Plants of the Punjab. 



255 



Hekbs, Erect, with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 

 Leaflets many. 



Tephrosia purpurea, 



SUrjjonl:, hnnsa- 

 hansu. 



Leguminos.e. 

 F. B. Lii. 112. 

 The Plains to 

 6,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Baluchistan 

 (Hughes-Buller). 



Tephrosia villosa, 



Leguminos^e, 

 F. B. I. ii. 113. 



The Plains. 



Tehprosia pauciflora, 



Leguminos.t], 

 F. B. I. ii. 114. 

 The Plains. 

 Baluchistan (Lace). 



medium size, perennial, much branched, stems slender, 

 cylindrical ; leaves 3-6 in., pinnate, shortly stalked, stipules 

 linear-awl-shaped, leaflets 13-21, narrow, lanceolate with a 

 broad tip, blunt, green, smooth above, silky beneath ; 

 flowers |-f in., red, thinly silky, in leaf opposed loose- 

 flowered racemes, 3-6 in. long, bracteoles minute, calyx \-\ 

 in., silky, teeth 5, 2 upper teeth longer than the 8 

 lower, petals 5, ^-| in., standard circular, silky without, 

 keel petals blunt, stamens 10, upper free, others 

 united, style curved, smooth, tuft of hairs at the tip ; pod 

 l|-2 by I in., sessile, velvety, flat, seeds 6-10. This plant 

 is used as a dim-etic, tonic, and laxative. 



small, perennial, stems zigzag, woody, finely downy 

 mth white flat-lying hairs ; leaves 2-3 in. long, nearly sessile, 

 stipules linear, ascending or reflexed, leaflets 13-19, gi-ey 

 green, nearly smooth above, silky below, narrowly lance- 

 olate with the tip broad and often notched ; flowers | in., 

 red in racemes 6 or more inches long, lower flowers in 

 distant separate clusters of stalks, bracts bristle-hke, 

 feathered, calyx J-| in., very silky, teeth 5, bristle-like, 

 lower longer than the calyx tube, petals 5, not much longer 

 than the calyx, stamens and stjde as in the last species ; 

 pod 1-1^ in. long, 

 sharply bent down 



\-l in. broad, densely velvety, curved, 



very like the last species, but 

 stalked in pairs in the axils of leaves. 



leaflets 5-9, flowers 



Sesbania aculeata, 



Jaijanti,jaintar. 

 Leguminos.t3. 

 F. B. Lii. 11.5. 

 The Plains. 

 Baluchistan (Lace). 



large, annual, shrub-hke, branches and under-surfaoe 

 of leaf mid-ribs armed with small hooked prickles ; leaves 

 6-12 in., leaflets more numerous and smaller than those 

 of SesT^ania segyptiaca, see Shrubs, leaflets 41-81, smooth ; 

 flowers |-| in., pale yellow dotted with red, in stalked 

 loosely 3-6-flowered racemes, calyx 5-toothed, | in., smooth, 

 teeth short, triangular, petals 5, stalked, standard petal 

 broad, keel blunt, stamens 10, upper free, others united, 

 style thread-like, smooth, incurved ; pod 6-9 in., linear, 

 slightly curved, beaked, smooth, seeds many. This plant 

 is often cultivated for its excellent fibre, 



