602 



Plants oj the Punjab, 



Climbing Plants with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves, 



Petals ununited. 



Dolichos biflorus, 

 Horse Gram, 



Kulti, hulat 



Leguminosje. 



P. B. I. ii. 210. 



The Plains to 



5,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



Atylosia mollis, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 213. 



Himalaya, 

 2-6.000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla, 

 Haripur (Collett). 

 Chamba. 



like the last species, but leaves smaller, flowers yellow, 

 one or two almost sessile in the axils of leaves. The seeds 

 are eaten but are indigestible, the stems and leaves are used 

 for fodder. 



Atylosia 

 scarabaeoides, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 215. 

 The Plains to 

 6,000 ft. 



Atylosia platyearpa, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I, ii. 216. 

 Himalaya, 

 1-8,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Rhynchosia aurea, 



LEGUMINOS-aS. 



F. B. I.ii. 221. 



The Plains to 

 3,000 ft. 

 Kan-^ra Valley, 



perennial, densely velvety or felted, stems long, 

 twining ; leaves of 3 leaflets, with resmou dots and felted 

 beneath, leaflets 1-2 in., ovate, nearly equal, lateral 

 almost sessile, end one stalked, stipules minute, soon fall- 

 ing off; flowers 1-1| in., yellow, in axillary racemes, calyx 

 I in,, grey, dov^Tiy, teeth 5, almost equal, short-pointed, 

 lowest longest, corolla twice the calyx, remaining till the 

 pod is developed, standard circular, spreading, keel blunt, 

 slightly incurved, stamens 10, all united but upper one, 

 style thread-hke, incurved, smooth : pod l|-2 in., oblong, 

 flat, grey-velvety, grooves between the seeds, tipped with 

 the style base, seeds 8-10. 



like the last species, but less velvety, branches often 

 trailing, leaflets smaller, flowers smaller, in axillary clusters 

 corolla soon iallmg off, pod smaller, densely hairy, seeds 

 4-6. 



like the last species, but more slender, leaflets circular 

 flowers a little larger, corolla soon falling off, as in the 

 last species. 



annual, stems very slender, widely traihng, covered 

 with fine and spreading hairs ; leaves with 3 pinnate 'eaf- 

 lets, stalks 1-3 in., leaflets |-2 in. across, ovate with a broad 

 tip, end one stalked, stipules minute, lanceolate ; flowers 

 |-| in., bright yellow, in close many-flowered short stalked 

 raceme:, calyx teeth bristle-like, lowest longest, corolla 

 hardly projecting, keel incurved, not beaked, stamens 10 

 all united but the upper one, style long, thread-like, much 

 ncurved ; pod f-| in. across, round, thin-walled tipped 

 with the sty'.e base, 2-seeded, with a I'aint line showing 

 between the seeds, seeds with a waxy appendage. 



