458 
Plants of the Punjab. 
Herss, UNBRANCHED, WITH ALTERNATE STIPULATE SIMPLE Leavas. 
Drosera peltata, 
Begonia picta, 
BEGONIACEZ. 
F. B. I. 1. 638. 
Himalaya, 
3-6,000 ft. 
Simla, on damp 
rocks (Collett). 
Begonia ameena, 
BEGONIACES. 
F, B. I. ii. 642. 
Himalaya, 
5-7,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Dalhousie. 
Polygonum 
islandicum, 
PoLYGONACES. 
F. B. I. v. 24. 
Himalaya, 
12,000 ft. 
Kashmir, in 
marshy places. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
styles D, undivided ; capsule 2-5-valved, seeds many, black, 
ovoid with a broad top. This is an insectivorous plant, the 
sticky hairs capture the insect and then dissolve its soft 
parts. 
bee Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Hxstipulate, Simple 
Entire. 
small, perennial, succulent, rootstock tuberous, stem 
6-12 in., slender, velvety ; leaves 3-5 by 2-3 in., ovate 
. : * 
long-pointed, nearly equally heart-shaped, doubly finely 
toothed, upper surface roughly hairy, green, blotched with 
pink, lower surface velvety, blotched with purple, nerves 
prominent, stipules lanceolate, hairy ; flowers 1-14 in 
diam., pale pink, in axillary stalked cluster, male flowers, 
sepals 2, orbicular, coloured, velvety, petals 2, smaller 
¢ . . ; 4 
oblong, stamens about 30, anthers ovoid witha broad top, 
female flowers, sepals 2, large, velvety, petals 3, small, 
styles 8, nearly separate, divided half way up into 2 
porinous branches, persistent ; capsule 1 in., velvety till 
ripe, 3-sided, angles -produced into 3 flat wings, one wing 
ie A . . . < 
¢ in. broad, the other $ in., the third 1 in., seeds many, 
minute, light brown. . 
smaller than the last species, smooth, stem shorter 
often producing runners, leaves 8 by 2 in., smooth round 
and sharp-toothed, leaf stalk 2-3 in., stipules ovate 
smooth, flowers {-1 in. diam., female flowers sepals 2, 
large, opposite, ovate, one smaller lateral, all persistent, 
enlarged on fruit, the branches of the styles are caved 
capsule 2 by ? in., including the wings, seeds smooth, 
netted, longer than those of the last species ; for other 
characters see the last species. 
PETALS NONE. 
very small, annual, smooth, stems very slender, joint- 
ed, forming tufts, 1-6 in. high ; leaves 4-4 in, ovate with 
a broad blunt tip, stalked, often opposite, stipules short 
2-lobed ; flowers very minute, in terminal or axillary clus- 
ters, bracts not tubular or sheathing, calyx 8-5-cleft, sta- 
men usually 1 or nearly 2, stigmas 2-8, nearly sensile : 
nut flattened, rather longer than the calyx lobes. 
