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Plants of the Punjab, 



Prostrate Herbs with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited, 



Lathynis Aphaca 



Lathyrus sativus, 



Kisari. 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 180. 

 The Plains to 

 4,000 ft. 

 Kalabagh, 

 Indus Valley. 



see Leafless Plants, Herbs, Petals Ununited. 



annual, smooth, much branched, trailing, stems 4- 

 angled, winged : leaves ending in a 3-fid tendril, leaflets 

 2, linear-lanceolate, long-pointed, entire, stipules broad, 

 entire, long-pointed, partly forked ; flowers blue purple, 

 pmk or white, f m., solitary, stalk longer than the leaf 

 stalks, calyx teeth spreading, lanceolate, twice as long as 

 the tube, standard blue purple, broad, keel pink ; pod 1| in., 

 upper margin 2-winged, seeds 4 or 5. A prolonged diet 

 of this pulse is supposed to cause paralysis. 



Lathyrus sphaericus, hke the last species, but stem wingless, flowers red- 



Leguminos^. dish, as long as the calyx, pod linear, wingless, many- 



F. B. I. ii. 180. 



The Plains to 

 5,500 ft. 

 Simla (CoUett). 



Lathyrus pratensis. 

 Meadow pea, 



Leguminos-e. 

 F. B. Lii. 180. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-8,000 ft. 

 Mahasu, Fagu, 

 (Collett). 

 Kashmir, 



Lathyrus 

 Inconspicuus, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. L ii. 180. 

 The Plains to 

 6,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett), 

 Baluchistan 

 (Stocks). 



seeded. 



hke the last species, but perennial, the 2 leaflets 

 lanceolate, flowers yellow, many in long-stalked racemes, 

 3 times the calyx. 



like Lathyrus Sphaericus, but leaf stalk not winged, 

 leaf ending in a bristle not a tendril. 



Phaseolus trilobus, 



Mungani, 

 Leguminos^. 

 F. B. Lii. 201. 

 The Plams to 

 7,000 ft, 



annual, or perennial, stems slender, trailing not 

 twining, smooth or slightly hairy ; leaves of 3-leaflets 

 stipules large, oval, leaflets 1-2 in. long, deeply 3-lobed 

 central division spoon-shaped, lateral nearly sessile, en^ 

 one long-stalked ; flowers | in. long, pale yellow, in short 

 head-like axillary racemes, bracteoles ovate, calyx ben. 



