Plants of the Punjah. 



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Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Pod-bearing plants. 



Petals ununited. 



Leaflets three. 



Uraria neglecta, 



{of Prain) . 

 Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I.ii. 156. 

 Himalaya, 

 1-3,000 ft. 

 (Duthie). 



medium size, slender, vehety. branches woody ; 

 this plant is like Uraria lagopus but differs in its 

 foliage, bracts and pods : leaves of one leaflet (simple) 

 or three, leaflets 3-5 in. long, ovate-oblong, net-veined, 

 entire, blunt-pointed or notched, rarely short-pointed, 

 base rounded, smooth above, velvety beneath, terminal 

 leaflet largest, stalked, lateral leaflets nearly sessile, 

 stipules long-pointed from a broad base, hairy ; flowers 

 |-| in., purple, many on long hairy stalks, crowded 

 in cylindrical terminal racemes, 3-6 in. long and about 

 1 in. broad, bracts overlapping in bud, ovate with a hard 

 sharp point, hairy, soon falling off, calyx J in., hairy, teeth 

 feathered, lower long, stamens and style like the last 

 species ; pod smooth ; otherwise like the last species. 



Desmodium 

 laxiflorum, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 164. 

 Himalaya to 

 6,000 ft. 

 Kangra (Duthie). 



medium size, branches somewhat angled, covered with 

 short hairs ; leaves 4-6 in. long, leaf stalk 1-2 in., stipules 

 lanceolate, long-pointed, leaflets 3, ovate, pointed, some- 

 times broad at the tip and blunt, thin or almost lea- 

 thery, smooth above, flattened hairs beneath : flowers 

 small, white, tinged with blue, many in axillary and 

 terminal racemes, the terminal often 12 in. long, 

 bracts minute, linear, awl-like, calyx yL in. long, hairy, 

 teeth lanceolate, longer than the tube, stamens 10, all 

 united but the upper one ; pod 1-1| in. long, covered with 

 minute hooked hairs, slightly contracted at the joints, 6-10 

 joints, flattened joints easily breaking and catching on 

 to clothes by the hooked hairs. 



Desmodium 

 podocarpum, 



Legumixos.e. 

 F. B. I. ii. 165. 

 Himalaya, 

 2-7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



small, branches velvety, angular ; leaves 3-6 in. 

 long, stalk 1-3 in. long, stipules small, bristle-like, leaf- 

 lets 3, thin, 2-3 in. long, both surfaces nearly smooth, 

 lower pale, ovate, with a broad tip, pointed, end leaflet 

 roundish, somewhat pointed, with a triangular base ; 

 flowers I in. long, pink, in drooping racemes, few flowered, 

 terminal racemes 12 in. long, much branched, bracts 

 minute, linear, calyx ^'^ in. long, teeth triangular, very 

 short, corolla | in., stamens 10, all united but the upper 

 one ; pod | in. long with 1-2 joints, joint I in. long, upper 

 margin of pod straight, lower deeply indented. 



