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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leap Margins Entire. 



Mertensia 

 moltkioides, 



Boraginace^. 



F. L B. iv. 170. 



Himalaya, 



8,000 ft. 



Pangi (Dr. Watt). 



Kashmir. ^ 



Mertensia echioides, 



Boraginace^. 

 F. B. L iv. 170. 

 Kashmir, 

 0-12,000 ft. 



Petals united. 



like the last species, but with hairs not lying flat, 

 corolla tube twice as long as the calyx, nutlets ^ in., 

 brown-black. 



small to medium size, perennial, softly hairy, leaves 

 1^ by I in., nearly blunt, racemes 1-3 in., on long stalks, 

 corolla tube ^ in. longer than the calyx lobes, corolla 

 lobes erect, no scales in the throat, stamens protruding 

 beyond the throat of the corolla tube ; otherwise like the 

 last species. 



Mertensia 

 racemosa, 



BORAGINACE^. 



F. B. L iv. 171. 



Himalaya, 

 7-10,000 ft. 

 Simla. 

 Mashobra (Collett). 



nearly smooth, or minutely h&irj, stems small, weak, 

 leaves ovate, radical, long-stalked, stem leaves often stalked, 

 lanceolate, racemes nearly sessile, bracteate, few-flowered, 

 corolla |-§ in. diam., tube half as long again as the calyx, 

 scales in the throaty stamens not protruding ; otherwise 

 like the last species. 



Moltkia parviflora, 



BORAGINAOE^. 



F. B.Liv. 171. 

 Kashmir, 

 6-8,000 ft. 



very like Mertensia echioides, but leaves linear- 

 oblong, 2 by -^ in., minutely hairy, racemes without bracts, 

 flowers all on one side, corolla hardly projecting beyond 

 the calyx, no scales in the throat. 



Myosotis caespitosa, 

 Forget-me-not. 



BORAGINACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 173. 

 Himalaya, 

 9-13,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



small to medium size, hairy, or nearly smooth, hairs 

 pressed against the stem ; leaves 1-| by ^ in., oblong, lowest 

 with blade prolonged into the stalk ; flowers | in. diam., 

 bright blue with a yellow centre, on stalks longer than the 

 calj'ces in racemes 2-8 in., flowers all on one side, calyx 

 lobes triangular-lanceolate, as long as the tube, hairy, 

 corolla tube short, mouth closed with scales-lobes 5, 

 blunt, spreading, stamens 5, enclosed in the corolla tube, 

 style shorter than the calyx lobes : nutlets 4, ovoid-oblong 

 smooth. 



