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Herbs, erect, with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Leaflets Two-Three. 



Petals Dissimilar. 



shorter, blunt, a little longer than the calyx, sta- 

 mens 10, upper nearly or quite free, others united : 

 pod 2-3 in. long, often curved, long-beaked, seeds 

 10-20. This plant is cultivated as a fodder crop 

 and a pot herb, the seeds are used as a spice and 

 as a medicine. 



see Prostrate Herbs, Alternate, Stipulate, Com- 

 pound. 



medium size, often robust, smooth, much branch- 

 ed; leaflets 3. 3-J in. long, ovate with a broad tip, 

 deeply toothed ; stipules linear bristly, deeply 

 toothed ; flowers 4-6 rarely 12, racemes on stalks 

 1-2 in. long, terminating in a distinct point, calyx 

 ^-g- in., smooth, teeth linear as long as the tube 

 corolla twice or thrice as long as the calyx ; pod \- 

 f ^J i-z ^^-1 linear-oblong, smooth, straight, seeds 

 4-6; otherwise like the last described species. 



very like the last species, but the calyx teeth are 

 shorter, the pod is recurved instead of straight. 



Trigonella polycerata, 



Trigonella Emodi, 



Leguminos.^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 88. 

 Himalaya, 4-11,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 

 Marali. 



Baluchistan (Hughes- 

 BuUer). 



Trigonella cornlcuiata, 



LEGUMINOSiE. 



F. B. I. ii. 88. 



The Plains to 12,000 ft. 



Kashmir. 



Simla (Collett). 



Melilotus parviflora, 

 or indica, 

 Melilot, 



Sinji, metlia. 



Leguminos^. 



The Plains to 3,000 ft. 



Jcengi. 



Mianwalli District. 



medium size, annual, slender, leaves pinnately 

 compound, leaflets \-^ m., ovate or oblong, only 

 upper part toothed, base entire, lateral leaflets 

 nearly sessile, terminal one stalked, nerves prolong- 

 ed to the teeth, stipules linear, long-pointed, 

 united to the leaf-stalk, apex notched ; flowers 

 5^2 in., yellow in long axillary recemes, 1 in. long, 

 in fruit lengthened to 2 in., calyx ^4 in., teeth 5, 

 triangular, petals o, ^V iu. soon falling oS'; pod J^- 

 ^ in., tipped by the style, one-seeded. This plant 



