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Plants of the Punjab. 
SHRUBS WITH ALTERNATE STIPULATE COMPOUND LEAVES. 
Desmodium 
floribundum, 
LEGUMINOS&. 
BBA are thi: 
Himalaya to 
7,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Desmodium 
oxphyllum, 
LEGUMINOS&. 
Beas Low. 168: 
Himalaya to 
7,000 ft. 
Simla (Baker). 
Desmodium 
tilizefolium, 
Chamra, pirhi 
kalimort. 
LEGUMINOSS. 
Boo. ls 11. 168. 
Himalaya to 
9,000 ft. 
Simla, Mashobra 
(Collett). 
Murree (Douie). 
Desmodium sequax, 
LEGUMINOS@. 
Boe. 1./31.°1'70: 
Himalaya, 
4-7,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
PopD-BEARING PLANTS. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
LEAFLETS THREE. 
large, stem hairy, branches angular, densely vel- 
vety ; leaves 4-6 in. long, stipules lanceolate, 4 in. long, 
leaflets 8, somewhat leathery, 2-4 in. long, end one largest, 
ovate, blunt or pointed, both surfaces hairy, lower pale ; 
flowers 4 in. long, pink purple, many, in axillary and ter- 
minal racemes, 3-6 in. long, often with the flowers directed 
to one side only, bracts long-pointed, } in. long, fringed 
with hairs, calyx } in. long, corolla 3-3 in. long ; pod sessile, 
very hairy, #-1 by }in., upper margin slightly, lower deep- 
ly indented, joints 6-8, longer than broad. 
medium size, branches slender, smooth, cylindrical ; 
leaves 8-51 in. long, stalk 1-13 in. long, leaflets 3, pointed, 
thin or somewhat leathery, smooth above, pale grey silky 
beneath, end one ovate-oblong with tip broad, gradually 
narrowed to a point, 2-4 in. long; flowers 4 in. long, 
many, in short axillary or terminal branching racemes, 
bracts lanceolate, long-pointed, fringed with hairs, $ in. 
long, calyx 14 in., nearly smooth, teeth very short, corolla 
8-3 in. long, stamens 10, all united but the upper one ; 
pod 2-3 in. long, $ in. broad, shortly stalked, joints longer 
than broad, 6-8. 
medium size, branches spreading, branchlets vel- 
vety ; leaves 4-6 in. long, leaflets 3, broadly ovate, 2-4 
in. long, rather leathery, end one longest, silky beneath ; 
flowers # in. long, pink, in numerous branching racemes, 
up to 12 in. long, calyx } in., downy, teeth triangular, 
shorter than the tube, corolla 3-4 in., stamens 10, all united 
but the upper one ; pod sessile, broad, 2-3 in. long, joints 
6-9, longer than broad, upper margin slightly, lower deeply 
indented, 
large, branches with dense grey velvet when young; 
leaves 4-7 in. long, leaflets 8,  ovate-lanceolate or lan- 
ceolate, gradually pointed, hairy above, more densely 
below, end leaflet 23-4 by 5}-2} in.; flowers } in. long, 
pink, on lateral and terminal branching racemes, calyx 
;'z in., teeth lanceolate, stamens 10, all united but the 
