Plants of the Punjab. 



319 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Asparagus 

 adscendens, 



Juncus bufonius, 



Arabis glabra, 



Petals none. 



see Leafless Plants, Herbs. 



sec Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, 

 Simple. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 



Petals ununited. 



see Herbs, Erect, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate. 

 Simple. 



Arabis auriciilata, 



see Herbs, Erect, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, 

 Simple. 



Arabis alpina, 



see Herbs, Erect, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, 

 Simple. 



Arabis 

 amplexicauliSj 



see Herbs, Erect, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, 

 Simple. 



Arabis tibetica, 



Arabis nuda, 



Draba muralis, 



Malcolmia africana, 



Patthar, chinaka. 

 Crucifer.e. 

 F. B. L i. 14G. 

 The Plains to 

 13,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 

 Rawalpindi. 

 Mian wall District. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Griffith). 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Lobed. 



see Herbs, Erect, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, 

 Simple. 



see Herbs, Erect, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, 

 Simple. 



small to medium size, annual, stout, leafy, rough 

 with stiff forked and simple hairs, branches many, long, 

 somewhat spreading ; leaves 1-6 in., oblong or lanceolate, 

 toothed, stalked ; flowers many, small, purple in loose ra- 

 cemes near the end of branches, sepals 4, free, erect, equal 

 at the base, persistent, petals 4, placed crosswise, oblong- 

 ovate with broad tip, twice the length of the sepals, sta- 

 mens 6, the 4 inner longer and sometimes united in pairs, 

 stigma conical, short, tapering into a sharp point ; capsule 

 2-3 in. long, narrow, straight, rough. This jilant supplies 

 good fcdder, and in the spring forms bright patches of 

 purple, 



