552 



Plants oj the Punjab, 



Prostrate Herbs, with Alternate Stipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Petals none. 



Polygonum 

 sibiricum, 



Polygonace^. 

 F. B. I. V. 52. 

 Himalaya, 

 11-12,000 ft, 

 Kangra. 



Rumex scutatus, 



small, smooth, root long, stem decumbent or erect, 

 branches many ; leaves 1-3 by -j-^i ^-f narrow, linear, 

 blunt, forked a^ the base, stipules short, thin; flowers 

 pink, in clusters of heads, ^-| in. diam., shorter than the 

 leaves, bracts minute, calyx j\ in. long, nearly round, 

 lobes broadly oblong, stamens 5-8 ; nut oblong-ovate, 

 3-angled, black, shining. 



see Prostrate Herbs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple, 



Prostrate Herbs with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Oxalis cornieulata, 



Amhoti, amlika. 

 Geraniace^, 

 P. B. I. i. 436. 

 The Plams to 

 8,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Baluchistan 

 (Lace). 



small, annual or perennial, creeping, branches ascend- 

 ing, hairy, stems much branched, rooting at the joints ; 

 leaves \-l in. across, long-stalked, stipules united at the 

 stalk, leaflets 3, pale green, narrow at the base, broad at 

 the tip ; flowers yellow, in small long stalked clusters, sepals 

 5, free, overlapping, petals 5, tip broadest, twice as long 

 as the sepals, notched, stamens 10, styles 5, distinct ; 

 capsule 5-celled, \-\ in., tipped with the styles, nearly 

 cylindric, felted, seeds many, small. The leaves are con- 

 sidered to be cooling and the juice removes warts. 



Argyroiobium 

 roseum. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound. 



Crotalaria 

 medicaginea, 



Gidabi. 



Leguminos^. 



P. B. L ii. 81. 



The Plains to 



5,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



Suni. 



Bhaimpur. 



Baluchistan 



(Stocks). 



small, perennial, green, branches many, slender, thinly 

 covered with flat-lymg silky hairs ; leaves with 3 leaflets, 

 leaflets |-| m., nearly sessile, broadly wedge-shaped or 

 narrowly ovate with a broad tip, stipules minute ; flowers 

 I in. long, yellow, in 2-6 flowered racemes, calyx 2-lipped, 

 teeth 5, long, Ihaear, 2 lower united, velvety, corolla twice 

 as long as the calyx, standard orbicular, wing petals shorter 

 than the standard keel, strongly incurved, pointed, stamens 

 10, all united in a tube, style strongly curved, bearded on 

 the inner side below the stigma ; pod -f in., globose, velvety, 

 seeds 2. 



