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Plants of the Punjab, 



Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Pod-bearing plants. 



Petals ununited. 



Lespedeza 

 macrostyla, 



Leguminosje. 

 p. B. I. ii. 14B. 

 Himalaya, 

 2-6,000 ft. 

 Sutlej and Giri 

 Valleys 

 (Collett). 

 Synj. 



Leaflets three. 



small, but larger than the four preceding species, 

 branches woody, densely velvety ; leaves shortly stalked, 

 leaflets 3, ovate with a broad tip, | in. long and nearly 

 as broad, nearly smooth above, densely white silky below ; 

 flowers I in. long, deep red, clustered in racemes |- in. 

 long, bracts silky, ovate, concealing the buds, calyx 

 I in., white silky, teeth lanceolate, corolla f in. long, stamens 

 10. all united but the upper one ; pod shortly stalked, 

 f-| in. long, narrow to both ends, point | in. long, lower 

 half feathery, one-seeded. 



Lespedeza erioearpa, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 144. 

 Himalaya, 

 3-9,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mashobra, 

 Matiana, Shall 

 (Collett). 



as large as the last species, branches many, branch- 

 lets grooved, slender, angular, silky, leaves with stalks, 

 |-1| in. long, leaflets 3, ovate, wedge-shaped with a broad 

 tip, |-1 in. long, stiff, somewhat leathery, smooth above, 

 velvety pale below ; flowers | in. long, deep red-purple 

 in racemes 2-4 in. long, bracts not longer than the buds, 

 calyx ^ in., silky, broad, teeth linear, awl-like, corolla f -| 

 in. long, stamens 10, all united but the upper one ; pod 

 ovate, I in. long, hairy, point as long as the pod, velvety 

 at the base, one-seeded. 



Uraria picta. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound. 



Uraria lagopus, 



Legumixos.e. 

 r. B. L ii. 156. 

 Himalaya to 

 G,000 ft. 

 Simla. 



medium size, stem and branches from densely velvety 

 to bristly, branches slender ; leaves 5-6 in. long, lower 

 leaflets 3, sometimes one, upper 5-9. ovate, blunt, tip 

 notched, 2|-4| in. long, rough above, pale and felted ben- 

 eath, stipules lanceolate, long-pointed, stalk 2-3 in. long ; 

 flowers l-^ in. long, purple, very many, in terminal and 

 axillary racemes, 6-12 in. long, bracts hairy, ovate, ^ in. 

 long, pointed, calyx ^-^ in. long, corolla just protruding 

 from the calyx, stamens 10, all united but the upper one ; 

 pod sessile, 2- to 6-jointed, hairy, flattened, folded face tp 

 face within the calyx. 



