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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 

 Petals none. 

 Pouzolzia pentandra, see Prostrate Herbs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 

 Petals ununited. 



Dianthus 

 Cachemiricus, 



Caryophyllacej3. 

 F. B. L i. 214. 

 Kashmir. 



Dianthus 

 Jacqiiemontii, 



Caryophyllace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 214. 

 Kashmir. 



Dianthus angulatus, 



Caryophyllaoe^. 

 F.B.Li. 215. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-13,000 it. 



Silene inflata, 

 Bladder Campion, 



Caryophyllaoe^. 

 F.B.Li. 218. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-11,000 ft. 

 Simla, Maahobra, 

 Narkanda (Collett). 



small, perennial, stem jointed, much branched from 

 the base, slender, smooth ; leaves 1-1| in., very narrow, 

 grooved, mid-rib stout, margin slightly toothed, thickened ; 

 flowers terminal, solitary, bracts 4, lanceolate with long, 

 slender or leafy points, calyx 5-toothed, 1 in. long, teeth 

 ovate-lanceolate, long-pointed, margins thin, petals 5, 

 long-stalked, smooth, blade |-| by 1 in., margin toothed, 

 stamens 10 and ovary one-celled, all on a long stalk, styles 

 2 ; capsule opening by 4 teeth. 



small, stems many, slender from a woody stock, 

 leaves 1-1| in., narrow, leathery, flat above, short-pointed, 

 radical slightly toothed, stem leaves hardly toothed, 

 with thickened margins, flowers usually h^olitary, bracts 

 4, very broad, suddenly contracted into a thickened and 

 blunt point, calyx f-1 in., teeth long with sharp stiff points, 

 petals 5, long-stalked, blade broad, rather deeply toothed ; 

 otherwise like the last species. 



small, stems many, stiff, much branched, from a 

 stout woody stock, leaves radical, 8-6 in., stem loaves 

 |-1| in., linear, short-pointed, flowers pink, solitary, 

 terminal, bracts 4-6, pointed, calyx |-| in., tubular, 

 petals 5, long-stalked, blade fringed ; otherwise Hke the 

 last species. 



large, with a greenish-blue gloss, jointed, smooth or 

 velvety, perennial ; leaves 1-2 in. long, ovate or oblong, 

 stem leaves sessile, margins minutely toothed, short- 

 pointed ; flowers |-| in. diam., white, in drooping many- 

 flowered clusters, bracts thin, dry, calyx f in. long, ovoid, 

 puffed out, base indented, 5-toothecl, 10 or 20-veined, 

 teeth broadly triangular, petals 5, stalked, blade deeply 

 2-lobed with pouch-like enlargement, stamens 10, styles 3 ; 

 capsule round, opening above by 6 teeth, seeds many, 

 concave in front, convex at the base, with lines of excre- 

 soenoes. 



