Plants of ihe Punjab. 561 
ProstRaATE HeErRBs witH ALTERNATE STIPULATE CompounD LB5AVES. 
Cassia mimosoides, 
LEGUMINOS#. 
Abs leon «266: 
The Plains to 
5,000 ft. 
Valleys below Simla 
(Collett). 
Dharmpur, 
Rubus saxatilis, 
Rosacea. ; 
F. B. I. 11. 333. 
Himalaya, 
10-11,000 ft. 
Kashmir. 
Rubus nutans, 
Rosaceae. 
F, B. I. ii. 884, 
Himalaya, 
8-10,000 ft. 
Simla (established). 
Rubus Clarkei, 
RosacEz. 
Ey Bede aout 
Kashmir, Sonamerg, 
9,250 ft. | 
(C, B. Clarke). 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
bracts 4 in., silky, oblong roundish, with a short hard point, 
calyx 4-3 in., densely brown velvety, teeth almost equal, 
corolla projecting far out of the calyx, keel much incurved, 
distinctly beaked ; pod + in., enclosed in the calyx, oblong, 
finely hairy, one-seeded. 
perennial, stems several, hairy, spreading, branches 
slender, downy ; leaves 1-2 in., leaflets 40-100, + in., midrib 
close to the upper margin, a small circular sessile gland 
between or below the lowest pair; flcwers } in., yellow, 
axillary, solitary or in clusters*of 2-3, calyx 5-parted, lobes 
4-4 in., lanceolate-long-pointed, overlapping, petals 5, 
nearly equal, spreading, upper one innermost, stamens 10, 
all free, nearly equal; pod 1} by 4 im., flat, hairy, seeds 
15-20. Var. dimidiata, Stamens 5. 
perennial, woody, rhizome, short, erect, stems annual. 
slender, prostrate or erect, smooth or slightly velvety, 
no glands, prickles few, slender, straight ; leaves of 3 leaf- 
lets, 5-8 in. long, leaf stalk 3-5 in., very slender, stipules 
linear or linear oblong, leaflets 2-3 in., thin, lateral almost 
sessile with wedge-shaped bases, outer margin often lobed ; 
flowers 4 in. diam., white, 1-4, shortly stalked on the top 
of a slender main stalk, calyx without bracteoles, per- 
sistent, tube spreading, lobes 5, petals 5, small, slender, 
stamens many, fruit with few large scarlet drupes, stone 
net-veined. 
rootstock perennial, stems annual, slender, 12-24 
in. long, covered with stiff red-brown hairs; leaves 84-7 
in. long, leaf stalk 2-4 m., stipules large, broadly ovate 
or oblong, entire or toothed, leaflets 14-3 in. diam., round, 
almost lobed, doubly sharp-toothed, thi, dark green, 
base wedge-shaped ; flowers 14 in. diam., white, usually 
solitary, axillary, stalk stout, calyx tube woolly, lobes 
3.4 in., large, long-pointed, pinnately cut towards the tip, 
shorter than the ovate, broad-tipped petals, fruit of a few 
scarlet drupes, stone smooth. 
stems very slender, covered with slender straight 
sharp prickles, loosely covered with spreading hairs ; 
leaves 8-6 in., with 3 leaflets, stalk 1-3 in., stipules pcr- 
sistent, oblong, green, velvety, blunt or short-pointed, 
entire or toothed, leaflets 2-8 in. across, round, blunt- 
toothed ; flowers 4 in., drooping, solitary in the lower axils 
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