Plants of the Punjab. 



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Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Pod-bearing plants. 



Tephrosia purpurea, 



Tephrosia villosa, 



Astragalus Faleoneri, 



Astragalus 

 trichocarpus, 



3 



Astragalus 

 chlorostachys, 



Leguminos-e. 

 F. B. I. ii. 128. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-14,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mahasu 

 (Collett). 



Petals ununited. 



Leaflets many. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound, 

 see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound. 

 see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound. 

 see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound. 



small, branches many, slender, covered with short 

 hairs ; leaves 3-6 in. long, spreading, leaflets 13-17, 



oblong, 



1 3 



2"4: 



in. long, blunt, waxy greenish-blue above, 



white silky beneath, stipules small, lanceolate ; flowers 

 |-f in. long, yellow green tinged with lilac, many crowded 

 in erect racemes 3-6 in. long, bracts lanceolate, hardly 

 longer than the buds, calyx velvety, half the length 

 of the corolla, teeth very short, stamens 10, united all 

 but the upper one ; pod ^ in. long, smooth, oblongj 

 pointed, narrowed into a stalk | in. long, seeds 6-10. 



Astragalus Stewartii, like the last, but leaves densely white silky, bracts 



Leguminos^. and calyx teeth with long bristles, the former pro- 



F. B. I. ii. 129. truding beyond the buds, pods completely 2-celled, 



Hazara, 5-9,000 ft. seeds 6-10. 



Astragalus 

 longicaulis, 



LEGUMINOSiE. 



F. B. L ii. 129. 

 Kashmir. 



like the last, but leaflets 21-25, narrow-oblong, pod 

 10-12 seeded. 



Astragalus 

 graveolens, 



Leouminos/T;. 

 F. B. Lii. 131. 

 Himalaya, 

 4-12,000 ft. 

 Hazara (Douie). 

 Murree. 



small, branches many, rod-like, rounded *, leaves 4-6 

 in. long, leaflets 17-19, round-oblong, opposite, firm, 

 blunt, smooth on both surfaces, -|-1 in. long, stipules leafy, 

 1-1 -i in long ; flowers J in. long, yc^llow, on long-stalked 

 racemes, 6-12 in. long, l)racts linear, smooth, calyx § in. long, 

 tubular, smooth, teeth half the tube's length, stamens 

 10, all united but the upper one; pod 1-1^ in. long, | 

 in. broad, smooth, stalked, 2-celled, 12-18-seeded. 



