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2. Onobrychis lAXIflora Bah. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xix. 159 ; 

 leaflets elliptic-obtuse 4-8-iugate the terminal not exceeding the lateral ; 

 pod circinnate flat semi-orbicular, 1-seeded ; perennial. 



North- West Himalaya ; Gilgit, Giles ! Distrib. Afghanistan. 

 Herbaceous, perennial, stems slender 1^-2 ft., finely puberulous. Leaf-rachis 3-6 

 in. long, including petiole |-2 in. ; leaflets 9-17, shortly petiolulate, £-| in. long, pale- 

 green, obscurely canescent ; stipules deltoid-acuminate, persistent. Racemes long- 

 peduncled, lax, elongated, 6-9 in. ; buds rather crowded ; bracts minute scarious 

 persistent. Calyx campanulate, obscurely pilose, f in. ; teeth lanceolate as long as 

 tube. Corolla 5 times calyx ; standard glabrous, veined. Pod circinate, flat, semi- 

 orbicular, faces areolate with hexagonal deepish pits, their walls sparingly spinescent ; 

 margins armed with numerous small teeth. 



3. Onobrychis nummularia Stocks in Hook. Journ. iv. 146 ; leaflets 

 ovate-orbicular or obovate-obtuse, mucronate ; the terminal much exceed- 

 ing the sometimes abortive lateral ; pod circinnate flat, orbicular, 2- 

 seeded ; annual. Boiss. Flor. Orient, ii. 545. 0. taverniereefolia Stocks 

 ex Boiss. I.e. 



North- West Frontier; British Beluchistan, very common. Dis- 

 trib. Throughout Beluchistan and Afghanistan. 



An annual dwarf stemless herb, hoary-tomentose. Leaf-rachis, including very 

 long petiole, 4-5 in., leaflets 3 or 5, or very often only the terminal present ; terminal 

 J-1J in. in diam. the others rarely exceeding j in., densely tomentose. Racemes long- 

 peduncled, 6-8 in. long, rather lax, usually slightly exceeding the leaves ; pedicels 

 short, bracts rather long, \ in., subulate. Calyx hirsute externally, including teeth 

 | in., teeth subulate from broad bases twice as long as the short wide-campanulate 

 tube. Corolla twice as long as calyx, under \ in., standard puberulous, veined. Pod 

 orbicular 2-locular, faces areolate with radiating pits, their walls little raised, un- 

 armed ; margins beset with long cottony setae. 



Nearly related to the Persian O. Aucheri Boiss., but differing by its 2-seeded 

 pods. The two species recognised by M. Boissier were by Dr. Stocks himself 

 latterly supposed to be only two varieties of one species. The writer finds too many 

 intermediates in Herb. Calcutta to admit of his even separating them as varieties. 



32. LESPEDEZA Michx. 

 Subgen. I. Eulespedeza. 

 1. Lespedeza sericea Miq. 



Add to localities of F. B. I.: — Mountains of Behar and Cent. 

 India ; very common. Rajputana ; Mt. Abu, common. Upper Burma ; 

 common. 



A very distinct variety with long petioled leaves, var. longepetiolata, has recently 

 been collected in Upper Assam (Makiim), by Mr. G. Gammie. This variety is com- 

 mon in South-West China. 



66. Lespedeza sericophtlla Coll. 8f Hem si. Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xxviii. 45 ; petiole distinct, leaves rather large, densely silvery- tomen- 

 tose on both sides, calyx densely hirsute with long hairs. 



