Eedysantmt.'} l. LEGUMiNOSiE. (J. G. Baker.) 147 



Kashmir, temperate region, Falconer. 



Stems above a foot high, densely clothed with short adpressed whitish hairs. Leaf- 

 rachises 6-8 in. long; leaflets 19-25, oblong-lanoeolate, obtuse, 1-1^ in. long, flexible, 

 glabrescent above, thinly white-silky beneath. Racemes dense, 2-3 in. long ; the 

 buds quite hidden by the imbricated scariose ciliated bracts ;. pedicels very short. 

 Calyx tubular, l-J in. long ; teeth deltoid-cuspidate, not more than J-^ tube. Corolla 

 yellowish, under J in. long. Fod unknown. 



8. K. microcalyx, Saker; stems rohust, leaflets large membranous, 

 bracts linear minute, corolla several times calyx, keel exceeding standard, joints 

 large membranous entire. 



West Himalayas, temperate region ; Guewhax, Falconer ; Kashmie, Laivie ; 

 Lahtji., Jaeschke. 



Stems 1^2 ft. high, stout, sulcate, glabrous, .ieaf-rachises 6-9 in. long; leaflets 

 11-13, distant, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, 1-1 J in. long; both sides 

 green, glabrous. Flower-iacemes 2-4 in. long, lax ; pedicels ^-J in. long, grey- 

 pubescent. Calyx ^ in., campanulate, membranous, glabrous-; teeth minute, deltoid- 

 cuspidate. Corolla brigtt red, |-| in. Joints 2-3, oblong, ^-| in. long, thin, 

 glabrous, the sutures both distinctly margined. 



35. STRA,CZZEVA, Benth. 



A tufted low shrub. Leaves odd-pinnate. JFlmoers axillary. Calyx-tube 

 turbinate; teeth 5, lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla much exserted; 

 standard broad; keel as long as the other petals, incurved and obtuse at the tip. 

 Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary linear, sessile, few-ovuled ; style 

 long, filiform, abruptly incurved, stig-ma minute capitate. Tod flat, not visibly 

 jointed, muricated along the edge and face and marked with conspicuous trans- 

 verse veins.— DisiKlB. A single endemic species. 



1. S. tibetica, Bemfh. in Hook. Kew Journ. v. 306 ; Walp. Ann. iv. 545. 



Tibetan Himalayas, alpine region, from Pangong eastward to East Nipal, 

 alt. 14-17,000 ft., Thomson, Straohey ^ Winterhottom, ^c. 



Stems densely tufted, from a slender woody rootstock, the leaves and peduncles 

 in a rosette at the surface. Leaves odd-pinnate ; leaflets 11-16, oblong, obtuse, 

 faintly hairy; leaf-rachis 2-4 in. long, including a distinct petiole, articulated at the 

 nodes. Flowers 1-5, shortly pedicellate, on very short peduncles ; bracts lanceolate, 

 silky. Calyx J in., densely pubescent. Corolla |-| in., reddish, glabrous. Pod 

 glabrous, membranous, 1 in. long. 



36. ZORNXA., Gmel. 



Annuals, with large geminate coriaceous bracts and dotted leaflets in 1-2 

 opposite pairs. Flowers in lax racemes. Calyx minute ; upper teeth short, 

 connate ; lowest shorter than the two middle ones. Corolla much exserted ; 

 standard broad ; keel incurved, acute. Stamens monadelphous ; anthers dimor- 

 phous. Ovary sessile, many-ovuled ; style filiform, incurved, stigma minute 

 capitate. Pod of several small round flattened finely muricated 1-seeded inde- 

 hiscent joints. — DisiRlB. Species 10, aU but two American. 



1. Z. diphylla, Pers. ; Bemth. in Mart. Fl. Bros. xv. 80, t. 21-2. 

 Hedysarum diphyllum, Linn. ; Boxb. Fl. Lnd. iii. 353. Z. angustifolia, Smith : 

 BC.Prodr. 11.316; Wall, Cat. 5660; W. 8f A. Prodr. 217; Dalz. ^ Gibs'. 

 Bomb. Fl. 62. Z. dictyocarpa, DC. Prodr. ii. 317. Z. gibbosa and graminea, 

 jhe in U/rmcea, xv. 192. — Rheede Hort. Mai, ix. t. 82-3. 



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