Astragalus.] l. leguminos^. (J. G. Baker.) 125; 



clothed witli adpressed white silky hairs, leaflets- 19-25, calyx clothed witk 

 adpressed mixed black and white hairs, teeth linear shorter than the tube,, 

 pod stalked linear-oblong unilocular 6-8-seeded. Benth. in Royle HI. 198 y 

 Bunge Man. i. 23 ; ii. 27. A. mutabilis, Jacgu^m. MS8. 



Thiough the Himalayas in the alpine region, alt. 11-16,000 ft., from Nubea and. 

 Iadak to SiKKiM and Silhet. 



Stems densely csespitose, firm but slender, branched, ^-1 ft. long. Leaves short- 

 petioled, 1-li in. long; leaflets close, oblong, obtuse, ^— | in. long, pale green, persistently 

 coated with adpressed white hairs ; stipules small, deltoid, free, foliaceous. Heads very 

 dense, 20-40-flowered ; peduncles 2-4 in., with a few black hairs mixed with the- 

 silvery ones near the top ; pedicels black, shorter than the minute bracts. Calyx-^ 

 \ in. Corolla twice the calyx ; wings and keel shorter than the standard. FoA \ in., 

 long, short-stalked, rather recurved, clothed like the calyx. 



27. A. oxyodon, Baker; stems short slender ascending clothed with 

 adpressed white silky hairs, leaflets 15-17, calyx clothed with adpressed mixed- 

 black and white hairs, teeth setaceous twice as long as the tube, ovary stalked 

 5-6-OTulate. 



West Tibet, Falconer. 



General habit of A. strictus. Stems densely csespitose, J— J foot high. Leaves 

 1-lJ in. long ; leaflets oblong, obtuse or subacute, densely white-strigillose on the 

 back, thinly on the face, alternate, the lower distant ; stipules moderately large, con- 

 nate, sUky on the back. Peduncles 2-3 in.,- very slender, densely clothed ,.with 

 adpressed mixed black and white hairs; pedicels black, very short; bracts i-|- 

 in., lanceolate, membranous. Calyx ^ in. ; tube campanulate ; teeth much longer 

 in proportion than in any of its allies. Corolla ^ in. ; keel and standard equal ;, 

 wings much shorter. Matiuje pod not, seen ; ovary thinly silky. 



28. A. densifloms, Kar. 8r Kir. Enum. PI. Song. No. 246; stems elong- 

 ated firm glabrous, leaflets ll-13,.calyx minute clothed with mixed black and 

 white hairs, teeth lanceolate short, pod globose sessile minute unilocular 1-2- 

 seeded. Bunge Man. i. 21 ; ii. 22. 



West Himalayas, alpine region, alt. 12-17,000 ft. ; Lahui,, Sassak, Zansxae^ 

 Ladak, KTurAWAE. — DisTRiB. Afghanistan, Central Siberia. 



Stems densely csespitose, rigid, erect, J-1 ft. long. Leaves 1-2 in. long ; leaflets 

 thick, oblong, glaucous, obtuse, i-J in. long, obscurely white-strigillose on both sides ; 

 stipules small, deltoid, foliaceous, free. Peduncles 1-4 in., with a few black and white 

 hairs in the upper half; bracts minute, linear, black, ciliated, exceeding the very short, 

 black pedicels. Calyx -^-^ in., campanulate; teeth shorter than the tube. Corolla 

 lilac, three times as long as the calyx ; keel and wings much shorter than the standard.- 

 Pod rugose, silky, ^ in. long, turgid, membranous. 



29. A. melanostaclijrs, Bentli. MSS. ; stems elongated firm glabrous,, 

 leaflets 13-15, calyx clothed -with black silky hairs, teeth as long as the tube, 

 pod oblong sessile half-biloeular 2-seeded. Bumge Mow. i. 21 ; ii. 22. A. brac- 

 teosus, Klotzsch Beise Pr. Wold. Bot. 160, t. 5, nan Bmss. 



West Himalayas, alpine region, alt. 10-15,000 ft. ; Kashmie, Lahul, Tibet. 



Stems 1^2 ft. high, moderately stout. Leaves distinctly petioled, 1-3 in. long ; 

 leaflets oblong, glaucous-green, obtuse or emarginate, ^-| in. long, nearly naked; 

 stipules i-| in., free, foliaceous, deltoid-cuspidate. Heads dense, 1-3 in. long ; 

 peduncles* 2-6 in. long, clothed with short spreading mixed black and white hairs, 

 dense at the base of the head ; bracts ^ in., lanceolate, foliaceous, persistent. Calyx 

 1-1 in. nearly sessile. Corolla narrow, half as long again as the calyx ; keel and 

 wings shorter than the standard. Pod included in the calyx, ^ in. long, clothed with 

 fine black sUky hairs. 



