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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Ereot, with Alternate Exstipulatb Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 

 Petals united. 



Cephalostigma 

 hirsutum, 



Wahlenbergia 

 gracilis, 



Codonopsis ovata, 



Jjudut, 



Campanulaoe^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 433. 

 Himalaya, 

 8-12,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



Sphenoclea 

 zeylanica, 



Campanulacb^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 438. 

 The Plains in 

 swamps. 



Flowers not in heads. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstlpulate, Simple, 

 Toothed. 



see Herbs, Ereot, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simplej 

 Toothed. 



small, perennial, roo'i woody, spindle-shaped *, leaves 

 i'f by i'i in., ovate, blunt or short-pointed, hairy on both 

 surfaces, stalk ^-J in. ; flowers 1-1|^ by |-| in., sky-blue, 

 on long, terminal stalks, 3-6 in. long, calyx lobes 5, | by 

 ^ in., oblong with rounded ends, minutely hairy, corolla 

 widely bell-shaped, 5-toothed, stamens 5, style 3-lobed ; 

 capsule ^-| in. broad, depressed, conical with the broad 

 base above, beaks ^ in. long, seeds very many, slightly 

 flattened, smooth, brown. The root is edible. 



medium size to large, annual, smooth, branched 

 or unbranched, stout ; leaves 2-3 in., lanceolate, nar 

 rowed at both ends, sessile or shortly stalked, smooth , 

 flowers small, greenish-yellow, in dense bracteate and 

 bracteolate spikes |-2 in. long on stalks 1-2 in. long, calyx 

 lobes 5, y'^ in., in fruit y^^ ^^-^ triangular, closely-bent in, 

 corolla bell-shaped, 5-lobed, stamens 5, on the corolla and 

 alternate with its lobes, style short, hardly 2-lobed ; cap- 

 sule I in. diam., wedge-shaped and angled below, crown- 

 ed with the calyx lobes, seeds minute, rough with very 

 minute papillae or scales. 



Phyteuma Thomsoni, 



see 

 Simple. 



Herbs, Unbranched, Altei'nate, Exstipulate. 



Lysimachia 

 lobelioides, 



Primulace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 502. 

 Himalaya, 

 4-8,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collet t). 

 Kashmir. 



medium si^e, annual, smooth, stem angular, branch- 

 ed from the base ; leaves 1-1| in., ovate-lanceolate, 

 tapering into a short stalk, short-pointed, margin gland- 

 dotted ; flowers |-| in. long, pale purple or white, sweet- 

 scented, soHtary, or pairs in the axils of leaves or bracts 

 forming terminal racemes 3-6 in., calyx 5-lobed, nearly as 

 long as the corolla, margins thin, bracts awl-shaped, 

 corolla ^ in. diam., funnel-shaped, segments 5, ovate 

 with a broad tip, longer than the calyx, stamens 6 



