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Plants of (he Punjab. 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals ununited, 



styles 5, undivided ; capsule 2-5-valved, seeds many, black, 

 ovoid with a broad top. This is an insectivorous plant, the 

 sticky hairs capture the insect and then dissolve its soft 

 parts. 



Drosera peltata. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Entire. 



Begonia picta, 



BEGONIACEiE. 



F. B. I.ii. 638. 

 Himalaya, 

 3-6,000 ft. 

 Simla, on damp 

 rocks (Collett). 



Begonia amoena, 



Begoniace^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 642. 



Himalaya, 

 5-7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Dalhousie. 



Polygonum 

 islandicum, 



POLYGONACE^. 



F.B.Lv.24. 

 Himalaya, 

 12,000 ft. 

 Kashmir, in 

 marshy place b. 



small, perennial, succulent, rootstock tuberous, stem 

 6-12 in., slender, velvety ; leaves 3-5 by 2-3 in., ovate, 

 long-pointed, nearly equally heart-shaped, doubly finely 

 toothed, upper surface roughly hairy, green, blotched with 

 pink, lower surface velvety, blotched with purple, nerves 

 prominent, stipules lanceolate, hairy ; flowers 1-1 1 in. 

 diam., pale pink, in axillary stalked cluster, male flowers, 

 sepals 2, orbicular, coloured, velvety, petals 2, smaller, 

 oblong, stamens about 30, anthers ovoid with a broad top, 

 female flowers, sepals 2, large, velvety, petals 3, small, 

 styles 3, nearly separate, divided half way up into 2 

 tortuous branches, persistent ; capsule 1 in,, velvety till 

 ripe, 3-sided, angles produced into 3 flat wings, one wing 

 I in. broad, the other | in., the third 1 in., seeds many, 

 minute, light brown. 



smaller than the last species, smooth, stem shorter, 

 often producing runners, leaves 3 by 2 in., smooth, round 

 and sharp-toothed, leaf stalk 2-3 in., stipules ovate, 

 smooth, flowers f-1 in. diam., female flowers sepals 2, 

 large, opposite, ovate, one smaller lateral, all persistent, 

 enlarged on fruit, the branches of the styles are curved, 

 capsule I by I in., including the wings, seeds smooth, 

 netted, longer than those of the last species ; for other 

 characters see the last species. 



Petals none. 



very small, annual, smooth, stems very slender, joint- 

 ed, forming tufts, 1-6 in. high ; leaves -J- J in., ovate with 

 a broad blunt tip, stalked, often opposite, stipules short, 

 2-lobed ; flowers very minute, in terminal or axillary clus- 

 ters, bracts not tubular or sheathing, calyx 3-5-cleft, sta- 

 men usually 1 or nearly 2, stigmas 2-3, nearly sessile ; 

 nut flattened, rather longer than the calyx lobes. 



