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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Medieago falcata, 

 Medick, non-such, 

 Leguminos^. 

 p. B. I. ii. 90. 



Himalaya, 

 5-10,000 ft. 

 Mashobra (Collett). 

 Kashmir, 



Medieago sativa, 

 Lucerne, 



Alfalfa. 

 Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 90. 

 The Plains to 

 5,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Boissier). 



Cyamopsis 

 psoralioides, 



Kulthi, guar. 

 Leguminos^. 

 p. B. I. ii 92. 

 The Plains. 

 Kawalpindi 

 (Aitcliison). 

 Baluchistan 

 (Hughes- Buller). 



Indigofera trifoliata, 



Indigofera trita, 



Leaflets two-three. 



medium size, perennial, nearly smooth, branches 

 many ; leaves pinnalely compound, leaflets 3, |-1 in. long, 

 narrowly oblong, upper part toothed, base entire, lateral 

 leaflets sessile, terminal one stalked, nerves prolonged to 

 the teeth, stipules narrowly lanceolate, long-pointed, united 

 to the leaf stalk ; flowers -i in., yellow, in axillary stalked 

 racemes, calyx i in., bell-shaped, teeth 5, bristle-like, nearly 

 equal, as long as the tube, petals 5, standard petal not 

 stalked, keel shorter than the wing petals, blunt, corolla 

 twice as long as the calyx, stamens 10, upper one free, 

 others united, style smooth, incurved ; pod |--|- in. long, 

 sickle-shaped, smooth, seeds 5-10. 



very like the last species, of which it may be the cul- 

 tivated variety, but is more erect, less branched, flowers 

 purple or blue, and pods rough, twisted into a double spiral, 

 This plant is widely cultivated as a fodder crop. 



medium size, annual, robust, covered with laterally 

 attached grey hairs, stems 4-sided ; leaves stalked, leaflets 

 3, 2-3 in. long, ovate, short-pointed, deeply toothed, stipules 

 linear-bristle-like ; flowers J in., purplish, in shortly stalked 

 6-30 crowded axillary racemes, bracts bristle-like, pro- 

 jecting beyond the buds, calyx ^--i in., tube obhque, teeth 

 5, unequal, lowest long, bristle-like, peta,ls 5, just protrud- 

 ing from the calyx, soon falling off, standard and wing petals 

 nar.ow, keel b'unt, slightly incurved, stamens 10, uniied, 

 style short, much incurved ; pod 1^-2 in. long, straight, 

 thick, fleshy, erect, 3-keeled on back, seeds S-12. This 

 plant is cultivated as a vegetable and for fodder. 



see Prostrate Herbs, Alternate, Stipulate, Com- 

 pound. 



see Shrubs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound. 



Taverniera 

 nummularia, 



see Shrubs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound. 



