Plants oj the Punjab. 



555 



Prostrate Herbs with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Medicago 

 orbicularis, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 90. 

 Kashmir, 

 Baluchistan (Duke). 



Medicago laciniata, 



Leguminos.b. 

 F. B. I. ii. 90. 

 The Plains. 

 Baluchistazi 

 (Stocks). 



Petals ununited. 



like the last species, but annual, stipules cut deeply 

 into lobes, heads 2-3-flowered, petals projecting far out 

 of the calyx, pod |-| in. broad, with 4-5 flattened spirals, 

 unarmed. 



like the last species, but flowers in 1-2-flowered heads, 

 stalk with bristle, pod | in., nearly round with 4-5 sharply 

 armed spirals. 



Medicago 

 denticulata, 

 Toothed Medick, 



Leguminos^. 



The Plains to 



5,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



Peshawar. 



Baluchistan 



(Stocks). 



hke the last species, but rather longer, pod with 2-4 

 spirals, the veined face ^-^ in. broad without the spines 



which are hooked, 



T2'8 



1 



6 



i m, 



4 



long. 



Medicago minima, 

 Bur Medick, 



Leguminos-sj, 

 F. B. I.ii. 91. 

 Kashmir, 

 5-6,000 ft. 



like the last species, but stipules entire, stems less 

 than 6 in. long, pod | in. broad, nearly round, formed of 

 2-4 spirals, with 2 rows of hooked prickles. 



Lotus corniculatus. 

 Birds' foot trefoil, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I ii. 91. 

 Himalava, 

 2-10,000 ft. 

 Simla, Matiana, 

 Hatu (Collett), 

 Murree. 



perennial, smooth, stem slender, decumbent ; leaves 

 with 5 leaflets^ leaflets |:-| in. ovate with broad tip or ob- 

 long, almost sessile, stipules of minute glands ; flowers 

 ^ in. long, yellow, often streaked with pink, 5-10 in a long- 

 stalked axillary umbel, with a leaf of 3 leaflets beneath, 

 calyx bell-shaped, teeth 5, corolla twice as long as the 

 calyx, standard longer than the wings, keel incurved, 

 pointed, stamens 10, upper free, others united, 5 alter- 

 nate ones longer ; pod 1-1 1- in., straight, cylindric, seeds 

 several, divided by pith, 



