688 Plants of the Punjab. 
WATER PLANTS. 
Herss with ALTERNATE ExsTIPULATE LoBED LEAVES. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
Nasturtium small, perennial, stem 6-12 in., branched, growing in 
palustre, wet places ; radical leaves many, stalked, 2-6 in., pinnately 
Marsh Water Cress, divided, lobes toothed, lower distinct, narrow, end one large, 
CRUCIFERE. broad, stem-leaves similar, or ovate-lanceolate, sessile, 
FB. 1. i188; toothed ; flowers small, bractless, yellow, in long loose 
The Plains to racemes, sepals 4, short, spreading, equal at the base, 
10,000 ft. petals 4, short, narrowed at the base, equal in length to 
Simla (Collett). the sepals, stamens 2. 4 or 6, stigma nearly sessile, rounded ; 
pod 2-} in., oblong, slightly curved when ripe, splitting 
by 2 valves, leaving the seeds crowded in 2 series 
attached to the central stalk. 
Nasturtium indicum, like the last species, but annual, upper leaves with a 
CRUCIFERS. large broad end lobe, frequently with small auricles, pods 
#23 1. 1. 154. narrow, cylindrical, $-? in., seeds wrinkled. 
The Plains to al 
7,000 ft. 
Kashmir. 
Nasturtium very like the last species, but smaller, leaves less divid- 
montanum, ed, pods longer, 1-14 in., seeds oblong, flattened. 
CRUCIFER2. 
FP. B. I. i. 184. 
The Plains to 
7,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
PETALS NONE. 
Caltha palustris, see Herbs, Evect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Lobed. 
Heres with ALTERNATE EXsTIPULATE CoMpouND LEAvVms. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
Nasturtium like Nasturtium Palustre, see above under Lobed 
officinale, Leaves, but is found floating with long creeping stema, 
Common leaves 2-4 in,, pinnate, leaflets sessile, 4 in., entire or wavy, 
Water Cress, flowers white, racemes short, petals longer than the sepais. 
Piriya halvm. This plant is much eaten by Europeans, to a smaller extent 
CRUCIFERS. by Indians ; it is considered to be antiscorbutic and stimu- 
F, B, 1. i. 188. lacing to the appetite. 
The Plains to 
7,000 ft. 
Simla, Kashmir, 
Baluchistan, 
