Plants of the Punjab. 167 
Herss, Erect, with Opposite ExstipULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Plantago 
amplexicaulis, 
Veronica Anagallis, 
Water Speedwell, 
SCROPHULARIACE. 
Heo lay, 299. 
The Plains to 
9,000 ft. 
Valleys below Simla. 
Mashobra (Collett). 
Baluchistan (Lace). 
Veronica verna, 
Vernal Speedwell, 
SCROPHULARIACE. 
RB beiv296; 
Himalaya, 
5-7,000 ft. 
Veronica 
serpyllifolia, 
Thymeleaved 
Speedwell, 
SCROPHULARIACER. 
BBtv. 296; 
Himalaya, 
8-13,000 ft. 
Narkanda (Collett). 
Barleria acanthoides, 
ACANTHACES. 
HB. Us ay..484 
The Plains. 
Kirana Hill: 
(Hidgeworth). 
Baluchistan 
(Boissier). 
Lear Maroins ENTIRE. 
PETALS UNITED. 
STAMENS FOUR. 
see Herbs, Unbranched, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 
STAMENS TWO. 
medium size, perennial, nearly smooth, stem hol- 
low ; leaves 2-6 by 4-2 in., oblong-ovate, stem-clasping ; 
flowers t-2 in. diam., blue or purplish, in axillary racemes, 
3-6 in. long, bracts shorter than the flower stalks, calyx 
4-fid, segments ;4,-} in. long, corolla 4-4 in. diam., 4-lobed, 
stamens 2, pink, style linear; capsule }-1 in., notched, 
flattened, seeds few, biconvex. 
small, stem slender, nearly smooth, sometimes branch- 
ed from the base, very leafy ; leaves $-} in., overlapping 
or the lower far apart, sessile, oblong, sometimes lobed ; 
flowers small, blue, nearly sessile along the stem forming 
with the leaves a spike, calyx 4-fid, segments unequal, 
linear-lanceolate, corolla 4-lobed, shorter than the calyx, 
stamens 2, style linear; capsule } in. diam., indented 
above the base, narrow, keeled, seeds much flattened. 
small, smooth, or glandular-velvety, branched from 
the base ; leaves 4-2 in., rather leathery, sessile, rounded 
or oblong, floral leaves alternate ; flowers white or blue 
in racemes 1-4 in. long, lower bracts leaf-like, upper 
narrow, calyx 4-fid, segments }-§ in., oblong with few 
hairs, shorter than the corolla, corolla } in. diam., 4-lobed, 
stamens 2, style linear; capsule broadly heart-shaped, 
shorter than the calyx, seeds much flattened. 
small, grey, prickly ; leaves 14 by } in., ovate with 
the tip rounded and broad, almost sessile, bracts none, 
bracteoles 2, linear, spine tipped, rigid, often toothed ; 
flowers white, 24 in. long, solitary or in crowded one- 
sided spikes, sepals 4 in 2 pairs, outer pair ovate, corolla 
21 by 4-§ in., nearly linear, lobes 5, nearly equal, ovate, 
stamens 2 and 2 aborted ones also, style long; capsule 
2 in., 4-sided. 
