580 
Plants of the Punjab. 
Prostrate Heres with Opposite ExstipuLATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Arenaria 
serpyllifolia, 
Thyme-leaved 
Sandwort, 
CARYOPHYLLACEA, 
Be Bet) 1/239. 
The Plains at 
1,000 to 12,000 ft. 
Simla, Mashobra 
(Collett). 
Rawalpindi (Douie). 
Arenaria 
neelgerrensis, 
CARYOPHYLLACE. 
HB. 137989, 
Himalaya, 
west of the Chenab, 
5-10,000 ft. 
Jammu, Kashmir. 
Arenaria 
glanduligera, 
CARYOPHYLLACE®. 
F. B. I. 1. 240. 
Kashmir, 
10-14,000 ft. 
Sagina 
procumbens, 
Pearlwort, 
CARYOPHYLLACE®, 
F. B. I. 1. 242, 
Himalaya, 
7-10,000 ft. 
Simla, Theog, 
Narkanda, on walks 
and roadsides 
(Collett), 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
small, annual, branching from the root, many-flowered, 
branches 2-10 in., slender, leafy, hairs often recurved ; 
leaves j-4 in., ovate, long-pointed, rather stiff with 
scattered bristles ; flowers 3-} in. diam., white, in many- 
flowered terminal clusters, bracts leafy, sepals 5, free, 
ovate-lanceolate, short-pointed, 3-5-ribbed velvety, much ~ 
longer than the petals. petals 5, ovate with a broad tip, 
not divided, stamens 10, styles 3 ; capsule cvoid, equal to 
the sepals, 6-valved, seeds many, rough. 
very like the last species, but leaves short-pointed, 
sepals ovate, one-ribbed. 
small, perennial, densely velvety with glands, stems 
1-2 im., many from the root, loosely tufted, rather stout, 
shining below; leaves 3-1 in., ovate flat, short- or long- 
pointed, pale green, glandular on both surfaces, soft ; 
flowers 3-4 in. diam., pink, solitary on a short slender 
stalk, calyx rounded at the base, sepals spreading, re- 
curved linear, short-pointed or blunt, glandular, much 
smaller than the petals, styles 3; capsule thin, shorter 
than the sepals, seeds few, pale. 
small, perennial, smooth, bright green, stems 2-6 in., 
slender, tufted, spreading; leaves }-4 in., cylindrical, 
uni(ed at the base into a thin sheath, short-pointed ; flowers 
very small, } in. diam., white, solitary on axillary or ter- 
minal stalks, much longer than the leaves, sepals 4 or 5, 
free, blunt, petals 4 or 5, entire or none, stamens 4 or 5, 
styles 4 or 5; capsule projecting beyond the sepals, 4- or 
5-valved to the base, seeds many, kidney-shaped. 
