468 



Plants of the Punjab 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Alteekaie SxiprLAiE Compound Leaves. 



Potentilla supina, 



EoSACE^. 



F. B. I. ii. 359. 

 The Plains to 

 8,500 ft. 

 Sutlej Valley 

 (Collett). 

 Eawalpindi. 



Petals ununited 



small, annual, hairy, stems spreading, leafy, leaves 

 |-3 in., stalks |-2 in., pinnate, leaflets 3-9, oblong, blunt, 

 lobulate or toothed, stipules ovate, entire, flowers I in. 

 diam., j^ellow, solitary, axilliary, calyx lobes and bracteoles 

 blunt or sharp-pointed, petals do not project beyond the 

 calyx, achenes minute, smooth or ridged on a round 

 woolly receptacle : for other characters see the last species. 



Agrimonia 

 Eurpatorium, 

 Common Agrimony, 



EOSACE^. 



F. B.I. ii. 361. 

 Himalaya, 

 3-10,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



large, perennial, hairy, stems 2-3 ft., rootstock woody, 

 short or long ; leaves pinnate, lower ones 4-7 in., leaflets 

 6-21, larger ones 5-9, ovate, |-1| in., coarsely toothed, very 

 unequal, alternating with a number of smaller ones, upper 

 leaves gradually smaller with fewer leaflets, stipules large, 

 leafy, |-lunate, entire or toothed, united to the base of the 

 leaf ; flowers I in. diam., yellow, in terminal spike-hke 

 racemes, each flower in the axil of a small,. 3-cleft bract, 

 with 2 smaller 3-toothed bracteoles at the top of its own 

 stalk, calyx tube | in., top-shaped, grooved, woolly, bear- 

 ing outside its mouth a ring of small spines, hooked in 

 fruit, calyx lobes 5, potals 5, oblong-ovate with a broad tip, 

 stamens 5-15, styles 2, protruding from the calyx ; achenes 

 1 or 2, enclosed in the hard spinous calyx. The root is a 

 strong astringent used by European herbalists, unknown 

 to Indians. 



Agrimonia pilosa, 



Eo3ACE.E. 



F. B.I. ii. 361. 

 Kashmir, 

 6-8,000 ft. 



very like the last species, but less hairy, calyx tube 

 almost smooth, spines not hooked, 



Traehydium Roylei, 



UMBELLIFElliB. 



F. B. I. li. 672. 

 Kashmir, 

 11-14,000 ft. 



small, perennial, smooth or minutely hairy, stemless or 

 stem 2 in. long, thick, grooved, often hollow; radical leaves 

 3 in. including leafstalk, doubly pinnate, oblong-lanceolate, 

 ultimate segments lanceolate-linear, leaf stalk sheathing 

 at the base ; flowers minute, whitfi or pink, in a solitary 

 sessile umbel, bracts leaflike, bracteoles 6-10, single- or 

 doui)le-pinnate, calyx margins obsolete or prominent, petals 

 5, Oi)long with rounded ends, notched, stamens 5, st^des 2 ; 

 fruit ^-i in., oblong with rounded ends, primary ridges, 

 swollen, spongy, tubercled, 2 oil-canals between the 

 ridg.'S, seeds 2 half round, nearly 5-angled. 



