130 l. LEGUMiNOSa!. (J. Gr. Baker.) [AstragaVug. 



Bacemes long-pedunded, at first close, finally 2-3 in. long; pedicels i-i in., black ; 

 bracts lanceolate, not protruded. Calyx ^ in., tubular, wi3i a few black nairs ; teeth 

 more densely black-silky, less than half as long as the tiibe. Corolla bright yellow, 

 |-f in. ; petals subequal. JPod 1-lJ in. by ^-| in., glabrous, membranous, narrowed 

 gradually to both ends, rather recurved ; stalk as long as the calyx. 



46. A, emodi, Steud. Nomen. edit. 2, p. 161; herbaceous, leaflets oblong 

 21-25, calyx-teeth half as long as the tube, corolla yellow, pod long-stalkel 

 oblong turgid subbilocular 12-16-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 28 ; ii. 33. A. podo* 

 carpus, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5930, non C. A. Meyer. 



Ktimaon, alt. 10-11,000 ft., Blinjcworth, Straehey and Winterbottom. 



Stems tall, fistular, stout, erect, glabrous. Leaves 6-9 in. long ; leaflets thin, obtuse, 

 J-1 in. long, glabrescent on both sides, green above, glaucous beneath ; stipules lanceo- 

 late, acute, free, reflexed. Sacemes long-peduncled, !J— 3 in. long ; pedicels ascending, 

 ^ in. long, finely downy ; bracts lanceolate, J-f in. Calyx \ in., long, subglabrons, 

 tubular. Corolla twice the calyx ; petals equal. Pod oblong, turgid, membranous, 

 glabrous, l:j-l^ in. long, narrowed gradually into a beak ; stalk ^-} in. long. 



47. A. khasianus, Benth. MSS. ; shrubby, leaflets oblong 21-25, 

 calyx-teeth minute, corolla yellow, pod oblong turgid stalked hUocular 12- 

 16-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 27 ; ii. 32. 



Khasia, temperate region, alt. 6-7000 ft., Hook.fil. and Thomson, Griffith. 



Stems tall, erect, shrubby, much branched, subglabrons. Leaves i in. long ; leaflets 

 thin, narrow oblong, obtuse, ^-J in. long, green and glabrescent above, glaucous with a 

 few adpressed white hairs below ; stipules lanceolate, free, ^ in. long. Bacemes long- 

 peduncled, moderately close, subsecund, finally 3-4 in. long ; pedicels ^ in., finely 

 downy ; bracts lanceolate, caducous, i in. Calyx i in., tubular, scarcely at aU pilose. 

 Corolla twice the calyx; petals subequal. Pod oblique oblong, very turgid, mem- 

 branous, glabrous ; stalk exceeding the calyx. 



48. A. coluteocarpus, Boiss. Diagn. ix. 65 ; shrubby, leaflets round- 

 ohlong 11-13, ealyx-teeth long, corolla yellow, pod oblong turgid stalked 

 bUoemar 10-12-seeded. Bunge Mon. i. 26 ; ii. 32 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 271. 



West Tibetan Himaxayas and Etjnawae, alt. 6-10,000 ft., Thomson, Munro.—T>is- 

 TEiB. Afghanistan. 



A tall nndershrub, with copious erecto-patent terete virgate glabrous branches. 

 Leaves i-S in. long ; leafiets opposite, firm, glabrous, obtuse, glaucous, 1-| in. long ; sti- 

 pules free, minute, deltoid. Bacemes long-peduncled, at first close; finally i-i ft. long ; 

 pedicels short, pilose ; bracts linear, not protruded. CaZyx | in., tubular, thinly pilose ; 

 teeth setaceous, half as long as the tube. Corolla | in. ; keel abruptly incurved, much 

 shorter than the wings and standard. Pod glabrous, very turgid, 1-11 in. long, nar- 

 rowed to both ends ; stalk finally longer than the calyx. ' * 



*• Stipules large. 



49. A. frig'idus, Bunge Mon. i. 25; ii. 28; herbaceous, leaflets 9-15 

 ohlong, calyx-teeth mmute, pod oblong stalked unilocular 6-8-seeded. Phaca 

 frigida, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 273. 



"Western HmALAYAS, temperate region ; GnEWHAi,, Kistwae, Laeui,.— Disteeb. 

 Mountains through the north temperate zone. 



Stems 1-2 ft. high, erect, stout, glabrous. Leaves 4-6 in. long ; leaflets opposite, 

 thm, an inch or more long, green, glabrescent above, glaucous with a few obscure hairs 

 below ; stipules ovate or lanceolate, acute or obtuse, free, persistent, i-3 in long Ba- 

 cemes long-pedunded, moderately close, subsecund, finally 2-3 in. long"; pedicels'black- 



