Plants of the Punjab. 98 
SHRUBS WITH ALTERNATE STIPULATE CompouND LEAVES, 
Lespedeza sericea, 
LEGUMINOS&. 
BAB: Tw 142: 
Himalaya, 
2-8,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Hazara, Kashmir. 
Lespedeza juncea, 
LEGUMINOS&. 
ee Leis Ae, 
Kashmir, Simla, 
4-8,000 ft. 
Lespédeza 
Gerardiana, 
LEGUMINOS#. 
BB lea 142; 
Himalaya, 
5-10,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Lespedeza elegans, 
LEGUMINOS#. 
PB. En. 248: 
Kashmir, 5-6,000 ft. 
POD-BEARING PLANTS. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
LEAFLETS THREE. 
small, branches long, tough, slender, velvety ; leaves 
directed obliquely upwards, nearly sessile, crowded, over- 
lapping, leaflets 8, tip notched, 4-4 in. long, wedge-shaped, 
usually smooth above, white silky beneath ; flowers 4 in. 
long, white or yellow tinged with purple in clusters of 2 
to 4 in the leaf axils all down the branch, stalks short, 
bracteoles linear, minute, calyx —,-1 in. with short white 
8 
hairs, teeth awl-like, very long, corolla ¢ in., stamens 10, 
all united but the upper one; pod 4 in,, thinly silky, 
hardly longer than the calyx, one-seeded. 
smaller than the last, but very like it, the leaves less 
crowded, flowers pale purple. 
small, like Lespedeza sericea, but leaflets rather 
larger, flowers twice as large, pods ;1, in., very small, 
concealed in the calyx. 
small, branches slender, finely downy ; leaves absent 
at the ends of branches, leaf stalk 4-2 in. long, leaflets 
4-3 in. long, oblong, blunt, smooth above, grey silky be- 
neath ; flowers in clusters of 6-8, extending low down the 
branches and at the top forming leafless branching racemes, 
calyx 3-4 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, 4 in. long, oblong, 
downy, one-seeded, 
