Plants of the Punjab. 297 
Herss, EREctT, with ALTERNATE ExstTipULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Lysimachia 
pyramidalis, 
PRIMULACER. 
FAB. 12./505. 
Himalaya, 
5-8,000 ft., 
east of the Sutlej, 
Simla (Collett). 
Lysimachia 
chenopodioides, 
PRIMULACES. 
F. B. I. in. 508. 
Himalaya, 
5-9,000 ft. 
Valleys below Simla 
(Collett). 
Centunculus teneilus, 
PRIMULACEA. 
F. B. I. iii. 506. 
Himalaya, 
1-6,000 ft. 
Dalhousie. 
Samolus Valerandi, 
Brookweed, 
PRIMULACER. 
Be Bs T1506, 
Himalaya, 
3-4,000 ft. 
Sutlej Valley, Suni, 
on marshes (Collett). 
Baluchistan 
(Boissier). 
Lear Marains Entire. 
PETALS UNITED. 
FLOWERS NOT IN HEADS. 
ununited, without glands, anthers oblong, protruding, style 
thread-like ; capsule % in. diam., round, splitting by 5 
valves, seeds many, minute. 
medium size, annual, smooth, much branched, 
leaves 1-25 in., linear-lanceolate, minutely gland-dotted 
and margined, sessile or nearly so, ‘flowers 4 in. long, 
white or pale purple, in long terminal racemes, 6-10 fies 
bracts linear, lower 1 in., sepals narrowly lanceolate with 
slender thin margins, corolla lobes toothed, stamens 
shorter than the corolla, capsule opens irregularly ; for 
other characters sec the last species. 
medium size, sometimes prostrate, leaves 1-1 in., 
ovate-lanceolate, short- or long-pointed, tapering into a 
rather long stalk, flowers z in., pale purple, sessile or 
nearly so, solitary, axillary, calyx equal to the corolla, 
long glands in series down the sepals, stamens short ; 
for other characters see the last species. 
small, annual, sometimes unbranched; leaveg + in., 
sometimes nearly opposite, ovate, short-pointed, sessile ; 
flowers minute, white or pink, solitary, axillary, stalks 
shorter than the leaves, lengthening in fruit, calyx 4-5- 
lobed, corolla pitcher-shaped, lobes 4-5, wheel-shaped, 
ovate-lanceolate, stamens 4-5, on the corolla throat, 
anthers protruding, style thread-lke; capsule globular, 
opening by a circular fissure round the middle, seeds many, 
target-shaped. 
small to medium size, perennial, rootstock short, stem 
smooth, sometimes prostrate, rooting at the base; leaves 
1-4 in., ovate with a broad tip or narrowed to the base, 
lower crowded, spreading, stalked, upper smaller, nearly 
sessile ; flowers $ in. diam., white, in terminal racemes 
or flat-topped clusters, afterwards lengthening, stalks 
bracteate about the middle, calyx tube half spherical, 
lobes 5, triangular, corolla tube bell-shaped, deeply 5- 
lobed, lobes spreading, stamens 5, on the base of corolla, 
short alternating with 5 minute scales, style short ; cap- 
sule } in. diam., ovoid, crowned with calyx teeth, split- 
ting from the top in 5 valves, seed’ many, minute, wrin- 
kled. 
