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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Erect, \yith Alternate Stipulate CoMPOuisrp Leaves, 



Petals ununited. 



Astragalus 

 Falconer!, 



LEGUMINOSiE. 



F. B. Lii. 120. 



Hazara 



(Winterbottom). 



Astragalus 

 trichocarpus, 



LeguMinos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 121. 

 Eastern Punjab. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-8,000'ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Dharmpm*. 



Astragalus 

 ciliolatus 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 129. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-9,000 'ft. 

 Kashmir. 



Leaflets many. 



large, perennial, stems almost woody, zigzag, velvety, 

 white when young; leaves l-l|in., mid-rib ending in a 

 point or leaflet, stipules broad, leaflike, leaflets 13-17, 

 |-| in. long, lanceolate-oblong, with broad tips, blunt ; 

 flowers I in., lilac, in long-stalked few-flowered racemes, 

 calj^x I in., pouched, nearh' smooth, teeth o, very short, 

 petals 5, wing petals short-pointed, equal to the keel petals, 

 stamens 10, upper one free, others united, style incurved, 

 smooth ; pod |-| in., narrowed to both ends, stalk twice as 

 long as the calyx, 4-6-seeded. • 



large, perennial, nearly smooth, branches straight, 

 twiggy, much furrowed ; leaves 2-4 in., nearly sessile, 

 mid-rib ending in a point or leaflet, stipules minute, leaflets 

 31-41, i-| in., nearly blunt, pale green, covered with minute 

 silvery hairs ; flowers | in., lilac, crowded in stalked racemes, 

 3-4 in. long, bracts linear, minute, calyx -j\ in., bell-shaped, 

 oblique, smooth, teeth 5, triangular, petals 5, standard 

 petal round, wings lanceolate, shorter than the keel petals, 

 stamens 10, upper free, others united ; pod |-1, stalked, 

 oblong, velvety, seeds 4-6. 



medium size, perennial, stems hollow, smooth ; leaves 

 6-9 in., mid-rib ending in a point or leaflet, leaflets 17-19, 

 |-1| in., oblong, blunt, green, smooth, stipules |-| in., 

 lanceolate or triangular, free, persistent ; flowers f in., 

 yellow tinged with lilac, crowded nearly all on one side of 

 long-stalked racemes, bracts linear, shorter than the buds, 

 cah'x I in., tubular, oblique, teeth 5, bristle-like, feathered, 

 petals 5, keel shorter than the standard and wing petals, 

 broad, abruptly upcurved, stamens and style like those 

 of the last species ; pod 1 in., oblong, expanded, narrowed 

 into a beak, covered with fine short spreading black hairs, 

 stalk f in., seeds 8-20. 



Astragalus 

 frigidus, 



Leguminos.s;. 

 F. B. I. ii. 130. 

 Lahul. 



modmm size, perennial, stout, smooth ; leaves 4-6 in. 

 long, stipules |-| in. long, ovate or lanceolate, sharp-pointed 

 or blunt, free, persistent, leaflets 9-15, oblong, one or more 

 inches long, opposite, thin, smooth above, with a bluish 

 waxy gloss and a few hairs below; flowers f in., bright 

 yellow, arranged nearly all on one side of long-stalked 

 racemes, calyx | in., tubular, with a few flat-lying hairs, 

 teeth 5, minute, petals 5, standard longer than the wings 



