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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Polygala 

 persicarisefolia, 



Polygalace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 202. 

 Himalaya, east of 

 the Sutlej, 

 5-9,000 ft. 

 Valleys below 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Dharmpur. 



Polygala erioptera, 



Polygalace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 203. 

 The Plains. 



Polygala chinensis, 



Petals united. 



small, annual, slender, much branched, slightly 

 velvety, leaves 1-2 in., linear or lanceolate-oblong with 

 rounded ends, nearly sessile, flaccid, bracts awl-shaped, 

 stalks curved, racemes 1-2 in., slender, loose flowered, 

 terminal and extra axillary, flowers pink, wing sepals 

 3^ellowish-grey, capsule notched, ovate, minutely fringed, 

 narrowly winged near the tip, seeds woolly with the 2 

 appendages ; otherwise like the last species. 



like the last species, but the leaves |-1 in., racemes 

 axillary or extra- axillary, wing sepals oblong with a strong 

 green midrib. 



see Prostrate Herbs, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Polygala sibirica, 



POLYGALACE.E. 



F. B. I. i. 205. 

 Himalaya, 

 1-6,000 ft. 



Cotyledon Oreades, 



Crassulace^. 

 F. B. L ii. 416. 

 Kashmir. 

 Pir Panjal 

 (Jacquemont), 

 Marbul Pass 

 (C. B. Clarke). 



small to medium size, velvety, stems many, slender 

 from a perennial stock, leaves |-2 in., circular or lanceo- 

 late-oblong ^^dth rounded ends or linear, shining, and net- 

 ted above, margins turned down, wing sepals oblong or 

 ovate with a broad tip, capsule broadly winged, smooth, 

 seeds hairy with 3 appendages : otherwise hke the last 

 species described above. 



very small, annual, fleshy, smooth, stems many, 

 curved, branches leafy ; leaves | in., radical, arranged 

 in a rosette, narrow, lanceolate, bristle-pointed : flowers 

 small, white, nodding in small clusters at the top of 

 branches, sepals jin., oblong, short-pointed, petals 5, united 

 at the base, a little longer than the sepals, stamens 5, 

 styles 5 ; carpels 5, tapering into the thread-like styles, 

 seeds many, oblong, with rounded ends, covered with 

 minute tubercles. 



Vernonia cinerea, 



Flowers minute in heads, all tubular. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Toothed. 



Conyza viscidula, 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Toothed. 



