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Herbs, erect, with ALTERisrATE Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Leaflets Many. 



Petals Dissimilak.. 



as above ; pod |-f in., sessile expanded, densely 

 velvety, straight, linear-oblong, 6-8 seeded. 



jlstragalus Aitchisoni, small, annual weed, slender, thinly covered with 



Leguminos-e. white hairs ; leaves 1^-2^ in., distinctly stalked, 



F. B. I. ii. 121. stipules triangular, minute, leaflets 17-25, § in., 



:Salt range (Aitchison). alternate, wide apart, grey green, a few short hori- 



.Pindigheb. 

 ^Rawalpindi District 



(Douie). 



zontal white hairs; flowers ^ in., white with a pur- 

 ple tip, in a loose head of 4-6 flowers on a short 

 stalk, bracts minute, calyx | in., bell-shaped, thinly 

 white silky, teeth 5, linear or lanceolate, petals o, 

 standard longer than the wings and keel, stamens 

 and style as those in the last species; pod If in., 

 slender, straight or slightly curved, slightly clothed 

 with white hairs, 15-20-seeded, seeds very small. 



iftstragalus 

 catus, 



ILeguminos^e. 

 !F. B. I. ii. 122 

 The Plains. 



contortipli 



small, annual weed, covered with short, soft, 

 spreading white hairs; leaves 3-4 in., distinctly 

 stalked, stipules small, free, lanceolate, leaflets 13- 

 17 oblong-lanceolate with a broad and notched tip. 

 \-\ in., wide apart, greenish, soft scattered hairs 

 [Baluchistan (Boissier.) on both sides ; flowers J in., yellow in dense many- 

 flowered heads on stalks, with few scattered soft 

 hairs, much shorter than the leaves, calyx | in., 

 with a few scattered soft hairs, teeth 5, bristle-like, 

 feathered, petals 5, projecting a little from the 

 calyx, wings lanceolate, short-pointed, shorter than 

 the standard and keel, stamens and style like 

 those in the last species ; pod ^ in., cylindrical, 

 much recurved, sausage-shaped, folded lengthwise, 

 wrinkled, 20-30 seeded. 



Astragalus meianostachyS) medium size, perennial, fairly stout, smooth ; lea- 

 Leuuminos.e. ves 1-3 in., distinctly stalked, stipules \-% in., leafy, 



F. B. I. ii. 125. free, triangular with a sharp hard point, leaflets 



Himalaya, 10-15,000 ft. 13-15, oblong, green with a bluish waxy gloss, blunt 

 Kashmir. or notched ; flowers |-i in., lilac or purple in crowd- 



Lahoul. ed heads, 1-3 in. long, stalks 2-6 in., covered with 



