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Hebbs, erect, with Alteknate Stipulte Lobed Leaves. 



Petals None. 



calyx of 4 sepals, petals none, stamens 4, female 

 flowers calyx tubular with a small 3-toothed 

 mouth, splitting in fruit, style long, thread-like, 

 persistent, stigma minute ; capsule (achene) broad, 

 flattened, ovate, black. 



Herbs, erect, with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 

 Leaflets Two-Three. 



Thermopsisi barbata, 



Leguminos-«. 

 F. B. I. ii. 62. 

 Himalaya, 8-12,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 

 Patarnala (Collett). 



Argyrolobium roseum, 



Leoumxnos^. 



F. B. I. ii. 64. 



The Plains to 6,000 ft. 



Rawalpindi. 



Kahuta (Douie). 



Baluchistan (Boissier). 



Petals Dissimilar. 



small to medium-size, perennial, rootstock woody, 

 stems tufted, branches many, densely shaggy ; 

 leaves of 3 sessile leaflets with leaf-like stipules at 

 the base, each node appearing to have a tuft of sim- 

 ple leaves, leaflets smooth or hairy, lanceolate, 1-2 

 in., entire ; flowers dark-purple, 1 in. long, clustered 

 in short axillary racemes forming a terminal branch- 

 ed raceme, bracts shaggy, united at the base or free, 

 calyx top-shaped, 5-toothed, teeth lanceolate, two 

 upper more or less united, three lower twice the 

 tube, petals 5, all long stalked, posterior (standard) 

 largest, circular, sides turned back, 2 wing petals, 

 ovate, outer part broader, 2 keel petals faintly 

 joined, oblong-ovate, stamens 10, ununited, style 

 thread-like, incurved ; pot 1-2 by |^-f in., linear- 

 oblong, short-pointed, seeds 2-6. 



small, perennial, thinly silky, branches slender, 

 spreading or prostrate ; leaves digitately compound, 

 leaflets 3, ^ in., ovate with a broad rounded tip, 

 base wedge-shaped, sessile, leaf-stalk equal to or 

 shorter than the leaves, stipules minute, linear, 

 persistent, ununited ; flowers f in., pink or yellow 

 tinged with pink in 1-4 flowered leaf -opposed stalk- 

 ed racemes, longer than the leaves, calyx J in., 2- 

 lipped, slit nearly to the base, o distinct teeth, 2 to 

 the upper, 3 to the lower lip, smooth, lanceolate, 

 petals 5, hardly longer than the calyx, standard 

 ©blong-circular, notched longer than the upper lip of 



