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XXX. LEGUMINOSiE 
1. PIPTANTHUS. From the Greek pip to, to fall, and anthos, 
a flower ; referring to the early falling of the flowers. — Temperate 
Himalaya, China, Central Asia. 
Piptanthus nepalensis, Don ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 62. An erect 
shrub. Leaves with three leaflets, nearly glabrous ; leaflets 
sessile, lanceolate, 3-5 in., entire. Flowers yellow, 1-1 J in. long, 
crowded in short, hairy racemes. Bracts ovate, tomentose, soon 
falling off. Calyx tomentose, bell-shaped ; 2 upper teeth broad, 
united to above the middle ; 3 lower narrow, divided nearly to the 
base, equal. Petals clawed : standard erect, notched, margins 
reflexed ; wings nearly as long as the curved, obtuse keel. 
Stamens all free ; anthers uniform. Ovary stalked, nearly 
glabrous ; style incurved, glabrous ; stigma minute. Pod 
stalked, flat, 3-5 X J-f in. Seeds 4-10. 
Upper road from Matiana to Narkunda ; April, Mav. — Temperate Hima- 
laya. 7000-9000 ft.— China. 
2. THERMOPSIS. From the Greek thermos , a lupin, and 
opsis, resemblance. — Himalaya, Central and E. Asia, N. America. 
Thermopsis barbata, Royle ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 62. A perennial 
herb. Stems tufted, erect, 6-18 in. Leaves of 3 sessile leaflets 
with leaf -like stipules at the base thus having the appearance of 
3-7 whorled leaves, glabrous or hairy, lanceolate, 1-2 in., entire. 
Flowers dark violet-purple, 1 in. long, crowded in short, axillary 
racemes forming a long, terminal panicle. Bracts leaf-like, 
shaggy, united at the base. Calyx shaggy, bell-shaped ; teeth 5, 
lanceolate, 2 upper more or less united. Petals glabrous, long- 
clawed : standard orbicular, 2-lobed, margins reflexed ; wings 
shorter than the oblong keel. Stamens all free. Ovary hairy ; 
style incurved ; stigma minute. Pod hairy, broadly oblong, 
1-2 in., acute. Seeds 2-6. 
Patarnala ; May, June. — Temperate Himalaya, 8000-12,000 ft. 
3. ARGYROLOBXUM. From the Greek argyros i silver, and 
lobos, a pod. — Mediterranean region to India ; Africa, chiefly 
South. 
Small shrubs or perennial herbs. Branches long, slender, 
diffuse or procumbent. Leaves of 3 leaflets ; leaflets sessile, 
nearly equal. Flowers small, in stalked racemes or clusters. 
Calyx deeply 2-lipped, upper lip 2-toothed, lower 3-toothed ; teeth 
narrowly lanceolate. Petals glabrous, hardly longer than the 
calyx ; standard oblong-orbicular, notched ; wings oblong ; keel 
broadly-oblong, obtuse, shorter than the standard. Stamens all 
united in a closed tube, 5 longer with large, basi-fixed anthers, 
5 shorter with smaller, versatile anthers. Ovary sessfle ; style 
