Plants of the Punjab. 630 
WATER PLANTS. 
Hxprss WItH ALTERNATE EXSTIPULATE SIMPLE LBAvns. 
Samolus Valerandi, 
Limnanthemum 
nymphzoides, 
Kuru, khair-posh. 
GENTIANACES. 
ets IV ASL. 
Himalaya, 
6-9,000 ft. F 
Kashmir. 
Limnanthemum 
cristatum, 
Tagarmul, ghain-chu. 
GENTIANACEAE. 
PB. Biv Ast. 
The Plains. 
Limnanthemum 
indicum, 
(LENTIANAOES. 
Ee B.teiv. 181. 
The Plains. 
Hydrolea zeylanica, 
HyDROPHYLLACES. 
Bebo. 1v.135. 
The Plains to 
4,000 ft,s 
in swamps. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
swollen, slightly 4-angled, seeds in many rows in the 4-5 
cells of the capsule. 
seg 
Entire. 
Herbs, Hrect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 
PETALS UNITED, 
stems long, floating, raotig at the joints; leaves 
1-2 im. diam., nearly opposite, circular, deeply notched 
at the base, leaf stalk 1-2 in. ; flowers 14-2 in. diam., yel- 
low, on minor stalks, 1-4 in., forming umbels on main flower 
stalks clustered in the leaf axils at the joints, calyx lobes 
5,3 by } in., oblong, corolla wheel-shaped, deeply 5-lobed, 
lobes without a longitudinal fold down the middle, slightly 
bristly and minutely round-toothed at the margin, sta- 
mens 5 on the corolla tube, style short; capsule 1 in,, 
oblong with rounded ends, seeds } in., many, discoid, 
winged. ‘This plant is largely used for fodder. 
like the last species, bwt flowers much smaller, corolla 
white, yellow at the base within, lobes 5-6 entire with a 
longitudinal fold down the middle, capsule } in., seeds 
small, many, rough. ‘The different parts are cooked and 
eaten in many districts. 
hike the last species, but flowers larger, corolla lobes 
fringed without a longitudinal fold down the middle, 
capsule larger, seeds many, smooth. 
medium size, annual, prostrate, branched. flowering 
parts sticky ; leaves 2 by } in., lanceolate, narrowed at 
the base; flowers blue in terminal racemes, 1-2 in. long, 
on lateral branches, bracts }-4 in.; calyx segments 5, lan- 
ceolate, } in., nearly divided to the base, longer than the 
capsule, corolla widely open, bell-shaped, almost wheel- 
shaped, lobes 5, 4 in, overlapping, stamens 5, anthers 
arrow-shaped, styles 2, distinct, stigmas round ; capsule 4 
in,, seeds minute, 
