Plants of the Punjab. 



91 



Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Ficus palmata, 



Phagwar, dudi. 



URTICACEiE. 



F. B. I. V. 530. 

 The Plains to 

 5,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Hughes-Buller). 



Petals none. 



large, bark smooth, grey ; leaves 3-5 in. long, round* 

 ovate, pointed, toothed, deeply palmately 5 -lobed » 

 rough above, felted beneath, stalk |-1 in. long, velvety- 

 stipules soon falling off, ovate, pointed, velvety ; figs |-1 

 in. diam., usually solitary, velvety, yellow when ripe, basal 

 bracts 3, pointed, soon falling off, stalk |-f in. long, edible. 



Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Pod-bearing plants. 



Petals ununited. 



Leaflets three. 



Piptanthus 

 nepalensis, 



Leguminos.e. 

 p. B. I. ii. 62. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-9,000 ft. 



large, bark green ; leaves of 3 digitate leaflets, 

 stalk f-l| in. long, stipules small, united, broadly trian- 

 gular, velvety, soon falling off, leaflets sessile, 2-4 by ^-1 

 in., lanceolate, long-pointed ; flowers yellow, 1-1| in. long, 

 crowded in hairy racemes 4-5 in. long, bracts ovate, felted, 

 soon falKng off, calyx felted, bell-shaped, 2 upper teeth 

 broad, 3 lower narrow, divided nearly to the base, 

 petals all stalked, 1 in. long, stamens 10, ununited ; pod 

 3-5 by |-| in., linear, flat, stalked, seeds 3-10. 



Argyrolobium 

 flaccidum, 



Lbguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 63. 

 The Plains to 

 9,000 ft. 



small, covered with densely silky hairs ; leaves of 

 3 digitate leaflets, leaf stalk short, stipules minute, 

 linear, leaflets |-f in. long, pale, silky, nearly equal, lan- 

 ceolate, shortly pointed ; flowers small, yellow, few in short 

 racemes on stalks longer than the leaves, calyx deeply 

 2-lipped, upper lip 2-toothed, lower 3-toothed, teeth 

 narrow, petals smooth, hardly longer than the calyx, 

 stamens 10, united ; pod |-1 in. long, densely silky, 6-8 

 seeded. 



Ononis hircina, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 85. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-7,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Lace). 



small, stems velvety ; leaves with 3 pinnate 

 leaflets, leaf stalks short, stipules large, leafy, attached 

 to the leaf stalk, leaflets oblong, blunt, toothed ; flowers 

 reddish, in pairs, forming a close terminal leafy 

 raceme, calyx bell-shaped, ^ in. long, teeth linear, longer 

 than the tube, petals stalked, stamens 10, united ; pod 

 oblong, downy, not protruding from the calyx, 2-3 seeded. 



