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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Unbbanched, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Gentiana Kurroo, 



Karu, kutki, nilkant. 

 Gentianaoe.^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 117. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-11,000 ft. 

 Shall, near the 

 summit (Collett), 

 Kashmir. 



small, peremiial, stout, leaves radical 3 by | in., 

 oblong or linear, stem leaves 1 in., linear united at the base 

 into a tube, flowers l|-2 in. long, f in. diam., solitary 

 or racemed, calyx half as long as the corolla, lobes 5, 

 linear, corolla lobes | in., ovate, short-pointed, capsule 

 f by -i in., seeds twice as long as broad, short-pointed at 

 one end, nearly tailed at the other ; for other characters 

 see the last species. 



Gentiana eortorta, 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Entire. 



Mazus rugosus, 



Scrophulariace.e. 

 p. B. I. iv. 259. 

 The Plains to 

 7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Lancea tibetica, 



bCROPHULARIACE.B. 



F. B. I. iv. 260. 

 Himalaya, 

 11-16,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



small, annual, smooth or slightly hairy ; leaves radi- 

 cal 1-3 in., oblong or ovate with a broad tip, narrowed to 

 a stalk-like base, coarsely toothed, stem leaves ^-1^ in., 

 alternate, spoon-shaped ; flowers |-| in., pale blue or white, 

 streaked with blue, upper lip darker, in racemes 1 -6 flowers, 

 calj^x bell-shaped, 5-lobed half way down, corolla upper 

 lip 2-lobed, erect, lower lip 3-lobed, spreading, stamens 4, 

 in unequal pairs, style slender, stigma divided ; capsule 

 round or flattened, enclosed in the calyx, seeds many, 

 very minute, pale. 



small, slender, rootstock creeping, horizontal ; leaves 

 radical 1-3| in. long, blunt, leathery, narrowed into a 

 half stem-clasping stalk |-1 in. long ; flowers |-1 in. long, 

 blue, in a very short terminal raceme sunk amongst the 

 leaves, bracts lanceolate, calyx bell-shaped, 5-toothed, 

 corolla tube dilated above, upper tip nearly erect, concave, 

 2-lobed, lower lip large, 3-lobed, spreading, stamens 4, in 

 unequal pairs, style thread-like, stigma divided ; fruit the 

 size of a pea, round, not sphtting open, protruding beyond 

 the calyx, seeds many, small, nearly romid, brown. 



Picrorhiza Kurrooa, 



Kutki, kunu, kaur. 



SCROPHULARIACEiE. 



F. B.I.iv. 290. 

 Himalaya, 

 9-15,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



small, perennial, rootstock as thick as the little finger, 

 covered with withered leaf-bases ; leaves radical, 2-4 in., 

 spoon-shaped, toothed, rather leathery, tip rounded, base 

 narrowed into a winged sheathing stalk ; flowers |-| in. 

 long, bluish, in spikes 2-4 in. long on radical leafy flowering 

 stems, calyx lobes 5, lanceolate, corolla tube curved, broad, 

 upper lip nearly hooded, notched, lower Hp 3-lobed, shorter, 

 middle lobes shortest, stamens 4 ; capsule | in. long, ovoid, 

 seeds curved, netted. The root is used as a bitter tonic 

 and laxative with great effect in dropsy. 



