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Plants of the Punjab. 
PrRostRATE HERBS witH ALTERNATE ExstTIPpULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Commelina 
benghalensis, 
Kanshura, kanna. 
CoMMELINACES. 
PAB tev. 370. 
The Plains to 
6,000 ft. 
Valleys below Simla 
(Collett). 
Commelina 
obliqua, 
Aneilema spiratum 
COMMELINCAE. 
EB; As Vio 4 « 
The Plains. 
Aneilema 
nudiflorum, 
CoMMELINACES. 
Pees Ls, vi 378. 
The Plains to 
5,000 ft. 
Valleys below Simla 
(Collett). 
Aneilema 
Hamiltonianum, 
COMMELINACER. 
FP. 5. I. vi; 880. 
The Plains, in 
marshy ground, 
Polygala 
crotalarioides, 
Polygala 
Hohenackeriana, 
Polygala erioptera, 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
like the last species, but leaves a little broader, blunt, 
spathes 2-3 together, base auricled on one side. 
see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 
Entire. 
small, perennial, stems tufted, branches 6-10 in. ; 
leaves small, sessile, flat, oblong, sheaths bearded, flowers 
blue, crowded ina small branching leafy raceme, bracts 
ovate, persistent, sepals 3, free, thin, petals 8, ovate with a 
broad tip, equal, stamens 8, staminodes 3 ; capsule oblong 
or almost round, } in., 3-angled, seeds 3-7 in each cell, 
straw-coloured, smooth, or minutely roughened. 
like the last species, but larger, seeds wrinkled, pitted, 
2 in each cell. 
like the last species, but smaller, stem rooting, creep- 
ing, branches few, leaves 14-2 in., linear-oblong, flowers 
white or pink, capsule }$-} in., seeds 16 in each cell, in two 
series. 
PETALS UNITED. 
see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 
see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 
see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 
