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Plants of the Punjab. 



Prostrate Herbs with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves, 



Petals ununited. 



Trigonella 

 poiycerata, 



Sainji, chini. 



LEGUMINOS-ffi;. 



P. B. I. ii. 87, 

 The plains to 

 6,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Lahore, 

 Baluchistan 

 (Stocks). 



small, annual, slender, covered with flat-lying velvety 

 felt ; leaves with 8 leaflets, leaflets |-| in., small, ovate 

 with a broad tip, upper half toothed, lower half entire, 

 wedge-shaped, nearly sessile, end one stalked, sharp tetth, 

 stipules jomed to the leaf stalk, lanceolate, long-pointed ; 

 flowers pale yellow, 2-4 in an umbel, umbel stalk without 

 bristle, calyx bell-shaped, hairy, teeth 5, distmct, nearly 

 equal, shorter than the tube, petals narrow, rather longer 

 than the calyx, standard and wings nearly equal, keel 

 shorter, blunt, stamens 10, upper free or nearly so, others 

 united, style smooth, slightly incurved ; pod 1-2 by -j\ in., 

 slightly flattened, curved, net-veined, smooth, 10-20-seeded. 



Trigonella gracilis, 



Leguminos^. 

 p. B. I. ii. 88. _ 

 Himalaya, 

 5-9,000 ft. 

 Naldera (Collett). 



smooth, or nearly so, stems 6-18 in., trailing, slender, 

 leaflets i-| in., stipules linear, faintly toothed, flowers 

 1-3 in an umbel, umbel stalk tipped with a bristle, calyx 

 slightly hairy, petals a little longer than the calyx, 

 pod I by. I in., flat, straight, marked with transverse 

 veins, 6-8-seeded ; for other .characters see the last species. 



Trigonella 

 pubesceus, 



LEGUMINOSiE. 



F. B. L ii. 88. 

 Ka hmr, 

 5-7,000 ft. 



Medieago 

 falcata, 



hke the last species, but stouter, dc^vny, umbel-stalk 

 not ending in a bristle, pod linear-oblong, 10-12-seeded. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound. 



Medieago lupulina. 

 Black Me dick. 

 Trefoil, 



Leguminos^. 

 p. B. 1. ii. 90. 

 The Plains to 

 30,000 ft. 

 Ba]u^hi?tan(f.409)t 



biennial, stem 12 in., trailing, finely downy ; leaves 

 with 3 leaflets, leaflets |-| in., ovate with the t'p broad, 

 upper part toothed, lower entire, lateral nearly sessile, 

 end one stalked, veins runn ng out into sharp teeth, 

 stipules narrowly lanceolate, long-pointed, united to the 

 leaf stalk ; flowers very small, bright yellow, many in round 

 or ovoid heads, ^ in. diam., calyx bell-shaped, teeth 5, dis- 

 tinct, petals twice as long as the calyx, slightly projecting 

 from the calyx, standard sessile, keel shorter than the wing 

 petals, blunt, ntamens 10, upper one free, others united, 

 style smooth, iucurved ; pod -^\r in., smooth, minute, sickle- 

 shaped, black when ripe, tip coiled, seed sohtary. This 

 plant forms good pasture with clover and grass. 



