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Stylis 3 stigmatibus totidem carneis, odor nuUus variat sta- 

 tura. Ramookeo etc. 



54. Chenopodium. — Erectura pallidum, foliis carnosis spathulato ob 

 longis dentatis integris interdum sub hastatis. Thyrsis axilla- 

 ribus densifloris, floribus viridibus. Native name, Pank Puttum 



55. Crucifera. — Sinapis Floribus oehroleueis, fusco venosis. A stout 

 well leaved plant, cultivated throughout the Punjab, chiefly for 

 its oily seeds. The plant has a rather disagreeable taste and 

 smell, and but little pungency. 



^Q, Lathyrus. — Muttur. The pea of the natives. Prostratus caulis 

 foliaceo alato, fol. lineari angusta, in cirham tripartit saepiua 

 abeunt. Floribus solitariis in axillis longe pedicellat, pedicellis 

 apicem prope articulatis, flos. intus pulchre cyaneus, vexillo 

 extus et carina lilacino. Used also as Turkaree, Pank Puttan 

 cultiv. 



57. Melilotus. — Sinjee nat. Planta annua ereete l-Q pedalis, sic- 

 catione odore Anthoxantho racemis axillaribus, folia ex 

 cedent, demura elongatis, floribus parvis nutant luteis ; used as 

 folder cattle. Pank Puttum, in agris. 



-58. Leguminosse. — Maihta vera. Erect raraos : pubescens. Stipulis 

 membranaceis, petiolo basin prop distinctissime articulato, flori- 

 bus axillaribus, solitariis vel binis, in pedunculo commune 

 brevi. Calyx tubo subcylindraceo sursum ampliato : laciniis 

 5, subaequalibus setaceis. vexillo amplo arcto conduplicato, 

 (ideoque flos subclausus) apice biftdo, cseterum integerrima. 

 Alac oblongae longe unguiculat ad apicim unguis latere superior 

 1 dentat, cum carina cohaerent : Carina (battledore shaped), e 

 petalis 2 cohaerent, inferne secus unguibus discretis. Stam 

 diadelp. 9. 1-filamentis, apiee glanduloso cellulosis. Stylus 

 brevis. Stigmate capitato. Legumen ovulis pluribus. 

 Trifoliod. 



Pak Puttum Cult Distinctly perigynous, 

 59. Melilotoidea Junglee Sinjic. Prostrata ramosa diiFussa, pu- 

 besbens. Stipulis foliaceis, petiolo basin versus articulato, foli- 

 olis 3, cuneiformi orbicularib, apicem versus denticulatis. Race- 

 mis axillaribus demum folia exeedent. Capituli formibus minu- 

 tis. Corolla calycem vix exeedent. Legumen post anthesin cito 

 incurvat, demum obliquissim subreniforme rugosum. Semen 

 uiiicum. B 2 



