PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



1031 



Herbs, erect,, with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Leaflets Two-Three. 



Petals Dissimilar. 



the calyx^ wings oblong, keel broadly oblong, blunt, 

 shorter than the standard, stamens 10, all united, 

 -5 longer with large anthers attached at the end, 5 

 shorter with smaller anthers attached in the middle, 

 style long, thread-like, incurved ; pod | in, long, 

 <9rect, straight, narrow, flattened, seeds 10-15. 



Lotononis Leobordca, 



JjEGUMINOS.E. 



F. B. I. ii. 64. 



Peshawar (Stewart). 

 Baluchistan (Hughes- 

 Buller). 



small, annual, finely silky, branches many, spread- 

 ing ; leaves digitately compound, leaflets 3, J-f in. 

 long, lanceolate, rather fleshy, tip blunt, broad, with 

 a minutely fine point, leaf stalks as long as the 

 leaves, stipules minute, lanceolate, soon falling oft'; 

 flowers \ in., pale yellow or red, nearly sessile, 1-5, 

 in the axils of most of the leaves, calyx |-i in., silky 

 teeth 5, lowest tooth deepest, petals 5, a little longer 

 than the calyx, standard narrow, wings shorter, nar- 

 rower, keel petals firmly united, longer, tip sharply 

 incurved, stamens 10, united in a tube, slit along 

 the top, anthers as in the last species ; pod linear- 

 oblong, scarcely longer than the calyx, seeds 4-8. 



Crotalaria medieaginea, see Prostrate Herbs, Alternate, Stipulate, Oom- 



Ijound. 



Ononis hircina, see Shrubs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Com- 



pound. 



Trifolium pratense, see Prostrate Herbs, Alternate, Stipulate, Com- 



pound. 



Trigonella 



Foenum-grcecum, 

 Fenugreek, 



Methi. 



Leguminos^. 



F. B. I. ii. 87. 



The Plains to 5,000 ft. 



Kashmir. 



Hazara. 



Baluchistan (Lace). 



medium-size, annual, cultivated, strongly scented, 

 robust, nearly smooth ; leaves pinnately compound, 

 leaflets f-1 in. long, lanceolate-oblong, tip broad, 

 toothed, lateral nearly sessile, terminal stalked ner- 

 ves prominent running into the teeth, stipules lanceo- 

 late, entire, long pointed, united to the leaf-stalk ; 

 flowers small, pale yellow in short racemes at the 

 end of axillary stalk, often bristle tipped, calyx 

 \-l^ in., bell-shaped, teeth 5, distinct, linear, petals 

 5, narrow, standard and wings nearly equal, keel 



