Plants of the Punjab. 



249 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Stipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Petals none. 



thread-like, persistent, stigma minute ; capsule (achene) 

 broad, flattened, ovate, black. This plant supplies an ex- 

 cellent fibre used in making fishing nets. 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves 



Petals ununited. 

 Leaflets two-three. 



Thermopsis barbata, 



LEGUMINOSiE. 



F. B. I. ii. 62. 

 Himalaya, 

 8-12,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 

 Patarnala (Collet t). 



small to med':um size, perenn'al, rootstock woody, 

 stems tufted, branches many, densely shaggy ; leaves of 

 3 sessile leaflets with leaf-hke stipules at the base, each 

 node appearing to have a tuft oi; simple leaves, leaflets 

 smooth or hairy, lanceolate, 1-2 in., entire ; flowers 1 in. 

 long, dark purple, clustered in short axillary racemes form- 

 ing a terminal branched raceme, bracts shaggy, united 

 at the base or free, calyx top-shaped, 5-toothed, teeth lan- 

 ceolate, 2 upper more or less united, 3 lower twice 

 the tube, petals 5, all long-stalked, posterior (standard) 

 largest circular, sides turned back, 2 wing petals ovate, 

 outer part broader, 2 keel petals faintly joined, oblong- 

 ovate, stamens 10, ununited, style thread-like, incurved ; 

 pod 1-2 by |-| in., linear-oblong, short-pointed, seeds 2-6. 



Argyrolobium 

 roseum, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 64. 



The Plains to 

 6,000 ft. 

 Rawalpindi. 

 Kahuta (Douie). 

 Baluchistan 

 (Boissier). 



small, perennial, thinly silk}^ branches slender, spread- 

 ing or prostrate ; leaves digitately compound, leaflets 3, 

 I in., ovate with a broad rounded tip, base wedge-shaped, 

 sessile, leaf stalk equal to or shorter than the leaves, stipules 

 minute, linear, persistent, ununited ; flowers | in., pink 

 or yellow tinged with pink in 1-4- flowered leaf-opposed 

 stalked racemes, longer than the leaves, calyx | in., 

 2-lipped, sht nearly to the base, 5 distinct teeth, 2 to the 

 upper, 3 to the lower lip, smooth, lanceolate, petals 5, 

 hardly longer than the calyx, standard oblong-circular, 

 notched onger than the upper lip of the calyx, ^^^ngs oblong, 

 keel broadly oblong, blunt, shorter than the standard, 

 stamens 10, all united, 5 longer with large anthers attached 

 at the end, 5 shorter with smaller anthers attached in the 

 middle, style long, thread-like, incurved ; pod f in. long, 

 erect, straight, narrow, flattened, seeds 10-15. 



