Plants of the Punjab. 



465 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Opposite Exstipulate Lobed Leaves. 





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Caltha palustris, 



Amorphophallus 

 eampanulatus 



Jangli-saran. 

 Arace^ or 

 Aroide^e. 

 F. B. I. vi. 513. 

 The Plains. 



Petals none. 



Bee Herbs, Erect, Alternate, ExBtipulate, Lobed. 



large, perennial, root tuberoijB, 8-10 in. diam.; leaves 

 1 to 2, 12-36 in. broad, 3-lobed, lobes pinnately divid- 

 ed, lobules oblong, short-pointed, leaf stalk dark green with 

 pale patches ; flowers male and female continguous on a 

 very stout spadix (rod) in a spathe (sheath) 6-9 in. across, 

 orbicular, obovate, leathery or fleshy, green, usually with 

 white spots, greenish-purple above, rough, dark purple 

 within, towards the base, spadix veij stout, exserted or 

 included, dirty red and yellow with fetid smell, anthers 

 2-4, sessile, oblong, and ovaries globose or obovoid, style 

 short or long, stigma entire or 2-4-lobed ; berries obovoid. 

 This plant is widely cultivated for its tuberous root 

 {zamin kund) which is cooked and eaten, as a medicine 

 it is uncooked, dried and sliced (saran). 



Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



small, annual, stem long or short, stout or slender ; 

 leaves l|-5 in. long, in a circle on the top of the stem, pin- 

 nate, leaflets -6-15 pairs, |-| in., oblong, nearly straight 

 except the terminal one, opposite, main leaf sta,lks swollen 

 at the base ; flowers small, yellow, in umbels, main flower 

 stalk l-o in., bracts rigid, bristly, minor flower stalks 

 usually shorter than the sepals, sepals 5, lanceolate, rigid, 

 grooved, glandular, bristly, petals 5, twice the length of 

 the sepals, stamens 10, 5 outer smaller, styles 5, stigmas 

 notched or divided ; capsule oblong with rounded ends, 

 shining, splitting into 5 valves, seeds few in each cell, 

 minute, with broken ridges. 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Biophytum 

 sensitivum, 



GBRANIACE-ffi]. 



F.B.I. 1.436. 



The Plains to 

 6,000 ft. 



Viola biflora, 



Violace^. 

 F.B.Li. 132. 

 Himalaya, 

 6.11,000 ft. 

 Hattu (CoUett). 

 Kashmir, 



Petals ununited. 



small, perennial, smooth or velvety, rootstock slender, 

 stem 3-12 in., erect or prostrate ; leaves 1-2 in. diam., 

 kidney-shaped, round-toothed, stipules ovate or oblong, 

 stem leaves 2-3 ; flowers yellow, 1 or 2 on the same 

 stalk, some large petalled which ripen a few seeds, others 

 small petalled or without petals with many seeds, 2-brac- 

 teolate, sepals 5, persistent, linear-obtuse, produced at 

 tho base, petals 5, oroot or spreading, lower largest, baB© 



