Plants oj the Punjab, 



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Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 

 Petals ununited. 



Uraria lagopus, 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound, Leaf- 

 lets Three. 



Alysicarpus 

 vaginalis, 



Alhagi maurorum 



or 

 camelorum, 



Jawasa. 

 Leguminosjb. 

 P. B. L ii. 145. 

 The Plains. 

 Salt Kange. 

 Kashmir to 3,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Boissier). 



Desmodium 

 gangeticum, 



Saljjan. 

 Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 168. 

 The Plains to 

 5,000 ft. 



Desmodium 

 latifolium, 



Leguminos.^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 168. 

 The Plains to 

 4.000 ft. 



Prunus prostrata, 



Paltu, tara, ter. 



Eosace^. 



F. B. L ii. 313. 



Himalaya, west of 



Sutlej, 5-10,000 ft. 



see Prostrate Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



small, with many axillary hard sharp thorns |-1 in. 

 long ; leaves ^-^ in. long, ovate-oblong, tip rounded with 

 a fine bristle, leathery, stiff, drooping from the base of the 

 spines or branchlets, stipules minute, awl-shaped ; flowers 

 reddish, on short stalks, 1-6 from a spine, calyx j\-l in., 

 smooth, corolla nearly ^ in., stamens 10 in 2 bundles of 

 1 and 9 ; pod about 1 in. long, curved, constricted between 

 the seeds, smooth, seeds 6-8. Manna, a sugary gum, 

 exudes when the leaves appear, and forms small tears 

 which are shaken off and eaten. This manna does not ap- 

 pear on the plants in India, but in Afghanistan and Persia. 



small, stems woody, slightly angular, branches grey 

 felted ; leaves 3-6 by l|-3 in., oblong, rounded at the 

 base, smooth above, grey-haired beneath, stalk ^-1 in., 

 stipules I in., linear ; flowers i in., white or lilac, in crowded 

 axillary and terminal racemes, 6-12 in. long, calyx minute, 

 teeth 5, lanceolate, petals 5, projecting outside the calyx, 

 standard petal broad, wing petals 2, adhering to the two 

 united petals (keel), stamens 10, 1 free, 9 united, style 

 incurved at the end ; pod |-f in. long, curved, lower border 

 deeply indented, joints 6-8, one-seeded, covered with minute 

 hooked hairs. The plant is used in Indian medicine as a 

 febrifuge. 



like the last, but more erect, branches brown-felte 1, 

 leaves ovate, thicker, brown-felted beneath, flowers purple, 

 joints of pod 4-6. 



medium size, scraggy, branches grey, spreading, 

 erect or prostrate ; leaves |-1 in., ovate-oblong, rounded 

 tip, toothed, smooth above, white and woolly beneath, 

 narrowed into the short stalk ; flowers red, nearly sessile, 

 solitary or clustered, appearing with the leaves, calyx tube 

 I in., cylindric, with 5 oblong blunt lobes, petals 5, round, 

 longer than the calyx, stamens many, style one ; fruit i 

 in., ovoid, purplish-red, hardly edible, dry, stone one. 



