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Plants of the Punjab. 
ProstRaATB HERBS WITH ALTERNATE STIPULATE SimPpLe LEAVES, 
Alysicarpus rugosus, 
LEGUM! NOS, 
BB.1s i, 159, 
The Plains to 
4,000 ft. 
Valleys below Simla 
(Collett). 
Dharmpur, 
Flemingia 
strobilifera, 
Hydrocotyle asiatica, 
Brahmamduki, 
khulakhudi. 
UMBELLIFERAE. 
F. B. I. ii. 669. 
The Plains to 
2,000 it. 
Sutlej Valley, Suni, 
in wet places. 
(Colleit). 
Hydrocotyle 
javanica, 
Hydrocotyle 
roytundifolia, 
Polygonum 
recumbens, 
PoLyGONACEs, 
F, B. i Vv. 25, 
Himalaya, 
4-8,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett), 
Kashmir. 
PETALS UNUNITED, 
small to medium size, nearly smooth, stems 6-24 in., 
leaves 4-1 in., ovate or oblong, stipules $-4 in., thin, lance- 
olate, longer than the leaf stalk, flowers }-4 in., pale pink, 
crowded in terminal racemes, 1-4 in. long, pod sessile, } in., 
joints 8-5, hairless, wrmkled, 1-seeded, enclosed within 
the calyx ; for other characters see the last species. 
see Prostrate Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple, 
small, perennial, succulent, very slightly velvety, 
stems prostrate, rooting at the joints, branches zigzag, 
erect ; leaves 4-24 in., kidney-shaped or circular, round, 
toothed, long-stalked, shining, stipules small, thin, united 
to the leaf stalk ; flowers minute, purplish-white, sessile, 
3-4, in small umbels, on stalks shorter than the leaves, 
bracts ovate, few, small, embracing the flowers, calyx 
teeth none, petals 5, minute, ovate, pointed, slightly over- 
lapping, stamens 5 ; fruit 4-3 in., carpels 2, oblong, almors 
cylindric, curved, slightly flattened, netted, wrinkled, 
each with 9 curved ridges, coat white, thick, woody. This 
plant is supposed to be of use in leprosy, as it is a cutaneous 
stimulant and alterative. The leaves are sometimes 
used as a pot herb. 
see Prostrate Herbs, Alternate, Stipulate, Lobed. 
see Prostrate Herbs, Alternate, Stipulate, Lobed. 
PETALS NONE, 
small to. medium size, thickened at the joints, root 
stock perennial, stems stout, woody, long, much-branched, 
grooved, prostrate and ascending ; leaves }-3 in., broadly 
ovate, shortly stalked, rough, especially on the margins 
and under surface, stipules 4-4 in., tubular, with 2 long 
bristles ; flowers small, white or pink, in axillary clusters, 
calyx 4- or 5-lobed, stamens 4 or 5, styles 3, free, minute ; 
nut }$ in., 8-angled, black, smooth, shining, enclosed in 
the calyx, 
