462 



Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



keel petals 2, united, half the length of the other petals, 

 straight, blunt, stamens 10, in 2 bundles, style incurvedj 

 t very short, stigma round ; pod ^ in. long, linear, finely 



silky. 



Astragalus 

 rhizanthus, 



Leguminos^. 

 p. B.I. ii. 131. 

 Himalaya, 

 9-16,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. Lahul. 



small, perennial, stemless, rootstock woody, tufts 

 1 or 2 on the top of the rootstock ; leaves 2-4 in. 

 long, pinnate, leaflets 31-41, ^-| in. long, oblong, blunt, 

 denselj" silky, stipules f-| in., lanceolate, united to the leaf 

 stalk ; flowers |-1^ in. long, yellow, in dense many-flower- 

 ed nearly sessile heads at the top of the rootstock, bracts 

 I'l in., long, linear, densely silky, calyx |-| in. long, tubu- 

 lar, silky, teeth 5, linear, half as long as the tube, corolla 

 half as long again as the calyx, wings shorter than the 

 standard, keel shorter than the wings, stamens 10, upper 

 free, others united ; pod |-| in. long, oblong, swollen, 

 densely silky, narrowed suddenly into a beak, 15-20-seeded. 



Astragalus 

 bakuensis, 



LeGUMINOSjE. 



F. B. I.ii. 132. 

 The Salt Range 

 (Stewart). 



Oxytropis lapponlca, 



Leguminos^. 

 F.B. I.ii. 137. 

 Himalaya, 

 9-17,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



Oxytropis mollis, 



Leguminos^. 

 F.B. I.ii. 137. 

 Himalaya, 

 10-12,000 ft. 

 Labul. 



like the last species, but lea^^es much larger, 5-12 in. 

 long, leaf stalks 2-6 in. long, densely hairy, leaflets |-| in. 

 long, linear, stipules |-f in., flowers yellow tinged with 

 purple, larger in long-stalked loose many-flowered racemes. 



1-1 in 

 1.1 



3 2 



small, perennial, stemless or short-stemmed ; leaves 

 1-3 in. long, pinnate, leaflets 13-25, |-| in., lanceolate, 

 green with a few flat-lying white silky hairs, stipules 

 leaf-opposed, united towards the base ; flowers 

 in., purple, 6 to 20 in dense rounded heads on flower 

 stalks, |-| ft. long, bracts minute, linear, calyx ^-| in., 

 nearly sessile, covered with flat-lying nearly black silky 

 hairs, teeth 5, linear, shorter than the tube, corolla 

 f-| in. long, standard longest, keel shortest, pointed with 

 a distinct tip ; pod f-| in. long, linear-oblong, 5-6-seeded, 

 deflexed, covered with a few black or white hairs. 



hke the last species, but in tufts 6-12 in. high, crowded 

 at the top of a woody rootstock. leaves long-stalked, 2-3 in. 

 long, leaflets densely white silky, oblong, flower stalks 

 much longer than the leaves, heads finallj'" 2-3 in. long, 

 calyx longer, densely covered with black and white hairs, 

 corolla half as long again as the calyx, pod longer, 6-8- 

 Beeded, ascending. 



