Plants of the Punjab. 



259 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate STiPUiiATE Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Leaflets many. 



white hairs ; flowers |-| in., yellow, in few-flowered sessile 

 axillary heads, calyx |-| in., thinly velvety, teeth 5, linear, 

 bristle-like, petals 5, nearly equal, stamens and style like 

 those of the last species ; ■ pods oblong, sessile, 1 in. long, 

 inflated, 10-12-seeded. 



Oxytropis 

 lapponica, 



Oxytropis 

 cachemirica, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 139. 

 Kashmir, 

 8-10,000 ft. 



Oxytropis 

 Meinshausenii, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. L ii. 139. 

 Himalaya, 

 9-11,000 ft. 

 Valley of 

 Kishengunga. 



Onobrychis 

 Stewartii, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. L ii. 141. 

 The Plains. 

 Hazara (Stewart). 

 Eawalpindi 

 (Aitchison). 

 Kot Futteh Khan, 

 Eawalpindi District 

 Douie). 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Stipulate, Com- 

 pound. 



small, perennial, rootstock woody, stem short, finely 

 velvety ; leaves 1-2 in., stipules lanceolate or triangular, 

 united below, leaflets 13-21, oblong-lanceolate, |-| in., 

 densely white silky ; flowers I in., 3^ellow, rarely purple, 

 in dense heads, 12-30-flowered, on long stalks, bracts dis- 

 tinct, lanceolate, calyx | in., densely white silky, teeth 5, 

 linear, nearly equal, petals 5, standard longest, keel 

 shortest w-ith a distinct point, stamens 10, one free, ethers 

 united, style abruptly incurved, beardless ; pod |-| in., 

 sessile, much inflated, shaggy with loose dense white silky 

 hairs, round-oblong, 5-6-seeded. 



small, perennial, stem distinct, at first thinly covered 

 with soft scattered hairs ; leaves 3-4 in., stipules |-| in., 

 free, lanceolate or oblong, leaflets 17-31, |-f in., oblong, 

 blunt, green, slightly covered ^^-ith long whitish hairs on 

 both surfaces ; flowers | in., yellow, rarely purple, in a dense 

 12-20-flowered heads on erect stalks, 4-6 in., bracts |-|^ in., 

 linear, covered with scattered black hairs, calyx f in., tubu- 

 lar, thinly covered with horizontal black hairs, teeth 5, 

 linear, feathered in black, petals, stamens and style like 

 those in the last species ; pod J-f in,, oblong, expanded, 

 straight, short-stalked, with a few silky black hairs, 6-8- 

 seeded. 



medium size, annual, stem slender, becoming smooth ; 

 leaves 3-4 in., including stalk, stipules linear, minute, leaf- 

 lets 9-11, |-|- in. long, lanceolate with broad lip, nearly 

 short-pointed, wide apart, somewhat hairy ; flowers ^ in., 

 red, in long-stalked axillary racemes, 6-9 in., bracts hnear, 

 minute, calyx j^ in., bell-shaped, silky, teeth 5, lanceolate, 

 petals 5, standard broad, smooth, veined, wings short, 

 keel blunt, stamens 10, ah united, style thread-like, in- 

 curved ; pod ^--i in., kidney-shaped, expanded, faces woody, 

 deeply honey-combed,, edge armed with close minute spines, 

 one-seeded. Douie found the stipules larger than minute, 

 and the stamens not all united. 



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