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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Tootheb. 



Petals united. 



Corolla two-lipped. 



Lindenbergia 

 macrostachya, 



Scrophulariace^. 

 F. B. I.iv. 261. 

 The Plains to 

 4,000 ft. 

 Sutlej Valley, 

 Simi (Collett). 



Stamens pour. 



large, smooth or velvety, stem stiff, stout, or slender ; 

 leaves ovate, smooth, toothed ; flowers | in. long, yellow, 

 crowded in terminal or axillary, one-sided, rigid spikes, 

 bracts shorter than the calyx, calyx 5-fid, bell-shaped, 

 corolla 2-lipped, upper lip recurved, 2-lobed, lower lip 

 much larger, 3-lobed with 2 permanent folds at the base, 

 stamens 4, in unequal pairs, enclosed in the calyx, style 

 slender, stigma 2-lobed ; capsule lanceolate, 2-grooved, 

 seeds many, minute. 



Lindenbergia 

 polyantha, 



Scrophulariace^. 

 F. B. Liv. 262. 

 The Plains to 

 6,000 ft., 

 on walls and banks. 



leaves |-| 



medium size, coarsely velvety, stout or slender ; 

 in. long, ovate, blunt, round-toothed, stalk 

 short ; flowers ^ in. long, yellow, on one-sided axillary 

 and terminal leafy spikes, 2-6 in. long, bracts ovate, longer 

 than the calyx, calyx |- in. long, 5-fid, lobes blunt, corolla, 

 stamens and style as in the last species ; capsule smooth 

 above, hairy below, otherwise capsule and seeds as in the 

 last species. 



Lindenbergia 

 iirticsefolia, 



SCROPHULARIACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 262. 



The Plains to 



6,000 ft. 



Simla, Mashobra, 



common on walls 



(Collett). 



Choa Saidan Shah 



(Douie). 



Baluchistan 



(Boissier). 



small, annual, slender, rough from glands or nearly 

 smooth ; leaves 1-1 1 in. long, ovate, blunt, round-toothed, 

 thin, stalk |-f in., flowers I in., yellow, shortly stalked, 

 one-sided, all axillary and solitary, or in pairs, or in leafy 

 slender spikes, bracts longer than the calyx, calyx ^ in., 

 lobes turned back, corolla slightly hairy, capsule hairy 

 above the middle ; other characters like the last species. 



Herpestis 

 Hamiltoniana, 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, Margins 

 Entire. 



