Plants of the Punjab. 



233 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Phyllanthus Niruri, 



Sada hazur-mani, 

 jaramla. 



EUPHORBIACE^. 



F. B. I. V. 298. 

 The Plains to 

 3,000 ft. 



Petals none. 



small to medium size, amiual, quite smooth, branched 

 from the base, stem naked below, branches angular, slender, 

 leafy, leaves ^-f in., oblong or linear, tip rounded, blunt 

 or sharp-pointed, thin, nearly sessile, pale green, often in 

 2 rows, overlapping, bluish w^axy gloss beneath, stipules 

 minute, awl-shaped, flowers green, very many, minute, 

 shortly stalked, male flowers solitary, anthers 3, sessile, 

 on a short column, styles ununited, capsule round, hardly 

 lobed, smooth, seeds with ribs and faint cross lines ; other- 

 wise like Phyllanthus urinaria (described above) and with 

 the same medicinal properties. 



Elatostemma 

 pusillum. 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



Elatostemma 

 surculosum, 



Triumfetta pilosa, 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Opposite,. Stipulate, Simple. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 



Petals ununited. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Lobed. 



Triumfetta 

 rhomboidea, 



Chikti. 



TlLIACE^. 



F. B. I. i.395. 

 The Plains to 

 5,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Koti. 



medium size to large, perennial, smooth or velvety ; 

 leaves 2-3| by l|-3 in., broadly ovate, or 4-angled with 

 the lateral angles blunt or heart-shaped, 3-7-nerved, apex 

 short-pointed or 3-lobed, toothed, stipules ununited ; 

 flowers I in., yellow, in dense clusters, flower stalks short, 

 buds oblong, club-shaped, pointed, sepals 5, oblong, con- 

 cave, pointed, petals 5, oblong, bristly at the base, stamens 

 8-15, style thread-like, stigma 5-toothed ; capsule I in. 

 diam., round or ovoid, white-felted, prickly, spines ^ in., 

 hooked, smooth, not dilated at the base, seeds one or two 

 in each cell. This plant is used as a demulcent. 



Triumfetta 

 rotundifolia, 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



