PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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Shrdbs with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 

 Pod Bearing Plants. 

 Petals Dissimilar, Upper one Largest, 

 Leaflets Three. 



10, all united, but upper one, anthers with pointed 

 tip ; pod 1-1 :'f ins. long, bending down or spreading, 

 very firm, four-angled, without contractions, pointed 

 8-lOseeded. 



Paoraloa plicata, 



Bakhtvial. 

 LEGUMINOS^a:. 



F. B. I.ii. lOo. 

 The Plains. 



small, branches many, stems silvery, warty, branch- 

 lets when bare somewhat spinous ; leaves shortly, 

 stalked, leaflets three, |-1 in. long, terminal leaflet 

 largest, lateral ones oblique, blunt, margin wavy 

 gland-dotted beneath ; flowers yellow in short-stalked 

 racemes, 2-3 ins. long, bracts ovate, very minute, 

 calyx ^ in. covered with white hairs, teeth short, the 

 lowest is the longest, corolla slightly projecting be 

 yond the calyx, stamens 10, all united but the upper 

 one ; pod oblong, clasped by the calyx, one seeded. 



Tavernicia nummul- 



aria, 



Legxjminos-e. 



F. B.I. ii. 140. 



The Plains. 



Rawulpindi. 



Kahuta. 



small, branches many, slender, finely grey ; leaves 

 shortly stalked, stipules minute, lanceolate, thin and 

 dry, leaflets 3, nearly round, \-l in. long, oblong ovate 

 with broad tips ; flowers red, ^ in. long, in racemes 

 longer than the leaves, calyx ^-^ in., thinly silky, 

 stamens 10, united ; pod roundish, 1-4 seeded. This 

 plant is found on stony ground. 



Uraria picta, 



Uraria lagopias, 

 Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 156. 

 Himalaya, up to 6,000 ft. 

 Simla. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound. 



medium size, stem and branches from densely 

 velvety to bristly, branches slender ; leaves 5-6 ins. 

 long, stipules lanceolate, long pointed, stalk 2-3 ins. 

 long, leaflets 3, sometimes one. ovate, blunt, tip 

 notched 2A-4^ ins, long, rough above, pale and felted 

 beneath ; flowers very many, purple, \-^ in. long, in 

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

 hairy, ovate 3 in. long, pointed, calyx ^-\ in. long, 

 corolla just protruding from the calyx, stamens 10, 

 all united, but the upper one ; pod sessile, two to six 

 jointed, hairy, flattened folded face to face within the 

 calyx. 



