402 



Planis of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Caucalis leptophyiia, 



Umbellifer^. 

 F. B. Lii. 719. 

 Ka shmir, 

 4-6,000 ft. 



Flowers, minute, in umbels. 



like the last species, but leaves more finely cut, ultir 

 mate segments almost linear, umbels often lateral, main 

 stalks l-'2 in., stout, rays 2-5, fruit larger, bristles longer, 

 shining, almost barbed. 



Caucalis latifolia, 

 Broad Caucalis, 



Umbellifer.e. 

 F. B. I. ii. 719. 

 Kashmir, 

 5-8,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan (Lace). 



small, almost prickly, stiff, leaves 1-2-pinnate, pinnse 

 often 1-2 in., oblong, toothed or divided half way to the 

 mid-rib, bracts and bracteoles small, oblong, thin, white, 

 rays 3-4, 1-3 in., fruit | in., primary and secondary ridges 

 equally prominent and bristly; for other characters see the 

 last species. 



Psammogeton 

 biternatum, 



Gargira. 

 Umbellifer^. 

 F. B. Lii. 719. 

 The Plains to 

 3,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Stocks). 



small, annual, velvety or smooth, widely branched ; 

 leaves 1-2-pinnate, segments of the lower leaves ovate, 

 pinnately divided into narrow lobes, segments of the upper 

 narrowly wedge-shaped and divided ; flowers white or pur- 

 plish, in compound umbels on stalks 1-3 in., stout, lateral, 

 and terminal, bracts 3-8, |-| in., narrowly lanceolate or 

 linear, rays 5-10, |-1 in., bracteoles 4-8, I in., lanceolate, 

 sheathing the young umbellule, calyx-teeth none, petal 

 ovate, with a broad-notched tip ; fruit ^ in., ovoid, hairs 

 on the ridges, white, styles very long, oil glands solitary 

 under the secondary lidges. This plant is used in Sind as 

 a stomachic. 



Lactuca macrorhiza, 



Polemonium 

 coeruleum, 

 Jacob's ladder, 

 Greek Valerian, 



PoLEMOXIACEiE. 



F. B. Liv. 133. 

 Hi mala va, 

 9-12,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



Petals united. 



see Plerbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Lobed. 



medium size to large, perennial, sticky, hairy or nearly 

 smooth ; leaves 5 by 3 in., pinnate, leaflets 1| by ^ in., 

 lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate ; flowers 1 in. diam., blue, 

 in terminal flat-topped cluste;s, calyx bell-shaped, lobes 

 ovate or lanceolate-oblong, barely sharp-pointed, corolla 

 funnel-shaped, lobes spreading, ovate with a broad tip, 

 stamens 5, attached near the corolla base, hairy with a 

 process below, style shortly 3-fid ; capsule ^ in., ovoid, 

 much overlapped by the calyx, seeds ^^5- in., many, smooth, 

 not winged. 



