126 L. LEGiiMiNOS^. (J. G. Baker.) [^Astragalug. 



30. A. bhotanensls, Saker; stems firm elongated glabrous, leaflets 

 21-25, calyx glabrous, teeth short linear, pod cylindrical sessile many-seeded 

 half-bilociilar. 



Bhotan, temperate region ; grassy banks at Panga, 7000 ft., Griffith. 



Stems 1-2 feet high, slender glabrous, terete, -with distant nodes and ascending 

 branches. Leaves 2-4 in. long ; leaflets oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, j-f in. long, green 

 and glabrescent abore, clothed with a few obscure adpressed hairs below ; stipules 

 free, lanceolate, |— J- in. Flowers 12-20, in very dense heads ; peduncles 2-5 in. long, 

 with only a few obscure adpressed white hairs at the top ; bracts lanceolate, glabrous,) 

 1-^ in. Calyx nearly sessile, | in. long, tubular ; teeth a third as long as the tube. 

 Corolla twice the calyx, colour uncertain ; wings rather shorter than the keel and the 

 latter than the standard. Pod firm, turgid, straight, J-| in. long ; seeds about 20. 



31. A. inconsplcuuB, Baker; stems short filiform trailing subglabrous, 

 leaflets 15-17, calyx-tube mth a few adpressed black hairs, teeth minute 

 lanceolate or setaceous, pod stalked unilocular 10-13-seeded. 



KuMAON ; banks of the Ealam river, alt. 9000 ft., Slrachey and Winterbottem. 



Habit of a small Vicia. Leaves 1-1 J in. long; leaflets opposite, oblong, obtuse, 

 i in. long, green, glahrescent when mature, thinly silky at first ; stipules minute, 

 lanceolate. Flowers 3-4 together, on a short peduncle clothed with ascending grey 

 silky hairs ; pedicels distinct, but shorter than the minute deltoid bracts. Calyx i in., 

 tubuloso-campaniilate, nearly naked. Corolla scarcely twice the calyx, the petals 

 •equal in length. Fod not seen mature. 



32. A. tenuicaulis, Benth. MSS. ; stems elongated subglabrous very 

 -we&k and slender, leaflets 13-15, calyx thinly clothed with short black hairs, 

 teeth not more than J-| as long as the tube, pod oblong sessile unilocular 

 ■4-6-seeded. Bvm^/e Mom. i. 23 ; ii. 28. 



SiKKiM and East Nipal, temperate region, alt. 7-9000 ft., Hooh. fil. 



Stems straggling, branched, a foot or more long. Leaves 1-1^ in. ; leaflets oblong, 

 •obtuse, opposite, thin, glaucous green, finely downy ; stipules free, minute. Heads 4-8- 

 ■flowered, not very dense; peduncles an inch or less long, finely downy; bracts 

 lanceolate or deltoid, minute. Calyx \ in., tubuloso-campanulate. Corolla 1 in. ; 

 ■standard slightly exceeding the keel and -wings. Pod \ in. turgid, membranous, ob- 

 ■Bcurely downy.— General habit of an Ervum. 



33. A. sikkimensis, Benth. MSS.; stems elongated slender weak 

 nearly glabrous, leaflets 19-21, calyx clothed with adpressed black hairs, teeth 

 half as long as the tube, pod small oblong stalked unilocular 2-3-seeded Bwnaa 

 Man. i. 23 ; ii. 28. ^ 



SiKKiM and East Nipal, alt. 8-12,000 ft., HooTcfil. 



Stems 1-2 feet, erect, very slender, -with distant nodes clothed only with a little 

 minute adpressed white pubescence. Leaves 11-2 in. long ; leaflets oblong obtuse or 

 emarginate, clothed when young -with adpressed white silky hairs, green and g]abre.s- 

 •cent above when mature ; stipules minute, lanceolate, falcate. Peduncles short clothed 

 with copious adpressed black hairs ; flowers 20-30 in an oblong head ■ pedicels 

 black, very short ; bracts deltoid, minute. Calyx i in. tubuloso-campanulate Corolla 

 twice the calyx; standard slightly exceeding the keel and wings. Pod i-i in long 

 membranous, turgid, densely black-silky ; stalk as long as the calyx-tube* 



34. A. himalayanus, Klotzsch Reise Pr. Wald. Bot. 160 t 4- stems 

 elongated slender weak nearly glabrous, leaflets 21-25, calyx clothed with minute 

 adpressed black and white haii-s, teeth half as long as the tube pod linear- 

 ■oblong stalked subunilocular 5-6-seeded. A. carinalis, BmtJi. MSS. ■ Bvmge 

 Man. i. 23 ; ii. 28. Phaca longicaulis and cachemerica, Benth. MSS. ' 



