Plants of the Punjab. 



281 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Exsupulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 

 Petals ununited. 



Bupleurum Maddeni, medium size, stems several, leaves small, linear, 



Umbellifer^. long-pointed, bracteoles few, not prominent, furrows 



E. B. I. ii. 678. of fruit with 2-B oil canals ; otherwise like the last species. 



Himalaya, 

 6-8,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Bupleurum 

 setaceum, 



Umbellifer^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 678. 

 Kashmir, 

 4,500 ft. 

 Kishtwar 

 (C. B. Clarke). 



Commelina ccelestis, 

 Spider wort, 



Commelinace^. 

 E. B. I. vi. 369. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Commelina 

 Hasskariii, 



CoMMELINACEiG. 



E. B. I. vi. 370. 

 The Plains, east of 

 the iSutlej, Dellii. 



Comjnelina obliqua, 



Kanjura, kana. 



CoMMELINACEiE. 



E. B. I. vi. 372. 

 Himalaya, 

 1-6,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Kasauli. 



annual, slender, leaves 



l-'4 



^ m., uppermost | in. 



bristle-like, umbels simple, few- flowered, bracts 1-4, ^-| 

 in., narrowly linear-lanceolate, usually longer than the 

 fruiting umbel, fruit -j'-g- in., rough between the ridges, 

 one large oil canal in each furrow ; otherwise like the last 

 species. 



medium size, annual, robust, succulent, velvety 

 or felted ; leaves 2-5 in. long, lanceolate long or 

 short-pointed, nerves parallel, bases sheathing ; flowers 

 t in., sky-blue in a small cluster, flowering in succession' 

 enclosed in a leaf-like, folded bract (spathe), spathe broad- 



ly ovate, ^-| in. long, heart-shaped, pointed, sepals 8, 

 green, thin, free or united at the base, persistent, petals 3, 

 bright blue, free, longer than the sepals, one larger blade 

 circular, spreading, stamens 6, not hairy, anthers bright 

 yellow, style spirally twisted, stigma small ; capsule 3- 

 valved, seeds few, usually angular wrinkled. A native of 

 Mexico, cultivated in flower gardens and found as an escape. 



small, much branched, rough or smooth, leaves 

 1-3 by -|-f in., narrowly lanceolate, nearly short-pointed 

 or blunt, spathes -^-l in., axillary, stalked, folded, clusters 

 velvety, upper branch 2-4, lower 1-2 flowered, seeds cylin- 

 dric, smooth, abrupt at one end, almost pointed at the 

 other ; for other characters see the last species. 



medium size to large, stem stout, branched ; leaves 

 4-7 by 1-2 in., lanceolate, sessile or stalked, short or very 

 long-pointed, smooth or woolly beneath, sheaths f in., 

 margms often bearded, spathes |-1| in., sessile or stalked, 

 solitary or crowded, funnel-shaped, capsule 3-angled, 

 seeds lead-coloured ; for other characters see Commelina 

 coelestis. The root is edible, and is used in fevers and 

 bilious attacks. 



