Sojp/iora.] L. LEGtJMiNOSiE. (J. G. Baker.) 249 



napitate. Pod monilifonn, suUignose or memteanoua in our species, usually 

 indehiscent, tlie joints turgid, terete or in § JEdtOardsia furnished with, four 

 wings. — DlsiElB. Species ahove 20, widely spread in warm countries. 



§ Eusopbora. Pod wingless. Keel ohtuse, without a mucro. 

 * Stipules persistent, spiny. Pod finally dehiscing. 



1. S- moorcroftiana, Be-nth. MSS. Astragalus Moorcroftianus, Wall. 

 Cat. 6933. Oaragana Moorcroftiana, Benth. in Royle III. 198. 



Western Tibet. Ladak, Moorcroft. Nubea valley, alt. 10-12,000 ft., Thomson. 

 Kashmie, Bellew. — Distrib. Kashgar, Bellew. 



A low copiously-branched shrub, -with densely grey-downy branches, armed with 

 fine pungent spines, which are the stipules that persist, as in Caragana, long after 

 the leaves tall. Leaves lJ-2 in. long; leaflets 11-17, caducous, obovate, obtuse, with 

 a long awn, J-J in. long, subcoriaceous, pale green, finely grey-silky on both surfaces, 

 'finally nearly glabrescent. Mowers in copious sparse axillary racemes ; pedicels 

 shorter than the calyx. Calyx \ in., densely grey-silky ; teeth short. Corolla 

 yellow, more than twice the length of the calyx ; blade of standard oblong. Pod 

 thinner than in the other species, 3-4 in. long, o-6-seeded, densely pubescent. 



** Small spineless trees with usually indehiscent pods. 



2. S. tomentosa, Linn.; DC. I¥odr. ii. 95; leaflets 16-19 obovate 

 ohtuse densely grey-downy heneath, pedicels as long as the densely grey-downy 

 calyx, flowers yellow, pod finely grey-downy. Wall. Cat. 5333 ; Boxb. Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 316 ; W. 8f A. Prodr. 179 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 89. S. glabra, Sassk. i 

 Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 125. 



Shores of the Eastern and Westeen Peninsulas, and Ceylon. — Distkie. Cosmo- 

 politan in the Tropics. 



Branchlets virgate, thinly persistently grey-downy. Leaves J ft. long ; leaflets 

 flexible, subcoriaceous, 1-2 in. long, dull grey-green, thinly downy above, the veins 

 immersed on both surfaces. Bacemes terminal, ^ ft. long ; pedicels densely silky, articu- 

 lated a little below the calyx. Calyx J-f in., nearly truncate, very oblique. Corolla 

 |-^ in. ; blade of standard round, veined. Pod \-^ ft. long, 6-8-seeded, the oblong 

 hoary joints separated by a narrow neck as long as themselves. 



3. S. violacea, Thwaites Enum. 94 ; leaflets 19-21 oblong obtuse 

 glabrous, pedicels as long as the subglabrous calyx, flowers violet, pod glabrous. 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylo. 90. 



pETLON ; Galle district, Thwaites. 



A middle-sized shrub. Branches slender, virgate, obscurely silky at first. Leaves 

 J-| ft. long ; leaflets subdistant, membranous, glabrous, f-1 in. long, bright green 

 above, glaucous beneath. Bacemes axillary, close, short-peduncled, 3-4 in. long ; 

 pedicels very slender, articulated below the apex. Calyx very oblique, both at the 

 base and throat ; teeth obscure. Corolla twice the length of the calyx ; blade of 

 standard oblanceolate-spathulate, \ in. broad, with a very long claw. Ped 3-4 in. 

 long, 4-6-seeded ; joints oblong, veined, hard, with a narrow neck between them. 



4. S. grlctuca, Lesch.; DC. Prodr. ii. 95; leaflets 21-25 acute densely 

 silky beneath, pedicels shorter than the densely silky calyx, flowers purple, pod 

 persistently velvety. Wall. Cat. 6334 ; W. Sf A. Prodr. 179 ; Wight Ic. t. 

 979 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 89. S. velutina, Lindl. Bat. Reg. t. 1185. Edwardsia 

 maderaspatana, Wight Ic. t. 1054 (except the pods'). 



Hills of the Western Peninsula. 



Branches clothed VFith dense persistent grey or brown velvety pubescence. Leaves 

 i ft. ; leaflets oblong, not acuminate, rarely subobtuse, |-1 in. long.'subcoriaceous, 



