PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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SuKUKS WITH Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals Ununited, 



like the last species ; pod 1^-2 ins. long, nearly 

 smooth, stalked, seeds many. 



Orotalarla juncea, 



Taverniera nummu- 

 laria, 



Uraria la^opas, 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound, Leaf- 

 lets Three. 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound, Leaf- 

 lets Three. 



Alysicarpus 

 aalis, 



Alha^i mauroxum or 

 camolorum, 



Jawaxa. 

 Legdminos^. 

 F. B. I, ii. 145. 

 The Plains. 

 Salt range. 

 Kashmir to 3,000 ft. 



vagi- see Prostrate Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



Dosmodium gan^e- 

 ticum, 



Salpan. 



Lequminos^. 



F. B, I ii. 168. 



The Plains to 5,000 ft. 



Desmodinm latl- 

 follxim, 



LHGUMINns;E. 

 F. B. I ii. 168. 

 The Plains to 4,000 ft. 



small, with many axillary hard sharp thorns i-1 

 in. long ; leaves ^-^ in. long, ovate-oblong, tip 

 rounded with a fine bristle, leathery, stiff drooping 

 from the base of the spines or branchlets, stipules 

 minute, awl-shaped ; flowers reddish, on short stalks 

 1-6 from a spine, calyx j\-^ in., smooth, corolla 

 nearly | in., stamens 10 in 2 bundles of one and 

 nine ; pod about 1 in. long, curved, constricted 

 between the seeds, smooth, seeds 6-8. Manna, a 

 sugary gum, exudes when the leaves appear, and 

 forms small tears, which are shaken off and eaten. 

 This manna does not appear on the plants in India, 

 but in Afghanistan and Persia. 



small, woody, slightly angular stems, branches grey- 

 felted ; leaves S-fi by 1 ^-3 ins., oblong, rounded at 

 the base, smooth above, grey- haired beneath, stalk ^-1 

 in,, stipules | in linear ; flowers i in., white or lilac, in 

 crowded axillary and terminal racemes, 6-12 ins., long, 

 calyx minute, teeth 5, lanceolate, petals 5, projecting 

 outside the calyx, standard petal broad, wing petals 

 2, adhering to the two united petals (keel), stamens 

 10, one free, 9 united, style incurved at the end ; pod 

 ^-^ in. long, curved, lower border deeply indented, 

 joints 6-8. one-seeded, covered with minute hooked 

 hairs. The plant is used in native medicine. 



like the last, but more erect, branches brown- 

 felted; leaves ovate, thicker, brown-felted beneath ; 

 flowers purple, joints of pod 4-6. 



