Plants of the Punjab. 



135 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Stipulate Simple Leaves. 

 Leap Margins Entire. 

 Petals united. 



Spermacoce stricta, 



Eubiace^. 



F. B. I. iii. 200. 



The Plains to 



6,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



Rubia tibetica. 



Mollugo hirta, 

 MoUugo stricta, 



FlCOIDE^. 



F. B. I. ii. 663. 



The Plains to 



5,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(CoUett). 



small, annual, stems and branches usually square, 

 angles rough with curved- back prickles ; leaves 1-2 by 

 ^-| in., linear or ovate, short-pointed, leathery, smooth 

 or rough, margins turned down, stipules joined to the 

 leaf stems forming a short tube with long marginal bristles ; 

 flowers I in. long, white, many in dense rounded axillary 

 heads, bracteoles thread-like, longer than the calyx, calyx 

 ovoid, teeth usually 4, linear, persistent, corolla funnel- 

 shaped, 4-lobed, lobes Hnear, acute, stamens 4 on the 

 throat of the corolla, style thread-like, stigma round ; 

 capsule I in. long, narrow at the base, thin, crowned with 

 the calyx teeth, dividing into 2 one-seeded half fruits, 

 seeds oblong, poHshed. 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Petals none. 



see Prostrate Herbs, Opposite, Stipulate, Simple. 



small, annual, smooth, much branched ; leaves 

 |-1| in. long, narrowly lanceolate, nearly sessile, short- 

 pointed, stipules membranous, soon falHng off ; flowers 

 ■^ in. long, orange or pink, in many terminal branch- 

 ing clusters, sepals 5, -^ in. long, distinct, persistent, 

 petals none, stamens 3-5, styles 3, short, ununited ; capsule 

 round, within the persistent calyx, seeds many, dark- 

 brown, rough with minute points. 



Pouzolzia indica, 

 Pouzolzia pentandra, 



see Prostrate Herbs, Opposite, Stipulate, Simple. 

 see Prostrate Herbs, Opposite, Stipulate, Simple. 



Pouzolzia Iiirta, 



see Prostrate Herbs, Opposite, Stipulate, Simple. 



Elatostemma 

 pusillum. 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



Elalostemma 

 surculosum, 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Opposite, Stipulate, Simple. 



