PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB 



IV.', 



SuRUB? WITH Alternate Stipulatk Compound Leaves. 



Pod Bearing, Leaflets Man v. 



Petals Dissimilar, 



ed, firm, two-celled, narrowed to both ends. 12-16 

 seeded. 



Astragalus pyrrho- 

 trichns, ' 

 Legcmixos^. 

 F. B. I.ii. 133. 

 Hazara, 1-6,000 ft. 



Astragalus 

 piiyllus^ 



LKGUillNOS^ 



F. B. I. ii. 133. 

 Himalaya, 8-11,000 ft. 



small, stem short woody, covered with long fine 

 brown hairs, no old leaf stalks as in the last ; leaves 

 6-12 ins. long, stipules ^-f in. long, lanceolate, silky, 

 leaflets 41-51, roundish. ^-|| in. long, blunt with a fine 

 point, covered with long silky hairs ; flowers U ins. 

 long, yellow, in close 6-12-flowered 1-4 ins. stalked 

 heads, bracts linear bristle-like, feathery, calyx very 

 silky, hi in. long, teeth bristle-like, nearly as long as 

 the tube, stamens 10, all united but the upper one ; 

 pod nearly sessile, oblong-halved, silky, two-celled 

 10-12 seeded. 



Malaco- small, stem a foot long, densely velvety ; leaves 2-4 

 ins. long, stipules lanceolate |-^ in, long, leaflets 31-41, 

 densely silky, oblong, blunt, f ^ in. long ; flowers 1^ 

 ins. long, yellow in shortly stalked close heads, bracts 

 linear bristle-like, calyx h in. long, densely silky, teeth 

 linear, stamens 10, all united but the upper one ; pod 

 h in. long, sessile, two-celled, silky, 8-10 seeded. 



Astragalus polya- 

 oanthus, 



Leguminos^. 



F. B. I.ii. l?4. 



The riains to 12,000 ft. 



I^awalpindi. 



Hazara (Douie). 



Murree. 



Astragalus ciceri- 

 folius, 



Legumixos.e. 

 F. B.I. ii 134. 



Himalaya, 10-17,000 ft. 



small, branchlets short, armed with the old leaf 

 stalks U-2 ins. long ; leaves 1^-3 ins. long, stipules 

 triangular, leaflets 9-13, oblong, slightly silky, pale 

 bluish green, |-^ in. long ; flowers yellow, usually in 

 twos, sessile in the axils of leaves, 1:^ ins. long, calyx 

 tubular, * in, long, silky, teeth short, linear, stamens 

 1 0, all united but the upper one ; pod ^ in. long, 

 oblong-halved, sessile, two-celled, seeds 15-20, 



small, densely armed with the old leaf stalks, 3-6 

 ins, long ; leaves 3-6 ins, long, stipules lanceolate, leaf- 

 lets, fa in. long, 31-41, blunt, lanceolate with a broad 

 tip, pale green, soon falling off ; flowers 3-4 on shortly 

 stalked heads in the axils of leaves, yellow, U insi. 

 long, calyx i, in. long, with a few black or brown 

 hairs, teeth bristle-like, stamens 10, all united but 

 the upper one ; pod h-^ in. long, oblong, densely 

 silky, two-celled, narrowed to the point, seeds 15-20. 



