Plants of the Punjab. 



157 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Hoppea 

 dichotoma, 



Gentianace^. 

 F. B. Liv. 100. 

 The Plains to 

 3,000 ft. 



Petals united. 



very small, annual, smooth, stem square, mnoh 

 branched ; leaves J in. long, ovate, sessile ; flowers j-^ 

 in., white, in sessile 2-3-flowered dense or loose clusters, 

 calyx -jV in-, bell-shaped, lobes 4, ovate, long-pointed, 

 thin, marginal nerve green, corolla bulging on one side, 

 shorter than the calyx, tube -^ in., lobes short, triangular, 

 stamens 4, 1 perfect, 3 barren, in the throat of the corolla, 

 style short, stigma hardly divided ; capsule nearly round, 

 very small, seeds very many, minute, nearly black. 



Enicostema 

 littorale, 



Chota kirayata. 

 Gentianace^. 

 P. B. Liv. 101. 

 The Plains to 

 1,500 ft. 



small, annual, smooth, stem round or square, branch- 

 ed, spaces between leaves short ; leaves 2 by | in., 

 or smaller and nearly linear, ovate-lanceolate, sessile ; 

 flowers -g-in. long, white or bluish in sessile axillary clusters, 

 calyx yV ^^•' deeply divided into 5 lobes, which are narrowly 

 oblong and blunt, corolla funnel-shaped, tubular, tube -|- 

 in., lobes 5, y\p in., spreading, oblong with rounded ends, 

 stamens 5, in the upper part of corolla tube, scales at the 

 base, anthers oblong, short-pointed, within the tube, 

 style short, linear, stigma round ; capsule |-^ in., oblong 

 with rounded ends, seeds many, nearly round, larger than 

 those of the last species. This plant is bitter and used in 

 place of quinine or chiretta. 



Erythrsea 

 ramosissima, 



Gentianace^. 

 F. B. Liv. 101. 

 The Plains, 

 1-2,000 ft. 

 Ludhiana, 

 Hoshiarpur 

 (Thomson). 

 Baluchistan 

 (C. B. Clarke). 



small, branched, very leafy ; leaves 1| by |in., sessile, 

 stem leaves oblong, short-pointed or with rounded ends ; 

 flowers I in., pink, in sessile bracteate clusters, calyx ^ 

 in., tubular, teeth 5, lanceolate or linear, with a promi- 

 nent ridge, equal to the corolla tube, corolla tube | in., 

 lobes 5, spreading, stamens 5, near the mouth of the corolla 

 tube, short, linear, style linear, stigmas oblong ; capsule 

 I in., oblong, nearly 2-celled, seeds very small. 



Erythrsea 

 Roxburghii, 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Erythrsea Mcyeri, 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Exstipulate, Simple. 



