PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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SuRDBS WITH Alternate Stipulate Compodnd Leaves. 



Pod Bearing Plants. 



Petals Dissimilar, Upper one Largest. 



Leaflets Three, 



the flowers directed to one side only, bracts long- 

 pointed, i in, long, fringed with haira, calyx ^ in. 

 long, corolla §4 in, long ; pod sessile, very hairy, ^-1 

 by ^ in., upper margin slightly, lower deeply indented, 

 joints 6-8 longer than broad. 



« js _. — »«i,-i medium size ; branches slender, smooth, cylindrical, 



, leaves 3-5^ ins. long, stalk 1-1^ ms. long, leaflets d, 



I.EGUMiNOs^. pointed, thin or somewhat leathery, smooth above, 



F. B. I. ii. 168. pale grey silky beneath, end one ovate oblong with 



Himalaya, up to 7,000 ft. tip broad, gradually narrowed to a point, 2-4 ins. long ; 

 Simla (Baker). flowers many, ^ in, long, in short axillary, or ter- 



minal branching racemes, bracts lanceolate, long point- 

 ed, fringed with hairs, I in, long, calyx 1^ in. nearly 

 smooth, teeth very short, corolla |-|- in. long, stamens 

 10, all united, but the upper one ; pod 2-3 ins. long, 

 I in. broad, shortly stalked, joints longer than broad, 

 6-8. 



Desmodium tiliae- 

 folium, 



Chanira, pirhi lialimiirt, 

 Leguminos^. 

 F, B. I. ii. 168, 

 Himalaya, up to 9,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mashobra(Collett.) 

 Murree (Douie). 



medium size ; branches spreading, branchlets vel- 

 vety ; leaves 4-6 iny. long, leaflets 3, broadly ovate 

 2-4 ins, long, rather leathery, end one longest, silky 

 beneath ; flowers pink, J in. long, in numerous 

 branching racemes, up to 12 ins, long, calyx ^ in. 

 downy, teeth triangular, shorter than the tube, corolla 

 §- J in,, stamens 10, all united, but the upper one ; 

 pod sessile, broad, 2-3 ins. long, joints 6-9, longer than 

 broad, upper margin slightly, lower deeply indented. 



resmodium se^uaz, 

 Leguminos^, 

 F.B. I.ii. 170. 

 Himalaya, 4-7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



large, branches with dense grey velvet when young ; 

 leaves 4-7 ins, long, leaflets 3, ovate-lanceolate or lan- 

 ceolate, gradually pointed, hairy above, more densely 

 below, end leaflet 2i-4 by 5|-2-| ins. ; flowers pink, j 

 in. long on lateral and terminal branching racemes, 

 calyx ^.3. in,, teeth lanceolate, stamens 10, all united 

 but the upper one; pod sessile ^-^ in. long, x| in. broad, 

 6-8 jointed, woolly with minute hooked hairs, upper 

 margin slightly, lower deeply indented. 



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