Sophor(l.] XXXI. LEGUMINOSiE. 133 



Flowers in lax axillary racemes. Pods 4-6-seeded, monUiform, the seed 

 parts with 4 membranous wings, the seedless stalks between often ^ in. 

 long. Seeds brown, haid, shining. 



Trans- Indus. Salt range. N.W. Himalaya as far as Kamaon, ascending to 

 6000 ft. Fl. March, Apr. 



2. ^S'. Gfrifithii, Stocks in Hook. Journal of Botany, iv. (1852) p. 147. — Syn. 

 Keyserlingia Griffiihii, Boissier Fl. Orient, ii. 630 — is a grey-silky undershrub, 

 with winged pods ; common in Beluchistan (3000-6000 ft.), also found in Af- 

 ghanistan. 3. S. Mooreroftiana, Benth., of North-West Tibet (10,000-12,000 

 ft.), is armed with spinescent stipules and branchlets, and has unwinged pods. 

 4. S. alopecuroides, Linn. — syn. Gcebelia alopeouroides, Boissier Fl. Orient, ii. 

 628— is a large perennial herb with unwinged pods, of West Tibet (10,000- 

 12,000 ft.) and Western Asia. 



3. CABAGANA, Lam. 



Low spinescent shrubs, with abruptly pinnate leaves. Calyx campanu- 

 late, placed obliquely on its pedicel. Petals long-unguiculate, claws as 

 long, or nearly as long, as calyx ; standard broad, with reflexed edges ; 

 keel obtuse, as long as wings and standard. Stamens diadelphousj 

 anthers uniform. Ovary linear, sessile. Style fiUform, incurved, glab- 

 rous j stigma terminal, minute. Pod linear, valves convex, continuous, 

 not torulose. 



Leaflets 3-7 pair, distant ; pods hairy inside. 

 Flowers in umbels of 2-3, on long peduncles . . . 1. C brevigpima. 



Flowers solitary. 

 Leaf-bearing branchlets, short, tubercular, in the axils of 



soariose bracts and stipules 2. G. Gera/rdiana. 



Leaf-bearing branchlets, short, tubercular, in the axils of 



trifid spines, the middle spine longer . . . . Z. G. ulicma. 

 Leaflets 2 pair, approximate ; pods glabrous inside . . 4. C pygmosa. 



1. 0. brevispina, Eoyle LU. 198. — Vern. Sat-hargi, Jhelam; Drob, 

 hwrkundu, Kashmir. 



An erect shrub, with flexuose branches. Leaves generally fasciculate, 

 on short tuberculate branchlets, rarely (on vigorous shoots) distant, with 

 the intemodes elongated. Leaf-bearing branchlets in the axils of stout 

 spinescent petioles, 1-2 in. long, with or without leaflets. Stipules scari- 

 ous, the outer frequently spinescent. Leaflets 5-7 pair, elliptic, J in. long, 

 pubescent, with soft adpressed hairs. Flowers yellow, in. umbels of 3-5 ; 

 peduncles 2-3 in. long. Calyx, bracts, peduncles, and petioles clothed 

 with soft tawny pubescence. Calyx-teeth shorter than tube. Pods 2-2 1 

 in. long, pubescent or glabrate outside, villous inside. 



Outer and inner ranges of the N.W. Himalaya, 5000-9000 ft. ; from the 

 Indus to the Ganges, also in Waziristan. Fl. June- Aug. 



2. C. Gerardiana, Eoyle HI. t. 34, fig. 1.— Syn. C. spinosissima, Benth.; 

 Jacq. Voy. Bot. t. 43. 



A diffuse spinescent tomentose shrub. Leaf-bearing branchlets short, 

 closely approximate at the ends of branches. Stipules scarious, villous, 

 not spinescent. All petioles spinescent, the lower part of the leaf-bear- 



