Plants of the Punjab. 508 
Heras, UNBRANCHED, WITH ALTERNATE ExsTIPULATE LOBED LEAVES. 
Podophyllum Emodi, 
Paprt, banbakri. 
BERBERIDACES. 
Be Be i bdo. 
Himalaya, 
6-12,000 ft. 
Matiana, Narkanda 
(Collett). 
The Chor, Hazara, 
Murree, Kashmir. 
Papaver 
somniferum, 
Meconopsis 
aculeata, 
Cardamine 
hirsuta, 
Hairy Bittereress, 
CRUCIFERAE, 
RoBi 138; 
The Plains to 
10,000 it. 
Simla (Collett). 
Kashmir. 
Cardamine 
impatiens, 
Narrowieaved 
Bittercress, 
CRUCIFERAE. 
BB ke iss. 
Himalaya, 
5-12,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Kashmir, 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
small to medium size, perennial, smooth, succulent, 
rootstock creeping, scaly, 2-leaved, flower stalk 6-18 
in., leafy above; leaves 2, 6-10 in. across, circular, long 
stalk jomed to middle of leaf, divided deeply into 8 parts, 
each part lobed, sharply toothed, often blotched with 
purple ; flower solitary, rarely 2, 14 in. diam., white, 
rarely pink, sepals 3-6, petal-like, soon falling off, petals 6, 
stamens 6, style short, stigma crest-like, ridged ; berry 1-2 
in., scarlet, ovoid, edible, seeds small, many, ovoid with a 
broad top, immersed in pulp. Closely allied to Podophyl- 
lum peltatum, L. May Apple—Podophyllin, an alkaloid 
extracted from the root of a Podophyllum, is used as a 
purgative. 
see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Hxstipulate, Lobed. 
see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Lobed. 
small, annual, smooth, stem 38-12 in.; leaves 2-6 in., 
stalked, pinnately lobed, lobes 7, of the lower leaves broad- 
ly ovate or circular with a few large, lobe-lke teeth, of 
the uppermost often narrowly oblong, end lobe largest, 
blunt or rounded, stem leaves not lobed at the base ; flowers 
=y In., white, in racemes, sepals 4, very small, equal at the 
base, petals 4, stalked, narrow, erect, twice as long as the 
sepals, stamens 6, 2 outer short, opposite the lateral sepals, 
4 inner longer in pairs, opposite the other two sepals, stigma 
almost sessile ; pods 4-1 in., erect, blunt linear, long, flat, 
reeds flattened, in one row, without a margin. This plant 
iS sometimes eaten as a pot herb. 
like the last species, but the base of the stem leaves 
divided with 2 long stem-clasping lobes, lobes of radis 
eal leaves 7-15, ovate, obtusely lobed, stem leaves longer, 
lanceolate, entire, pods pointed, when ripe they burst 
elastically, jerk out the seeds and curl up. 
