-like, stamens 10, all united but the upper one ; 

 pod |-| in. long, oblong, densely silky, 2-celled, nar- 

 rowed to the point, seeds 15-20. 



Astragalus 

 multiceps, 



Kandiara, sarmul. 

 Leguminos^. 

 P. B. I. ii. 134. 

 Himalaya, 

 8-12,000 ft. 



small, main stem very short, branchlets with tufts 

 of leaves very close together, armed with the old leaf 

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

 long, lanceolate, leaflets 21-31, oblong-ovate with broad 

 tip, ^^-f in. long, covered with grey silky hairs ; flowers 

 1 in. long, yelloYv, one or two together in leaf axils, 

 sessile or nearly so, bracts linear, f in. long, calyx I in. 

 long, silky, teeth linear, bristle-like, stamens 10, all united 

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

 with fine grey silky hairs, seeds 12-14. 



Astragalus 

 zanskarensis, 



Leguminos.e. 

 p. B. L ii. 134. 

 Himalaya, 

 10-14,000 ft. 



small, main stem short, branchlets with closely 

 crowded leaves, lower parts armed with the old leaf stalks 

 3-4 in. long ; leaves 3-4 in. long, lanceolate, leaflets 21-25, 

 oblong, blunt, soon falling off, |-| in. long ; densely brown, 

 silky velvet, stipules | in. long, flowers yellow, 1| in. 

 long, in few- to six- flowered shortly-stalked heads, 

 bracts linear, bristle-like, feathery, calyx f-| in. long, 

 tubular, densely silky, teeth bristle-like, stamens 10, all 

 united but the upper one ; pod shortly stalked, seeds up 

 to 20. 



Astragalus 

 leptoeentrus, 



Lbguminos^. 

 p. B. I. ii. 135. 

 Himalaya, 14,000 ft. 



small, main stem lengthened, armed with the old 

 leaf stalks, 2-3 in. long, velvety, branches velvety, branch- 

 lets with closely clustered leaves ; leaflets 21-31, oblong, 

 blunt, |-| in. long, grey brown silky velvet on both sur- 

 faces ; flowers IJ in. long, yellow, 1 or 2 together, 

 without a stalk common to both, in the leaf axils, calyx 

 I in. long, densely silky, teeth linear, bristle-like, stamens 

 10, all united but the upper one ; pod oblong, f-| in. long, 

 sessile, silky, 2-celled, 12-14-seeded. 



