PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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Herbs erect with Opposite Stipulatk Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Petals United. 



Ar?oatemma verti- 

 oillatum, 



RUBIACE^ 



F. B. I. iii. 43. 



Himalaya 2-6,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



SedyotiB hispi&a, 



RUBIACE^. 



F. B.I. iii. 60. 

 Himalaya to 5,000 ft. 

 Valleys below Simla 

 (Collett). 



Sedyotis stipulata, 



Oldenlandia corym- 

 bosa, 



BUBIACE^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 64. 

 The Plains to C,000 ft. 

 Annandale, Simla 



(Collett). 

 Marree Hills ( Douie). 



Oldenlandla aspera, 



RUBIACE^. 



F. B. I. iu. 68. 

 The Plains. 



small, annual, slender, nearly smooth, growing on 

 wet rocks ; leaves in fours, sessile, unequal, lanceolate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, 1-4 ins. long, stipules minute ; 

 flowei's 5 in. diam. white , shining in terminal stalked 

 clusters, calyx 5-tootlied, teeth short-pointed, corolla 

 wheel-shaped, 5-lobed, stamens 5, style slender, stigma 

 roimd ; capsule thin, 2-celled ; seeds many. 



small, annual, stems angular, rough, much branched, 

 sometimes prostrate ; leaves sessile H-2^ ins. long, very 

 variable in width, linear-lanceolate, short or long- 

 pointed, margins turned in, stipules very short with 

 many stiff bristles ; flowers small, white, 2-6 in sessile 

 axillary rounded clusters, calyx lobes 4, short-pointed, 

 persistent, roughly bristly, corolla bell-or-funnel shap- 

 ed, lobes 4, ovate or linear, stamens 4 in the throat of 

 the corolla, style thread-like, stigma 2-lobed ; capsule 

 ovoid or round, 2-celled, seeds many, minute. 



see Prostrate, Herbs, Opposite, Stipulate, Simple. 



small, annual, slender, minutely bristly ; leaves i-2 

 ins. long, linear-lanceolate, short pointed, margins 

 often curved back, stipules small, thin, with long or 

 short teeth or bristles ; flowers white, small, solitary 

 on long slender axillary stalks, or 2-4 in a small 

 cluster, calyx-tube ovoid, teeth 4, narrow pointed, 

 corolla flat and circular topped, lobes 4, tube short, 

 stamens 4, within the corolla tube, style short, stigma 

 2-lobed ; capsule round, not ribbed, 2-celled, opening 

 at the top, seeds many, minute. 



small, annual, thick, stem rough, bi-anching in 

 threes ; leaves 2-3 ins. long, in clusters, narrow linear, 

 short pointed, margins turned under, leathery, stipules 

 thin with 1-3 terminal bristles ; flowers blue, ~ in. 

 long, nearly sessile, solitary or in pairs on three 

 branching clusters, calyx teeth 4, much shorter than 

 the corolla tube, awl-shaped, corolla funnel-shaped. 

 tube x'o in. long, slender, lobes 4, stamens 4, within 



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