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Plants of the Pmijah. 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 



Sedum asiaticum, 



Crassulace^. 

 F. B. Lii. 419. 

 Himalaya, 

 11-16,000 ft. 

 Maral Kund, the 

 Ghor (Collett), 



Petals ununited. 



like Sedum heterodontum, but smaller, leaves smaller, 

 narrow, toothed, flowers yellow. 



Sedum linearifolium, see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate. Simple, 



Entire, 



(Enothera rosea, 



Onagrace^. 



F. B. I. ii. 582. 



Himalava, 



2-7,000'ft. 



Simla. 



Dharampur. 



The Salt Eange. 



small, annual, stem reddish-velvety ; leaves 1-2 in., 

 ovate, narrowed at both ends, prominentl}* veined, some- 

 times lobed ; flowers ^-| in. diam., pink, solitaiy, in the 

 axils of leafy racemes, calyx tube 4-angled, club-shaped, 

 produced above the ovary, lobes 4, soon falling off, petals 

 4, pink, with darker veins, circular, stamens 8, equal or 



1 1 



4 2 



in. 



alternate, one shorter, st3-le thread-like ; capsule 

 long, club-shaped, 4-angled, 4-celled, splitting from the 

 top into 4 valves ; seeds man}-, small, tipped ^^ith a tuft 

 of long white hairs. A weed of cultivation from Peru, 

 latelv established. 



Epilobium 

 angustifolium, 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Entire. 



Epilobium hirsutum. 

 Great Willow herb, 

 Codlins and cream, 



OXAGRACB^. 



F. B. L ii. 583. 

 Himalava, 

 5-7,000 'ft. 

 Kotgarh. 

 Sutlej and Giri 

 valleys in wet 

 places (Collett). 



large, annual, densely covered ^\ith white hairs : 

 leaves 1-3 by |-| in., lanceolate, stem-leaves usualh' op- 

 posite, sessile, stem-clasping, teeth small, sharp ; flowers 

 I in. long, pink-purple, axillary in long or short leafy 

 racemes at the end of stem and branches, calyx-tube linear, 

 4-angled, lobes 4. short-pointed, soon falling off. petals 4, 

 erect or spreading, notched, stamens 8, alternate ones 

 longer, stigmas 4, distinct, erect at first, recurved after- 

 wards ; capsule 1|-3| in. : and seeds like those of the 

 CEnothera. 



