Plants of tlie Punjah. 



171 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Petals united. 

 Corolla two-lipped. 



Antirrhinum 



Orontium, 



Corn Snap Dragon, 



Scrophulariace^. 

 E. B. I. iv. 253. 

 The Plains to 

 6,000 ft. 

 Simla, in fields 

 . (Collett). 

 Dharmpur 

 (Bomford). 

 Kahuta (Douie). 



Stamens four. 



small, annual or biennial, slender, smooth below, 

 glandular above, branched from below ; leaves opposite 

 below, alternate above, | in., linear, rarely oblong-lan- 

 ceolate ; flowers | in. long, pale pink, with purple streaks, 

 solitary and sessile in the axils of the upper leaves, 

 calyx lobes 5, linear, over-topping the corolla, corolla 

 I in. long, flattened, bulged at the base, 2-lipped, upper 

 erect, 2-lobed, lower lip horizontal, 3-lobed, base broad, 

 bearded, closing the throat, which is forced open by bees, 

 stamens 4 in unequal pairs, within the corolla, style thread- 

 like, stigmas 2-lobed ; capsule | in. long, ovoid, velvety, 

 2-celled, many seeded, anterior cell opening by one pore, 

 posterior by two toothed pores, or both cells by one pore, 

 seeds minute, oblong, abruptly tiided, wrinkled or pitted. 



Mimulus gracilis, 

 Monkey Flower, 



Scrophulariace^t;. 

 F. B. L iv. 259. 

 The Plains to 

 3,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 

 Hazara. 

 Eawalpindi (Douie). 



Herpestis, 

 Hamiltoniana, 



SCROPHULARIACEiE. 



F. B. I. iv. 272. 

 The Plains to 

 3,000 ft. 



small, annual, stem stout, 4-angled, branching from 

 the base ; leaves 1|-2| in., linear-oblong, sessile, half 

 stem-clasping, rather flesh}^, blunt, sometimes slightly 

 toothed ; flowers | in. long, white or pale blue, spotted 

 with j^ellow, solitary on axillary stalks, longer than the 

 leaves, calyx | in. long, tubular, lobes 5, short, 5-keeled, 

 corolla I in. long, tube cjdindric, 2-lipped, upper lip erect, 

 2-lobed, lower lip horizontal, 3-lobed, throat with 2 

 ridges, stamens 4, in unequal pairs within the corolla, 

 style slender, stigma 2-lobed, flat ; capsule less than | in., 

 ovoid with one end broader, flattened, opening by valves, 

 enclosed in the calyx, seeds many, minute, oblong. 



small, annual, smooth, stem very stout, much branch- 

 ed ; leaves |-1 in., linear-lanceolate, sometimes shght- 

 ly toothed, often minutely dotted, nerves barely visible, 

 short-pointed ; flowers minute, blue, sessile in the axils 

 of the leaves, calyx ^ in., lobes 5, unequal, upper ovate- 

 heart-shaped, corolla tube | in., cylindric, lips 2, spread- 

 ing, upper notched or 2-lobed, lower 3-lobed, stamens 4, 

 in unequal pairs within the corolla, anthers close together, 

 style linear, dilated at the top, stigma 2-lobed ; capsule 

 round, 2-grooved, opening by 2 or 4 valves, seeds many, 

 very minute. 



