Plants 0/ the Punjab. 



98 



Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Pod-bearing plants. 



Petals ununited. 



Leaflets three. 



Lespedeza sericea, 



Legumixos^. 

 F. B. L ii. 142. 

 Himalaya, 

 2-8,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collet t). 

 Hazara, Kashmir. 



small, branches long, tough, slender, velvety ; leaves 

 directed obliquely upwards, nearly sessile, crowded, over- 

 lapping, leaflets 3, tip notched, J4 ^^- long, wedge-shaped, 

 usually smooth above, white silky beneath ; flowers | in. 

 long, white or yellow tinged with purple in clusters of 2 

 to 4 in the leaf axils all down the branch, stalks short, 

 bracteoles linear, minute, calyx j'^-'i ^^' with short white 

 hairs, teeth awl-hke, very long, corolla | in., stamens 10, 

 all united but the upper one ; pod ^ in., thinly silky, 

 hardly longer than the calyx, one-seeded. 



Lespedeza juncea, 



Leguminos^. 

 p. B. I. ii. 142. 

 Kashmir, Simla, 

 4-8,000 ft. 



smaller than the last, but very like it, the leaves less 

 crowded, flowers pale purple. 



Lespedeza 

 Gerardiana, 



Leguminos^e. 

 F. B. I. ii. 142. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-10,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



small, like Lespedeza sericea, but leaflets rather 

 larger, flowers twice as large, pods -j^p in., very small, 

 concealed in the calyx. 



Lespedeza elegans, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I.ii. 143. 

 Kashmir, 5-6,000 ft. 



small, branches slender, finely downy ; leaves absent 

 at the ends of branches, leaf stalk |-f in. long, leaflets 

 |-f in. long, oblong, blunt, smooth above, grey silky be- 

 neath ; flowers in clusters of 6-8, extending low down the 

 branches and at the top forming leafless branching racemes, 

 calyx I'l in., very velvety, teeth linear, awl-like, very 

 long, corolla half as long again as the calyx, stamens 10, 

 all united but the upper one ; pod sessile, ^ in. long, oblong, 

 downy, one-seeded. 



