Plants of the Punjab. 



463 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 

 Oxytropis Thomsoni, very like the last species, but leaves longer, 4-6 in., 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I.ii. 138. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-15,000 ft. 

 Kashmir, Lahul. 



leaflets |-1 in. long, 13-5, not so densely silky, flowers in 

 racemes 3-4 in. long, flower stalks equal to or a little 

 longer than the leaves, corolla twice as long as the calyx, 

 pod 4-6-seeded. 



Oxytropis tatarica, 



Leguminos^. 

 F.B. I.ii. 138. 

 Himalaya, 

 13-17,000 ft. 

 Ladak, Spiti. 



Hke the last species, but very small, only 3-4 in. 

 high, leaves |-1 in. long, leaflets |-f in. long, stipules minute, 

 flowers yellow, rarely tipped with purple, 20-40, in very 

 dense long-stalked heads, calyx |-| in., densely white silky, 

 corolla half as long again as the calyx, pod |-f in. sessile 

 swollen, round-oblong, 5-6-seeded, shaggy with dense 

 loose white silky hairs. 



Oxytropis 

 microphylla, 



Niargal, talsha. 

 Leguminos^. 

 F.B. I.ii. 139. 

 Himalaya, 

 11-16,000 ft. 

 Spiti. 



Geum urbanum, 



Geum elatum, 



Fragaria indica, 

 The Indian 

 Strawberry, 



Paljor, musrini. 

 Rosacea. 

 F. B.I. ii. 343. 

 Himalaya, 

 3-8,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mashcbra 

 (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 



small, perennial, sfcemless, 3-8 in. high, tufts at the 

 top of a woody rootstock, the triangular, interlacing sti- 

 pules covered with dense tufts of long white silky hairs 

 leaf l|-3 in. long, short-stalked, leaflets |-^ in. long, linear- 

 oblong, crowded, 2 pairs often opposite each other, form- 

 ing a circle, edges much reflexed, flowers | in. long, purple. 

 4-15, in heads, at first close, then becoming 2-3 in. long, 

 on flower stalks equal to or longer than the leaves, calyx 

 covered with large sessile glands, pod linear, sessile, swollen, 

 recurved, seeds 20-30 ; for other characters see the last 

 species. This plant is browsed by yaks and sheep. 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Stipulate, Lobed. 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Stipulate, Lobed. 



small, perennial, silky hairy, rootstock stout with 

 many long slender prostrate stems ; leaves mostly radical, 

 tufted, long-stalked, digitately compound, leaflets |-li in., 

 sessile, ovate, toothed, teeth small, often blunt, stipules 

 joined to the leaf stalk, broad, toothed, stem leaves few, 

 often simple ; flowers |-1 in.diam., yellow, nodding, axillary 

 or few in terminal clusters on slender naked stalks 1-5 in., 

 equalling the leaf stalks, calyx persistent, tube spreadino-, 

 bearing on its outer margin, 5 bracteoles alternating 

 with 5 calyx lobes, bracteoles large, 3-lobed, lobes ovate or 

 lanceolate, petals 5, broadly ovate with a broad tip, heart- 

 shaped, stamens many ; achenes many, minute, sunk in 

 the surface of a succulent red convex receptacle , 



