Plants of the Punjab. 



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Hbrbs^ Erect, with Opposite Stipulate Simple Leaves. 

 Leap Margins Entire. 



Polycarpon 

 Loeflingise, 



Caryophyllace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 245. 

 The Plains. 



Petals ununited. 



small, annual, smooth or velvety, common in gar- 

 dens and waste places ; leaves |-f in. long, flat, sharp- 

 pointed or blunt, wedge-shaped, linear-oblong, stipules 

 small, thin, soon falling off ; flowers ^ in. diam., in clusters 

 at the end of branches or in their forks, sepals 5, keeled, 

 petals 5, thin, notched or not, stamens 3-5, style divided 

 into three ; capsule one-celled, seeds many, ovoid, grooved. 



Polycarpsea 

 corymbosa, 



Caryophyllace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 245. 

 The Plains to 

 7,000 ft. 

 Giri Vally (Collett). 



small, annual or perennial, much branched, grey 

 woolly or velvety ; leaves |-1 in. long, flat, narrow, linear, 

 long- or short-pointed or blunt, stipules lanceolate or awl- 

 shaped, thin ; flowers | in. diam., white, in terminal silvery 

 much branched clusters, sepals 5, thin, lanceolate, much 

 longer than the petals and capsule, often coloured, petals 

 5, margin smooth or 2-toothed, stamens 5, style one, 

 tip 3-toothed ; capsule 3-valved, seeds many, ovoid or 

 flattened. 



Portulaca quadrifida, see Prostrate Herbs, Opposite, Stipulate, Simple. 



Argostemma 

 verticillatum, 



Eubiace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 43. 

 Himalaya, 

 2-6,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Petals united. 



small, annual, slender, nearly smooth, growing on 

 wet rocks ; leaves 1-4 in. long, in fours, sessile, unequal, 

 lanceolate oi- ovate-lanceolate, stipules minute ; flowers 

 ^ in. diam., white, shining in terminal stalked clusters, 

 calyx 5-toothed, teeth short-pointed, corolla wheel-shaped, 

 5-lobed, stamens 5, style slender, stigma round ; capsule 

 thin, 2-celled, seeds many. 



Hedyotis hispida, 



Eubiace^. 



F. B. I. iii. 60. 



Himalaya to 



5,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



small, annual, stems angular, rough, much branched, 

 sometimes prostrate ; loaves 1|-2| in. long, sessile, very 

 variable in width, linear-lanceolate, short- or long-pointed, 

 margins turned in, stipules very short with many stiff 

 bristles ; flowers small, white, 2-6 in sessile axillary rounded 

 clusters, calyx lobes 4, short-pointed, persistent, roughly 

 bristly, corolla bell- or funnel-shaped, lobes 4, ovate or 

 linear, stamens 4 in the throat of the corolla, style thread- 

 like, stigma 2-lobed ; capsule ovoid or round, 2-celled, 

 seeds manv, minute. 



