Plants of the Punjab. 135 
Herss, ERECT, witH Opposite STIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Lear Maratins ENTIRE. 
PHTALS UNITED. 
Spermacoce stricta, small, annual, stems and branches usually square, 
RUBIACER. Lge rough with curved-back prickles ; leaves 1-2 by 
F. B. I. iii. 200. 4-1 in., linear or ovate, short-pointed, leathery, smooth 
The Plains to or rough, margins turned down, stipules joined to the 
6,000 ft. leaf stems forming a short tube with long marginal bristles ; 
Valleys below Simla flowers } in. long, white, many in dense rounded axillary 
(Collett). heads, bracteoles "thread-like, longer than the calyx, calyx 
ovoid, teeth usually 4, linear, persistent, corolla funnel- 
shaped, 4-lobed, lobes linear, acute, stamens 4 on the 
throat of the corolla, style thread-like, stigma round ; 
capsule } in. long, narrow at the base, thin, crowned with 
the calyx teeth, dividing into 2 one-seeded half fruits, 
seeds oblong, polished. 
Rubia tibetica, see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 
PETALS NONE. 
Mollugo hirta, see Prostrate Herbs, Opposite, Stipulate, Simple. 
Mollugo stricta, small, annual, smooth, much branched; leaves 
FICOIDEs. 3-14 in. long, narrowly lanceolate, nearly sessile, short- 
F. B. I. ii. 668. pointed, stipules membranous, soon falling off; flowers 
The Plains to +; in. long, orange or pink, in many terminal branch- 
5,000 ft. ing clusters, sepals 5, =4, in. long, distinct, persistent, 
Valleys below Simla petals none, stamens 3-5, styles 8, short, ununited ; capsule 
(Collett). round, within the persistent calyx, seeds many, dark- 
brown, rough with minute points. 
Pouzolzia indica, see Prostrate Herbs, Opposite, Stipulate, Simple. 
Pouzolzia pentandra, see Prostrate Herbs, Opposite, Stipulate, Simple. 
Pouzolzia hirta, see Prostrate Herbs, Opposite, Stipulate, Simple. 
Elatostemma see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 
pusillum, 
Elalostemma see Herbs, Unbranched, Opposite, Stipulate, Simple. 
surculosum, 
