92 



Plants of the Punjah. 



Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Pod-bearing plants. 



Petals ununited. 



Indigofera trita, 



Leguminos^e 

 F. B. I. ii. 96. 

 The Plains. 



Psoralea plicata, 



Bakhtmal. 

 Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 103. 

 The Plains. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Hughes-Buller). 



Tavernicra 

 nummularia, 



Leguminos.t3. 



F. B. I. ii. 140. 



The Plains. 



Eawalpindi. 



Kahuta. 



Baluchistan 



(Boissier). 



Leaflets three. 



small, branches many, rigid, widely separating, thinly 

 covered with grey hairs lying flat against the stem ; leaves 



with 3 leaflets, leaf stalk 



1 3 



4 8 



in. long, stipules minute, 



bristle-like, leaflets oblong with a broad tip, lateral leaflets 

 nearly sessile, |-1 in. long, opposite, terminal leaflet 1-1^ 

 in. long, stalked ; flowers | in. long, purplish red, on spike- 

 like racemes, shorter than the leaves, 6-12-flowered, calyx 

 j\-^ in. long, grey, teeth bristle-like, corolla J in. long, 

 stamens 10, all united but upper one, anthers with pointed 

 tip ; pod 1-1|^ in. long, bending down or spreading, very 

 firm, 4-angled, without contractions, pointed, 8-10 seeded. 



small, branches many, stems silvery, warty, branch- 

 lets when bare somewhat spinous ; leaves shortly stalked, 

 leaflets 3, |-1 in. long, terminal leaflet largest, lateral 

 ones oblique, blunt, margin wav}^ gland- dotted beneath ; 

 flowers 2-3 in. long, yellow in short-stalked racemes, 

 bracts ovate, very minute, calyx | in., covered with white 

 hairs, teeth short, the lowest is the longest, corolla slightly 

 projecting beyond the calyx, stamens 10, all united but the 

 upper one ; pod oblong,' clasped by the calyx, one-seeded. 



small, branches many, slender, finely grey ; leaves 

 shortly stalked, stipules minute, lanceolate, thin and 

 dry, leaflets 3, nearly round, ;|-1 in. long, oblong-ovate 

 with broad tips ; flowers red, | in. long, in racemes longer 

 than the leaves, calyx ^-^ in., thinly silky, stamens 10, 

 united ; pod roundish, 1-4 seeded. This plant is found 

 on stony ground. 



Ebenus stellata, 



LbGUMINOS/E. 



F. B. I. ii. 140. 



Himalaya, 



4-8,000'ft. 



Baluchistan 



(Boissier). 



thorns 1-| 



small, stellatcly hairy, covered with spreading erect 

 in. long ; leaves odd pinnate, shorter than the 

 spmes, leaflets 3, lanceolate, |-| in. long, margins even ; 

 flowers red, sessile, in crowded heads on axillary stalks, 

 surrounded by lanceolate bracts, calyx | in. long, covered 

 witli long brown silky hairs, teeth bristle-like, feathery, 

 corolla much shorter than the caly.^, stamens 10, united 

 except the upper one ; pod flat, oblong, thin, enclosed ia 

 the calyx tube, seed one. 



