Plants of the Punjab. 



145 



TJbrbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leavi-js. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Silene Webbiana, 



Caryophyllace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 220. 

 Himalaya, Sirmur. 



Cucubalus baccifer, 



Caryophyllace^. 

 F.B.Li. 221. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-8,000 ft. 



Lychnis coronaria, 



Caryophyllace^. 

 F. B. L i. 222. 

 Kashmir Valley, 

 in groves and fields 

 (Jacquemont). 



Petals ununited. 



medium size, slender, very like Silene viridiflora 

 Linn., leaves 1| in. broad, stem leaves ovate, stem clasping, 

 long-pointed, 5-9-nerved, flowers greenish-white, drooping 

 in loose opposite long-stalked clusters, calyx f in., very 

 slender, 10-nerved, swollen in fruit, teeth with thin edges, 

 petals long, blade divided, lobes strap-shaped, scales 2, 

 styles 3, capsule cylindric, oblong ; other characters like 

 the last species. 



medium size, rambling, velvety with curly white 

 hairs ; leaves 1-2 by |-1 in,, ovate-lanceolate, short-point- 

 ed, thin with scattered hairs, narrowed into the stalk, 

 upper leaves sessile ; flowers greenish-white, nodding, 

 in 1-3-flowered loose leafy clusters or solitary in the forks 

 of the branches, calyx | in., 5-toothed, broadly bell-shaped, 

 10-nerved, base rounded, teeth large, broad, almost short- 

 pointed, petals 5, 2-lobed, stalk narrow, toothed at the 

 top, blade of petal with 2 scales at the base, stamens 10, 

 styles 3 ; capsule round, black, the size of a pea, tip 

 crowned with a projection, shining, dry or fleshy, becom- 

 ing thin, seeds minute, many, kidney-shaped with a lateral 

 depression. 



medium size, perennial, covered with white wool, 

 sparingly branched ; leaves 3-5 in., lanceolate with a broad 

 tip narrowed to the stalk, stem leaves oblong ; flowers 

 red purple, on long stalks, calyx f-1 in., top-shaped, 10- 

 nerved, teeth 5, twisted to the left, petals 5, 1 in. or more 

 in length, with 2-toothed stiff scales at the stalk, heart- 

 shaped with a notch at the margin, broad, stamens 10, 

 styles 5 ; capsule nearly sessile, within the calyx, 5-valved, 

 valves with an even margin, seeds many, doubly con- 

 vex. 



Lychnis 

 Cachemeriana, 



Caryophyllace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 224. 

 Kashmir (Eoyle). 



medium size, straight, stout, unbranched, with grey 

 hairs ; leaves 2-3 by |-| in., narrow, ovate to linear- 

 lanceolate, slightly rough ; flowers white, large, erect 

 or nodding in nearly terminal contracted clusters, calyx 

 |-1 in. long, green, oblong, teeth 5, short- or long-pointed, 

 nerves many, branching, petals 5, blade i in. long, stalk 

 woolly, blade 2-fid, lobes divided, stamens 10, styles 5 ; 

 capsule ovoid, 5-fid, on a woolly stalk, seeds many, kidney- 

 shaped, granulate. 



