PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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Herbs, erect, with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Leaflets Many. 



Petals Similar. 



abortive, style incurved ; pod 8-10 in., nearly- 

 cylindrical, divided by oblique partitions, sutures 

 broad, seeds 30-35, flattened, brown shining. The 

 leaves, seeds and root are used medicinally. It is 

 a very common weed which flowers during the 

 rains. 



Cassia obovata or obtusa, 

 Indian Senna. 



Lbguminos^. 



F. B. I. ii. 264. 



The Plains. 



Delhi, Salt Range. 



Derajat. 



Baluchistan (Boissier). 



medium-size, annual or perennial, nearly smooth, 

 branches angular ; leaves 2-3 in., stalked, no gland 

 between the leaflets, stipules lanceolate, persistent 

 leaflets 8-12, ^-H in. long, oblong-ovate with a 

 broad tip, rounded with a minute point, thin, a 

 waxy bluish gloss beneath ; flowers J in., pale 

 yellow in narrow few-flowered stalked racemes, 2-3 

 in., calyx segments blunt, smooth, stamens very 

 unequal, pods 1-1^ in. long, shortly stalked, much 

 curved ; rounded at the ends, flexible smooth, 

 seeds 6-12, separated by very thin partitions ; 

 otherwise like the last species. 



Cassia absus. medium-size, annual or biennial, covered with 



Chahsu. grey sticky hairs ; leaves 1^-3 in., long-stalked, a 



Leguminos^. small gland on the main stalk between every pair 



F. B. I. ii. 265. of leaflets, stipules small, linear, persistent, short- 



The Plains to 5,C00 ft. pointed, leaflets 4, 1-2 in. long, oblong, blunt or 

 Valleys below Simla nearly short-pointed, unequal at the base, hairy 



(CoUett). 

 Dharmpur. 



beneath as well as above ; flowers \ in. diam., red- 

 yellow in few flowered erect narrow short racemes, 

 calyx of 5 narrow segments, i-i in. long, lanceolate, 

 bristly, petals 5, nearly equal with long stalks, 

 veined, stamens 5, equal, perfect; pod 1-lf in., 

 trap-shaped, oblique, seeds 5, flattened, dark- 

 brown, shininsf. 



