1038 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL I£LST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXL 



Herbs, ekbct, with Alteenate Stipulate Compound Leaves, 



Leaflets Many. 



Petals Dissimilar- 



Sesbania aculeata, 



Jayanti. 

 Leguminos^, 

 F. B. I. ii. 115, 

 The Plains. 

 Baluchistan (Lace.) 



large, annual, shrub-like, branches and under 

 surface of leaf midribs armed with small hooked 

 prickles ; leaves 6-12 in., leaflets more numerous 

 and smaller than those of Sesbania mgyptiaca, see 

 Shrubs, leaflets 41-81, smooth ; flowers |-|- in., pale 

 yellow dotted with red, in stalked loosely 3-6 

 flowered racemes, calyx 5-toothed, ^ in., smooth,, 

 teeth short triangular, petals 5, stalked, standard 

 petal broad, keel blunt, stamens 10, upper free,, 

 others united, style thread like, smooth, incurved, 

 pod 6-9 in., linear, slightly curved, beaked, smooth^ 

 seeds many. 



Astragalus Falconer!, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 120. 

 Hazara (Winter- 

 bottom). 



large, perennial, stems almost woody, zigzag,, 

 velvety, white when young ; leaves 1-1|^ in., midrib- 

 ending in a point or leaflet, stipules broad, leaf- 

 like, leaflets 13-17, \-\ in. long, lanceolate oblong,, 

 with broad tips, blunt ; flowers \ in., lilac, in long 

 stalked few-flowered racemes, calyx \ in., pouched, 

 nearly smooth, teeth 5, very short, petals 5, wing- 

 petals short-pointed equal to the keel petals, 

 stamens 10, upper one free, others united, style 

 ncurved, smooth, pod ^-f in., narrowed to both 

 ends, stalk twice as long as the calyx, 4-6 seeded. 



Astragalus trichocarpus, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 121. 

 Eastern Punjab. 

 Himalaya 5-8,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Dharmpur. 



large, perennial, nearly smooth, branches straight,, 

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

 sile, midrib ending in a point or leaflet, stipules 

 minute, leaflets 31-41, \-% 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 xV ii^-> bell-shaped, 

 oblique, smooth, teeth 5, triangular, petals 5, stand- 

 ard petal round, wings lanceolate shorter than 

 the keel petals, stamens 10, upper free, others- 

 united, pod f-1, stalked, oblong velvety, seeds 4-6> 



