Plants of the Punjab. 



403 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Lycopersicum 

 esculentum, 

 The Tomato, 



Bhatte, 



Villayati-hangan . 

 Solanace^. 

 F. B. I.iv. 237. 

 The Plains to 

 6,000 ft. 



large, annual, velvety ; leaves 3-6 in., pinnate, leaflets 

 toothed ; flowers f in. diam., j^ellow, in few-flowered stalked 

 clusters, sepals o-Q, narrow, corolla wheel-shaped, tube 

 very short, lobes 5-6-fid, folded in bud, stamens 5-6, on 

 the corolla tube converging in a long cone ; berry | in. diam., 

 red, round, in cultivation much enlarged, of varjang shape, 

 seeds many, flattened, covered with minute projections. 

 This South American plant is widely cultivated and is found 

 as an escape. 



Amphicome arguta, 



Bignoniace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 385. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-8,000 ft. 

 Eoad between 

 Theog and Matiana, 

 on rocks (Collett). 



medium size, perennial, woody at the base, smooth ; 

 leaves 3-5 in., piimate, leaflets 5-7, lanceolate, and one 

 longest sometimes lobed ; flowers l|-2 in. long, |-| in. wide 

 at the mouth, pink in erect or drooping racemes, cal3^x | in., 

 teeth linear, short-pointed, corolla funnel-shaped, tube 

 curved, lobes entire, stamens 4, in unequal pairs, anthers 

 facing each other, with a tooth-like process at the base 

 of the stamen ; capsule 4-8 in. by |-^, slender, cylin- 

 drical, seeds | by \-^ in., with a transparent wing on each 

 side, which is split into strips. 



Amphicome emodi, 



Bignoniace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 385. 

 Himalaya, 

 2-9,000 ft. 

 Sutlej Valley, 

 Subathu, on rocks, 

 Jagoti, Rohru Valley. 

 Kashmir. 



very like the last species, but the leaves are larger, 

 leaflets more numerous, flowers larger, tube tinged with 

 yeUow. 



Petals none. 



Thalictrum elegans, 



Eanunculace^. 

 F. B.I. i. 10. 

 Himalaya, 

 10-13,000 ft. 

 Hazara, the Chor 

 (Collett). 



small, perennial, slender, stiff; leaves 2-3 in., stalks 

 long, sheathing, compound, leaflets |- in., 8-lobed, 

 stalked, bluish-green below ; flowers very small, green 

 purple, in branching racemes, sepals 4-5, petal-like, soon 

 fafling off, petals none, stamens many, thread-like, pro- 

 jecting beyond the sepals ; fruit a head of small stalked 

 achenes ; achenes 6-12, shorter than their stalks, thin, 

 ventrate (?) suture winged, stigmas nearly lateral, incurved. 



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