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Herbs, ekect, with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 

 Leaflets Many. 



yEschynomene indica, 



Kath-sola, 



Leguminos^. 



F. B. I. ii. 151.. 



The Plains to 5,000 ft. 



Kashmir. 



Valleys below Simla 



(CoUett). 

 Phalia, Gujrat District 



(Douie). 



Uraria picta, 



Dabra, deter. 

 Leguminos^. 

 F. B. II. ii. 155. 



Petals Dissimilar. 



large, annual, pale green, stem smooth, branches 

 many, cylindrical, often slightly rough with tuber- 

 cles ; leaves 2-3 in., stalk sticky with glands, 

 stipules linear-lanceolate, long-pointed, with pro- 

 cesses at the base, soon falling off, leaflets 41-61, 

 sensitive, very small, upper ones smallest, overlap- 

 ping, alternate, narrowly oblong, rounded with a 

 small point; flowers 5 in., yellow, often with purple 

 streaks, in many, sticky, axillary racemes, bracts 

 small, lanceolate, fringed with hairs, calyx | in., 

 smooth, deeply 2-lipped, lips faintly toothed, petals 

 5, standard circular, erect, keel nearly straight, 

 blunt, stamens 10 in two bundles of five, style in- 

 curved, smooth ; pod 1-1^ in. long, linear, stalked, 

 flattened, smooth, straight or rather curved, upper 

 suture straight, lower indented, joints 6-10, smooth 

 or finally rough with nipple-like processes, one seed 

 in each joint. The allied species JE. aspera, yields 

 the pith (sola) from which sun hats are made. 



large, perennial, stem finely downy, robust, bran- 

 ches few ; leaves 10-12 in. long, lowest simple or of 

 8 leaflets, rounded or oblong, upper of 6-9 leaflets, 

 mid stalk downy, stipules ^ in., lanceolate, long- 



The Plains to 6,000 ft. pointed, leaflets 4-8 in., linear-lanceolate, leathery, 

 smooth, clouded with white above, net veined, 

 minutely velvety beneath ; flowers purple \ in., in 

 dense cylindrical racemes, 6-12 by |-J in., bracts 

 brown, thin, soon falling off, minor flower stalks 

 bristly, abruptly incurved, after flowering, at the 

 tip, calyx | in., tube very short, teeth 5, 2 upper 

 short, lower long, bristle-like, petals 5, standard 

 broad, wings united to the keel, stamens 10, upper 

 one free, lower ones united, style thread-like, sharp- 

 ly bent ; pod of 3-6 joints, joints small, swollen, 

 one-seeded, polished, often placed face to face. 

 The seeds are used to cure ulcerated mouths. 



