Plants of the Punjab. 



163 



Herbs, Erect, with- Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leap Margins Entire. 

 Petals united. 



Galium verum, 

 Ladies' bedstraw, 



EUBIACE^. 



F. B. I. iii. 208. 

 Himalaj'a, 

 5-10,000 ft. 

 Kashmir, Lahul. 



Galium tenuissimum, 



EUBIACE.E, 



F. B. I. ii. 208. 

 The Plains at 

 Eawalpindi, 

 Kashmir, 

 5-6,500 ft. 



Galium setaceum, 



Eubiace^-. 

 F. B. I. iii. 208. 

 The Plains, Hissar 

 (Aitchison). 



Galium 

 ceratophylloides, 



Eubiace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 209. 

 Kashmir, 8,500 ft. 

 Pusiana (Clarke). ; 



Galium vernum, 



Asperula cynanchica, 

 Squinancywort, 



EUBIACB^. 



F. B. I. iii. 209; ■ 

 Himalaya, Kashmir, 

 8,000 ft. "'■■ 



small, perennial, smooth, stem velvety upwards 

 leaves f-1 by j^-|in., 8-10 in a circle, linear, point rigid 

 tapering, sessile, margins turned in; jQowers bright yellow 

 minute in very many short many-flowered clusters 

 fruit j\ in. diam., smooth ; otherwise like the last species. 



small, annual, very slender, the plant appears broad 

 above and narrow below, the stem dividing into two, 

 the branches into two or three, rough with the roughness 

 directed downwards, leafy at the forks only, leaves ^-f 

 by ^ in., 6 in a circle, linear, rough, with scattered bristles, 

 margins turned in, flowers white or yellowish, minute, in 

 large loose-flowered clusters on long slender stalks, corolla 

 lobes sharp, stiff-pointed, fruit -^ in. diam. ; otherwise 

 like the last species. 



small, annual, stems round, minutely rough or smooth, 

 leaves ^-f by -\p in., upper filiform, short-pointed, bristly, 

 margins turned in, lower shorter, broader at the tip,- not 

 bristly, flowers most minute, yellow, in terminal and 

 lateral few-flowered clusters on slender stalks equal to or 

 longer than the leaves, fruit -g-V i^*' smooth or with a few 

 hooked hairs ; otherwise like the last species. 



small, stems hardly branching, short, 4-angled, very 

 slender, quite Smooth, leaves ^ in., in close set circles 

 of Six, rather weak, finely long-pointed with bristles, 

 minutely rough towards the • tip, flowers very minute, 

 yellowish in axillary 3-flowered clusters on erect stalks 

 shorter than the leaves with 2 • awl-like bracts at the 

 tip, corolla segments lanceolate, long-pointed ; other- 

 wise like the last species. . . 



see Herbs, Prostrate, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 



small, perennial, smooth, rarely almost Velvety, stock 

 woody, stems many, slender, round, branches square, 

 leaves ^-| by .-i^-| in.-, small, linear-oblOng, blunt, lower 

 in circles of 4, upper in, pairs, flowers '^^ in. long, pink 

 or white, in. slender... clusters' or heads at the naked tips 

 o.f branches w^th ;, 2.. small-- linear oblang bracts, corolla 

 funnel-shaped, lobes 4, triangular, shorter than the tube, 

 fruit -jV ill- <iiam. ; otherwise like Gahum. 



