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Plants of the Punjab. 



HebbSj Erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves, 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



E volvulus alsinoides, 



Sankhpushpi. 



Convolvulacejb. 



F. B. I. iv. 220. 



The Plains to 



6,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla. 



Syri (Collett). 



Kalka. 



Baluchistan 



(Boissier). 



Breweria latifolia. 



Solanum coagulans, 



Solanum 

 xanthocarpum, 



Solanum gracilipes, 



Knndiari. 



SOLANACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 237. 



The Plains. 



Balucliistan 



(Boissier), 



Physalls minima, 



Tulati-'pati^ kaknaj. 



SOLANACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 238. 

 The Plains to 

 7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Petals united. 



small, perennial, spreading, usually prostrate, silky 

 hairy more or less, wliite, yellow or rusty, annual, 

 branches many ; leaves ^-1 in., rarely 1| by | in., linear 

 or oblong, sessile or nearly so ; flowers ^-^ in., blue or 

 white, 1-3 together, sessile or on minor stalks | in. long, 

 clustered on a main stalk, |-1| in., bracts linear, hairy, 

 calyx lobes 5, ^-^ in., lanceolate, hairy, corolla funnel- 

 shaped, tube very short, barely 5-lobed, folding at the 

 angles, stamens 5, attached near the bottom of the corolla 

 tube, styles 2, branching into 2 linear stigmas ; capsule 

 ^-^ in., round, 4-valved, seeds 4, smooth. This plant is 

 used to strengthen the brain and memory, also as a tonic 

 and febrifuge. 



see Shrubs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Petals United. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Lobed. 

 see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Lobed. 



medium size, perennial, velvety with minute star- 

 shaped hairs, stem prickly, prickles short, conical, partly 

 curved back ; leaves H in. diam., ovate or circular -v^dth 

 a wavy edge, often nearly heart-shaped, not prickly ; 

 flowers I in., sessile, on short axillary one-to three-flowered 

 main stalks or on nearly terminal minor stalks, one to three 

 together on very short lateral branches, calyx lobes 5, 

 ■i in., linear, in fruit | in., corolla tube short, deeply lobed, 

 lobes 5, folded in bud, wheel-shaped, stamens 5, in corolla 

 throat, tops meeting in a cone ; berry J in., round, smooth^ 

 larger than the calyx lobes, seeds ^ in. diam., many, discoid, 

 smooth. The fruit is used to cure discharge fi-om the ear. 



medium size, annual, velvety, often spreading ; 

 leaves 2 ])y 1| in., ovate, angular, short-pointed, stalk 

 1 in. ; flowers | in. diam., yellow or blue, single on axillary 

 stalks, calyx 5-lobed, |-i- in., lobes lanceolate in fruit, 

 calyx |-1 in., ovoid or round, 5-10 ribbed, loosely enclos- 

 ing the fruit, corolla broadly bell-shaped, almost 5-lobed, 

 folding at the angles, stamens 5 ; berry | in. diam., round, 

 green, seeds yV in. diam., very many, discoid, surface 

 netted. The fruit is diuretic, purgative, and tonic. 



