Plants of the Punjab. 



421 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Androsace 

 sempervivoides, 



Primulace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 497. 

 Kashmir, 

 11,000 ft. 

 Sind Valley 

 (Collett). 



like the last species, but much smaller, bearing run- 

 ners, plants forming rosettes | in., nearly round, runners 

 1-1| in., short, stout, naked ; leavvis |-^ in., ovate with a 

 broad tip, spoon-shaped thicks, tip straight with short 

 sharp point ; flowers pink, small, urabelled on a solitary 

 scape 1-3 in., bracts linear-oblong, calyx broadly top- 

 shaped, lobes 5, erect in fruit, corolla 5-lobed, salver- 

 shaped, lobes ovate with a broad tip, tips rounded, stamens 

 5, included in the tube; capsule 1-2-seeded, seeds larger, 

 oblong, one side convex. 



Erythrsea 

 Roxburghii, 



Charayatah. 

 Gentianace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 102. 

 The Plains to 

 2,000 ft. 



small, annual or perennial ; leaves radical 1 by | in., 

 ovate with a broad tip, many, persistent, stem leaves 

 smaller, narrower ; flowers | in., pink, on long stalks, ^-| 

 in., in the forks of widely branching clusters, calyx ^ in., 

 tubular, teeth 5, lanceolate or linear, corolla tube longer 

 than the calyx, lobes 5, very small, spreading, stamens 5 

 near the top of the corolla, short, linear, style linear, stigmas 

 2 ; capsule oblong, equal to the calyx, nearly 2-valved, 

 2-celled, seeds very small, net-veined. The plant is very 

 bitter and may be used as a tonic instead of chiretta. 



Erythraea Meyeri, 



Gentianace^. 

 F. B. I.iv. 102. 

 Kashmir, 

 5-8,000 ft. 



Gentiana 

 quadrifaria, 



Gentiana capitata, 



Gentiana venusta, 



like the last species, but radical leaves few, often 

 2 or none, clusters not so much branched, corolla tube 

 scarcely longer than the calyx, flowers white. 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, Mar- 

 gins Entire. 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, Mar- 

 gins Entire. 



see Prostrate Herbs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Gentiana nubigena, 



Gentianace^. 

 P. B. I.iv. 116. 

 Himalaya, 

 16-18,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



small, annual or perennial ; leaves lower 2| by J in., 

 stem leaves shorter, united at the base into a tube, oblong- 

 linear ; flowers 1| by f in., 1 to 3 on each branch, 

 calyx I in., teeth 5, jr in., the space between two often 

 folded, corolla funnel-shaped, lobes 5, | in., short-pointed, 

 stamens 5, stigmas 2 ; capsule 1 by | in., enclosed in the 

 calyx, seeds very many, small. 



