499 
‘“. 
Plants of the Punjab. 
Heras, UNBRANCHED, WITH Opposite ExstTrepuLATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Gentiana Kurroo, 
Karu, kutki, nilkant. 
GENTIANACER. 
RB ay, Li, 
Himalaya, 
5-11,000 ft. 
Shali, near the 
summit (Collett). 
Kashmir. 
Gentiana cortorta, 
Mazus rugosus, 
ScROPHULARIACE. 
Tve. Lory 259. 
The Plains to 
7,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Lancea tibetica, 
SCROPHULARIACES. 
By BAL iv. 260: 
Himalaya, 
11-16,000 ft. 
Kashmir. 
Picrorhiza Kurrooa, 
Kutka, kurru, kaur, 
SCROPHULARIACE A. 
F. B. 1. iv. 290. 
Himalaya, 
9-15,000 ft. 
Kashmir. 
PETALS UNITED. = 
small, perennial, stout, leaves radical 3 by 4 in, 
oblong or linear, stem leaves 1 in., linear united at the base 
into a tube, flowers 13-2 in. long,? in. diam., solitary 
or racemed, calyx half as long as the corolla, lobes 5, 
linear, corolla lobes } in., ovate, short-pointed, capsule 
? by + in., seeds twice as long as broad, short-pointed at 
one end, nearly tailed at the other; for other characters 
see the last species. 
see Herbs, 
Entire. 
Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 
small, annual, smooth or slightly hairy ; leaves radi- 
eal 1-3 in., oblong or ovate witha broad tip, narrowed to 
a stalk-hke base, coarsely toothed, stem leaves $-14 m., 
alternate, spoon-shaped ; flowers 4-3 in., pale blue or white, 
streaked with blue, upper lip darker,in racemes 1-6 flowers, 
calyx bell-shaped, 5-lobed half way down, corolla upper 
lip 2-lobed, erect, lower lip 3-lobed, spreading, stamens 4, 
in unequal pairs, style slender, stigma divided; capsule 
round or flattened, enclosed in the calyx, seeds many, 
very minute, pale. 
small, slender, rootstock creeping, horizontal ; leaves 
radical 1-34 in. long, blunt, leathery, narrowed into a 
half stem-clasping stalk 4-1 in. long ; flowers 3-1 in. long, 
blue, in a very short terminal raceme sunk amongst the 
leaves, bracts lanceolate, calyx bell-shaped, 5-toothed, 
corolla tube dilated above, upper tip nearly erect, concave, 
2-lobed, lower lip large, 8-lobed, spreading, stamens 4, in 
unequal pairs, style thread-like, stigma divided ; fruit the 
size of a pea, round, not splitting open, protruding beyond 
the calyx, seeds many, small, nearly round, brown, 
small, perennial, rootstock as thick as the little finger, 
covered with withered leaf-bases ; leaves radical, 2-4 in., 
spoon-shaped, toothed, rather leathery, tip rounded, base 
narrowed into a winged sheathing stalk ; flowers }-4 in. 
long, bluish, in spikes 2-4 in. long on radical leafy flowering 
stems, calyx lobes 5, lanceolate, corolla tube curved, broad, 
upper lip nearly hooded, notched, lower lip 3-lobed, shorter, 
middle lobes shortest, stamens 4 ; capsule 4 in. long, ovoid, 
seeds curved, netted. The root is used as a bitter tonic 
and laxative with great effect in dropsy. 
