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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Primula 

 minutissima, 



Primulaceje. 

 F. B. I. iii. 494. 

 Himalaya, 

 12-15,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



very small, densely tufted, forming large patches of 

 rosettes, each |-f in. diam., leaves ^-| in., densely crowd- 

 ed, dark green, lanceolate, flowers |-| in. diam., purple, 

 sessile, upon a very short 1-3-fiowered stalk sunk among 

 the leaves, calyx divided to the middle, lobes oblong or 

 lanceolate, much shorter than the corolla tube, corolla 

 very large for the plant, lobes heart-shaped with the broad 

 part at the tip ; for other characters see P. sibirica. 



Primula floribunda, 



Primulace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 495. 

 Himalaya, 

 8-6,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 



small, velvety-sticky, leaves l|-4 by |-1| in., ovate, 

 thin, narrowed into a broad winged stalk, coarsely and 

 irregularly toothed, flowers y^ in. diam., yellow, unequally 

 stalked in one or several whorls, one above the other, on 

 slender solitary or tufted main flower stalks, 4-8 in. high, 

 corolla salver-shaped, lobes notched, tube long, mouth 

 ringed, capsule round, enclosed in the calyx, seeds -gL. in., 

 black angled, rough ; for other characters see P. sibirica. 



Androsace 

 saxifragsefolia, 



Primulace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 496. 

 The Plains to 

 4,000 ft. 



small, annual, velvety-sticky ; leaves |-| in. diam., 

 rounded, heart-shaped, round-toothed, blade and stalk of 

 equal length ; flowers small, pink to white, in umbels, 

 surrounded with bracts, terminal on slender main stalks, 

 bracts | in., minor flower stalks |-1| in., very unequal, 

 calyx deeply 5-cleft, enlarging in fruit, and spreading into 

 a star-shape, corolla salver-shaped, tube short, 5-lobed, 

 mouth ringed or with folds, stamens 5, enclosed in the 

 corolla tube; capsule round, 5-valved, seeds minute, nearly 

 round, deeply pitted. 



Androsace 

 rotundifolia. 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, Lobed. 



Androsace Aizoon, 



Primulace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 497. 

 Kashmir, 

 8-11,000 ft. 



medium size, perennial, leaves |-1 in., very many, 

 densely crowded, lanceolate, sessile, bristly, cartihgin- 

 ous, flowers small, on long main flower stalks, 6-24 in. 

 long, bracts round the umbels, -jiy ^^'f ovate, minor flower 

 stalks J-| in., very unequal, calyx top-shaped, lobes 

 oblong, blunt, divided to the middle, corolla lobes divided 

 with appendages also split up; capsule with 2-fid valves, 

 seeds large, angular, rough ; for other characters see the 

 last described species, 



