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Plants of the Punjab. 573 ~ 
Prostrate Herpes with ALTERNATE EXsTIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Halocharis violacea, 
CHENOPODIACES. 
PIBeleye 19: 
The Plains, 
west of the Jhelum. 
The Salt Range. 
2,000 ft. 
Baluchistan 
(Stocks). 
Thesium himalense, 
SANTALACER. 
PLB ve 229: 
Himalaya, 
5-10,000 ft., 
east of the Chenab. 
The Salt Range. 
Sakesar. 
PETALS NONE. 
small, annual, slightly hairy, hairs very long, pros: 
trate, branched ; leaves }-$ in., lmear, almost 8-angled, 
sessile, fleshy, tipped with rigid hairs, floral leaves oblong, 
equal to bracteoles ; flowers minute, hidden by long bristles, 
axillary, solitary on almost head-like spikes, sepals 5, lan- 
ceolate, transparent, petals none, stamens 5, anthers 
produced into an ovoid violet appendage ; urticle ovoid, 
flattened, thin, stigmas 2, slender. 
perennial, parasitic on the roots of other plants, strag- 
gling, stem 6-18 in., slender, prostrate or almost erect, 
often much branched ; leaves 1-2 in., linear, sessile ; flowers 
small, yellow or pale green, stalked, forming terminal 
racemes, simple or branched, bracts 8, leaflike, one much 
the longest, calyx lobes 5, blunt, stamens 5, styles short, 
linear, stigma round ; nut 4 in., ovoid, wrinkled, topped by 
the calyx. 
Prostrate HERBS witH ALTERNATE EXsTIPULATE LOBED LEAVES. 
Hypecoum 
procumbens, 
Horned cumin, 
FUMARIACES. 
1 del oie ind 108 
The Plains. 
Peshawar, Multan. 
The Salt Range, 
Choa Saidan Shah, 
Rawalpindi, 
Bhera (Douie). 
Corydalis ramosa, 
Corydalis cornuta, 
Citrullus colocynthis, 
Corallocarpus 
epigeea, 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
small, annual, stems 3-12 in., many, slender, lying 
on the ground ; leaves 2-4 in., pinnately divided, segments 
lmear or oblong, cut, upper sessile, whorled ; flowers 4 
in. diam., yellow, few, stalked in racemes, sepals 2, small, 
scale-like, soon falling off, petals 4, spreading, 2 outer flat, 
blunt, 2 inner 3-lobed, middle toothed or divided, lateral 
lobes linear-oblong, blunt, stamens 4, free, opposite the 
petals; capsule 14-24 in., 2 in. wide, slender, curved, 
almost flattened, breaking up into one-seeded joints, seeds 
many, flattened. The juice is said to have the same effect 
as opium. 
see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Lobed. 
see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Lobed. 
see Climbing Plants, Alternate, Exstipulate, Lobed. 
PETALS UNITED. 
see Climbing Plants, Alternate, Exstipulate, | obed. 
