554 
Plants of the Punjab. 
eS SS.” Ln nn a 
Prostrate Herpes with ALTERNATE SriputaTE CompounD Luavss. 
Trigonella 
polycerata, 
Sainji, china. 
LEGUMINOS. 
RB .4. 31, Ole 
The plains to 
6,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Lahore. 
Baluchistan 
(Stocks). 
Trigonella gracilis, 
LEGUMINOSA. 
B-. 1. ui, 88. 
Himalaya, 
5-9,000 ft. 
Naldera (Collett). 
' Trigonella 
pubesceus, 
LEGUMINOS. 
UB, 1,11, 88, 
Kashmir, 
5-7,000 ft. 
Medicago 
falcata, 
Medicago lupulina, 
Black Medick, 
Trefoil, 
LEGUMINOSA. 
F.-5. i. 0.90, 
The Plains to 
10,000 ft. 
Baluchistan (1329), 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
small, annual, slender, covered with flat-lying velvety 
felt; leaves with 3 leaflets, leaflets $-} in., small, ovate 
with a broad tip, upper half toothed, lower half entire, 
wedge-shaped, nearly sessile, end one stalked, sharp tecth, 
stipules joined to the leaf stalk, lanceolate, long-poimted ; 
flowers pale yellow, 2-4 in an umbel, umbel stalk without 
bristle, calyx bell-shaped, hairy, teeth 5, distinct, nearly 
equal, shorter than the tube, petals narrow, rather longer 
than the calyx, standard and wings nearly equal, keel 
shorter, blunt, stamens 10, upper free or nearly so, others 
united, style smooth, slightly incurved ; pod 1-2 by +, m., 
slightly flattened, curved, net-vemed, smooth, 10-20-seeded. 
smooth, or nearly so, stems 6-18 in., trailing, slender 
leaflets 1-4 in., stipules linear, faintly toothed, flowers 
1-3in an umbel, umbel stalk tipped with a bristle, calyx 
slightly hairy, petals a little longer than the calyx 
pod 4 by 3 m., flat, straight, marked with fees 
veins, 6-$-seeded ; for other characters see the last species, 
like the last species, but stouter, dcwny, umbel-stalk 
not ending in a bristle, pod linear-oblong, 10-12-seeded. 
see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound. 
biennial, stem 12 in., trailing, finely downy ; leaves 
with 3 leaflets, leaflets }-4 in., ovate with the tip broad 
upper part toothed, lower entire, lateral nearly sessile, 
end one stalked, veins runn’ng out into sharp taaths 
stipules narrowly lanceolate, long-pointed, united to the 
leaf stalk; flowers very small, bright yellow, many in round 
or ovoid heads, + in. diam., calyx bell-shaped, teeth 5, dis- 
tinct, petals twice as long as the calyx, slightly projecting 
from the calyx, standard sessile, keel shorter than the wing 
petals, blunt, stamens 10, upper one free, others united 
style smooth, incurved ; pod +; in., smooth, minute, sickle- 
shaped, black when ripe, tip coiled, seed solitary. This 
plant forms good pasture with clover and grass, 
