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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leap Margins Entire. 



Halenia elliptica, 



Gentianace^. 

 F. B. L iv. 130. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-12,000 ft. 

 Kashmir, Mashobra, 

 Mahasu, in woods 

 (Collett). 



Trichodesma 

 indicum, 



Chota kupha, hallri 



Jjuii, ratmandu, 



nila hrai. 



Boraginace^. 



F. B. Liv. 153. 



The Plains to 



5,000 ft. 



Valleys beloAV Simla 



(Collett). 



Nurpiir, Kangra, 



Rawalpindi, Hazara, 



Choa Saidan Shah 



(Douie). 



Baluchistan 



(C. B. Clarke). 



Petals united. 



small to medium size, stems 4-sided, angles narrowly 

 winged ; leaves 1-2 by |-1| in., ovate, blunt, sessile, 

 5-nerved, stem leaves 1 by ^ in., short-pointed, lower 

 often stalked ; flowers | in. diam., pale blue, axillary, 

 and forming a loose terminal branching raceme, calyx split 

 nearly down to the base into 4 segments, i in., lanceolate, 

 corolla bell-shaped, divided more than half way down 

 into 4 lobes, the pit at the base of each lobe is 

 prolonged into a hollow spur |-| in. long, upturned, stamens 

 4, joined to the base of the corolla, style very short, cylin- 

 dric, stigma 2-lobed, small ; capsule |-| in., sessile, ovate, 

 splitting nearly to the base, seeds y g- in. and more, smooth, 

 yellow, fewer and larger than in most of the Swertias. 



small, annual, rough with hairs on tubercles and 

 elsewhere ; leaves 1-4 in., sessile, lanceolate, stem-clasp- 

 ing, lower opposite, upper often alternate, short-pointed ; 

 flowers f-1 in. across, pale blue turning to pink, then 

 white, solitary on drooping axillary stalks, becoming 

 terminal racemes by the lessening number of floral leaves, 

 calyx I in,, conical, divided into 5 lobes, which are pro- 

 longed below into 5 recurved tails, lobes lanceolate, finelj- 

 long-pointed, covered with grey or white silky hairs, 

 corolla tube -| in., lobes | in., ovate, abruptly tapering into 

 a fine point, a yellow glandular spot at the base of each, 

 stamens 5, short, woolly, anthers lanceolate, joining to 

 form a woolly cone, tips bare, twisted, style terminal, not 

 divided, stigma small ; fruit oblong with rounded ends, 

 4-ridged, separating into 4 rough nutlets, ^ in. 



Trichodesma 

 africanum, 



Boraginace^. 

 p. B. Liv. 154. 

 The Plains. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Boissier). 



small, annual, very like the last, but rougher with 

 stiff hairs, leaves ovate-oblong, long stalked, racemes 

 generally lateral and dividing into two, flowers slightly 

 smaller, nutlets with prominent margins fringed with 

 barbed hairs. 



Stamens four. 



Buchnera hispida, 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Toothed. 



