PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



715 



Shkubs with Alteenatk Stipulate Compognd Leaves. 

 Pod Bearing, Leaflets Many. 

 Petals Dissimilar. 



Astragalus strobill 

 fori:s, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B I.ii. 135. 

 Himalaya, 8-13,000 ft. 



Sophora Moorcrof- 

 tlana, 



Leguminos^, 

 F. B. I.ii. 249, 



Eshmir. 



Sopliora mollis, 



Simalayan 



Laburnum, 



Kun, vidian, Kathi. 



Leguminos^. 



F. B. r. ii. 251. 



Salt Ra n g e, H a z a r a, 



Himalaya, to 6,000 ft. 



Choa Saidaa Shab 



(Doniej. 



Cassia occidentalis, 

 Coffee Senna, 



Katunda. 

 Ll-GUMINOS^. 

 F.B.I, ii 262. 

 The Plains, Gnrgaon. 

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but the upper one ; pod shagory, nearly sessile, oblong 

 two-celled, |-^ in, long, seeds 8-!0. 



very small, branches many, armed with the old leaf 

 stalks, 1-2 ins. long; leaflets 11-13, lanceolate with a 

 broad tip, short-pointed, f | in. long, hairy, stipules 

 thia, triangular; flowers yellow, a i^. long, sessile 

 in the leaf axils, scarcely showing above the stipules 

 calyx i in. long, thick white velvety, corolla scarcely 

 showing beyond the calyx lobes, withering in situ 

 stamens 10, all united but the upper one ; pod sessile" 

 silky, seeds 3-4. ' 



small, branches many, densely grey downy, armed 

 with the spinous persistent stipules ; leaves 1^-2 

 ins. long, leaflets 11-17, soon falling off, broad 

 ovate, blunt with a bristle-like point, f i in. long 

 rather leathery, pale green, silky on both surfaces- 

 flowers yellow, J- in. long in axillary racemes, calyx 

 i m. densely grey silky, teeth short, corolla ^ in. 

 stamens 10. ununited ; pod 3-4 ins. long, 6.6-seeded' 

 velvety. ' 



small, branches finely grey downy : leaves often 

 appearing after the flowers are in bloom, pale green 

 5-10 ins. long, leaflets 21-41, ovate, ^.a in. long nearly 

 sessile, finely grey downy, leaflets often altered into 

 long curling processes ; flowers yellow, f i^ j^n^ 

 in axillary racemes 2-3 ins. long, calyx tubular* | in' 

 long, teeth, short, blunt, two upper united, stamens 

 10, all free ; pod stalked, smooth, 3-4 ins. long 4-6 

 one-seeded 4-winged joints, of ten separated by linear 

 constrictions, nearly 1 in. long. This plant is poison- 

 ous to all cattle, but goats. 



Petals Similar. 



medium size, often annual, nearly smooth, spread- 

 ing ; leaves 6 ins. long, with a bluish waxy gloss, stalk 

 with a single gland at the base, leaflets 3-5 pairs 

 1-3 ins. long, opposite, shortly stalked, ovute-oblong, or 

 lanceolate, long pointed, oflensive, when crusirJd : 

 flowers i in., yellow, veined with orange, in axillary 



