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Plants of the Punjab. 



Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 

 Pod-bearing plants. 



Petals ununited. 



Leaflets many. 



Astragalus bicuspis, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. L ii. 135. 

 Hazara. 



small, generally like A. polyacanthus above, branch- 

 es densely silky, stem lengthened, armed with the 

 old leaf stalks, 1-2 in. long ; leaflets 13-17, oblong, blunt, 

 |-| in. long, shaggy stipules, |-| in. long, lanceolate, sharp- 

 pointed ; flowers yellow, 1 in. long, 1 to 3 together, 

 not on a common stalk, in the leaf axils, calyx | in. long, 

 shaggy, stamens 10, all united but the upper one ; pod 

 f-| in. long, shaggy, nearly sessile, oblong, 2-celled, 

 seeds 8-10. 



Astragalus 

 strobiliferus, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. L ii. 135. 

 Himalaya, 

 8-13,000 ft. 



very small, branches many, armed with the old leaf 

 stalks 1-2 in. long; leaflets 11-13, lanceolate with a 

 broad tip, short-pointed, |-| in. long, hairy, stipules thin, 

 triangular ; flowers | in. long, yellow, sessile in the leaf 

 axils, scarcely showing above the stipules, calyx | in. 

 long, thick, white velvety, corolla scarcely showing beyond 

 the calyx lobes, withering in situ, stamens 10, all united 

 but the upper one ; pod sessile, silky, seeds 3-4. 



Sophora 

 Moorcroftlana, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 249. 

 Kashmir. 



Sophora mollis, 



Himalayan 



Laburnum, 



Kim, malan, kathi. 



LEGUMINOSiE. 



F. B. I.ii. 251. 



Salt Range, Hazara. 



Himalaya to 



0,000 ft. 



Choa Saidan Shah 



(Douio). 



Baluchistan 



(A.itchi3on). 



small, branches many, densely grey, downy, armed 

 with the spinous persistent stipules ; leaves l|-2 in. 

 long, leaflets 11-17, soon falling off, broad, ovate, blunt 

 with a bristle-like point, |--| in. long, rather leathery, 

 pale green, silky on the both surfaces ; flowers | in. 

 long, yellow, in axillary racemes, calyx | in., densely grey 

 silky, teeth short, corolla | in., stamens 10, ununited ; 

 pod 3-4 in. long, 5-6-seeded, velvety. 



small, branches finely grey, downy ; leaves 5-10 in. 

 long, pale green, often appearing after the flowers are 

 in bloom, leaflets 21-41, ovate, -^r-| in. long, nearly 

 sessile, finely grey, downy, leaflets often altered into long 

 curling processes ; flowers i^ in. long, yellow, in axillary 

 racemes 2-3 in. long, calyx | in. long, tubular, teeth 

 short, blunt, 2 upper united, stamens 10, all free ; pod 

 stalked, smootli, 8-4 in. long, 4-6, one-seeded, 4-winged 

 joints, often separated by linear constrictions, nearly 

 1 in. long. This plant is poisonous to all cattle but 

 goats. 



