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Heres, Erect, WITH Opposite STIPULATE SIMPLE LEAvzEs. 
Pilea seripta 
URTIOCACEA. 
Fie. lov 556. 
_ Himalaya, 
4-7,000 ft. 
Simla, in shady 
places (Collett). 
Elatostemma 
surculosum, 
Lear Marains ToorHeEp. 
PETALS NONE. 
large, smooth, branched; leaves 3-10 by 1-3 in., 
lanceolate, narrowed to both ends, tip tail-like, teeth small, 
shallow, stalk }-2 in. long, stipules short; flowers like 
the last species ; carpels rough. 
see Herbs, Prostrate, Opposite, Stipulate, Simple. 
Heres, ERECT, WITH OpposiItE STIPULATH LoBED LHAVEs. 
Fagonia arabica or 
cretica, 
Usturgar. 
ZYGOPHYLLACEA. 
PVBs i495. 
The Plains. 
Common in fields. 
Rawalpindi. 
Fagonia Bruguieri, 
Geranium pratense, 
Cranes Bill, 
Meadow Geranium, 
GERANIACES. 
FB. 1.1. 429: 
Kashmir, 
7-10,000 ft. 
The Chor near 
Simla. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
small, annual, green, spiny with glandular woody 
branches ; leaves small, 1-3-lobed, leaflets linear, short- 
pointed, stalk often leaf-like, stipules of 2 spines longer 
than the leaflets; flowers small, pale rose-coloured, 
on solitary stalks between the spines, sepals 5, soon 
falling off, oblong-lanceolate, half the length of the petals, 
petals 5, closed, soon falling off, stamens 10, style and 
stigma undivided ; capsule velvety, 5-cornered, 5-celled, 
2 seeds in each cell. An infusion of the leaves is used ag 
a cooling medicine and as an antiseptic for wounds. 
see Herbs, Prostrate, Opposite, Stipulate, Simple. 
medium size, stout, root stock perennial, joints swol- 
len, hairs spreading; leaves 2-3 in. diam., sometimes 
alternate, round, cut into 7-9 segments, short- “pointed, 
stalks long, stipules small, lanceolate; flowers 13-2 in. 
diam., blue-purple, in pairs on axillary bracteate glandular 
and hairy stalks, sepals 5, long-tipped, petals 5, stalked, 
alternate with 5 glands, spreading, stamens 10, 5 long 
alternating with 5 short, filaments flattened, narrowed 
upwards, united below, styles 5; capsule 5-lobed and 
celled, cells one-seeded, the capsule and styles elongate, 
the styles curl up with a jerk, ejecting the seeds. 
