Plants oj the Punjah. 



413 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Saxifraga ligiilata, 

 or ciliata, 



Bat fia, dliaryosli, 

 Saxifragace^. 

 F.B.I.ii. 398. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-10,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 



Saxifraga Straeheyi, 



SaXIFRAGACExE. 



F.B.I.ii. 398. 

 Himalaya, 

 8-14,000 ft. 

 Hattu, the Chor 

 (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 



Parnassia nubicola, 

 Grass of Parnassus, 



Saxifragace^e. 

 F.B.I.ii. 402. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-12,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 



Parnassia ovata, 



Saxifragaceje. 

 F.B.I.ii. 403. 

 Himalaya, 

 8-15,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



Sedum rosulatum, 



Crassulace;e. 

 F. B. I. ii. 420. 

 Simla, on rocks, 

 walls, etc. (Collett). 

 Kashmir, 

 5-9,000 ft. 



rootstock very thick, stem short, thick, fleshy, leaves 

 2-6 in., ovate or orbicular, in the autumn increasing to 

 12 in. diam., turning red, heart-shaped at the base, margins 

 entire, fringed with bristles, haiiy on both sides, growing 

 smooth with age, stalk stem sheathing, flowers 1| in. 

 diam., white, pink or purple, in a branching raceme on 

 a stalk 4-10 in. long, styles very long, fruit nearly round ; 

 for other characters see the first of these species. The 

 root, pakhanhed, is used as a tonic in fever, diarrhoea 

 and cough. 



hke the last species, but leaves ovate with or vritli- 

 out a broad tip, margins toothed, both surfaces smooth, 

 leaf stalk sheathing nearly its whole length. 



small, perennial ; leaves 1-2 in., radical, long-stalked, 

 ovate or oblong-ovate, heart-shaped, entire, short-point- 

 ed ; flower 1 in. diam., white, solitary on a slender angular 

 radical stalk, 6-12 in. long, stalk sometimes bearing a leaf, 

 calyx-tube short, lobes 5, blunt, petals 5, entire or slightly 

 toothed, stamens 5, alternating with 5 fleshy, flattened, 

 3-lobed staminodes, onlv one stamen is erect at one time, 

 style very short or none, stigma round, 3-lobed ; capsule ^ 

 in. long, ovoid with a broad top, 8-valved seeds, many, 

 smooth, ovoid-oblong. 



very like the last species, but smaller, style longer. 



small, annual or perennial, succulent, smooth, rarely 

 glandular-velvety; leaves radical |-1| in., ovate, prolonged 

 into the stalk with a broad tip, or almost circular, stem 

 leaves -J-f in. ; flowers i in., white, long-stalked in open 

 loose clusters, calyx 4- or 5-lobcd, nearly to the base, lobes 

 oblong, smooth, rarely velvety, petals 4 or 5, free, oblong, 

 nearly blunt, stamens twice as many as the petals, follicles 

 6, erect, small, thin- walled, seeds oblong with rounded 

 ends, smooth, longitudinally streaked. 



