Plants of the Punjab. 583 
Prostrats Herps with Opposite EXsTIPULATE SIMPLE LHAVEs. 
Galium triflorum, 
Galium Aparine, 
Galium acutum, 
RUBIACER. 
BeBe Es ni, 208. 
Himalaya, 
east of the Sutlej, 
7-12,000 ft. 
The Chor, on rocks 
(Collett). 
Galium vernum, 
RuBIACES. 
F. B. I. ii. 209. 
Himalaya, 
east of the Ravi, 
7-11,000 ft. 
Narkanda (Collett). 
Chamba (C. B. 
Clarke). 
Androsace 
lanuginosa, 
PRIMULACES. 
F. B. I. i. 498. 
Himalaya, 
6-10,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Kashmir, 
PETALS UNITED. 
lobes 4, spreading, stamens 4, styles 2, fruit dry, small, 
round, almost 2-lobed, covered with hooked bristles, seeds 
2, small. 
see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 
Entire. 
see Climbing Plants, Opposite Exstipulate, Simple. 
small, perennial, smooth, stems 6-12 in., interlaced, 
very leafy ; leaves 4-4 in., sessile,in circles of 6, ovate- 
lanceolate, crowded, tip spiny, nerves none; flowers very 
minute, white, on solitary stalks, calyx ovoid, no teeth, 
corolla wheel-shaped, lobes 4, stamens 4, styles 2; fruit 
1, in., dry, round, slightly 2-lobed, smooth, seeds 2, small, 
like the last species, but softly hairy, leaves larger, 
ovate, shortly stalked, in circles of 4, nerves 3, prominent, 
flowers yellow or white, usually found only in the terminal 
circles of leaves, 
small, perennial, covered with long, silvery white, 
silky hairs, branches runner-like, not rooting with tufts 
of leaves ; leaves 4-? in., lanceolate, sessile, entire, some- 
times alternate, short- or long-pointed ; flowers small, pale 
or dark purple, tinged with blue, yellow in the centre, in 
dense umbels on solitary stalks, 3-4 im. long, bracts short, 
narrowly lanceolate, entire, calyx tubular, 5-lobed, lobes 
blunt, corolla 4-4 in. diam., flat-topped, tube shorter than 
the calyx, narrow, wrinkled at the mouth, lobes 5, spread- 
ing, entire or slightly notched, stamens 5 in the corolla 
tube, style short; capsule ovoid, 5-valved, seeds few, 
only 2, nearly round or angular, 
