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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Stipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Spirsea vestita, 



EOSACE^. 



F. B. I. ii. 323. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-12,005 ft. 

 Kashmir. 

 Hattu (Collett). 



Petals ununited. 



medium size, shrubby, root perennial, stems velvety, 

 very Hke Meadow Sweet, Spirsea Ulmaria ; leaves 2-12 

 in., irregularly divided into lobes, lateral lobes few or 

 many, sharply toothed, small, or one or two pairs \\ in. 

 long, terminal lobe 2-6 in. diam., deeply cut into 3 

 to 5 sharply-toothed, long-pointed segments, upper 

 surface smooth, lower white-felted, stipules half circular, 

 large, sharply toothed, persistent ; flowers J in. diam., 

 white, in large oblong much-branched terminal clusters, 

 calyx 4-5-lobed, very small, lobes blunt, persistent, petals 

 4-5, oblong-rounded, stamens many, styles many, nearly 

 terminal, carpels many, ununited, woolly, 2-seeded. 



Geum urbanum, 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Stipulate, Lobed. 



Geum elatum, 



Lavatera 

 kashmiriana, 



Malvaceae. 

 F. B. L i. 319. 

 Kashmir. 

 Hazara, 

 7-8,000 ft. 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Stipulate, Lobed. 

 Petals united. 



stems covered with down, branching ; leaves lower 

 5-lobed, circular, heart-shaped at the base, round-toothed, 

 smooth above, downy beneath, stalk as long as the blade, 

 upper 3-5-lobed, lobes short-pointed, central longest, 

 stipules linear-lanceolate ; flowers 3 in. diam., pink, on 

 axillary stalks, bracteoles 3, united below, broadly ovate, 

 shortly pointed, sepals 5, lanceolate, longer than the brac- 

 teoles, petals 5, united below, wedge-shaped, deeply bifid, 

 stamens united into a column, woolly, styles many ; carpels 

 many, separating from the axis, kidney-shaped, smooth, 

 shorter than the axis, seeds one in each carpel. 



Malva verticillata, 



Malyace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 320. 

 The Plains to 

 12,000 ft. 

 Simla, Matiana 

 (Collett). 



large, annual or perennial, branched, downy ; leaves 

 2-G in. diam., nearly round, lobes 5-6, shallow, downy, 

 stalks 6-7 in., stipules lanceolate, hairy ; flowers small, 

 pale pink, crowded in nearly sessile axillary clusters, brac- 

 teoles 3, ununited, linear, sepals 5, united below, triangu- 

 lar-lanceolate, petals 5, united below, twice the length of 

 the sepals, margin notched, stamens united into a tube, 

 styles 10-12 ; carpels 10-12, enclosed in the enlarged calyx, 

 netted on the sides, ribbed at the back, each carpel one- 

 seeded. This plant is sometimes used as a pot herb. 



