418 



Plants of the Punjab, 



jHiRBS, Unbranched, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



AcanathoUmon 

 lycopodioides, 



Statiee cabulica, 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Primula 

 rotundifolia, 



Primulace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 483. 

 Himalaya, 

 11-12,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



Primula Clarkel, 



Pbimulaqe/e. 

 F. B. I. iii. 484. 

 Kashmir, 

 Poosiana, 

 5.000 ft. 

 (Clarke). 



Primula dentleulata, 



PRIMULAQEiG. 



F.B.I, iii. 486. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-13,000 ft. 

 Simla on Jaku 

 (Oollett). 



Primula siblrica, 



PrIMULACEjB. 



F.B.I, iii. 487. 

 Kulu, Lahul, 

 18-15,000 ft. 



small, perennial, more or less covered with yellowish- 

 white powder, stem none, flowers on long stalks ; leaves 

 radical, 1-4^ in. diam., circular heart-shaped at the base, 

 toothed, thin, on long stalks, 6-12 in. long; flowers |-f in. 

 diam., purple, in many-flowered umbels on long stalks from 

 the root, bracts many, mealy, calyx 5-cleft, corolla tube 

 twice as long as the calyx, lobes flat, forming a wheel- - 

 shaped salver, mouth ringed, lobes ovate with a broad 

 tip, stigma round, stamens 5, within the corolla tube; 

 capsule -i-^ in., oblong, 5-valved, seeds J^ in., oblong with 

 rounded ends, pale, rough. 



like a Viola, small, perennial, quite smooth, root- 

 stock woody, slender, leaves 1-1| in., circular with hollow- 

 ed base, toothed, tip rounded, thin, stalk 2-4 in., very 

 slender, base narrowly sheathing, flowers ^ in., each on a 

 separate slender stalk, the length of the leaf stalk, calyx 

 broadly bell-shaped, lobes short, corolla tube slender, 

 mouth not ringed, salver-shaped, lobes 2-fid, capsule round, 

 enclosed in the calyx, seeds -^-^ in. diam., nearly round, 

 black ; for other characters see the last species. 



small, perennial, somewhat powdery or mealy-looking, 

 rootstock short, thick, leaves 2-4 in., blunt, oblong and 

 prolonged into a short broad stalk, waved and wrinkled, 

 minutely toothed or sessile, enlarging after flowering, base 

 surrounded with fleshy scales, flowers | in. diam., purple 

 to lilac, crowded into a round head-like umbel, terminal 

 on a single bare radical stalk, 4-12 in long., corolla-tube 

 slightly ringed,, seeds coarsely rough ; for other characters 

 see the last species. 



small, perennial, not mealy-looking ; leaves |-1 in., 

 ovate or oblong, prolonged into the stalk, blunt, entire or 

 minutely round-toothed, leathery, crowclf d together, mid- 

 rib barely visible, flowers |-f in. diam., pink, in a 8-6- 

 flowered umbel on a slender main radical stalk, 3-6 in. 

 high, bracts erect, linear, base shortlj^ produced, as long 

 as the minor flower stalks, calyx tubular, I in., 5-ribbed, 

 lobes short ovate, corolla tube slightly longer than the 



