Plants of the Punjab. 



355 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate ExsTiPULii.iE Lgbed Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Fumaria parviflora, 

 Fumitory, 



Pitpajjra, shahtara. 



FuMARIACEiE. 



F. B. L i. 128. 

 The Plains to 

 6,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Rawalpindi, 

 Lahore, G.ui'gaon, 

 Baluchistan 

 (Stocks). 



Barbarea vulgaris, 

 Yellow rocket or 

 Winter cress, 



Crucifer^. 

 F.B.Li. 134. 



Himalaya, 

 6-10,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Arabis glabra, 



Arabis tibetica, 



Crucifer^. 

 F.B.Li. 136. 



Kashmir, 

 9-16,000 ft. 



Cochlearia flava, 



Cruciferje. 

 F. B.Li. 145. 

 The Plains. 



small, annual, slender, pale green, much branched ; 

 leaves 2-3 in., much divided into lobes, again divided into 

 5 segments ; flowers |-| in., whitish or pink with purple 

 tips in terminal or leaf-opposed racemes, bracts lanceolate, 

 sepals 2, small petals 4, 2 outer dissimilar, upper broad, 

 concave, produced into a short rounded spur, lower flat, 

 narrow, 2 inner narrow, stalked, keeled, stamens and 

 style as in the last species ; fruit very small, round, wrinkled 

 when dr}', rounded at the top with 2 pits, seed one. 

 This plant is used as a febrifuge and a diaphoretic. 



small to medium size, perennial, smooth, stems angled, 

 stiff, leafy, branches few, short ; leaves 2-4 in., pinnately 

 lobed, lower lobes few, small, narrow, terminal lobe large, 

 ovate, sometimes all narrow or the leaves oblong, deeply 

 toothed, lower leaves stalked, upper sessile, stem-clasping ; 

 flowers small, yellow, in racemes, sepals 4, erect, equal, 

 alike, petals 4, stalked, equal, spreading, placed cross- 

 wise, stamens 6, 2 short, 4 long, green fleshy glands 

 near the base of the stamens, style short, stigma round ; 

 capsule f-l| in., linear, 4-angled, erect or nearly spreading, 

 seeds small, in one series, ovoid without a margin. 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 



small, perennial, with star-shaped hairs, stems many, 

 branched, leafy ; leaves radical stalked, ovate with a broad 

 tip or oblong, the blade prolonged down the stalk, more 

 or less hairy, lobed or toothed upper stem leaves sessile, 

 lanceolate, coarsely toothed or entire ; flowers small, white 

 or pinkish, in racemes, sepals 4, short, erect, lateral 

 pouched, stellately hairy, petals 4, twice as long as the 

 sepals, stalk short, stamens and style as in the last species ; 

 capsule 1| in. long, narrow, Hnear, curved, smooth, seeds 

 small, in one series, not margined. 



small, annual, smooth, branched, root long, spindle- 

 shaped, leaves 4-5 in., lanceolate, pinnately divided, lower 

 stalked, upper smaller, shortly stalked, base forked, flowers 

 small, yellow, sepals spreading, equal at the base, petals 

 entire, shortly stalked, capsules round, smooth, styles 

 short, thick, seeds many, ^^Tinkled, in 2 series ; for 

 other characters see the last species. This plant is found in 

 damp places. 



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