Plants of the Punjab. 



297 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 

 Petals united. 



Lysimachia 

 pyramidalis, 



Primulace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 503. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-8,000 ft., 

 east of the Sutlej, 

 Simla (Collett). 



Lysimachia 

 chenopodioides, 



Primulace^. 



F. B. I. iii. 503. 



Himalaya, 



5-9,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



Centunculus tenellus, 



Primulace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 506. 

 Himalaya, 

 1-6,000 ft. 

 Dalhousie. 



Flowers not in heads. 



ununited, without glands, anthers oblong, protruding, style 

 thread-like ; capsule ^ in. diam., round, splitting by 5 

 valves, seeds many, minute. 



medium size, annual, smooth, much branched, 

 leaves 1-2| in., linear-lanceolate, minutely gland-dotted 

 and margined, sessile or nearly so, flowers ^ in. long, 

 white or pale purple, in long terminal racemes, 6-10 in.j 

 bracts hnear, lower 1 in., sepals narrowly lanceolate with 

 slender thin margins, corolla lobes toothed, stamens 

 shorter than the corolla, capsule opens irregularly ; for 

 other characters seo the last species. 



medium size, sometimes prostrate, leaves |-1 in., 

 ovate-lanceolate, short- or long-pointed, tapering into a 

 rather long stalk, flowers 5 in., pale purple, sessile or 

 nearly so, solitary, axillary, calyx equal to the corolla, 

 long glands in series down the sepals, stamens short ; 

 for other characters see the last species. 



Samolus Valerandi, 

 Brookweed, 



PRIMULACEiB. 



F. B. I. iii. 506. 



Himalaya, 



3^4,000 iU 



Sutlej Valley, Suni, 



on marshes (Collett). 



Baluchistan 



(Boissier). 



small, annual, sometimes unbranched ; leaves | in., 

 sometimes nearly opposite, ovate, short-pointed, sessile ; 

 flowers minute, white or pink, soHtary, axillary, stalks 

 shorter than the leaves, lengthening in fruit, calyx 4-5* 

 lobed, corolla pitcher-shaped, lobes 4-5, wheel-shaped, 

 ovate-lanceolate, stamens 4-5, on the corolla throat, 

 anthers protruding, style thread-like ; capsule globular, 

 opening by a circular fissure round the middle, seeds many, 

 target-shaped. 



small to medium size, perennial, rootstock short, stem 

 smooth, sometimes prostrate, rooting at the base ; leaves 

 1-4 in., ovate with a broad tip or narrowed to the base, 

 lower crowded, spreading, stalked, upper smaller, nearly 

 sessile ; flowers | in. diam., white, in terminal racemes 

 or flat-topped clusters, afterwards lengthening, stalks 

 bracteate about the middle, calyx tube half spherical, 

 lobes 6, triangular, corolla tube bell-shaped, deeply 5- 

 lobed, lobes spreading, stamens 5, on the base of corolla, 

 short alternating with 5 minute scales, style short ; cap- 

 sule I in. diam., ovoid, crowned with calyx teeth, split- 

 ting from the top in 5 valves, seeds many, minute, wrin- 

 kled. 



