Plants of the Punjab, 



275 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves, 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Physorhyncus 

 brahvicus, 



Chorispora tenella, 



Crucifer^. 

 F. B. L i. 166. 



The Salt Eange, 

 Kashmir, 5-6,000 ft. 



Cleome papillosa, 



Capparidace.e. 

 F. B. 1. i. 168. 

 The Plains, west of 

 the Eavi. 

 Karana Hills 

 (Douie). 

 Baluchistan 

 (Boissier). 



Petals ununited. 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 



small, annual, hairy or rough glandular, rarely 

 smooth, much branched ; leaves oblong-lanceolate or 

 broad, narrowed to the base, shortly stalked, lower leaves 

 sometimes lobed ; flowers small, purple, on short stalks 

 in long bractless racemes, sepals 4, erect, lateral pouched 

 below, petals 4, stamens as in the last species ; pod 1-| 

 in., hardly constricted, ascending, curved, slender, cylin- 

 dric, seeds many, 2-series. 



small to medium size, strongly scented, hairy, often 

 glandular ; leaves |-1| in., ovate-heart-shaped, penni- 

 nerved, blunt, with nipple-shaped projections and flat- 

 tened stiff hairs, lower long-stalked, upper nearly sessile ; 

 flowers very small, pinkish to dirty yellow in racemes 

 lengthening in fruit, with oblong small bracts, sepals 4, 

 spreading, petals 4, stamens 6, sessile, style short ; cap- 

 sule 1-1 1 in., nearly sessile, very slender, 2-valved, seeds 

 many, kidney-shaped, granular. 



Cleome 

 quinquenervis, 



Capparidacete. 

 F. B. L i. 168. 

 The Plains, west of 

 the Eavi. 



small to medium size, woody, stiff, sticky, strongly 

 scented ; leaves 1 in. diam., nearly circular, blunt or short- 

 pointed, base heart-shaped or rounded, stalks and edges 

 glandular, softly velvety, palmately 5-nerved ; flowers 

 small in racemes, lengthened in fruit, bracts leafy, nearly 

 sessile, sepals and petals as in the last species, stamens 4 

 or 6 ; capsules 1-1 1 by | in., sharp at both ends, narrow- 

 ly oblong, sessile, hairs short, .stiff, with broad bases with 

 soft black glandular hairs, seeds minute, smooth. 



Linum 



usitatissimum, 

 Flax, linseed, 



Alsi. 



Linages. 

 F.B.Li. 410. 

 The Plains to 

 6,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Hughes-Buller). 



medium size, annual, stem cylindric ; leaves narrow, 

 nearly 3-nerved ; flowers 1 in. diam., blue, in broad terminal 

 clusters, sepals 5, ovate, long-pointed, 3-nerved, margins 

 white, without glands, petals 5, twisted, soon falling off, 

 stamens 5, alternating with 5 small staminodes, united 

 below, styles 5 ; capsule 5-cened, scarcely longer than 

 the sepals, seeds 10, brown, flattened, polished. This 

 plant is widely cultivated for its seeds, from which linseed 

 oil {alsi ka id) is extracted. In India it is not grown for 

 the fibre, flax, from which in Europe linen is woven. 



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