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Plants of the Punjab, 
Prostraes Hares with Oprpositm Sriputarz SIMPLE LaBavus, 
Oldenlandia diffusa, 
RuBIACES, 
PB owe 6D, 
The Plains, 
Oldenlandia 
erystallina, 
RuBIACES. 
F. B. I. iii. 65, 
The Plains to 
6,000 ft. 
Annandale in Simla, 
on gravel walks 
(Collett). 
Spermacoce hispida, 
Madanaghant, 
RuBIACER. 
F. B. I. i. 200. 
The Plains to 
3,000 ft. 
Mollugo hirta, 
Posprang, gandibutr. 
FIcoIDEs. 
F. B. 1. ii. 662, 
The Plains, 
PEPALS UNIVED. 
very like the spreading form of the last species, but 
smoother, flower stalks shorter, stouter, capsules larger, 
very like the last species, but leaf margins not re- 
curved, calyx teeth much larger, triangular, lanceolate, not 
awl-shaped. 
root annual or perennial, stems prostrate, branches 
ascending, 6-14 in., stout, 4-angled, bristly hairy or smooth ; 
leaves 4-14 by 4-% in., ovate or spoon-shaped, short-pointed 
or blunt, stiff, rough, margins thickened, hard, bristly, 
stipules thin, short, broad, united to the leaf base, fringed 
with long bristles ; flowers 4-3 in., blue or white, 4-6, shortly 
stalked in a circle, axillary or terminal, bracteoles as long 
as the calyx, thread-like, transparent, calyx ovoid, teeth 
4, linear-lanceolate, corolla 4-4 im. long, funnel-shaped, 
4-lobed, stamens 4, on the throat or tube of the corolla, 
style slender, stigma 2-lobed; capsule hairy or velvety, 
rounded at the base, seeds -+4,-4 in., oblong, granulate, 
opaque. The root like that of sarsaparilla is given as an 
alterative. 
PETALS NONE. 
woolly with star-shaped hairs, stems much branched, 
leafy ; leaves 4-1 in., ovate with a broad tip, usually but 
rarely round to narrowly lanceolate, stalk to } in., stipules 
soon falling off; flowers }-} in., greenish, usually sessile, 
axillary, clustered or in racemes, sepals 5, }-} in., oblong, 
short-pointed, persistent, petals none, stamens 5-10, styles 
8-5, linear, short ; capsule a little shorter than the sepals, 
oblong, thin, 8-5-celled, seeds many, covered with raised 
points, a membranous scale attached with a linear tip curl- 
ing half round the seed. A weed of cultivation. It is 
used as @ purgative, 
