Plants oj the Punjab. 



265 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 

 ♦ Leaflets many. 



Lathyrus altaicus, 



LBGUMIN0S.a3. 



F. B. L ii. 180. 

 Himalaya, 

 15-8,000 ft. 

 Chonab Valley 

 (Eoyle). 



Lathyrus luteus, 



Legumixos.i3. 

 F 13. I. 11. 180. 

 Himalaya, 

 8-10,000 ft. 

 Masliobra, 

 Mahasii, Matiaiia. 

 Hattu (Collett). 

 Salt Range. 



Phaseolus Mungo, 



Phaseolus calcaratus, 



Cassia occidentalism 



Cassia Sophera, 



Cassia Tora or 

 obtusifolia, 

 Fetid Cassia, 



Panwar, chakunda. 



LEGUMINOS.Ti. 



¥. B. I. ii. 263. 

 The Plains to 

 5,000 ft. 

 Naldera. 

 Siitlcj Valley 

 (Collett). 

 Kaiigra Valley. 



small, perennial, smooth ; leaves 2-3 in., terminated 

 by a long tendril, stipules lanceolate with a tail-like point, 

 slightly toothed, leaflets 6-8, |-f in., broad, oblong, thin 

 with a bluish waxy gloss ; flowers f in., reddish, in 3-6- 

 flowered loose one-sided racemes on stalks, 2-4 in. lonf^. 

 calyx I m., 5-toothed, upper teeth triangular, lower Imear, 

 petals 5, standard broad, keel shorter than the win»s, 

 stamens 10, upper free, others united, style flattened, 

 bearded on the inner side ; pod cylindrical or flattish. 



medium size, perennial, smooth, leaves 8-5 in., ending 

 in a bristle, stipules large, leafy, base 2-lobed, leaflets 6-8, 

 2-4 in. long, tliin, short-pointed, pale green, flowers 1 in., 

 yellow, in 6-12-flowered stalked racemes, equal to or longer 

 than the leaves, calyx |-| in., teeth 5, upper triangular, 

 lower lanceolate, poil 2-3 in., linear, beaked, seeds many ; 

 otherwise like the last species. 



see Prostrate Herbs, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound. 

 see Prostrate Herbs, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound, 

 see Shrubs, Erect, Alternate, Stipiflate, Compound, 

 see Shrubs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound. 



large, annual, shrub-like, foetid ; leaves 2-4 



in., 



stalked, stipules f in., linear, soon falling off, main leaf 

 stalk grooved, conical gland between the lowest pair of 

 leaflets, leaflets 6, 1-2 in. long, oblong-ovate with a broad 

 triangular tip, obliquely rounded at the base, thin, green, 

 smooth or rather velvety on both surfaces ; flowers |^ in. long, 

 bright yellow, hi nearly sessile axillary pairs, calyx divided 

 into 5 nearly to the base, lobes green, petals 5, nearly 

 equal, stamens 10, 7 perfect, 8 minute, abortive, style in- 

 curved ; pod 8-10 in., nearly cylindrical, divided by obhque 

 partitions, sutures broad, seeds 30-35, flattened, brown 

 shining. The leaves, seeds and roots arc used, the first as 

 an aperient, the second as a substitute for coffee, and the 

 thhd as a cure for dhobie's itch. It is a very common weed 

 which flowers during the rains. 



