122 L. LEGUMiNOSj;. (J. G". Baker.) {Astragaltis. 



14. A. ophiocarpus, Senih. MSS. ; heads lax nearly sessile, leaflet* 

 olilong emarginate, pod very long and slender sickle-sliaped slightly tonilose 

 unilocular 10-12-seeded. JBunffe Man. i. 10 ; ii. 6 ; £oiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 224. 



Ladak, alt. 11,000 ft., 7%omson. — Dibtbib. Persia. 



Stems slender, diffuse, ^i ft., densely finely white-downy. Leaves distinctly petioled, 

 ■|-1 in. long ; leaflets moderately close and thick, distinctly notched at the apex, 

 matted on both sides with short white hairs ; stipules lanceolate, very minute. 

 Sacemes 3-6-floweTed; pedicels and bracts minute. Calyx under A in., densely 

 matted ; teeth lanceolate, shorter than the tube. Corolla nearly twice the calyx, its 

 petals subequal in length. Fod 1-1 ^ in. long, thick, finely downy, the dissepiment 

 not at all incurred, the oblong seeds with a space corresponding' to the slight con- 

 strictions of the pod between them. 



15. A. tribuloides, BeUe; DC. Prodr. ii. 288; heads dense sessile, 

 leaflets 13-15 oblong-lanceolate acute, pod short linear-oHong densely pubescent 

 little recuryed 10-12-seeded suhbilocular. Bunge Mon. 1. 10 ; ii. 7 ; Bom. Fli 

 Orient, ii. 224. A. minutus, erpocaulis and ammoeryptos, Boiss. Diagn. ii. 

 68-9. 



Plains of Pdnjab. — Disteib. Canaries, through Egypt to Afghanistan. 



Stems slender, densely caespitose, trailing, \-\ ft., densely clothed upwards with 

 ascending white hairs. Leaves distinctly petioled, 1-2J in. long ; leaflets mostly close, 

 densely clothed with long white hairs on both sides ; stipules minute. Beads 6-10- 

 flowered. Calyx tubular, ^-J in., densely matted ; teeth setaceous, shorter than the 

 tube. Corolla pale yellow, little exserted. Pods f in. long, turgid, densely pubescent, 

 the cluster often spreading from the stem like the spokes of a wheel from the axis. 



16. A. baxnosus, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 290; heads peduncled dense, 

 leaflets 13-25 oblong emarginate, pod long cylindrical glabrous much recurred 

 nearly bUocular 16-18-seeded. Sibth. 8r Sm. Fl. Grcee. t. 728 ; Bwnge Mm. 

 i. 13 ; ii. 13 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 238. 



Plains of Punjab at Lahore, Peshawur, &e. — Disteib. Canaries, Mediterranean 

 region. Orient. 



More robust and less hairy than the other species, the stems 1-2 ft. long. Leaves 

 distinctly petioled, ^-^ ft. long ; leaflets distinctly stalked, pale green, ^-f in. long, 

 glabrescent above, or thinly matted with silvery hairs on both sides. Heads 6-20- 

 Bowered ; peduncles much shorter than the leases. Calyx ^ in., matted with mixed 

 black and white hairs ; teeth subulate, as long as the tube. Corolla pale yellow, half 

 as long again as the calyx. Pod J-1 in. long, cylindrical, flrmer than in its neigh- 

 bours, quite glabrous. 



17. A. gracilipes, Benth. MSS. ; heads dense peduncled fevp^-flowered, 

 leaflets 9-13 oblong obtuse, pod cylindrical pubescent little recurved 10-12- 

 seeded half-bilocular. Bunge Mon. i. 15 ; ii. 17. 



West Tibist; Zanskar and Indus valley, alt. 11-14,000 feet, Tliomson. 



Acaulescent, or stems short, subereet, densely clothed with ascending strong white 

 hairs. Leaves long-petioled, 1-3 inches long ; leaflets distant, greenish, ^— | in. long, 

 densely clothed with hairs like those of the stem; stipules minute. Heads 3-6- 

 flowered; peduncles pilose, 2-4 in. Calyx J in., tubular; teeth short, setaceous. 

 Corolla pale yellow, twice the calyx ; standard narrowed suddenly into a deltoid tip, 

 the wings shorter and keel shorter still. Pod J-| in. long by ^ in., sessile, clothed 

 with short dense white bristly hairs. 



18. A . contortuplicatus, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 290 ; heads dense short- 

 peduncled, leaflets 13-17 oblanceolate-oblong emarginate, pod cylindrical dovray 

 ■very much recurved nearly bilocular 20-30ieeded. Bunge Mon. i. 18 : ii. 20 ; 

 £oiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 230. ' 



