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Planis of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 



Petals ununited. 



Epilobium roseum, large, stem round, hairs sometimes in lines, the bases 



var. cylindrieum, and of the leaves sometimes passing down the stem in lines, 



Dalhousianum, 

 Pale Epilobe, 



Onagrace.e. 

 F. B. I. ii. 584. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-10,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



leaves stalked, linear-lanceolate, capsules long-stalked, 

 seeds ovoid with the top broad, flowers J in., stigmas 

 combined ; in other respects like the previous species. 



Circaea lutetiana, 



Enchanter's 



Nightshade, 



Onagrace^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 589. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-10,000 ft. 

 Mashobra in woods 

 (Collett). 



medium size, perennial, velvety ; leaves 2 by 1-1 J 

 ni., ovate-lanceolate, not transparent, long-stalked, nar- 

 rowed to the base, short-pointed, widely toothed ; flowers 

 •g- in. diam., white or pinkish, in terminal and lateral ra- 

 cemes, calyx ovoid, 2-lobed, hardly produced above the 

 ovary, lobes refiexed, falling off after flowering, bracts 

 none, petals 2, notched, stamens 2, style thread-like, stigma 

 almost 2-lobed ; capsule ^ in., pear-shaped with the broad 

 end uppermost, 2-celled, rough with hooked bristles, seeds 

 one in each cell. 



Circsea cordaia, 



Onagrace.e. 

 F. B. Lii.589. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-9,000 ft. 

 Simla in woods 

 (Collett). 



Dalhousie, Chamba 

 (C. B. Clarke). 



like the last species, but stouter 

 leaves long-pointed, capsule ovoid. 



and 



more 



hairy, 



Circsea alpina, 

 Alpine Circsea, 



OxAGRACEiE. 



F. B. I. ii. 589. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-11,000 ft. 

 Mashobra, Mahasu 

 (Collett). 



small, smooth, leaves |-1 in. across, broadly ovate, 

 blunt or short-pointed, thin, capsule hardly hairy, veiy 

 small, seed one ; otherwise like the last species. 



