890 



Plants oj the Punjab. 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Gynandropsis 

 pentaphylla, 



Kaihal, parhar. 

 Capparidace^. 

 F. B.I. i. 170. 

 The Plains. 

 Gurdaspur. 



Boenninghausenia 

 albillora, 



Pissu mar. 

 Eutace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 486. 

 Himalaya, 

 4-8,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Murree. 



Dictamnus albus, 



EUTACB/^. 



F. B.I. i. 487. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-8,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



Vicatia coniifolia, 



Umbellifer;e. 

 F. B.I. ii. 671. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-12,000 ft. 

 Hattu (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 



medium size, annual, glandular- velvety ; leaves digi- 

 tately compound, long-stalked, leaflets 1-2 in., broad ovate 

 with a broad tip, short-pointed or blunt, entire or slightly 

 toothed ; flowers ^-| in., white or purpHsh in sticky racemes, 

 bracts 3-lobed, sepals 4, erect, petals 4, spreading, long- 

 stalked, open in bud, stamens 6, joined below to the slender 

 stalk of the capsule, stigma sessile ; capsule 2-4 in., long- 

 stalked, nearl}'- smooth, valves 2, seeds many, kidney- 

 shaped, black, rough. A common weed. The leaves are 

 eaten as a pot herb. The seeds are used medicinally like 

 those of the last species. 



medium size, perennial, rooted, smooth or slightly 

 velvety ; leaves twice pinnate, stalk slender, leaflets |-f 

 in., ovate or heart-shaped with a broad tip, bluish waxy 

 green beneath, terminal largest, stalked ; flowers \-\ in. 

 diam., white, inclined or nodding in compound terminal 

 leafy many-flowered racemes, calyx very small, 4-5-lobed, 

 persistent, petals 4-5, oblong, blunt, stamens 6-8, styles 

 3-5 ; fruit \-\ in. of 6-8 free papery, few-seeded, dotted 

 carpels, seeds kidney-shaped, black. The leaves when 

 crushed have a foetid odour. 



medium size, perennial, strongly scented, covered with 

 small glands, stem thick, not woody ; leaves 6-12 in., 

 stalk very thick, angular, pinnate, with a terminal leaflet, 

 gland-dotted, leaflets 9-15, opposite, 2-4 in., sessile, ovate- 

 lanceolate, toothed, dark green; flowers 1-1-| in. long, 

 pink or white in an erect terminal raceme, 6-12 in. long, 

 sepals 5, small, lanceolate, petals 5, much longer than 

 the sepals, lanceolate, nearly equal, spreading, stamens 

 10, equal to the petals in length, hairy, glandular, bristle- 

 tipped ; capsule 1 in, diam,, of 5 carpels, 2-3-seeded, to- 

 mentose, beaked, seeds black, shining. 



Flowers, minute, in umbels. 



medium size, perennial, smooth, stem striate, shghtly 

 leafy ; leaves thrice pinnate, leaflets pinnately divided, 

 segments Hnear, short-pointed ; flowers minute, dark red, 

 in compound umbels, main stalk 2-6 in., bracts hnear, 

 usually only one | in., primary rays 6-12, -|-2 in. long, stiff, 

 unequal, bracteoles 3-6, often as long as the umbellules, 

 calyx-teeth none, petals 5, ovate with a broad tip ; fruit 

 |-g in., disc prominent, stylo short, carpels ovate, broadly 

 grooved on the inner face, ridges slender, distinct, not 

 winged, oil glands (vittaa) 2-3 in each furrow. 



