PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



1045 



Herbs, erect, with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Leaflets Many. 



Petals Dissimilar. 



hard sharp point, petals 5, keel longer than stand- 

 ard, stamens and style as in the last species ; pod 

 2-3 jointed, ^-f in., oblong, thin, smooth, both 

 sutures distinctly margined. 



Smithia sensitiva, medium-size, annual, stems very slender, not 



Oda-brini. bristly, much branched; leaves including stalk ^-1 in., 



Leguminos^. midrib bristly, stipules thin, dry with processes at 



F. B. I. ii. 148. the base, leaflets 4-20, \-^ in. long, sensitive, 



The Plains. oblong, blunt, bristly on the midrib beneath and 



along the almost straight margins ; flowers f in., 

 yellow, 1-6 in short stalked axillary racemes, calyx 

 J-5 in., 2-lipped, lips entire, short-pointed, with a 

 few scattered pale yellow bristles, petals 5, stand- 

 ard circular, keel incurved, blunt, stamens 10, in 

 two bundles of five, style thread-like, incurved ; 

 pod of 4-6 joints, joints covered with minute 

 nipple-like projections, folded together inside the 

 calyx. This plant is eaten as a potherb, and 

 forms a useful fodder. 



Smithia geminiflora, 



Leguminos^e. 

 F. B. I. ii. 149. 

 Himalaya, 1-3,000 ft. 



very like the last species, but with fewer leaflets, 

 more bristles on the midribs and margins of 

 leaflets, and the flowers in pairs in the axils of 

 leaves. 



Smitiiia ciiiata, 



LEGUMINOSiE. 



F. B. I. ii. 150. 

 Himalaya, 3-6,000 ft. 

 Simla, Naldera 

 (CoUett). 



small to medium-size, annual, stem slender, not 

 bristly ; flowers in dense shortly stalked one-sided 

 axillary racemes, bracteoles leafy, oblong with scat- 

 tered bristles, calyx upper lip sharply cut oft", 

 lower lanceolate ; otherwise like the two last 

 species. 



