PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



705 



Shrdbs with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Pod Bearing Plantp'. 



Petals Dipsimilah, Upper one Lakcjest. 

 Leaflet? Three. 



Lespedoza juncea, 

 Leguminos^ 

 F. B. I. ii. 142. 

 Kashmir, Simla, 

 t-8,000 ft. 



Lespedeza 

 G-erardiana, 



LEGU-MINOSiE. 



F. B.I. ii.l42. 



Himalaya, 5-10,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Lespedeza elee^ans, 

 Leguminos^. 

 F. B I. ii. 14o. 

 Kashmir, 5-G,000 ft. 



smaller than the last, but very like it. the leaves 

 less crowded, flowers pale purple. 



Lespedeza macros- 



tyla, 



Leguminos^. 



F. B.I. ii. 143. 



Himalaya, 2-6,000 ft. 



Sutlej and Giri Valleys. 



(Uollett). 



Synj. 



Lespedeza eriocarpa, 



LEGUMINOS.1}. 

 F. B.I. ii. J44. 

 Himalaya, 3-0 000 ft. 

 Simla, Mashobra, 

 Matiana, Shali (Collett). 



small, like Lespedeza sericea, but leaflets rather 

 larger, flowers twice as large, pods \^ in. very small, 

 concealed in the calyx. 



small, branches slender, finely downy ; leaves absent 

 at the ends of branches, leafstalk i-f in. long, leaflets 

 |-| in. long, oblong, blunt, smooth above, grey silky 

 beneath: flowers in clusters of 6-8, extending low down 

 the branches and at the top forming leafless branching 

 racemes, calyx l-\ in., very velvety, teeth linear awl- 

 like, very long, corolla half as long again as the calyx, 

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

 I in. long, oblong, downy, one-seeded. 



small, but larger than the four preceding species, 

 branches woody, densely velvety ; leaves shortly 

 stalked, leaflets .3, ovate with a broad tip, I in. long 

 and nearly as broad, nearly smooth above, densely 

 white silky below ; flowers ^ in, long, deep red, 

 clu.?tered in racemes i in. long, bracts silky, ovate 

 concealing the buds, calyx ^ in,, white silky, teeth 

 lanceolate, corolla | in, long, stamens 10, all united 

 but the upper one ; pod shortly stalked, §-i in. long, 

 narrow to both ends, point i in. long, lower half 

 f«athcry, one-seeded. 



as large as the last species, branches many, branch - 

 lets grooved, slender, angular, silky; leaves with stalks, 

 i-1^ in. long, leaflets 3, ovate, wedge-shaped with a 

 broad tip, ^-1 in. long, stiff somewhat leathery, 

 smooth above, velvety pale below ; flowers A in. long, 

 deep red-purple in racemes 2-4 ins. long, bracts not 



