Plants of the Punjab, 



617 



PEOSTEATB PLANTS, 

 Prostrate Shrubs with Opposite Exstipulaxb Simple Lbavbs. 



Petals united, 

 see Shrubs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 see Shrubs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 see Shrubs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 see Leafless Plants, PetaL None, 

 Prostrate Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves, 



Petals ununited. 



Lonicera parvifolia. 

 Thymus Serpyllum, 

 Micromeria biflora. 

 Ephedra vulgaris^ 



Capparis spinosa, 



Alysicarpus 

 vaginalis, 



Desmodium 

 triquetrum, 

 var. pseudo- 

 triquetrum, 



(D. C. Prod, ii. 326). 



LEGUMINOS-aE. 



P. B. Lii. 163. 

 Himalaya, 

 along the base, 

 east of the Eavi to 

 4,000 ft. 

 Kangra, 



Flemingia 

 strobilifera, 

 var. fruticulosa, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 227. 

 Himalaya, 

 4-9,000 ft. 

 Simla (CoUett), 

 Daihousie, 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple, 



see Prostrate H rbs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple, 



small, branches prostrate, grooved, triangular, almost 

 smooth, leaflet one, 4-5 in. long, narrowly oblong-lanceo- 

 late, short-pointed, base rounded or almost heart-shaped, 

 green, smooth, netted on both sides, 2 stipels small, 

 united to the upper margin of the wing of the leaflet stalk, 

 stalk 1 in., broadly whaged, ->tipules |-| in., persistent ; 

 flowers I in., purple^ in narrow axillary and terminal ra- 

 cemes, 6-10 in. long, consisting of solitary clustered 

 flowers in the axils of thin stipule-like bracts with similar 

 but smaller ones at their base, calyx ^ in., bell-shaped, 

 teet^ 5, upper 2 teeth triangular, lower 3 linear, corolla 

 ^ in., upper petal (standard) broad, outermost, 2 lateral 

 (wing) petals more or less adherent to the two united lower 

 petals (keel) blunt, stamens 10, in two bundles of 9 and 

 of 1, style incurved, stigma minute., round; pod 1-2 in. 

 long, joints 6-8, thin, a little broader than long, smooth, 

 except for a few flat-lying bans along the sutures. 



small, branches prostrate, 6-18 in., spreading from the 

 root ; leaves l|-3 in., ovate or nearly circular, dark green- 

 roddish when young, folded into plaits, nerves prominent 

 below, stipules | in., linear ; flowers ^ in. long, pink or 

 white, in small clusters enclosed by folded, transparent, 

 dry, cn-cular bracts, nearly f in. across, arranged in 2 

 rows in short racemes, with zigzag central stalk, bracts 

 shortly stalked, | m. long, deeply heart-shaped, calyx J 

 in„ finely hairy, teeth 5, lanceolate, lowest longest, corolla 



