] 1. iiiGUMiNOSiE. (J. G. Baker.) 129 



An undershrub, several feet high., with ahundant slender branches, pubescent when 

 mature, clothed with short spreading hairs above. Learns J-^ ft. long ; leaflets thin, 

 oblong, obtuse, J-| in. long, green, glabreseent above, glaucous, finely white-silky be- 

 neath ; stipules lanceolate, free, small, spreading. Eacemes close, copious, long- 

 pedunded, 2-4 in. long ; pedicels ^ in. long ; bracts lanceolate, scarcely exceeding 

 the buds. CcUt/x tubtilar, under ^ in. long, finely downy, oblique at the mouth, the 

 teeth deltoid. Corolla twice the calyx ; petals subequal. Pod turgid, membranous, 

 glabrous, J in. long, narrowed to both ends ; its stalk twice the calyx. 



42. A. Stewartil, Saker ; skcubby, leaflets 13-15 oHong, calyx-teeth 

 half as long as the tube, bracts long setaceous plumose, corolla pale yellow 

 tinged with lilac, pod oblong turgid stalked bilocular 6-8-seeded. 



HAZA.EA, temperate region, alt. 5-9000 ft.. Dr. J. L. Stewart. 



Habit of the last, from which it differs by its leaves persistently and densely 

 white-silky, and long setaceous plumose calyx-teeth and bracts, the latter conspicu- 

 ously protruded beyond the buds. Stipules \ in., linear-setaceous, spreading, caducous. 

 Branches firm, many-ribbed, clothed with copious adpressed short white hairs. Ea- 

 cemes |— J ft., in the single specimen panioled near the base. Calyx ^ in. long, includ- 

 ing the teeth, densely silky. Fod ^ in. long, oblong, glabrous, very turgid, fully 

 bilocular. 



43. A. lon^icanlis, Baker; shrubby, leaflets 21-25, narrow-ohlong, 

 calyx-teeth half as long as the tube, bracts long setaceous plumose, corolla pale 

 yellow-lilac, pod oblong turgid stalked bilocular 10-12-seeded. 



Kashmiij, temperate region. Falconer. 



General habit of the two preceding, to which it is closely allied. Branches with 

 only a few adpressed short silky hairs. Leaves 4-6 in. long ; leaflets i-| in. long, 

 ^ finely white-silky, greenish above, glaucous beneath ; stipules minute, free, lanceolate. 

 Bracts as in the last. Calyx \ in., with copious minute adpressed black hairs 

 and deciduous longer white ones. Pod |-| in. long, glabrous, narrowed to both ends ; 

 its stalk ^— J in. long. 



44. A . ciUoIatus, Benth. M88. ; stems herbaceous, leaflets oblong 17-19, 

 calyx-teeth elongated setaceous, coroUa yellow tinged with lilac, pod oblong 

 turgid stalked bilocular 8-10-seeded. Bvmge Mon. i. 27 ; ii. 83. 



"West Himalayas, temperate region ; Ladak, Kashmie, Kistwae, alt. 6-9000 ft. ; 

 Thomson, Falconer. 



Stems 1-2 ft. or more high, firm, hollow, erect, glabrous. Leaves reaching ^— | ft. 

 long ; leaflets thin, obtuse, green and glabreseent, |-1 J in. long, glaucous, thinly white- 

 silky at first below ; stipules -^-^ in., free, persistent, la,nceolate or deltoid. Baeemes 

 long-peduncled close, subsecund ; bracts linear, not exceeding the buds. Calyx | in., 

 oblique, tubular ; teeth setaceous, plumose, half as long as the tube. Corolla nearly 

 twice the calyx ; keel shorter than the other petals, broad, abruptly upcurved. Pod 

 1 in. long, oblong, turgid, membranous narrowed into a beak, clothed with fine short 

 spreading black hairs ; stalk as long as the calyx. 



46. A. xiphocarpus, Benth. ilfySK ; herbaceous, leaflets 21-26 oblong, 

 corolla yellow, calyx-teeth short linear, pod enaiform subcompressed stalked 

 bilocular 8-12-seeded. Bvmffe Mon. i. 27 ; ii. 32. 



* 



East Himalayas, alpine region, alt. 10-11,000 ft.; Sikkim: and East Nipai,, 

 Hook. fil. 



Stems 2-3 ft. high, erect, hollow, obscurely pubescent upwards, glabrous below. 

 Leaves \-^ ft. long; leaflets thin, narrow, oblong, obtuse, l-lj in. long, green, glabres- 

 eent above, glaucous, thinly sUky below ; stipules lanceolate, spreading, free, ^1 in. 



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