Plants of the Punjab. 



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Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Holosteum 

 umbellatum, 



Petals ununited. 

 see Herbs, Unbranched, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Cerastium 

 dahuricum, 



Caryophyllace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 227. 

 Himalaya, 

 10-11,000 ft. 

 Murree (Stewart). 

 Matiana, Hattu 

 (Collett). 



large, perennial, stems stout, ascending among shrubs 

 to 12 ft. or straggling over grass, smooth ; leaves l|-2 in., 

 large, oblong, sessile or forked, or united, blunt or short- 

 pointed, margin projecting ; flowers f in. diam., white, 

 long-stalked without bracts in forking clusters, sepals 5, 

 oblong, ends rounded or almost pointed, shining with thin 

 margins, | in., ovate-lanceolate, petals 5, 2-lobed, heart- 

 shaped, twice the length of the sepals, stalks bearded, 

 stamens 10, styles 5 ; capsule straight, twice the length 

 of the calyx, many-nerved, teeth re-curved, seeds flattened, 

 many. 



Cerastium 

 vulgatum, 

 Mouse-ear 

 chickweed, 



Caryophyllace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 228. 

 The Plains to 

 15,000 ft. 



small, annual, velvety, more or less sticky, a weed 

 of cultivation, stems many, simple or branched, stout 

 or slender ; leaves |-1 in., lower broad at the tip narrow- 

 ing to the stalk, upper oblong or ovate, blunt or short- 

 pointed ; flowers |-| in. diam., in clusters few -or many- 

 flowered, open or crowded, or in umbels or heads, sepals 

 5, lanceolate, about i in. long, margins broad, petals 5, 

 rarely none, equal to the sepals in length, shortly lobed, 

 stamens 10, sometimes 5 or less, styles 5 ; capsule cylin- 

 dric, much longer than the calyx, often curved, like 

 a horn (cerastos), whence the name is derived, teeth 

 straight, seeds many, flattened. 



Cerastium Thomsoni, 



Caryophyllaceje. 



p. B. I. i. 228. 



Himalaya, 



at Kishtwar and 



Lahul, 



10-12,000 ft. 



small, hairy, very glandular, branched only at the 

 base ; leaves f-l| in. long, linear-oblong, almost short- 

 pointed, straight ; flowers ^-| in. diam., white, in few- 

 flowered nearly umbel-like clusters, bracts with narrow 

 thin margins, stalks slender, sepals 5, oblong-lanceolate, 

 short-pointed, coloured below the thin tips, much smaller 

 than the petals, petals 5, broad, capsule cylindric, 

 twice the calyx, teeth 10, seeds many, flattened. 



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