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Plants of the Punjab. 
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ProstRATE HeRBS WITH OPPOSITE STIPULATE SimpLE LEAVES. 
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Lecanthus 
Wallichii, 
URTICACES. 
Repel ys p00: 
(See under L. 
Wightii). 
Himalaya, 
east of the Ravi, 
4-10,000 ft. 
Simla, the Glen, 
in damp places. 
(Collett). 
Jaku. 
Elatostemma sessile, 
Elatostemma 
surculosum, 
Pouzolzia indica, 
var, alienata, 
UrticacEes. 
PB. d: vs os. 
The Plains to 
5,000 ft. 
Valleys below Simla, 
on dry rocky slopes 
(Collett). 
Koti. 
Pouzolzia 
pentandra, 
Pippira-sari. 
URTICACE. 
Her Lv. 000. 
The Valleys below 
3,000 ft. 
Hast of Kangra 
(Collett). 
Pouzolzia hirta, 
Urticacnm®. 
HBV. 000. 
The valleys below 
5,000 ft. 
Bast of Chamba 
(Collett), 
PETALS NONE. 
stems 12-24 in., stout, leaves 2-4 in., tip long, tail- 
like, heads 4-1} m. diam., on stalks 2-12 in. long, calyx 
of female flowers 4-lobed, lobes nearly equal, hooded at 
the tip, achenes ovoid, purple-brown, shorter than the 
calyx ; for other characters see the last species. 
see Prostrate Herbs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 
see Herbs, Unbranched, Opposite, Stipulate, Simple, 
small, roughly velvety, stems half prostrate, branches 
slender, spreading; leaves }-1 in., ovate, long-stalked, 
thin, entire, pointed, base rounded, 3-nerved; flowers 
minute, pale green, one sexual, in small axillary clusters, 
male and female in the same or different cluSters on the 
same different plants, male calyx shortly stalked, 4-lobed, 
stamens 4, female calyx sessile, tubular, enclosing the ovary, 
style long, linear, protruding, soon falling off; achenes 
enclosed in the ribbed, sometimes winged calyx. 
annual, smooth, stem prostrate below, diffusely branch- 
ed, leaves sessile, or nearly so, lanceolate or linear- 
oblong, entire, pointed, lower ones 1-4 in., opposite, upper 
ones alternate, crowded, smaller gradually upwards, 
stipules short, flowers in small clusters, sometimes of only 
2 or 8 flowers, male calyx usually 5-lobed, stamens 5, 
achene enclosed in the broadly 8-winged calyx ; for other 
characters see the last species. The fibre is used for cord- 
age. 
almost prostrate, stems smooth, velvety or slightly 
hairy, 6-26 in., slender, often branched ; leaves 1-4 in, 
ovate or lanceolate, entire, pointed, sessile or nearly so, 
stipules broad, long-pointed, flowers in small rounded 
‘ dense clusters, male calyx usually 5-lobed, stamens 5, 
achene enclosed in a strongly ribbed, sometimes winged 
calyx ; for other characters see the last species. 
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