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Plants of the Pimjah. 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Rubia albicaulis, 



Petals united. 



see Climbers, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Galium boreale, 

 Northern Galium, 



Eubiace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 205. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-11,000 ft. 

 Kashmir, Lahul. 



medium size, perennial, smooth or velvety, branches 

 square; leaves 1-2 by ^-^ in., 4 in a circle, lanceolate, blunt, 

 stiff, margins rough, sessile, 3-nerved from the base ; 

 flowers minute, white, in nearly erect axillary and ter- 

 minal many-flowered clusters with ovate bracts, calyx 

 tube ovoid or round, teeth none, corolla wheel-shaped, 

 lobes 4, nearly pointed, stamens 4 in the corolla tube, 

 anthers 2-lobed, style short, 2-branched, ovary 2-ceUed ; 

 fi'uit -y\ in. diam., 2-lobed, dry, covered with hooked 

 hairs, seeds 2, small, flat on one side, convex on the other. 



Galium triflorum, 



Eubiace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 205. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-10,000 ft. 

 Mashobra, Mahasu, 

 Narkanda (Goilett). 



small, perennial, smooth, stems sometimes strag- 

 gling, leaves long and short, 1|-2| by ^-| in. and f-l by 

 I'l in., the long leaves sessile, the short stalked, 6-8 in a 

 circle or the short 4 in a circle, lanceolate, not 3-nerved 

 from the base, flowers whitish-yellow, minute in axiflary 

 or terminal few-flowered clusters ; otherwise like the last 

 species.. 



Galium vestitum, 



Eubiace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 206. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-10,000 ft. 

 Eogi, Chini 

 (CoUett). 



small, perennial, stems stout, ascending, leaves |-| 

 in., short, blunt, oblong, hairy, sessile, in circles of 4-6, 

 clusters of flowers small, terminal and axillary, flowers 

 minute, fruit very small, covered with hooked bristles ; 

 otherwise like the last species. 



Galium tricorne, 

 Corn Galium, 



Rubiace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 207. 

 The Plains, Waziri, 

 and Attock Hills, 

 Kashmir, to 

 13,000 feet. 



medium size, annual, very rough, stem stout, branches 

 square, leaves 1-1| by |-^ in., linear, stiff, 6-8 in a circle, 

 point rigid, tapering, flowers . white, minute on long or 

 short, stout, axiflary, l.-3-flowered stalks, corolla lobes 

 ovate, short-pointed, fruit smooth, | in.- diam. ; other- 

 wise like the last species. 



