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Plants of the Punjab. 
Heres, Erect, with Opposite StipunAte SimpLe LEAVES. 
Hedyotis stipulata, 
Oldenlandia 
corymbosa, 
RuBIACES. 
FSB. 8, 0.64. 
The Plains to 
6,000 ft. 
Annandale, Simla 
(Collett). 
Murree Hills (Douie). 
Oldenlandia aspera, 
RuBIACES. 
TSB. ur 68. 
The Plains. 
Oldenlandia 
coccinea, 
RvuBIACES. 
PF, B.Lsaii. 69. 
Himalaya, 
3-8,000 ft. 
Simla, on grassy 
slopes (Collett). 
Anotis calycina, 
RuBIACER. 
BeBealy. Ws Los 
Himalaya, 
3-7,000 ft. 
Simla, Mashobra 
(Collett). 
Luar Mareins Entire. 
PETALS UNITED. 
see Prostrate Herbs, Opposite, Stipulate, Simple. 
small, annual, slender, minutely bristly ; leaves $-2 
in. 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, branching in threes ; 
leaves 2-3 in. long, in clusters, narrow linear, short-pointed, 
margins turned under, leathery, stipules thin with 1-3 
terminal bristles ; flowers 4 in. long, blue, nearly sessile, 
solitary or in pairs in 8 branching clusters, calyx 
teeth 4, much shorter than the corolla tube, awl-shaped, 
corolla funnel-shaped, tube ;4, in. long, slender, lobes 4, 
stamens 4, within the corolla tube, style short, stigma 
2-lobed ; capsule 4 in. diam., round, rough, seeds many, 
angled. 
small, annual, slender, stem minutely bristly, often 
unbranched ; leaves $-14 in. long, distant, in pairs, nar- 
rowly lanceolate, short-pointed, rough, margins curved 
back, stipules bristly ; flowers } in. diam., scarlet, axil- 
lary or terminal, solitary or 2-4 in small clusters, stalks 
short, lengthened in fruit, calyx teeth 4, very long, equal 
to the corolla tube, corolla tube + in. long, lobes oblong, 
stamens 4 in the tube, style short, stigma 2-lobed; capsule 
#-t in. long, oblong or round, seeds many, angled. 
small, annual, slender, smooth, stems 4-angled, tufted ; 
leaves }-1 by 4-3 in., ovate or ovate-lanceolate, shortly 
stalked, long-pointed, stipules thin with short bristles 
on margins ; flowers small, white or lilac, axillary or ter- 
minal, solitary on slender stalks or 2-4 in a small cluster, 
calyx ovoid, teeth 4, minute, widely separated in fruit, 
corolla short, tubular, 4-lobed, stamens 4, nearly sessile 
at the mouth of the corolla tube, style slender, 2-branched, 
projecting ; capsules in pairs, opening at the top by 2 
valves, seeds many, minute. 
