Plants of the Punjab. 
ProstratE HERBS wiTH ALTERNATE STIPULATE SIMPLE LwavsEs, 
Crotalaria hirsuta, 
LEGUMINOS&. 
P-bs a. 68. 
The Plains to 
4,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Indigofera linifolia, 
Tork. 
LEGUMINOS. 
Be By I. it. 92, 
The Plains. 
Alysicarpus 
monilifer, 
LEGUMINOSZ. 
POR: bE wc157,. 4 
The Plains. 
Alysicarpus 
hamosus, 
LEGUMINOS. 
B. Boll sh 
The Plains. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
a small hard knob just above the short stalk, two lateral 
wing petals shorter than the standard, the lower petal 
(keel) strongly curved, pomted, stamens 10, all united 
in a tube split along the upper side, 5 stamens long, 5 short, 
style strongly curved, bearded on the inner side below the 
stigma ; pod + in. long, oblong, smooth, shortly stalked, 
6-8-seeded. 
small, perennial, hairy, trailmg over the ground or 
other plants, leaves 1-2 in., ovate, sessile, short-pointed, 
stipules linear, minute, flowers 4 in. long, yellow, sometimes 
spotted with purple, in 2-3-flowered racemes on stalks 
shorter than the leaves, calyx hairy, petals 14 times as 
long as the calyx, pod ? in., oblong, densely hairy, seeds 
8-10 ; for other characters see the last species. 
small, perennial, procumbent, silvery velvety with 
laterally attached hairs, stems many, much-branched ; 
leaves 4-1 in. long, linear, pointed at both ends, silvery 
above and below, stipules minute, bristly ; flowers 4 in. 
long, bright red or white, in 6-12-flowered copious dense 
nearly sessile racemes, calyx ;4, in., bell-shaped, silvery, 
teeth 5, long, linear, bristle-like, corolla 2-3 times as long 
as the calyx, soon fallmg off, standard petal ovate with a 
broad tip, keel straight, blunt, stamens 10, upper free, 
others united, style smooth, curved in ; pod minute, round, 
unarmed, one-seeded, seeds round, shining. The seeds 
are eaten as bread in times of famine, and used medicinally 
in febrile eruptions. 
small, perennial, hairy, stems densely tufted ; leaves 
4 in., oblong, blunt, often heart-shaped, smooth, stalked ; 
flowers ;1,-} in., pale pink, in close 4-8-flowered racemes, 
calyx obscurely hairy, teeth 5, very narrow, rigid, corolla 
not longer than the calyx, stamens 10, upper stamen free, 
others united, pod 4-3 in. long, necklace-shaped, 2-6- 
jointed, densely covered with hooked hairs. 
small, stem densely covered with short spreading hairs, 
branches many, spreading, half erect, leaves 4-1} in., cir- 
cular, blunt, shortly stalked, flowers in 4-6-flowered ra- 
cemes, calyx A, in., pod 4-8 in., flattened, 3-5-jointed- 
netted, velvety ; for other characters see the last species 
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