Plants of the Punjab. 



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Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Pod-bearing plants. 



Petals ununited. 



Leaflets three. 



upper one ; pod sessile, |-f in. long, -jV in. broad, 6-8 joint- 

 ed, woolly with minute hooked hairs, upper margin slight- 

 ly, lower deeply indented. 



Desmodium 

 coDcinnum, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 170. 

 Himalaya, 

 1-7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



large, branches drooping, velvety ; leaves 2|-4 in. 

 long, leaflets 3, green, smooth above, grey hairy beneath, 

 end leaflet 2-3 in. long, longest ; flowers dark, I in. long, 

 blue, in lateral and terminal racemes, calyx j\ in., corolla 

 l-^ in., stamens 10, all united but the upper one ; pod 

 f-1 in. long, ^ in. broad, shortly stalked, curved, 4-6 joint- 

 ed, downy, upper margin wavy, lower deeply notched, 

 upper margin of each joint hollowed out. 



Desmodium 

 polycarpum, 



Leguminos^. 



F. B. I. ii. 171. 



The Plains to 



5,500 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



small, branches angular, slender, hairy ; leaves l|-4 

 in. long, leaflets 3, broadly ovate, nearly smooth above, 

 hairy pale beneath, end leaflet 1:2 by ^-1 in., blunt ; 

 flowers I in. long, purple or white, racemes terminal 

 or lateral, shortly stalked. 1-3 in. long, calyx ^-r, in., teeth 

 long-pointed, corolla less than I in., stamens 10, all united 

 but the upper one ; pod |-f in. long, ^ in. broad, 5-8 

 jointed, straight, hairy, upper margin straight, lower 

 slightly notched. 



Desmodium 

 triflorum, 



see Prostrate Herbs, Alternate, Stipulate, Com- 

 pound. 



Desmodium gyrans, 

 The Telegraph or 

 Semaphore Plant, 



Leguminos^e. 



F. B. I.ii. 174. 



Himalaya to 



7,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



small, branches nearly cylindric, smooth ; leaves 

 ^-^ m. long, leaflets 3, oblong-lanceolate, blunt, end 

 one 2-4 by f-1 in., lateral leaflets often one or both wanting, 

 I in. long, moving by jerks, especially in sunlight ; flowers 

 I in. long, pale yellow, in axillary or terminal racemes, 

 8-6 in. long, buds in pairs, enclosed in the bracts, calyx 

 y^ in., teeth triangular, corolla I in., side petals tinged 

 with pink or blue, stamens 10, all united but the upper 

 one ; pod sessile, 1-1| by J-^ in., curved hke a sickle, 6-10 

 jointed, upper margin even, lower slightly notched. 



