Plants of the Punjab. 281 
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Heres, Erecr, wirh ALTERNATE ExstipuLATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Bupleurum Maddeni, 
UMBELLIFERA. 
(So bal Rae bal vie 
Himalaya, 
6-8,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Bupleurum 
setaceum, 
UMBELLIFERA. 
B Be Fe 11; 678: 
Kashmir, 
4,500 ft. 
Kishtwar 
(C. B. Clarke). 
Commelina ceelestis, 
Spider wort, 
COMMELINACEA. 
Be Bek. vis 369: 
Himalaya, 
6-7,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Commelina 
Hasskarilii, 
COMMELINACEZ. 
HB. levis 320, 
The Plains, east of 
the Sutlej, Delhi. 
Commelina obliqua, 
Kanjura, kana, 
CoMMELINACEA. 
BE. By 1. vis. B12: 
Himalaya, 
1-6,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Kasauli. 
Luar Mareins Entire. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
medium size, stems several, leaves small, linear, 
long-pointed, bracteoles few, not prominent, furrows 
of fruit with 2-3 oil canals ; otherwise like the last species. 
annual, slender, leaves 1-24 in., uppermost + in., 
bristle-lke, umbels simple, few-flowered, bracts 1-4, 4-3 
in., narrowly linear-lanceolate, usually longer than the 
fruiting umbel, fruit ;+ in., rough between the ridges, 
one large oil canal in each furrow ; otherwise like the last 
species. 
medium size, annual, robust, succulent, velvety 
or felted; leaves 2-5 in. long, lanceolate long or 
short-pointed, nerves parallel, bages sheathing ; flowers 
5 in., sky-blue in a small cluster, flowering in succession: 
enclosed in a leai-like, folded bract (spathe), spathe broad- 
ly ovate, 3-¢ in. long, heart-shaped, pointed, sepals 8, 
green, thin, free or united at the base, persistent, petals 3, 
bright blue, free, longer than the sepals, one larger blade 
circular, spreading, stamens 6, not hairy, anthers bright 
yellow, style spirally twisted, stigma small; capsule 3- 
valved, seeds few, usually angular wrinkled. A native of 
Mexico, cultivated in flower gardens and found as an escape. 
small, much branched, rough or smooth, leaves 
i-3 by 3-3 in., narrowly lanceolate, nearly short-pointed 
or blunt, spathes 3-1 in., axillary, stalked, folded, clusters 
velvety, upper branch 2-4, lower 1-2 flowered, seeds cylin- 
dric, smooth, abrupt at one end, almost pointed at the 
other; for other characters see the last species. 
medium size to large, stem stout, branched; leaves 
4-7 by 1-2 in., lanceolate, sessile or stalked, short or very 
long-pointed, smooth or woolly beneath, sheaths 3 in., 
margins oiten bearded, spathes 3-11 in., sessile or stalked, 
Solitary or crowded, funnel-shaped, capsule 8-angled, 
seeds lead-coloured ; for other characters see Commelina 
colestis. The root is edible, and is used in fevers and 
bilious attacks. 
