Plants of the Punjab. 645 
LEAFLESS PLANTS. 
SHRUBS. : 
PETALS NONE. 
Ephedra pachyelada, like the last species but larger, stouter, rougher, 
GNETACES. bracts margined. The plant is used for tanning and the 
F. B. I. v. 641. fruit is eaten, 
Himalaya, 
7-15,500 ft. : 
Kashmir, 
HERBS. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
Lathyrus Aphaca, annual, stems trailing, prostrate, wingless, slender, 
Yellow Vetchling, leaves and leaflets none, stipules 2, leaflike, forked, with 
Rewan, rewart. a long tendril between them; flowers 4in., yellow, one to 
LEGUMINOSS. two on a long stalk, calyx } in., bell-shaped, oblique, teeth 
Bele 179: 5, petals 5, slender, broad, erect, notched, keel nearly 
The Plains to straight, blunt, shorter than the wings, stamens 10, all 
7,000 ft. united but the upper one, style incurved ; pod 1-14 m., 
Kundal, Rohtak. linear-oblong, wingless, 4-6-seeded. This plant is some- 
times cultivated for fodder. 
Monotropa uniflora, smooth, stem erect, leafless, with scales, parasitic, 
MoNOTROPACES. waxy white, scales ?im., broadly lanceolate; flowers # 
BeBe. i. te 476; in., waxy white, solitary, nodding, sepals 4, free, scale- 
Himalaya, like, nearly as long as the petals, petals 5, free, overlapping, 
6-8,000 ft. stamens 10, nearly as long as the petals, style short, thick ; 
Simla, the Glen, capsule erect, 5-celled, seeds many, minute. 
Narkanda (Collett). 
Hypopitys like the last species, but yellow brown, scales ovate, 
lanuginosa, oblong, flowers yellow brown in a bracteate raceme, end 
MoNnoTROPACES. flowers 5 petals, 10 stamens, others 4 petals, 8 stamens, 
if Brio. 476. petals 4 in., hairy within, This plant is found in pine 
Himalaya, forests. 
8-10,000 ft. 
Mashobra, 
Narkanda. . 
PETALS UNITED. 
Caralluma edulis, see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simp'e 
