Plants of the Punjab. 145 
Herss, Erzot, with Opposite ExstipuutATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Silene Webbiana, 
CARYOPHYLLACER. 
iB. AW. Ac 220; 
Himalaya, Sirmur. 
Cucubalus baccifer, 
CARYOPHYLLACES. 
BBs ka. 221. 
Himalaya, 
5-8,000 ft. 
Lychnis coronaria, 
CARYOPHYLLACES. 
F. B. I. i. 222. 
Kashmir Valley, 
in groves and fields 
(Jacquemont). 
Lyehnis 
Cachemeriana, 
CARYOPHYLLACES. 
F. B. I. i. 224. 
Kashmir (Royle). 
Lear Marains ENTIRE. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
medium size, slender, very like Silene viridiflora 
Linn., leaves 14 in. broad, stem leaves ovate, stem clasping, 
long-pointed, 5-9-nerved, flowers greenish-white, drooping 
in loose opposite long-stalked clusters, calyx } in., very 
slender, 10-nerved, swollen in fruit, teeth with thin edges, 
petals long, blade divided, lobes strap-shaped, scales 2, 
styles 8, capsule cylindric, oblong ; other characters like 
the last species. 
medium size, rambling, velvety with curly white 
hairs ; leaves 1-2 by 3-1 in., ovate-lanceolate, short-point- 
ed, thin with scattered hairs, narrowed into the stalk, 
upper leaves sessile; flowers greenish-white, nodding, 
in 1-3-flowered loose leafy clusters or solitary in the forks 
of the branches, calyx 4 in., 5-toothed, broadly bell-shaped, 
10-nerved, base rounded, teeth large, broad, almost short- 
pointed, petals 5, 2-lobed, stalk narrow, toothed at the 
top, blade of petal with 2 scales at the base, stamens 10, 
styles 83; capsule round, black, the size of a pea, tip 
crowned with a projection, shining, dry or fleshy, becom- 
ing thin, seeds minute, many, kidney-shaped with a lateral 
depression. 
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medium size, perennial, covered with white wool, 
sparingly branched ; leaves 8-5 in., lanceolate with a broad 
tip narrowed to the stalk, stem leaves oblong ; flowers 
red purple, on long stalks, calyx #-1 in., top-shaped, 10- 
nerved, teeth 5, twisted to the left, petals 5, 1 in. or more 
in length, with 2-toothed stiff scales at the stalk, heart- 
shaped with a notch at the margin, broad, stamens 10, 
styles 5; capsule nearly sessile, within the calyx, 5-valved, 
valves with an even margin, seeds many, doubly con- 
vex. 
medium size, straight, stout, unbranched, with grey 
hairs ; leaves 2-3 by 4-2 in., narrow, ovate to linear- 
lanceolate, slightly rough; flowers white, large, erect 
or nodding in nearly terminal contracted clusters, calyx 
3-1 in. long, green, oblong, teeth 5, short- or long-pointed, 
nerves many, branching, petals 5, blade 3 in. long, stalk 
woolly, blade 2-fid, lobes divided, stamens 10, styles 5; 
capsule ovoid, 5-fid, on a woolly stalk, seeds many, kidney- 
shaped, granulate. 
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