1044 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXI. 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Leaflets Many. 



Petals Dissimilar. 



Hedysarum oachemiria- 

 num. 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 146. 

 Kashmir, 9-10,000 ft. 



Hedysarum laxiflorum. 



Legtjminos^. 

 r. B. I. ii. 146. 

 Himalaya, 9-12,000 ft. 

 Valley of Kishengunga 

 (Winterbottom). 



Hedysarum strobiliferum. 



Leguminos^;. 

 F. B. I. ii. 146. 

 Kashmir, 9,000 feet 

 (Falconer). 



Hedysarum microcalyx. 



LEGUMINOSiE, 



F. B. I. ii. 147. 

 Himalaya, 9,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 

 Lahul. 



medium size, stem robust, smooth, grooved ; 

 leaves including the stalk 6-12 in. long, leaflets 

 21-27, f-lj in., long, linear-oblong, thin, blunt, both 

 sides green, becoming smooth ; flowers |-1 in., red 

 in very dense racemes, 2-3 m., bracts linear, 

 bristle-like, longer than the buds, calyx | in., 

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

 the last species ; pod of 1 to 3 joints, |^-| in. long, 

 oblong, smooth, both sutures with a distinct 

 uncrisped wing. 



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

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

 close, firm, nearly leathery, smooth above, grey, 

 barely covered with grey velvet beneath ; flowers 

 f-f 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 I in., 

 long ; otherwise like the last species. 



small, stem robust, thickly covered with short 

 horizontal whitish hairs ; leaves including the 

 stalk, 6-8 in., leaflets 19-25, oblong-lanceolate, 1-1| 

 in., blunt, smoothish above, somewhat white-silky 

 beneath ; flowers less than ^ in., yellowish, in dense- 

 racemes, 2-3 in., bracts overlapping, thin, dry, stiff, 

 bristly quite hiding the buds, calyx ^-5 in., tubular, 

 teeth 5, short, triangular with sharp hard points 

 petals 5, equal ; stamens and style as in the last 

 species. 



medium-size, stems stout, smooth, furrowed, 

 leaves including the stalk, 6-9 in., leaflets 11-13, 

 oblong-lanceolate, 1-1^ in., wide apart, blunt, both 

 sides green, smooth ; flowers f-J, bright red, in 

 loose racemes, 2-4 in., calyx ^ in,, bell-shaped, 

 smooth, thin, teeth 5, minute, triangular with a 



