PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



709 



SiiKUBs WITH Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Pod Bi:AUiN(i Plants. 



Petals Dissimilar, Upper one Largest. 



Leaflets Three. 



cajan, 



LEtlDMlNOSiE, 

 F. P.. I. ii. 223. 

 Himalaya, 3-9,000 ft. 

 Sutlej Valley (Collett) 

 Hazara, Murree. 



Pseudo- medium size, branches slender twiggy, wbite-felted 

 longitudinally ribbe'^ , leaves 1-3 by 1-4 ins., grey green, 

 velvety above, wnite woolly beneath, leaflets 3, ^-2 

 by rj-l^ ins., lateral sessile, terminal stalked, largest, 

 oblong, apex triangular, stipules minute, soon falling 

 off ; flowers yellow, ^ in. long, in short-stalked close 

 axillary clusters, calyx | in., 5-toothed, lowest tooth 

 longest, linear, bristly, all densely woolly, corolla ^-i 

 in., stamens 10 all united but one, the uppermost ; pod 

 1 by ^in., straight, flattened, grey-woolly, 1-2 seeded. 



Indi^ofera tinctoria, 

 The Indigo Plant, 



Xil. 



Legumixos.!;, 

 F. B. I. ii. '19. 

 The Plains. 



Izidi^ofora 

 Gerardiana, 



ICeiithi 



LEGUMINOSiE. 

 F. B. I. ii. 100. 



Salt Range and Himalaya, 



2.10,000 ft. 

 Simla fCollett), 

 Hazara, (Barrett). 



medium size, cultivated, branches twiggy, tough, 

 angular, thinly covered with silvery hairs, flatttened 

 against the stem ; leaves 2-3 ins. long with a 

 stalk |-1 in. long, stipules minute, awl-like, leaflets 

 7-13. shortly stalked, f-1 in. long, ovate-oblong, or 

 nearly circular, bluish-green above, silvery beneath, 

 stipels minute, bristle, like ; flowers reddish-yellow, 

 very small on stalked, erect,spikle, like racemes, many- 

 flowered, shorter than the leaves, bracts awl-shaped, 

 calyx 4^ in., silvery, teeth equal to the tube, corolla 

 longer than the calyx, stamens 10, all united but the 

 upper one, anthers with pointed tip ; pod 1-1^ ins. 

 long, i^ in. thick, nearly smooth, 8-12 seeded, with- 

 out contractions. This plant yields the indigo of 

 commerce. 



medium size, branches many, branchlets silvery 

 with hairs flattened against the stem ; leaves li-3 ins, 

 long, shortly stalked, leaflets 17-31, opposite, -J-^ in. 

 long, ovate with a broad tip, pale grey beneath, short 

 white hairs above, stipels minute ; flowers |-A in. 

 long, pale red or purple, on racemes 2-4 ins. long, 

 stalked, 12-20 flowered, calyx obliquelj' bell-shaped, 

 silvery hairy, |„ in. long, corolla silvery outside, 

 stamens 10, all united but the upper one, anthers with 

 pointed tip ; pod lA-2 ins. long, nearly cylindrical, 

 smooth, 6-10 .seeded. 



