PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 103','? 



Hekbs, erect, with Alternate Stipulate Compoukd Leaves. 



Leaflets Two-Three. 



Petals Dissimilar. 



is a common weed in cornfields, and is sometimes' 

 cultivated as a fodder crop. 



Melilotus alba, 

 White Melilot, 



Legumhstos^. 



F. B. I. ii. 89. 



The Plains to 13,000 ft. 



Simla (CoUett). 



Mianwalli District. 



very like the last species, but more robust and!, 

 taller, the racemes, flowers and pod are larger, and 

 the latter is often two-seeded. This plant is als© 

 used for fodder, and is fragrant when drying. 



Medicago falcata, medium size, perennial, nearly smooth, branches 



Medick, non-such, many ; leaves pinnately compound, leaflets 3, ^-1 



Legtjminos^e. in. long, narrowly oblong, upper part toothed, base 



F. B. I. ii. 90. entire, lateral leaflets sessile, terminal one stalked,. 



Himalaya, 5-10,000 ft. nerves prolonged to the teeth, stipules narrowly 

 Mashobra (Collett). lanceolate, long-pointed, united to the leaf- stalk ; 

 Kashmir. flowers f in., yellow in axillary stalked racemesv 



calyx i in., bell-shaped, teeth 5 , bristlelike, nearly 



equal, as long as the tube, petals 5, standard petal 



not stalked, keel shorter than the wing petals,. 



blunt, corolla twice as long as the calyx, stamens. 



10, upper one free, others united, style smooth,. 



incurved ; pod |-| in. long, sickle-shaped, smooth, 



seed, 5-10. 



Medicago sativa, 

 Lucerne, 



Alfafa, 

 Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 90. 

 The Plains to 5,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan (Boissier). 

 40 



very like the last species, of which it may be the 

 cultivated variety, but is more erect, less branched; 

 flowers purple or blue, and pods rough, twisted intO' 

 a double spiral. This plant is widely cultivated 

 as a fodder crop. 



