Plants of the Punjab. 



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Climbing Plants with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



VignaCatiang, 

 vai. sinensis, 

 Lohia, raioan. 

 Leguminos-s;. 

 F. B. I. ii. 205. 

 The Plains. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Hughes-Buller). 



annual, smooth, twining; leaves of 3 pinnate leaf- 

 lets, leaflets 3-6 in., broadly or narrowly ovate, entiie 

 or sl'ghtly lobed stipules ^-| in., ovate-lanceolate, per- 

 sistent; flowers 1 in., yellow or reddish, 'few in almost round 

 ed racemes, calyx | in., bell-shaped, teeth sharp-poiuted, 

 corolla far -protruding, keel not lobed, stamens 10, all 

 united but the upper one, style long, thread-like, not twist- 

 ed ; pod 4-24 in. ilong, linear, slightly constricted between 

 the seeds, 10-15-seeded. Cultivated with millets in the 

 kharif for its seeds as food, and its stalks and leaves for 

 fodder. 



Vigna vexillata, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 206. 

 The Plains to 

 8,000 ft. 



Simla, on grassy 

 slopes ( Collet t). 



Clitoria Ternatea, 



Aparajit. 

 Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 208. 

 The Plains. 



Dolichos Lablab, 



Sem, semhi, kala 

 lohia 



Leguminos-e. 

 F. B. I. ii. 209. 

 The Plains to 

 6.000 ft. 



root spindle-shaped, perenn'al, roughly hairy, twin-ng 

 or trailing ; leaves of 3 leaflets, leaflets 2-6 in. long, broadly 

 ovate or lanceolate, short- or long-po nted, rounded at the 

 base, lateral almost sessile, end one sta ked, st pu'es -|--| 

 in., lanceolate ; flowers 1 in., reddish -purple, 2-4, on very 

 long stalks, bracteoles needle-like, calyx | in., s !ky, bell- 

 shaped, teeth 5, lanceolate, corolla much protruded, stand- 

 ard circular, spreading, keel beaked, much incurved blunt, 

 not spiral, stamens 10, all united but tl^e upper one ; pod 

 8 4 in., slender, 10-15-seeded. 



perennial, woody, downy, slender ; leaves 4 n. 'ong, 

 leaflets 3-7, 1-2 in. long, ovate or oblong, blunt, almost 

 leathery, stipules small, thin, persistent ; flowers l|-2 in., 

 bright blue with orange or white centre, solitary, axillary, 

 bracteoles large, blunt, calyx |-f in., tubu'ar, thin, teeth 

 5, lanceolate, corolla w th spoon-shaped large standard, 

 wings and incurved keel much shorter, stamens-10, all 

 united, or all but one united, style incurved, flattened ; 

 pod 2-4 in., flattish, linear, slightly hairy, 6-10-seeded. This 

 plant suppUes a dye from the flowers and seeds, different 

 parts are used medicinally, as emetics and cathartics like 

 jalap. The plant is sacred to Durga. 



perennial or annual, nearly -mooth, twining, root 

 tuberous; leaves 4-12 in. long, stalks 2-8 in., 'eaflet; 3, 

 2-6 in. long, ovate, short-pointed, entire, base wedge- 

 shaped, stipules \ in., anceolate : flowers | n. wh te or 

 pink, in loose racemes, 6-9 in. long, on stalks 5 8 in. long, 

 bracteoles ob'ong. calyx | n., ber-shaped teeth 5, hort, 

 triangular, corolla much protruded, kee' blunt or beaked, 

 stamens 10, all but upper one united, s yle thickened 

 upwards ; pod l|-2 in., flat, linear or oblong, recurved, 

 tipped with he style base, seeds 3-5. Cultivated for it ■ 

 green pods. 



