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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Stipulate Simple Leaves. 

 Leaf Margins Entire. 



Hedyotis stipulata, 



Oldenlandia 

 corymbosa, 



EUBIACE^. 



F. B. I. iii. 64. 



The Plains to 



6,000 ft. 



Annandale, Simla 



(Collett). 



Murree EQlls (Douie). 



Petals united. 



see Prostrate Herbs, Opposite, Stipulate, Simple. 



small, annual, slender, minutely bristly ; leaves |-2 

 in. long, linear-lanceolate, short-pointed, margins often 

 curved back, stipules small, thin, with long or short teeth 

 or bristles ; flowers white, small, solitary on long slender 

 axillary stalks, or 2-4 in a small cluster, calyx tube ovoid, 

 teeth 4, narrow-pointed, corolla flat and circular topped, 

 lobes 4, tube short, stamens 4, within the corolla tube, 

 style short, stigma 2-lobed ; capsule round, not ribbed, 

 2-celled, opening at the top, seeds many, minute. 



Oldenlandia aspera, 



Eubiace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 68. 

 The Plains. 



Oldenlandia 

 coccinea, 



KUBIACE^. 



F. B. I. iii. 69. 

 Himalaya, 

 3-8,000 ft. 

 Simla, on grassy 

 slopes (Collett). 



Anotis calyeina, 



EUBIACE^. 



F. B. I. iii. 73. 

 Himalaya, 

 3-7,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mashobra 

 (Collett). 



small, annual, thick, stem rough, branching in threes ; 

 leaves 2-3 in. long, in clusters, narrow linear, short-pointed, 

 margins turned under, leathery, stipules thin with 1-3 

 terminal bristles ; flowers i in. long, blue, nearly sessile, 

 solitary or in pairs in 3 branching clusters, calyx 

 teeth 4, much shorter than the corolla tube, awl-shaped, 

 corolla funnel-shaped, tube y^ in. long, slender, lobes 4, 

 stamens 4, within the corolla tube, style short, stigma 

 2-lobed ; capsule ^ in. diam., round, rough, seeds many, 

 angled. 



small, annual, slender, stem minutely bristly, often 

 unbranched ; leaves |-1^ in. long, distant, in pairs, nar- 

 rowly lanceolate, short-pointed, rough, margins curved 

 back, stipules bristly ; flowers | in. diam., scarlet, axil- 

 lary or termhial, solitary or 2-4 in small clusters, stalks 

 short, lengthened in fruit, calyx teeth 4, very long, equal 

 to the corolla tube, corolla tube ^ in. long, lobes oblong, 

 stamens 4 in the tube, style short, stigma 2-lobed ; capsule 

 I'l in. long, oblong or round, seeds many, angled. 



small, annual, slender, smooth, stems 4-angled, tufted ; 

 leaves |-1 by -|-| in., ovate or ovate-lanceolate, shortly 

 stalked, long-pointed, stipules thin with short bristles 

 on margin.-^ ; flowers small, white or lilac, axillary or ter- 

 minal, solitary on slender stalks or 2-4 in a small cluster, 

 calyx ovoid, teeth 4, minute, widely separated in fruit, 

 corolla short, tubular, 4-lobed, stamens 4, nearly sessile 

 at the mouth of the corolla tube, style slender, 2-branched, 

 projecting ; capsules in pairs, opening at the top by 2 

 valves, seeds many, minute. 



