Attlosia.] LEGUMINOSM. 211 



in heads, peduncles exceeding the leaves. Calyx-teeth setaceous, 

 as long as the tube. Corolla slightly exserted. Pods minute, linear, 

 sickle-shaped, faintly veined longitudinally, indehiscent, 1-seeded, 

 glabrous or downy, turning black. 

 Common within the area as a cold-weather weed. Distrib. Plains of 

 Punjab and Bengal, ascending to 12,000 ft. on the Himalaya. It 

 extends through Afghanistan to Abyssinia, Europe and Siberia, and is 

 sometimes cultivated for fodder. This plant is often regarded as the 

 true shamrock in the place of Trifolium rejpens. 



2. M. denticulata, Willd 8p. PI. Hi, 1414; Boyle III. 197 ; F. 

 B. I. a, 90 ; Watt E. D. 



An annual, with subglabrous stems. Stipules laciniate ; leaflets |-f in. 

 long, obovate-cuneate, faintly toothed. Peduncles short, 2-6-flowered. 

 Calyx "xV in. ; teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube. GuroLla yellow, 

 twice the calyx. Pods subglobose> of 2-4 spirals, deeply reticulate, 

 margined with a double row of spines. 



Throughout the area, flowering during the cold season. Distrib. Plain^ 

 of Sind, Punjab and Bengal, and up to moderate elevations on the 

 Himalaya. It is found also in Afghanistan, and extends to Abyssinia 

 and Europe, and eastward to China and Japan. It is largely collected 

 as cattle fodder, and is said to be sometimes culti\ated in the Punjab 

 for that purpose. 



7. ATYLOSIA, W. & A- ; Fl. Th-it. Ind. ii, 212. 



Herbs or shrubs, erect or twining Leaves 3-folioIate, somptimes 

 subdigitate, often exstipellate, gland-dotted beneath. Flowers 

 axillary or racemed . Calyx-teeth distinct, longer or shorter than the 

 tube, the lowest the longest. Corolla more or less exserted, marcescent 

 or caducous, keel not beaked. Stamens 2-adelphous, anthers nni- 

 form. Ovary sessile ; style filiform, incurved, glabrous ; stigma 

 capitate ; ovules 3. Pod linear or oblong, turgid, marked with 

 transverse lines between the seeds, which have a conspicuous divided 

 strop 1 dole.— Species about 25, from India to Australia and Mauri- 

 tius. 



Petals marcescent 



Leaves not reticulate beneath, end leaflet 



longer than broad . , . , 1. A. mollis. 



Leaves strongly reticulate beneath, end 

 leaflet not longer than broad . . 2, A. crassa. 



Petals falling before the pod develops. 

 Leaflets subdigitate. 



Calyx-teeth short, corolla much exserted . 3. A. albicans. 

 Calyx-teeth long, corolla little exserted . 4. A. scarahoeoides* 

 Terminal lea?-et with an elongated stalk , 5. A. 'platycarpa, 



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