Plants of the Punjab. 



645 



LEAFLESS PLANTS. 



Shrubs, 



Petals none. 



Ephedra pachyclada, like the last species but larger, stouter, rougher, 



Gnetace^. bracts margined. The plant is used for tanning and the 



F. B. I. V. 641. fruit is eaten, 



Himalaya, 



7-15,500 ft. 



Kashmir, 



Herbs. 



Petals ununited. , 



Lathyrus Aphaca, 

 Yellow Vetchling, 



Beivan, rewari. 

 Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 179. 

 The Plains to 

 7,000 ft. 

 Kundal, Rohtak. 



annual, stems trailmg, prostrate, wingless, slender, 

 leaves and leaflets none, stipules 2, leaflike, forked, with 

 a long tendril between them ; flowers ^ in., yellow, one to 

 two on a long stalk, calyx ^ in., bell-shaped, oblique, teeth 

 5, petals 5, slender, broad, erect, notched, keel nearly 

 straight, blunt, shorter than the wings, stamens 10, all 

 united but the upper one, style mcurved ; pod 1-1 J in., 

 linear-oblong, wingless, 4-6-seeded. This plant is some- 

 times cultivated for fodder. 



Monotropa uniflora, 



Monotropace^, 

 F. B. I. iii. 476. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-8,000 ft. 

 -Simla, the Glen, 

 Narkanda (Collett). 



smooth, stem erect, leafless, with scales, parasitic, 

 waxy white, scales | in., broadly lanceolate ; flowers | 

 in., waxy white, sohtary, nodding, sepals 4, free, scale- 

 like, nearly as long as the petals, petals 5, free, overlapping, 

 stamens 10, nearly as long as the petals, style short, thick ; 

 capsule erect, 5-celled, seeds many, minute. 



Hypopitys 

 lanuginosa, 



Monotfopace-^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 476. 

 Himalaya, 

 8-10,000 ft. 

 Mashobra, 

 Narkanda. 



like the last species, but yellow brown, scales ovate, 

 oblong, flowers yellow brow:i in a bracteate raceme, end 

 flowers 5 petals, 10 stamens, others 4 petals, 8 stamens, 

 petals I in., hairy within. This plant is found in pine 

 forests. 



Petals united. 



Caralluma edulis, 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simp'e. 



