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Plants of i}ie Punjab. 



Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Pod-bearing plants. 



Petals ununited. 



Leaflets many. 



Indigofera Dosua, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 102. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-8,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mashobra 

 (Collett). 



small, hairy or 



velvety ; leaves 1-3 in. long, nearly 

 sessile, leaflets 19-35, opposite, linear-oblong, ^-| in., hairy 

 pale below ; flowers ^ in. long, bright red in stalked 

 racemes, 1-3 in. long, bracts J in. long, silky, point- 

 ed, longer than the buds, calyx yV in. long, silky, teeth 

 triangular, hard-pointed, corolla f-| in,, stamens 10, all 

 united but upper one, anthers with pointed tip ; pod 1-1 J 

 in. long, straight, nearly smooth, 8-12-seeded. 



Colutea arborescens, 

 Bladder senna, 



Leguminosje. 

 F. B. I. ii. 108. 

 Himalaya, 

 •8-11,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mahasu, 

 Matiana (Collett). 



medium size, nearly smooth ; leaves 2-6 in. long, 

 leaflets 9-13, ovate with a broad tip, |-| in., pale green, 

 often with a notched tip ; flowers f in. long, yellow 

 with a tinge of red, in 3- to 4- flowered racemes equal 

 to the leaves in length, calyx bell-shaped, teeth 5, short, 

 the lowest longest, stamens 10, all united but the upper 

 one ; pod |-2 in. long, inflated, ovoid, seeds many, 

 kidney-shaped. The leaves are mildly purgative. 



Sesbania segyptiaca, 



Jaint, jait. 

 Leguminos^. 

 'F. B. Lii. 114. 

 The Plains to 

 4,000 ft. 



large, soft-wooded ; leaves 3-6 in. long, leaflets 

 21-41, smooth, linear-oblong, pale green, very shortly 

 stalked ; flowers -l-f in. long, pale yellow, tinged with 

 purple, in axillary few-flowered racemes, 3-6 in. long, calyx 

 I in., smooth, teeth short, triangular, stamens 10, all 

 united but the upper one ; pod 6-9 in. long, beaded, 

 flexible, twisted, 20-30-seeded, divisions between the 

 seeds. The seeds are used as an astringent in Muham- 

 madan medicine. 



Sesbania aculeata, 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound. 



Caragana brevispina, 



Bakrati. 

 Leguminosje. 

 F. B. I.ii. 116, 

 Himalaya, 

 5-9,000 ft. 

 Matiana, Narkanda 

 (Collett). 



Kashmir, Kagan 

 Valley (Douie). 



large, spinous, hairy, branchlets finely downy, old 

 leaf stalks persistent, 2-4 in., spine-tipped ; leaves even- 

 pinnate, 2-3 in., clustered on short thick branchlets, 

 stipules spinous, leaflets 8-16, opposite, ovate, J-1 in., 

 upper surface smooth, lower silky, pale ; flowers 1 in. long, 

 bright yellow, in stalked few-flowered clusters, shorter 

 than the leaves, calyx velvety, obhque, tubular, teeth 

 fine, spine-tipped, stamens 10, all united but the upper 

 one ; pod 2-3 in. long, flattened, velvety, straight, cylin- 

 drical, woolly within, seeds 3-4. This plant is used for 

 fattening goats. 



