%6 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XJX, 



Herbs ekect with Opposite Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Maegins Entire. 



Petals Undnited. 



Sryznaria cordata, 



CaKYOPHYLL ACE^. 



F. B. I.i.244. 



The Plains to 7,000 It, 



large, annual, smooth, found in shady moist places, 

 branches forking; into two, slender, 1-2 ft. ; leaves 

 flat, stalked, ovate or round tipped with an abrupt 

 point, stipules of a few bristles, soon falling oft ; 

 flowers ^-\ in. diam., in axillary or terminal cluster, 

 stalks slender, bracts with thin edges, sepals 5, green, 

 petals 5; two-lobed, lobes narrow, not longer than the 

 sepals , stamens 3-5, style short ; capsule 8 angled 

 3-valved ; seeds one to many, round, flattened, rough 

 with hard projections. 



Z*ol7cari:oii Loeflia- 



CAKYOPHYLLACEiE. 

 F. B. I. i. 246. 

 The Plains. 



small, annual, smooth or velvety, common in 

 gardens and waste places ; leaves flat, |-| in. long, 

 sharp-pointed or blunt , wedge shaped, linear-cblccg, 

 stipules small, thin, soon falling off ; flowers ^ in, diam. 

 in clusters at the end of branches or in their forks, 

 sepals 5, keeled, petals 5, thin, notched or not, stamens 

 3-."t, style divided into three ; capsule one-celled ; seeds 

 many, ovoid, grooved. 



Polycarpaea corym- 

 Ibosa, 



CaKYOPHYLIiACE^. 

 F. B. I. i.245 

 The Plains to 7,000 ft. 

 Qiri Vally (Collett), 



small, annual or perennial, much branched, gi'ey 

 woolly or velvety ; leaves ^-1 in. long, flat, narrow 

 linear, long or short pointed or blunt, stipules l;;nceo- 

 late or awl-shaped, thin ; flowers ^ in. diam., white in 

 terminal silvery much branched clusters, sepals 5. 

 thin, lanceolate much longer than the petals and 

 capsule, often coloured, petals 5, margin emooth or 

 2-toothed, stamens 5, style one, tip 3-toothed ; capsule 

 3-valved, seeds many, ovoid or flattened. 



Portulaca quadrifida, ^""^ Prostrate Herbs, Opposite, Stipulate, Simple 



Leaves. 



XIolluso liirta, 



see Prostrate Herl)s, Opposite, Stipulate, Simple 

 Leaves. 



