5.24 L. LEGUMINOS.E. (J. G. Baker.) lAstragalm. 



Hack and wMte silky hairs, teeth setaceous as long as the tuhe, ovary stalked 

 ■glabrous few-ovuled. Phaca astragalina, DC. Prodr. ii. 274 ? 



West Tibet ; Burgil pass, Winterbottom. — ^Disteib. Alpine region throagh north 

 temperate zone. 



Stems 3-4 in. high, simple, ascending. Leaves aljout an inch long ; leaflets ohlong, 

 acute, pale green, thinly coated -with close silvery hairs on hoth sides ; stipules deltoid, 

 foliaceous, rather large. Peduiicles 1-1 J in., thinly silky. ZTeoife 3-6-flowered ; 

 bracts linear, exceeding the short pedicels. Calyx J in. Corolla twice the calyx ; 

 -wings shorter than the standard and keel. Pod not seen. — The Sikkim plant re- 

 ferred here by Bunge is our A. Jcongrensis. 



23. A. tibetanus, Smth. MSS. ; stems slender short ascending thinly 

 clothed -with adpressed mixed black and white hairs, leaflets 21-26, calyx-teeth 

 ■densely black-silky setaceous a third as long as the tube, pod linear stalked 

 bilocular e-10-seeded. Sunge Mon. i. 52 ; ii. 85 ; JBoiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 250. 

 A. Maxwellii, Royle III. 198 ? 



West Tibet, temperate and alpine region, alt. 9-14,000 ft.; Deas, Zasskab, 

 NuBEA, Ladak, Thomson, Henderson. — Distkib. Afghanistan. 



General habit of A. Hypoglottis, to which it is closely allied. Stems zigzag, firm, 

 slender, branched, ^— ^ ft. Learns 2—4 in. long, distinctly petioled ; leaflets oblong, 

 obtuse, moderately close, pale green, thinly canescent at first, glabrescent above 'when 

 mature ; stipules small, lanceolate or deltoid, free. Heads subglobose, 10-20-flowered ; 

 peduncles 1-4 in., the black hairs predominating upwards ; bracts lanceolate, much 

 exceeding the short black pedicels. Calyx J in., the teeth densely, the tube thinly 

 black-silky. Corolla twice the calyx ; -wings shorter than the standard ; keel still 

 shorter. Pod i-^ in., rather recurved, finely black-silky ; stalk shorter than the 

 cal;^-tube. 



24. A. hypogrlottoides, Baher; stems slender short ascending thinly 

 clothed with adpressed white hairs, leaflets 17-19, calyx densely coated with 

 mixed black and white silky hairs, teeth linear a third as long as the tube, ovary 

 ^stalked 8-10-ovulate. 



TraETAN Himalayas, the exact station not known, Br. Henderson. 



CJlosely allied to the last, with which it agrees in general habit. Leaves 1-1 J in. 

 long; leaflets oblong, obtuse, pale grey green, persistently coated on both sides -with 

 ■ adpressed silvery hairs ; stipules foliaceous, connate in lower half. FlovSers 12-20, in 

 a dense head, not more than half the size of those of A. Hypoglottis and tibetanus ; 

 ■peduncles 1^-2 in. long, with a few black hairs mixed with the white ones upwards. 

 •Calyx 1— I in. Corolla deep purple, f in., the proportion of the petals as in the last. 

 Developed pod unknown. 



25. A. lessertloides, Benth. MSS.; stems short firm erect glabrous, 

 lieaflets 9-11, calyx-teeth linear densely black-silky half as long as the 

 aearly naked tube, pod stalked silky unilocular 3-4rseeded. Bwrwe Mon. i. 34 ; 

 ii. 28. 



Sikkim, alpine region ; Tungu, alt. 13,000 ft.. Hook. fil. 



Whole plant under a foot high. Leaves 1-2 in. long ; leaflets green, oblong, obtuse, 

 j— J in. long, with a few black hairs ; stipules foliaceous, lanceolate, J-J in. long, 

 ■filiated at first with 'black hairs; petiole twice as long as the stipules. Heads 

 12-20-flowered. Pedicels very short; peduncles erect {-^ ft., -with a fe-w- adpressed 

 Tilack hairs in the upper half; bracts minute, shaggy with black hairs. Calyx l-^ in., 

 ■tube campanulate, nearly naked; teeth black-plumose. Corolla ^ in., petals ^sub- 

 •equal. Pod i in. densely silky, narrowed from the middle to both ends ; stalk as 

 -ong as the calyx-tube. 



26. A. Btric^tus, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5924 ; stems short slender ascending 



