104 
Plants of the Punjab. 
SHRUBS WITH ALTERNATE STIPULATE ComPpoUND LEAVES. 
Astragalus bieuspis, 
LEGUMINOS&. 
BiB as 485. 
Hazara. 
Astragalus 
strobiliferus, 
LEGUMINOSA. 
BB, T2135: 
Himalaya, 
8-13,000 ft. 
Sophora 
Moorcroftiana, 
LEGUMINOS#. 
eB 1, 14.249; 
Kashmir. 
Sophora mollis, 
Himalayan 
Laburnum, 
Kun, malan, kathi. 
LEGUMINOS. 
FB. Dis: 251. 
Salt Range, Hazara, 
Himalaya to 
6,000 ft. 
Choa Saidan Shah 
(Donie). 
Jaluchistan 
(Aitchison). 
Pop-BEARING PLANTS. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
LEAFLETS MANY. 
small, generally like A. polyacanthus above, branch- 
es densely silky, stem lengthened, armed with the 
old leaf stalks, 1-2 in. long ; leaflets 13-17, oblong, blunt, 
4-2 in. long, shaggy stipules, 4-3 in. long, lanceolate, sharp- 
pointed ; flowers yellow, 1 in. long, 1 to 8 together, 
not on a common stalk, in the leaf axils, calyx 4 in. long, 
shaggy, stamens 10, all united but the upper one ; pod 
#-$ in. long, shaggy, nearly sessile, oblong, 2-celled, 
seeds 8-10. 
very small, branches many, armed with the old leaf 
stalks 1-2 in. long; leaflets 11-18, lanceolate with a 
broad tip, short-pointed, }-3 in. long, hairy, stipules thin, 
triangular ; flowers 2 in. long, yellow, sessile in the leaf 
axils, scarcely showing above the stipules, calyx } in. 
long, thick, white velvety, corolla scarcely showing beyond 
the calyx lobes, withering in situ, stamens 10, all united 
but the upper one ; pod sessile, silky, seeds 8-4. 
small, branches many, densely grey,-downy, armed 
with the spinous persistent stipules; leaves 14-2 in. 
long, leailets 11-17, soon falling off, broad, ovate, blunt 
with a bristle-like point, 4-4 in. long, rather leathery, 
pale green, silky on the both surfaces; flowers 4 in. 
long, yellow, in axillary racemes, calyx } in., densely grey 
silky, teeth short, corolla 4 in., stamens 10, ununited ; 
pod 8-4 in. long, 5-6-seeded, velvety. 
small, branches finely grey, downy ; leaves 5-10 in. 
long, pale green, often appearing after the flowers are 
in bloom, leaflets 21-41, ovate, 1-3 in. long, nearly 
sessile, finely grey, downy, leaflets often altered into long 
curling processes ; flowers ? in. long, yellow, in axillary 
racemes 2-5 in. long, calyx } in. long, tubular, teeth 
short, blunt, 2 upper united, stamens 10, all free; pod 
stalked, smooth, 3-4 in. long, 4-6, one-seeded, 4-winged 
joints, often separated by linear constrictions, nearly 
i in. long. ‘This plant is poisonous to all cattle but 
goats. 
