Plants of the Punjab. 



423 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Wulfenia 

 Amherstiana, 



Scrophulariace^. 

 F. B.Liv.291. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-11,000 ft. 

 Mahasu, Theog, 

 Narkanda (CoUett). 

 Kashmir. 



small, perennial, smooth, rootstock woody ; leaves 

 2-5 in., oblong-ovate, with a broad tip, coarsely round tooth- 

 ed or lobulate, leafstalk |-1| in. long ; flowers I in., blue, 

 in bracteate one-sided spikes on radical stalks, calyx | in., 

 5-fid, segments short-pointed, corolla 4-lobed, lobes nearly 

 erect, upper one minutely notched, stamens 2, included, 

 style long, protruding, stigma minute, rounded ; capsule 

 ^ in., oblong, 2-lobed, seeds many, ovoid, concave on one 

 side, convex on the other. 



Veronica ciliata, 



SCROPHULARIACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 292. 

 Himalaya, 

 11-16,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



Striga lutea, 



Striga euphrasioides. 



small, annual, covered with greyish velvet ; leaves 

 f-l| in., ovate or oblong, blunt, entire or toothed ; flowers 

 J in. diam., blue, sessile in nearly round heads, bracts as 

 long as the calyx, sepals 4, oblong, blunt, | in., corolla 

 lobes broad, stamens 2, included ; capsule | in., grooved, 

 ovoid-oblong, blunt, tip notched, seeds round, flattened, 

 flat one side, convex on the other. 



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

 tire, corolla 2-lipped, stamens 4. 



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

 tire, corolla 2-lipped, stamens 4. 



Didymocarpus 

 pedieellata, 



Gesnerace^.. 

 F. B. I. iv. 345. 

 Himalaya, 

 2-5,000 ft. 

 Chamba. 



small, stem hardly any, usually none ; leaves 3-6 in., 

 roundly ovate, smooth, dotted black, glandular above, leaf 

 stalks 2-5 in.; flowers 1 in., purple, in many-flowered clusters 

 on single stalks, 4 in. long, bracts | in., ovate, often united, 

 calyx I in., funnel-shaped, lobes 5, rounded, corolla 5-lobed, 

 stamens 2, perfect, anthers touching in pairs ; capsule 

 1-1 1 in., hnear, long-stalked, seeds oblong with rounded 

 ends, small, smooth, minutely netted. 



Didissandra 

 lanuginosa, 



Gesnerace^. 



F. B. I. iv. 355. 



Himalaya, 



5-8,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(CoUett). 



small, perennial, stemless ; leaves 3 by 1| in., oblong 

 with rounded ends or ovate, stalked, round-toothed, upper 

 surface wrinkled, lower densely hairy ; flowers ^ in. long, 

 pale purple or white, in a terminal cluster on a tufted stalk 

 3-6 in. long, hairy at the base, calyx 5-lobed, persistent, 

 lobes short-pointed, corolla 2-lipped, tube cyhndric, upper 

 lip erect, notched, lower larger, spreading, 3-lobed, stamens 

 4, in unequal opposite pairs, anthers touching, stigma flat, 

 2-lobed ; capsiile f in., erect, curved, short-pointed, seeds 

 many, minute. 



