Plants of the Punjab. 
Heres, Erect, with Opposite Exstirutatse Simpeite LEAvEs. 
Saponaria Vaccaria, 
Musna. 
CARYOPHYLLACER. 
aie Lists 21. 
‘The Plains to 
10,000 ft. 
Simla in cornfields 
(Collett). 
Murree (Douie). 
Hazara(Barrett). 
Baluchistan (Lace). 
Silene conoidea, 
CARYOPHYLLACE®. 
BeBe iF 218% 
The Plains to 
8,000 ft. 
Simla in cornfields 
(Collett). 
Gujrat District. 
Sargodha (Douie). 
Hazara (Barrett). 
Rawalpindi. 
Baluchistan (Lace). 
Silene Moorcroftiana, 
CARYOPHYLLACER. 
BeBe 219; 
Himalaya, 
10-13,000 ft. 
Lear Margins Entire. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
medium size, annual, smooth, a weed of cultiva- 
tion, robust, branches none or only a few; leaves 1-3 
by 4-3 in., radical leaves oblong, short-pointed, stem leaves 
sessile, base rounded or heart-shaped, linear-oblong ; 
flowers pink, in terminal many-flowered forked clusters, 
calyx 4 in. long, cylindric, ovoid in fruit, 5-toothed, with 
5 broad, green nerves, petals 5, stalked, short, irregularly 
toothed, broad at the tip, stamens 10, styles 2; capsule 
included in the calyx, broadly ovoid, opening at the top 
by 5 teeth, seeds many, round, large, black. This plant 
is used as a substitute for soap. This plant is found very 
rarely in cornfields in the south of England, but commonly 
seen on the continent of Europe. 
medium size, annual, sticky from velvety glands, 
branches forking ; leaves 2-4 in. long, radical leaves broad 
at the tip narrowing to the stalk, stem leaves oblong or 
lanceolate, sometimes very narrow, sessile, short-pointed ; 
flowers pink, few, erect in terminal branching racemes, 
calyx 1 in. long, base thrust-in., 5-toothed, teeth long, 
sharp-pointed, 4rd the length of the calyx, swollen out in 
fruit, petals 5, broad at the tip, small, margin even or 
toothed, stalk has an ear-like projection, 2 scales, stamens 
10, 5 joined to the petals, styles 3, ovary stalked ; capsule 
ovoid, shining, pointed, hard, enclosed in the inflated 
calyx, seeds many, shaped like a spiral shell with 5 dorsal 
and 5 lateral rows of tubercles. ° 
medium size, perennial, stems many, stock woody, 
densely tufted, flowering branches erect, slender, dividing 
or not at the top, velvety ; leaves radical, broad at the tip, 
narrowing to the base, stem leaves shorter, linear, long- 
or short- pointed or blunt; flowers white or reddish 
in terminal or nearly terminal clusters of 1 to 3 flowers, 
calyx 1-1} in. long, tubular, sticky, base projecting 
inwards, slender below the middle, nerves 10, dark, teeth 
short, blunt, with thin papery margins, petals divided into 2, 
the segments strap-shaped, protruding from the calyx, 
stalk with a long tooth on both sides, also 2 long scales 
stamens 10, 5 joined to the petals, styles3 on a stalk long 
er than the capsule; capsule ovoid, seeds flattened, not 
grooved, with 5 rows of lateral and dorsal tubercles. 
