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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Hedysarum 

 astragaloides, 



Leguminos^e. 

 F. B. I. ii. 146. 

 Himalaj'a, 

 11-12,000 ft. 

 Kishtwar (Thomson), 

 Lahul (Jaeschke). 



Leaflets many. 



medium size, stems robust, becoming grey velvety 

 at first ; leaves, including the stalk, 4-8 in. long, leaflets 

 21-29, |-1 in., linear-oblong, blunt with a minute point, 

 smoothish above, persistently grey velvety beneath ; 

 flowers f in., red, in very dense racemes 2-3 in. long, 

 bracts linear tliin projecting beyond the buds, calyx J in., 

 bell-shaped, finely silk}', teeth 5, petals 5, standard shorter 

 than the keel, keel blunt, stamens 10, upper free, lower ones 

 united, style thread-like, very long, abruptly bent ; pod 

 stalked, distinctly one or two-jointed, joints oblong, thin, 

 with a crisped wing below, a less marked one above. 



Hedysarum 

 cachemirianum, 



Legumixos^. 

 F.B. Lii. 146. 

 Kashmir, 

 9-10,000 ft. 



medium size, stem robust, smooth, grooved ; leaves, 

 including the stalk 6-12 in. long, leaflets 21-27, f-ll^ in. 

 long, linear-oblong, thin, blunt, both sides green, becoming 

 smooth ; flowers f-1 in., red, in very dense racemes, 2-3 in., 

 bracts linear, bristle-like, longer than the buds, calyx f in., 

 downy, teeth 5, petals 5, stamens and style as in the last 

 species ; pod of 1 to 8 joints, |-f in. long, oblong, smooth, 

 both sutm-es with a distinct uncrisped wing. 



Hedysarum 

 laxiaorum, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 146. 

 Himalaya, 

 9-12,000 ft. 

 Valley of 

 Kishengunga 

 (Winterbottom). 



medium size, stems slender, firm, smooth, leaves, 

 including stalk, 3-5 in.. leaflets 21-31, hnear-oblong, close, 

 firm, nearly leathery, smooth above, grey, barely covered 

 with grey velvet beneath, flowers |-| in., red in loose 

 racemes, 2-3 in., bracts minute, bristle-like, calyx I in., 

 teeth 5, upper triangular, lower lanceolate, pod 3-4-jointed, 

 oblong, firm, smooth, rather expanded, not more than | in. 

 long ; otherwise like the last species. 



Hedysarum 

 strobiliferum, 



Lequminos^. 

 F. B. L ii. 146. 

 Kashmir, 

 9,000 ft. 

 ( Falconer j. 



small, stem robust, thickh' covered with short hori- 

 zontal whitish hairs ; leaves, including the stalk, 6-8 in., 

 leaflets 19-25, oblong-lanceolate, l-l|in., blunt, smoothish 

 above, somewhat white-silky beneath ; flowers less than | 

 in., yellowish, in dense racemes, 2-3 in., bracts overlapping, 

 thin, drj', stiff, bristly, quite hiding the buds, calyx 4-| in., 

 tubular, teeth 5, short, triangular with sharp hard points, 

 petals 5, equal, stamens and style as in the last species. 



