PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Compodnd Leaves. 

 Pod Bearing, Leaflets Many. 



Colutca arborosccns, 

 Blad&or senna, 

 Leguminop^. 

 F. B. I. ii 103. 

 Himalaya, S-1 1,000 ft. 



Petals Dissimilar. 



medium size, nearly smooth ; leaves 2-6 ins. long 

 leaflets 9-13, ovate with a broad tip, -|.a in., pak- 

 green, often with a notched tip ; flowers yellow with 

 a tinge of red, ^ in. long, in three to four flowered 

 racemes equal to the leaves in length, calyx bell- 



Simla, Mahasu, Matiana . , , Vr . ""\ '^"^^^ "' ^^"^'^"' ^^'^^ l^^^l- 



' shaped, teeth 5, sl.ort, the lowest is longest, stamens 



(Collett). 



Sesljania segyPtiaca, 



Jaiiit^ jait. 



Leguminob^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 114. 

 The Plains to 4,000 ft. 



Selssania aculoata, 

 Caragana brevispina, 



Bakrati. 

 LEGTTMlNOSiE. 

 F.B. I. ii. 116. 

 Himalaya, 5-9,000 ft. 

 Matiana, Narkanda. 

 (Collett). 



It), all united but the upper one ; pod ^-2 ins. long, 

 inflated ovoid, seeds many, kidney-shaped. The 

 leaves are mildly purgative. 



large, soft-wooded; leaves 3-6 ins. long, leaflets 

 1^1-41, smooth, linear oblong, pale green, very shortly 

 stalked ; flowers pale yellow, tinged with purple, |-^ 

 in. long, in axillary few-flowered racemes, .^-6 ins 

 long, calyx i in., smooth, teeth short, triangular, 

 stamens 10, all united but the upper one ; pod 6-9 ins. 

 long, beaded, flexible, twisted, 20-30-seeded, divisions 

 between the seeds. The seeds are used as an astrin- 

 gent in Alahomedan medicine. 



see Elerbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound. 



large, spinous, hairy, branchlets finely downy, old 

 leaf stalks persistent, 2-4 ins . spine-tipped ; leaves 

 even-pinnate, 2-H ins., clustered on short thick 

 branchlets, stipules spinous, leaflets 8-16, opposite, 

 ovate, :f-i in., upper surface smooth, lower silky, 

 pale ; flowers bright yellow, 1 in. long, in stalked 

 fow flowered clusters, snorter than the leaves, calyx 



Kashmir, Kagan Valley ,, „, ,7. ;-- --'"^^ --" ^"« i^aves, calyx 



' " ^ ^^l^^ty- oblique, tubular, teeth fine, spine-tipped. 



TePlirosiaTurParea, 

 Teplirosia viliosa, 



Astragaks Palcoaeri, 



As'ra^alus Tricho- 

 caipaa, 



stamens 1(., all united but the upper one; pod 

 flattened, velvety, 2-3 ins. long, straight, cylindrical, 

 woolly within, seeds h-4. This plant is used for fatten 

 ing goats. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate. Stipulate, Compound, 

 see Herbs, Erect. Alternate, Stipulate, Compound, 

 see Herbs, Erect. Alternate, Stipulate. Compound, 

 see Heibs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound. 



