Plants of the Punjah» 



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Prostrate Herbs with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves, 



Petals ununited. 



shaped, teeth 5, 2 upper united, lowest tooth longest 

 petals much longer than the calyx, standard round, spread 

 ing, keel narrow, long, blunt, twisted in a complete spiral 

 stamens 10, upper free, others united, style spirally twist 

 ed, bearded below the oblique stigma ; pod 1-2 in., curved 

 cylindric, smooth, seeds 6-12. This plant is sometimes 

 cultivated, chiefly for fodder or the food of the poor. 



Phaseolus 

 aconitifolius. 



Moth. 



Leguminosjb. 

 F. B. I. ii. 202. 

 The Plains to 

 4,000 ft. 

 Baluchistanl I 

 (Hughes-Buller). 



like the last species, but stipules lanceolate, much 

 smaller, central division of leaflets strap-shaped, not 

 spoon-shaped, bracteoles linear, pods stouter. The whole 

 plant forms excellent fodder, the pulse is not much eaten 

 or liked. 



Phaseolus Mungo, 



3 



see CHmbing Herbs, Alternate, Stipulate, Compoimd, 



Phaseolus calearatus, see Climbing Plants, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound. 



Desmodium 

 triflorum, 



Kudaliya. 

 Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 173. 

 The Plains to 

 6,000 ft. 

 Giri Valley 

 (CoUett). 

 Kashmir, 



perennial, hairy, much branched, stems tufted, pros- 

 trate, sometimes rooting at the joints, 6-18 in. ; leaves 

 of 3 leaflets, | in. long, stalk I in., stipules lanceolate, 

 persistent, leaflets |-^ in., ovate with a broad base, wedge- 

 shaped, thin, smooth above, sparsely covered with 

 flat-lying hairs beneath ; flowers ^ in. long, bright blue, 

 soUtary on hairy drooping, thread-like stalks in leaf- 

 opposed clusters of 2-6, calyx densely hairy, teeth 5, 

 very long, 2 upper united, 3 lower distinct, equal, 

 petals longer than the calyx, standard broad, erect, 

 keel nearly straight, blunt, stamens 10, upper nearly 

 or quite free, others united, style incurved, smooth ; pod 

 l-^ in., sessile, slightly curved, net-veined, upper margin 

 straight, lower slightly mdented, joints 3-5, joints one- 

 seeded. This plant is common in pastures and forms 

 good fodder, 



