Plants of the Punjab. 



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Prostrate Herbs with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves, 



Petals ununited. 



a small hard knob just above the short stalk, two lateral 

 wing petals shorter than the standard, the lower petal 

 (keel) strongly curved, pointed, stamens 10, all united 

 in a tube split along the upper side, 5 stamens long, 5 short, 

 style strongly curved, bearded on the inner side below the 

 stigma ; pod | in. long, oblong, smooth, shortly stalked, 

 6-8-seeded. 



Crotalaria hlrsuta, 



LEGUMrNOS-E. 



F. B. I. ii. 68. 



The Plams to 

 4,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



small, perennial, hairy, trailing over the ground or 

 other plants, leaves 1-2 in., ovate, sessile, short-pointed, 

 stipules linear, minute, flowers | in. long, yellow, sometimes 

 spotted with purple, in 2-3-flowered racemes on stalks 

 shorter than the leaves, calyx hairy, petals 1| times as 

 long as the calyx, pod f in., oblong, densely hairy, seeds 

 8-10 ; for other characters see the last species. 



Indigof era linif olia, 



Torki. 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 92. 

 The Plams. 



small, perennial, procumbent, silvery velvety with 

 laterally attached hairs, stems many, much-branched ; 

 leaves |-1 in. long, hnear, pointed at both ends, silvery 

 above and below, stipules minute, bristly ; flowers ^ in. 

 long, bright red or white, in 6-12-flowered copious dense 

 nearly sessile racemes, calyx -JL in., bell-shaped, silvery, 

 teeth 5, long, linear, bristle-hke, corolla 2-3 times as long 

 as the calyx, soon falling off, standard petal ovate with a 

 broad tip, keel straight, blunt, stamens 10, upper free, 

 others united, style smooth, curved in ; pod minute, round, 

 unarmed, one-seeded, seeds round, shinmg. The seeds 

 are eaten as bread in times of famine, and used medicinally 

 in febrile eruptions. 



Alysicarpus 

 monilifer, 



Leguminos-e. 

 F.B. I. ii. 157. 

 The Plains. 



Alysicarpus 

 hamosus, 



Leguminos-e. 

 F.B. I. ii. 157. 

 The Plains. 



small, perennial, hairy, stems densely tufted ; leaves 

 I in., oblong, blunt, often heart-shaped, smooth, stalked ; 

 flowers j\-^ in., pale pink, in close 4-8 -flowered racemes, 

 calyx obscurely hairy, teeth 5, very narrow, rigid, corolla 

 not longej than the calyx, stamens 10, upper stamen free, 

 others united, pod |-f in. long, necklace-shaped, 2-6- 

 jointed, densely covered with hooked hairs. 



small, stem densely covered with short spreading hairs, 

 branches many, spreading, half erect, leaves |-1 J in., cir- 

 cular, blunt, shortly stalked, flowers in 4-6-flowered ra- 

 cemes, calyx ^\ in., pod ^-| in., flattened, 3-5-jointed- 

 netted, velvety ; for other characters see the last species 



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