PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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Herbs krect with Opposite Stipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Qeranium pratense, 

 Cranes Bill, 



GEBAKIACE^. 



F. B. I. i. 429. 

 Kashmir, 7-10,000 ft. 

 The Chor near Simla. 



Geranium rectum, 



GERANIACE.a:. 



F. B. I. i. 429. 

 Kashmir. 



Geranium collinum, 

 Geraniace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 429. 

 Kashmir. 



Geranium palustre, 

 or 

 grandiflorum, 



GERANIACEiE. 

 F. B. I. i. 430. 

 Kashmir. 



Geranium 

 WallicManum, 



GERA^flACE^. 

 F.B. I.i. 430. 

 Himalaya, 7-11,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Mnrree (Douie). 

 rfazara (Barrett). 



Petals Undnited. 



medium size, stout, rootstock perennial, joints 

 swollen, hairs spreading ; leaves 2-3 ins. diam., some- 

 times alternate, round, cut into T-K segments, short- 

 pointed, stalks long, stipules small, lanceolate ; flowers 

 l.V-2 ins. diam., blue-purple in pairs on axillary bracte- 

 ate glandular and hairy stalks, sepals 5, long-tipped, 

 petals 5, stalked, alternate with 5 glands, spreading, 

 stamens 10, 5 long alternating with 5 short, filaments 

 flattened, narrowed upwards, united below, styles 5 ; 

 capsule 5-lobed and-celled, cells one-seeded, the 

 capsule and styles elongate, the styles curl up with 

 a jerk, ejecting the seeds. 



medium size, rootstock stout, perennial, stem 

 slender, slightly hairy and leafy ; leaves 3-4 ins. diam., 

 5-angled, 7-lobed, divided to below the middle, lobes 

 sharp-pointed, thin, slightly hairy on both surfaces, 

 long-stalked, stipules lanceolate ; flowers 1 j in. diam. 

 on long stalks, bracts awl-shaped ; the other characters 

 are like those of the last species. 



small, woolly or glandular-velvety, stems many 

 unbranched, flowering 6-10 ins, high ; leaves sometimes 

 alternate, round, 5-7-lobed to below the middle, 

 segments wedge-shaped, blunt, 3-5 lobed, stipules small, 

 ovate, short-pointed, flowers and capsule like G. 

 pratense above. 



very like the last species, but taller with large 

 flowers 2 ins. diam. ; leaves 5-angled with .5 lobes 

 cut pinnately. 



large, perennial, hairy, root thick, stem stout much 

 branched ; leaves 3-4 ins. broad, 5-angled, deeply 3-5 

 lobed, segments long-pointed, sharply toothed, stalked, 

 stipules A-1 in. long, very broad, blunt ; flowers blue 

 purple, 1^-2 ins. diam., on long stalks, bracts large, 

 sepals 5, ending in a long bristle, petals 5, tip broad 

 with a shallow notch, stamens, styles and capsule like 

 G. pratense above. 



