Plants of the Punjab. 133 
Heras, Erect, with Opposite STIpULATE SIMPLE Leaves. 
Lear Marocins ENTIRE. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
Polyearpon small, annual, smooth or velvety, common in gar- 
Leeflingiz, dens and waste places; leaves 4-2 in. long, flat, sharp- 
CARYOPHYLLACEH. pointed or blunt, wedge-shaped, lmear-oblong, stipules 
F. B. I. i. 245. small, thin, soon falling off ; flowers $ in. diam., in clusters 
The Plains. at the end of branches or in their forks, sepals 5, keeled, 
petals 5, thin, notched or not, stamens 3-5, style divided 
into three ; capsule one-celled, seeds many, ovoid, grooved. 
Polyearpzea small, annual or perennial, much branched, grey 
corymbosa, woolly or velvety; leaves 4-1in. long, flat, narrow, linear, 
CARYOPHYLLACEH. long- or short-pointed or blunt, stipules lanceolate or awl- 
F. B. I. 1.245. shaped, thin ; flowers % in. diam., white, in terminal silvery _ 
The Plains to much branched clusters, sepals 5, thin, lanceolate, much 
7,000 ft. longer than the petals and capsule, often coloured, petals 
Giri Vally (Collett). 5, margin smooth or 2-toothed, stamens 5, style one, 
tip 8-toothed; capsule 3-valved, seeds many, ovoid on 
flattened. 
Portulaca quadrifida, | see Prostrate Herbs, Opposite, Stipulate, Simple. 
PETALS UNITED. 
Argostemma - gmall, annual, slender, nearly smooth, growing on 
verticillatum, wet rocks; leaves i-4 in. long, in fours, sessile, unequal, 
RuBIACER. lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, stipules minute; flowers 
Bo Be ff. im. 43. 4 in. diam., white, shining in terminal stalked clusters, 
Himalaya, calyx 5-toothed, teeth short-pointed, corolla wheel-shaped, 
2-6,000 ft. 5-lobed, stamens 5, style slender, stigma round ; capsule 
Simla (Collett). thin, 2-celled, seeds many. 
Hedyotis hispida, small, annual, stems angular, rough, much branched, 
RUBIACER. sometimes prostrate ; leaves 14-24 in. long, sessile, very 
Reacts 1193 60% variable in width, linear-lanceolate, short- or long-pointed, 
Himalaya to margins turned in, stipules very short with many stiff 
5,000 ft. bristles ; flowers small, white, 2-6 in sessile axillary rounded 
Valleys below Simla clusters, calyx lobes 4, short-pointed, persistent, roughly 
( Collett). bristly, corolla bell- or funnel-shaped, 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. 
