Plants of the Punjab. 



261 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Hedysarum 

 microcalyx, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 147. 

 Himalaya, 

 9,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 

 Lahul. 



Leaflets many. 



medium size, stems stout, smooth, furrowed ; leaves, 

 includingthe stalk, 6-9 in., leaflets 11-13, oblong-lanceolate, 

 l-l-l in., wide apart, blunt, both sides green, smooth ; 

 flowers f-f, bright red, in loose racemes, 2-4 in., calyx ^ in., 

 bell-shaped, smooth, thin, teeth 5, minute, triangular with 

 a hard sharp point, petals 5, keel longer than standard, 

 stamens and style as in the last species ; pods 2-3, jointed, 

 |-| in., oblong, thin, smooth, both sutures distinctly mar- 

 gined. 



Smithia sensitiva, 



Oda-hrini. 



LEGUMINOSiE. 



F. B. L ii. 148. 

 The Plains'. 



medium size, annual, stems very slender, not bristly, 

 much branched ; leaves including stalk |-1 in., mid-rib 

 bristly, stipules thin, dry, wdth processes at the base, leaf- 

 lets 4-20, \-\ in. long, sensitive, oblong, blunt, bristly on 

 the mid-rib beneath and along the almost straight margin ; 

 flowers f in., yellow, 1-6 in short-stalked axillary racemes, 

 calyx J-J in., 2-lipped, lips entire, short-pointed, with a 

 few scattered pale yellow bristles, petals 5, standard cir- 

 cular, keel incurved, blunt, stamens 10, in 2 bundles of 

 5, style thread-like, incurved ; pod of 4-6 joints, joints 

 covered mth minute nipple-like projections, folded to- 

 gether inside the calyx. This plant is eaten as a pot herb, 

 and forms a useful fodder. 



Smithia geminiflora, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 149. 

 Himalaya, 

 1-3,000 ft. 



very like the last species, but with fewer leaflets, 

 more bristles on the mid-ribs and margins of leaflets, and 

 the flowers in pairs in the axils of leaves. 



Smithia ciliata, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. L ii. 150. 

 Himalaya, 

 3-6,000 ft. 

 Simla, Naldera 

 Collett). 



likr the last species, but flowers in dense shortly 

 stalked one-sided axillary racemes, bracteoles leafy, oblong, 

 with scatterf'd bristles, calyx upper lip sharply cut off, 

 lower lanceolate. 



