552 
Plants of the Punjab. a 
o_O SEES 
Prostrate Heres, with ALTERNATE STIPULATE LosBEeD LEAVES. 
Polygonum 
sibiricum, 
PoLyYGONACEA. 
Hodes hy Os. 
Himalaya, 
~ 11-12,000 ft, 
Kangra. 
Rumex scutatus, 
> PETALS NONE. 
small, smooth, root long, stem decumbent or erect, 
branches many; leaves 1-3 by 35-} in., narrow, linear, 
blunt, forked a: the base, stipules short, thin ; flowers 
pink, in clusters of heads, }-} in. diam., shorter than the 
leaves, bracts minute, calyx 7) in. long, nearly round, 
lobes broadly oblong, stamens 5-8; nut oblong-ovate, 
3-angled, black, shining. 
see Prostrate Herbs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 
Prostrate Hxerss with ALTERNATE STIPULATE CompouND LEAVES. 
Oxalis corniculata, 
Amboti, amlika. 
GERANIACES. 
F. B. I. 1. 436. 
The Plains to 
8,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Baluchistan 
(Lace). 
Argyrolobium 
roseum, 
Crotalaria 
medicaginea, 
Gulabi. 
LEGUMINOSA. 
‘oR 6 gk i oe = i 
The Plains to 
5,000 ft. 
Valleys below Simla 
(Collett). 
Suni. 
Charmpur. 
Baluchistan 
(Stocks). 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
small, annual or perennial, creeping, branches ascend- 
ing, hairy, stems much branched, rooting at the joints; 
leaves 4-1 in. across, long-stalked, stipules united at the 
stalk, leaflets 8, pale green, narrow at the base, broad at 
the tip ; flowers yellow, in small long-stalked clusters, sepals 
5, free, overlapping, petals 5, tip broadest, twice as long | 
ag the sepals, notched, stamens 10, styles 5, distinet ; 
capsule 5-celled, $-1 in., tipped with the styles, nearly 
cylindric, felted, seeds many, small. The leaves are con- 
sidered to be cooling and the juice removes warts. 
see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound. 
small, perennial, green, branches many, slender, thinly 
covered with flat-lying silky hairs ; leaves with 3 leaflets, 
leaflets 1-2 in., nearly sessile, broadly wedge-shaped or 
narrowly ovate with a broad tip, stipules minute ; flowers 
1 in. long, yellow, in 2-6.flowered racemes, calyx 2-lhpped, 
teeth 5, long, linear, 2 lower united, velvety, corolla twice 
as long as the calyx, standard orbicular, wing petals shorter 
than the standard keel, strongly incurved, pointed, stamens 
10, all united in a tube, style strongly curved, bearded on 
the inner side below the stigma ; pod + in., glohowe, velvety, 
seeds 2, 
