PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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Herbs erect with Opposite Stipulate Simple Leaves, 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Mollugo stricta, 



FlCOIDE^. 

 F. B. I.ii. 6(i3. 

 The Plains to 5,000 ft. 

 Valleys below Simla 

 (Gollett). 



Pouzolzia indioa. 

 P. pentandra, 

 r. Mrta, 



Elatostemma pusil- 

 lum. 



Serbia ammannioides, 



EliATlNE^. 



F. B. r. i. 251. 



The Plains in wet places. 



Impatiens Eoylel, 



Gbraniace^. 

 F. B.I. i 468. 

 Himalaya, 6-&,000 ft. 

 Mahasa (Collett\ 

 Changlagalli CUouie). 



Petals None. 



small, annual, smooth, much branched ; leaves 

 |-1^ ins. long, narrowly lanceolate, nearly sessile, short- 

 pointed, stipules membranous, soon falling oft' ; flowers 

 ^o in. long, orange or pink, in many terminal branch- 

 ing clusters, sepals 5, ^-i in. long, distinct, persistent, 

 petals none, stamens 3-5, styles 3, short, ununited ; 

 capsule round, within the persistent calyx, seeds 

 many, dark-brown, rough with minute points. 



see Prostrate Herbs, Opposite, Stipulate, Simple. 



see Herbs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. Entire. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 



Petals Ununited. 



small, annual, smooth or slightly hairy, lower 

 branches prostrate ; leaves ^-f in. long, sessile, linear- 

 lanceolate, short-pointed, sharply toothed ; flowers 

 ^jin., sessile or nearly so, in dense clusters, sepals 

 5, lanceolate, toothed, petals 5, stamens 5 ; capsule 

 5-celled, valves brittle, edges turned in, seeds ovoid, 

 many. 



large, annual, smooth, stems succulent : leaves 

 2^-6 ins, lanceolate, sharply toothed, teeth gland- 

 tipped, long pointed, stalked, stipules of gland-tipped 

 bristles ; flowers l^-l^ ins. long minus the spur, pale 

 pink in terminal racemes or clusters, sometimes bran- 

 ching racemes, sepals 3, 2 lateral minute greenish, 

 one lower (lip) petal-like, coloured pink, cup-shaped 

 prolonged into a hollow curved spur \ in. long, 

 petals 3, one upper (standard) broad with a green 

 tip between the two side lobes, two lower (wings) 

 with lateral lobes, broad, notched on the mai-gin 

 with a little hollow at the base within, stamens 5, 

 anthers cohering above the 5-toothed stigma with 

 filaments clasping the ovary ; capsule linear, club- 

 shaped, beaked, nodding. 5-valved, the valves when 



