Plants of the Punjab. 



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Herbs, Ekect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 

 Petals united. 



FiantagO 

 amplexicaulis, 



Veronica Anagallis, 

 Water Speedwell, 



Scrophulariace^. 

 p. B. L iv. 293. 

 The Plains to 

 9,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla. 

 Mashobra (Collett). 

 Baluchistan (Lace). 



Veronica verna, 

 Vernal Speedwell, 



Scrophulariace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 296. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-7,000 ft. 



Veronica 

 serpyllifolia, 

 Thymeleaved 

 Speedwell, 



Scrophulariace^. 

 F. B. L iv. 296. 

 Himalava, 

 8-13,000 ft. 

 Narkanda (Collett). 



Barleria acanthoides, 



Acanthace.^. 

 F. B. L iv. 484. 

 The Plains. 

 Kirana Hill 

 (Edge worth). 

 Baluchistan 

 (Eoissier). 



Stamens four. 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Stamens two. 



medium size, perennial, nearly smooth, stem hol- 

 low ; leaves 2-6 by |-f in., oblong-ovate, stem-clasping ; 

 flowers |-| in. diam., blue or purplish, in axillary racemes, 

 3-6 in. long, bracts shorter than the flower stalks, calyx 

 4-fid, segments jVi "^- long, corolla |-| in. diam., 4-lobed, 

 stamens 2, pink, style linear ; capsule \-\ in., notched, 

 flattened, seeds few, biconvex. 



small, stem slender, nearly smooth, sometimes branch- 

 ed from the base, very leafy ; leaves \-\ in., overlapping 

 or the lower far apart, sessile, oblong, sometimes lobed ; 

 flowers small, blue, nearly sessile along the stem forming 

 with the leaves a spike, calyx 4-fid, segments unequal, 

 linear-lanceolate, corolla 4-lobed, shorter than the calyx, 

 stamens 2, style linear ; capsule | in. diam., indented 

 above the base, narrow, keeled, seeds much flattened. 



small, smooth, or glandular-velvety, branched from 

 the base ; leaves |-| in., rather leathery, sessile, rounded 

 or oblong, floral leaves alternate ; flowers white or blue 

 in racemes 1-4 in. long, lower bracts leaf-like, upper 

 narrow, calyx 4-fid, segments ^-| in., oblong with few 

 hairs, shorter than the corolla, corolla \ in. diam., 4-lobed, 

 stamens 2, style linear ; capsule broadly heart-shaped, 

 shorter than the calyx, seeds much flattened. 



small, grey, prickly; leaves 1^ by | in., ovate with 

 the tip rounded and broad, almost sessile, bracts none, 

 ])racteoles 2, linear, spine tipped, rigid, often toothed ; 

 flowers white, 2| in. long, solitary or in crowded one- 

 sided spikes, sepals 4 in 2 pairs, outer pair ovate, corolla 

 ^l by \-\ in., nearly linear, lobes 6, nearly equal, ovate, 

 stamens 2 and 2 aborted ones also, style long ; capsule 

 I in., 4'^ided. 



