PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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Herbs, erect, with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Leaflets Many. 



Vicia narbonensis. 



Leguminosje, 

 F. B. I. ii. 179. 

 Peshawar (Vicary) 



Petals Dissimilar. 



medium-size, annual, stout, smooth or finely 

 downy ; leaflets 2 on the lowest leaves, 4-6 on the 

 upper, 1-2 in, long, entire, obovate, stipules large, 

 deeply cut ; flowers | in., purple and white, in 



The Park at Rawal- nearly sessile 2-6 flowered racemes, calyx f in., 

 pindi. upper teeth triangular, lower lanceolate ; pod lf-2 



in., downy, 6-7 seeded ; otherwise like the last 

 species. 



Vicia Faba. 

 Broad bean. 



Bdkla, chastang. 



LeguminostE. 



F. B. I. ii. 179. 



The Plains to 8,000 ft. 



very like the last species, but larger. It is 

 cultivated widely as a vegetable, and possibly may 

 have once originated from Vicia narbonensis. 



Lens esculenta. small, annual, softly velvety, branching from 



tentil. the base ; leaves terminating in a bristle, stipules 



Masw dal. almost lobed at the base, leaflets 8-12, entire, 



Leguminos^. lanceolate, often tipped with a small sharp point, 



F. B. I. ii. 179. sessile ; flowers pale purple in 2-4 flowered racemes 



The Plains. on stalks equal to the leaves, the end of the stalk 



Baluchistan (Hughes- extending beyond the flowers, calyx teeth linear, 



BuUer.) silky, petals 5, standard broad, wings joined to the 



keel, keel shorter than the wings, stamens 10, united 



into a tube with an oblique mouth, style abruptly 



bent, bearded on its inner face ; pod ^ in., long, 



oblong, flattened, smooth, seeds 2, grey with 



minute spots, flattened. 



Lathyrus altaicus. small, perennial, glabrous ; leaves 2-3 in., termi- 



Lbguminos^. nated by a long tendril, stipules lanceolate with a 



F. B. I. ii. 180. tail-like point, slightly toothed, leaflets 6-8, ^-f in., 



Himalaya 6-8,000 ft. broad, oblong, thin, with a bluish waxy gloss ; 

 Chenab Valley (Royle.) flowers reddish, fin., in 3-6-flowered loose one- 

 sided racemes on stalks, 2-4 in. long, calyx | in., 

 5-toothed, upper teeth triangular, lower linear, 

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