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Hedysarum (To the species described on p)

To the species described on p. 123, Vol. II., the following should now be added:

H. microcalyx (small-calyxed). fl. bright violet-red, shortly pedicellate, 1in. long; calyx small, five-toothed; standard narrowly oblong-obovate, emarginate, equalling the narrow-linear wings; racemes axillary, sometimes 1ft. long, many-flowered; peduncles very long. June. l. 1ft. long or less; pinnae eight to ten pairs, 3/4in. to 1 1/2in. long, opposite, petiolulate, oblong or ovate-oblong. Himalayas, 1887. A tall sub-shrub. (B. M. 6931.) H. multijugum (many-paired). fl. pale vermilion-pink, disposed in axillary, eight to ten-flowered racemes, which are longer than the leaves. l., leaflets twenty to forty, alternate, obovate or oblong, obtuse, silky-pilose beneath; petioles (and branches) silky-pilose. h. 2ft. to 5ft. South Mongolia, 1883. (R. G. 1122.)