Plants of the Punjab. 24S 
Heres, Hrectr, with ALTERNATE STIPULATE LOBED LEAVES. 
PETALS NONE. 
thread-like, persistent, stigma minute; capsule (achene) 
broad, flattened, ovate, black. This plant supplies an ex- 
cellent fibre used in making fishing nets. 
Heres, Erect, with ALTERNATE STIPULATE ComMpouND LEAvzES 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
LEAFLETS TWO-THREE. 
Thermopsis barbata, small to medium size, perennial, rootstock woody, 
LEGUMINOS&. stems tufted, branches many, densely shaggy; leaves of 
He Be, lie ts 02: 3 sessile leaflets with leaf-like stipules at the base, each 
Himalaya, node appearing to have a tuft of simple leaves, leaflets 
8-12,000 ft. smooth or hairy, lanceolate, 1-2 in., entire ; flowers 1 in. 
Kashmir. long, dark purple, clustered in short axillary racemes form- 
Patarnala (Collett). ing a terminal branched raceme, bracts shaggy, united 
at the base or iree, calyx top-shaped, 5-toothed, teeth lan- 
ceolate, 2 upper more or less united, 3 lower twice 
the tube, petals 5, all long-stalked, posterior (standard) 
largest circular, sides turned back, 2 wing petals ovate, 
outer part broader, 2 keel petals faintly joined, oblong- 
ovate, stamens 10, ununited, style thread-like, incurved ; 
pod 1-2 by 3-3 in., linear-oblong, short-pointed, seeds 2-6. 
Argyrolobium small, perennial, thinly silky. branches slender, spread- 
roseum, ing or prostrate; leaves digitately compound, leaflets 8, 
LEGUMINOSAE. 4 in., ovate with a broad rounded tip, base wedge-shaped, 
PS l. ni. 64. sessile, leaf stalk equal to or shorter than the leaves, stipules 
The Plaizs to minute, linear, persistent, ununited; flowers 2 in., pink 
6,000 ft. or yellow tinged with pink in 1-4-flowered leaf-opposed 
Rawalpindi. stalked racemes, longer than the leaves, calyx + in., 
Kahuta (Douie). 2-lipped, slit nearly to the base, 5 distinct teeth, 2 to the 
Baluchistan upper, 3 to the lower lip, smooth, lanceolate, petals 5, 
(Boissier). hardly longer than the calyx, standard oblong-circular, 
notched longer than the upper lip of the calyx, wings oblong, 
keel broadly oblong, blunt, shorter than the standard, 
stamens 10, all united, 5 longer with large anthers attached 
at the end, 5 shorter with smaller anthers attached in the 
middle, style long, thread-like, incurved ; pod # in. long, 
erect, straight, narrow, flattened, seeds 10-15. 
