Plants of the Punjab. 



561 



Prostrate Herbs with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Cassia mimosoides, 



Leguminos^. 



F. B. I. ii. 266. 



The Plains to 



5,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



Dharmpur. 



Rubus saxatills. 



Rosacea. 

 F. B. I. ii. 333. 

 Himalaya, 

 10-11,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



Rubus nutans, 



Rosacea. 



F. B.I. ii. 334 



Himalaya, 



8-10,000 ft. 



Simla (established). 



bracts \ in., silky, oblong roundish, with a short hard point, 

 calyx ^-f in,, densely bro%^Ti velvety, teeth almost equal, 

 corolla projecting far out of the calyx, keel much incurved, 

 distinctly beaked ; pod \ in., enclosed in the calyx, oblongs 

 finely hairy, one-seeded. 



perennial, stems several, hairy, spreading, branches 

 slender, downy ; leaves 1-2 in., leaflets 40-100, \ in., midrib 

 close to the upper margm, a small circular sessile gland 

 between or below the lowest pair ; flcwers \ in., yellow, 

 axillary, solitary or in clusters of 2-3, calyx 5-parted, lobes 



1.1 



-X m. 



8 4 



lanceolate-long-pointed, overlapping, petals 5, 

 nearly equal, spreading, upper one innermost, stamens 10, 

 all free, nearly equal ; pod H by \ in., flat, hairy, seeds 

 15-20. Var. dimidiata, Stamens 5. 



. perennial, woody, rhizome, short, erect, stems annual, 

 slender, prostrate or erect, smooth or slightly velvety, 

 no glands, prickles few, slender, straight ; leaves of 3 leaf- 

 lets, 5-8 in. long, leaf stalk 3-5 in., very slender, stipules 

 linear or linear ©blong, leaflets 2-3 in., thin, lateral almost 

 sessile with wedge-shaped bases, outer margin often lobed ; 

 flowers I in. diam., white, 1-4, shortly stalked on the top 

 of a slender main stalk, calyx withou' bracteoles, per- 

 sistent, tube spreading, lobes 5, petals 5, small, slender, 

 stamens many, fruit with few large scarlet drupes, stone 

 net- veined. 



rootstock perennial, stems annu-^.l, slehder, 12-24 

 in. long, covered with stiff red-brown hairs ; leaves 3|-7 

 in. long, leaf stalk 2-4 in., stipules large, broadly ovate 

 or oblong, entire or toothed, leaflets l|-3 in. diam., round, 

 almost lobed, doubly sharp-toothed, thin, dark green, 

 base wedge-shaped ; flowers 1| in. diam., white, usually 

 solitary, axillary, stalk stout, calyx tube woolly, lobes 

 |-| in., large, long-pointed, pinnately cut towards the tip, 

 shorttr than the ovate, broad-tipped petals, fruit of a few 

 scarlet drupes, stone smooth. 



Rubus Clarkei, stems very slender, covered with slender straight 



K0SACE.E. sharp prickles, loosely covered with spreading hairs : 



F. B. I. ii, 337. leaves 3-6 in., with 3 leaflets, stalk 1-3 in,, stipules p r- 



Kashmir, Sonamerg, si- tent, oblong, green, velvety, blunt or shoit-pointed, 



9,250 ft. entire or toothed, leaflets 2-3 in. across, round, blunt - 



(C. B. Clarke). toothed ; flowers \ in., drooping, soUtary in ihe lower axils 



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