Plants of the Punjab. 



425 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves, 



Petals united. 



Plantago major, 

 Greater plantain, 



Luhuriya, isajgol. 



Plantaginace^. 



F. B. I.iv.705. 



The Plains to 



10,000 ft. 



Simla (Collett). 



Peshawar. 



Eawalpiadi. 



Kashmir. 



Baluchistan 



(Stocks). 



small, perennial, smooth or hairy, rootstock stout ; 

 leaves 2-5 in., erect, oblong or oblong-ovate, 3-7-ribbed, 

 nearly entire or toothed, leaf stalks sometimes 4 in. long ; 

 flowers small, green, crowded or scattered in long spikes, 

 3-15 in. long, on short stalks, bracts equal in length to the 

 calyx, calyx 4-fid, segments ^ in., smooth, keeled, corolla 

 4-lobed, stamens 4, style thread-hke ; capsule small, en- 

 closed in the calyx, 2-celled, cells 4-8-seeded, seeds very 

 minute, black. This plant is used as an astringent 

 in dysentery for which it is an excellent remedy. 



Plantago lanceolata. 

 Rib- wort plantain, 



Baltanga. 

 Plantaginace^. 

 F. B. I. iv.706. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-8,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Kashmir, 

 Salt Eange. 



like the last species, but leaves are only shortly stalked, 

 narrower, 3-5-ribbed, 1-2 in. long, axils woolly, spikes 

 short, maul flower stalks long, deeply furrowed, sepals 

 bristl}^' corolla smooth, capsules 2-cells, only 1-2-seeded. 

 This plant is used as an astringent. 



Plantago tibetica, 



Plantaginacb^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 706. 

 Himalaya, 

 4-11,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 



very Hke the last species, but the leaves are not so 

 long, axils of leaves not woolly, spike slender, bracts oblong, 

 blunt. 



Plantago 

 brachyphylla, 



Plantaginace^, 

 F. B. I. iv. 706. 

 Himalaya, 

 9-13,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



like the Plantago major, but smaller, and t- e seeds 

 are only 1-2 in each cell and not angular. 



