€aragcma.] l. LBGUMiiirosiE. (J. G. Baker.) 117 



West Himaiatas, temperate region, alt. 5-9000 ft. ; Kashmib, Ktjna-wae, Gub- 

 WHAL, Simla, &c. — Disteib. Chinese Tartary, Afghanistan. 



A shrub several feet high, the nodes less crowded than in the preceding, the young 

 branches finely downy. Old spine-tipped rachises 2-4 in. long, rigid or flexible. 

 Leaflets |-J in. long, subcoriaceous, glabrescent on both sides or thinly pubescent be- 

 low. Peduncle 1-2 in. ; bracts and bracteoles linear, scarious ; pedicels downy. Calyx J 

 in. long, subglabrous ; teeth half the tube, lanceolate-cuspidate. Corolla glabrous, 

 yellowish, twice the calyx. Pod glabrous, linear, 2 in. long, woolly within. 



*** Spineless leaf-)-nc7iis produced, with a leafM at the end (Ohesneya, LindL). 



6. C. crasslcaulis, Benth. MSS. ; leaflets 21-26 linear-oUong putes- 

 cent, flowers solitary. Astragalus crasslcaulis, Orah. in Wall. Cat. 6932. A. 

 nubigenus, Bon Prodr. 246 ? Oaragana (Nephelotrophe) nubigena, Bunge 

 Mon. Astrag. 240 ? 



HiMAXATAs, alpine region, alt. 12-17,000 ft. ; Guewhai, and Ktjmaon to Suckim. 



Stems thick, tufted, woody, creeping for a few inches below the surface, clothed 

 very densely with the long old tough but not pungent or spinous leaf-raohises. Leaves 

 in a lax rosette at the surface, short-petioled, l-lf in. long ; leaflets green, not coriace- 

 ous, ^— J in. long, truncate or emarginate. Peduncle downy, as long as the calyx. Calyx 

 Jin. long, very oblique, densely pubescent ; teeth \-^ tube. Corolla reddish-yeUow, twice 

 the calyx ; standard pubescent on the outside ; wings and keel shorter. Pod linear- 

 oblong, |-| in. long, finely pubescent, stuffed inside with cottony down. 



7. C. cuneata, Baker; leaflets 11-13, flowers 1-3 long-peduncled. 

 Guldenstsedtia cuneata, Benth. in Boyle III. 200. Ohesneya vaginalis, Javb. and 

 Spach. III. 96, t. 48 ? (calyx teeth shorter). 



Temteeate and Alpine West Himalayas, alt. 8-13,000 ft. ; Tibet and Kunawae. 

 — ^Disteib. Orient ? ; Kashgar, Bellew. 



Branches 2-3 in. long, crowded from a woody rhizome. Stipules small, deltoid ; 

 leaf-rachis, including distinct petiole, 2-4 in. long ; leaflets obovate, |-^ in. long, truncaite, 

 .emarginate, not coriaceous, densely pubescent. Peduncle equalling or overtopping the 

 leaves ; pedicels very short. Calyx ^-J in. downy ; teeth linear-lanceolate, half as long 

 as the tube or more. CoroKo twice the caljrx; standard pubescent ; wings rather shorter ; 

 keel shorter still. Pod straight, linear, glabrous, 2-2^ in. long, 10-12-seeded, slightly 

 .stuffed within. This and the' last have the oblique calyx of Calophaca, but in habit 

 ;and cprolla range better under Guldenstoedtia. — Dr. Aitchison sends fromLadak a plant 

 with deep purple flowers, more hoary leaves and narrower pod, which may be distinct. 



26. G'VXiDENSTH:DTXA, Fisch. 



Spineless perennials. Leaves odd-pinnate. Flowers solitary or umbellate on 

 long axillary peduncles. Calyx-tube campanulate, not oblique ; teeth 6, distinct, 

 upper broader. Corolla much exserted ; standard roimd ; keel not more than 

 ihafr as long as the other petals, straight, obtuse. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers 

 "uniform. Ovary sessile, many-ovuled ; style incurved very short, stigma capitate. 

 Pod linear, turgid, not torulose, continuous within. — ^Disieib. Species 7-8, all 

 >Oentral Asian. 



1. Cr. himalalca, ^Bn/cer; shortly caulescent^ leaflets 1U3 obovate- 

 "Obcordate densely silky, flowers 1-3, calyx-teeth much shorter than the tube. 



Himalaya^ alpine zone, alt. 11-15,000 ft. ; Kumaon and Gtjewhai, to Sikkim. 

 Stems 1-2 in. long, csespitose from- a perennial rootstock, densely silky. Leaves 

 4-1 J in. long, distinctly petioled, densely clothed with pale brown silky hairs; stipules 



