Plants of the Punjab. - 601 
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CuImBING PLANTS WITH ALTERNATE STIPULATE CompounpD LHAvss. 
Vigna Catiang, 
var. sinensis, 
Lobia, rawan. 
LEGUMINOS&. 
eB. Li. 205. 
The Plains. 
Baluchistan 
(Hughes-Buller), 
Vigna vexillata, 
LEGUMINOS#. 
F. B. I. ii. 206, 
The Plains to 
8,000 ft. 
Simla, on grassy 
slopes (Collett). 
Clitoria Ternatea, 
Aparayit. 
LEGUMINOSA. 
BB. lo1208, 
The Plains. 
Dolichos Lablab, 
Sem, sembi, kala 
lobia. 
LEGUMINOS#. 
F. B. I: 1) 209, 
The Plains to 
6,000 ft. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
annual, smooth, twining; leaves of 3 pinnate leaf- 
lets, leaflets 8-6 in., broadly or narrowly ovate, entire 
or slightly lobed stipules 4-$ in., ovate-lanceolate, per- 
sistent; flowers 1 in., yellow or reddish, few in almost round - 
ed racemes, calyx } in., bell-shaped, teeth sharp-pointed, 
corolla far-protruding, keel not lobed, stamens 10, all 
united but the upper one, style long, thread-like, not twist- 
ed; pod 4-24 in. long, linear, slightly constricted between 
the seeds, 10-15-seeded. Cultivated with millets in the 
kharif for its seeds as food, and its stalks and leaves for 
fodder. 
root spindle-shaped, perennial, roughly hairy, twining 
or trailing ; leaves of 3 leaflets, leaflets 2-6 in. long, broadly 
ovate or lanceolate, short- or long-ponted, rounded at the 
base, latera! almost sessile, end one staked, st pules 4-4 
in., lanceolate; flowers 1 in., reddish-purple, 2-4, on very 
long stalks, bracteoles needie-like, calyx 4 in., silky, bell- 
shaped, teeth 5, lanceolate, corolla much protruded, stand- 
ard circular, spreading, kee! beaked, much incurved, blunt, 
not spiral, stamens 10, all united but the upper one ; pod 
8 4 in., slender, 10-15-seeded. 
perennial, woody, downy, slender; leaves 4 in, ‘ong, 
leaflets 8-7, 1-2 in. long, ovate or oblong, blunt, almost 
leathery, stipules small, thin, persistent ; flowers 14-2 in., 
bright blue with orange or white centre, solitary, axillary, 
bracteoles large, blunt, calyx 4-2 in., tubular, thin, teeth 
5, lanceolate, corolla w.th spoon-shaped large standard, 
wings and incurved kee! much shorter, stamens-10, all 
united, or all but one united, style incurved, flattened ; 
pod 2-4 in., flattish, linear, slightly hairy, 6-10-seeded. This 
plant supplies a dye from the flowers and seeds, different 
parts are used medicinally, as emetics and cathartics like 
jalap. The plant is sacred to Durga. 
perennial or annual, nearly smooth, twining, root 
tuberous ; leaves 4-12 in. long, stalks 2-8 in., leaflets 3, 
2-6 in. long, ovate, short-pointed, entire, base wedge- 
shaped, stipules 4 m., ‘anceolate ; flowers 2 in. wh te or 
pink, in loose racemes, 6-9 in. long, on stalks 5-8 in. long, 
bracteoles ob'ong, calyx 3 n., bell-shaped teeth 5, «hort, 
triangular, corolla much protruded, kee! blunt or beaked, 
stamens 10, a!l but upper one united, s'yle thickened 
upwards; pod 14-2 in., flat, linear or oblong, recurved. 
tipped with he style base, seeds 38-5. Cultivated for it: 
green pods. - 
