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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Stipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Geranium rectum, 



Geraniace^. 

 p. B. I. i. 429. 



Kashmir. 



medium size, root stock stout, perennial, stem slender, 

 slightly hairy and leafy, leaves 3-4 in. diam., 5-angled, 

 7-lobed, divided to below the middle, lobes sharp-pointed, 

 thin, slightly hairy on both surfaces, long-stalked, stipules 

 lanceolate, flowers 1| in. diam., on long stalks, bracts 

 awl-shaped ; the other characters are like those of the 

 last species. 



Geranium collinum, 



GERANIACEiE. 



F. B. I. i. 429. 

 Kashmir. 



Geranium palustre, 

 or grandiflorum, 



Geraniace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 430. 

 Kashmir. 



Geranimn 

 Walliehianum, 



Liljahri. 



GERANIACE^ffil. 



F. B. I. i. 430. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-11,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Murree (Douie). 

 Hazara (Barrett). 



Geranium Tuberaria, 



Geraniace^. 

 F. B.I. i. 431. 

 Kashmir. 



small, woolly or glandular-velvety, stems many, 

 unbranched, flowering 6-10 in. high ; leaves sometimes 

 alternate, round, 5-7-lobed to below the middle, segments 

 wedge-shaped, blunt, 3-5-lobed, stipules small, ovate, 

 short-pointed; flowers and capsule like G. pratense above. 



very Hke the last species, but taller with large flowers 

 2 in. diam., leaves 5-angled with 5 lobes cut pinnately. 



large, perennial, hairy, root thick, stem stout, much 

 branched ; leaves 3-4 in. broad, 5-angled, deeply 3-5 

 lobed, segments long-pointed, sharply toothed, stalked, 

 stipules |-1 in. long, very broad, blunt ; flowers 1^-2 

 in. diam., blue-purple, on long stalks, bracts large, sepals 

 5, ending in a long bristle, petals 5, tip broad with a shal- 

 low notch, stamens, styles and capsule like G. pratense 

 above. This plant is used as an astringent especially in 

 the case of sore eyes. 



medium size, slender, hairy and glandular, root 

 tuberous, perennial ; leaves 1^-S in. diam., sometimes 

 alternate, round, kidney-shaped, divided into 5-7 parts, 

 segments very spreading, much divided, radical leaves 

 long-stalked, stipules variable ; flowers 1 in. diam., in 

 nearly umbelled clusters of 2 surrounded with shortly- 

 stalked leaves, main flower stalk very hairy and glandular, 

 bracts leafy, much divided, sepals 5, small, blunt with 

 a fine abrupt point, petals 5, large, rounded with a notch, 

 stamens 5, filaments slender; capsule 1J-1| in. long, 

 erect, hairy, styles very short, the beaks do not separate 

 as in other species. 



Geranium pusillum, 



see Prostrate Herbs, Opposite, Stipulate, Lobed. 



