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Plants oj the Punjab. 



Heubs, Erect, with Alternate Stipulate Compounp Leaves. 



Petals ununitep. 

 Leaflets many. 



Astragalus 

 melanostachys, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. L ii. 125. 

 Himalaya, 

 10-15,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 

 Lahul. 



Astragalus 

 cashmirensis, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 127. 

 Kashmir, 

 9-10,000 ft. 

 (Falconer). 



Astragalus 

 leucocephalus, 



Leguminos^. 

 F.'B. Lii. 128. 



Himalaya, 

 1-7,000 ft. 

 Simla, Naldera 

 (Collett). 

 Murree (Douie). 

 Sakesar, Salt Eansje. 



medium size, perennial, fairly stout, smooth ; leaves 

 1-3 in., distinctly stalked, stipules j-| in., leafy, free, trian- 

 gular \\dth a sharp hard point, leaflets 13-15, oblong, green 

 with a bluish waxy gloss, blunt or notched ; flowers i-l in., 

 lilac or purple, in crowded heads, 1-3 in. long, stalks 2-6 in., 

 covered with short- spreading black and also white hairs, 

 dense just below the head, calyx |-|- in., covered with 

 black silky hairs, teeth 5, equal to the tube, nearly sessile, 

 petals 5, contracted, keel and wings shorter than the stand- 

 ard, stamens and style like those of the last species ; pod 

 I in., oblong, sessile, black, silky, 2-seeded. 



small, perennial, stems stout, shaggy with long hairs ; 

 leaves 3-4 in., distinctly stalked, stipules | in., lanceolate, 

 thin, free, marked with lines, leaflets 29-33, oblong, blunt 

 or short-pointed, f--| in., crowded, dull, densely clothed at 

 first with fine long hairs ; flowers | in., yellow, in dense round 

 heads on stalks 1-3 in., bracts J-f in., linear, feathered, 

 persistent, calyx |-| in., thinly covered with long hairs, 

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

 and keel, stamens and style like those of the last species ; 

 pod I in. linear-oblong, straight, sessile, finely velvety, 

 hollowed down the keel, narrowed into a long beak, 6-8- 

 seeded. 



small, perennial, densely covered with silvery white 

 hairs, stems slender, short ; leaves 1-3 in., stipules small, 

 leaflike, united below the middle, leaflets |-| in., oblong, 

 21-31, thick, blunt or nearly short-pointed, close to each 

 other, covered with silvery w^hite hairs ; flowers I in., pale 

 yellow, in small, very dense, oblong heads on densely wliite- 

 felted stalks, 2-6 in., bracts lanceolate, longer than the buds, 

 calyx ^ in., shaggy with white hairs, nearly sessile, teeth 

 5, bristle-like, equal to the calyx tube, petals 5, keel 

 shorter than the standard and wings, stamens and style 

 like those of the last species ; pod | in., oblong, sessile, 

 finely downy, 3-4-seeded. 



Astragalus Munroi, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. Lii. 128. 

 Spiti, Lahul. 



small, perennial, rootstock stout, long, woody, spindle- 

 shaped, stems of a tuft of shoots from the base, stout, 

 shaggy with dense spreading white hairs ; leaves l|-2 in., 

 stipules I in., linear or lanceolate, free, leaflets 19-21, |-1 in., 

 lanceolate with a broad blunt tip, thinly covered with loose 



