Plants of the Punjab. 



503 



Heebs, Unbranched, with Alternate Exstipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Podophyllum Emodi, 



Papri, hanhakri. 



Berbeeidace^. 



F. B. I. i. 112. 



Himalaya, 



6-12,000 ft. 



Matiana, Narkanda 



(Collett). 



The Chor, Hazara, 



Murree, Kashmir. 



small to medium size, perennial, smooth, succulent, 

 rootstock creeping, scaly, 2-leaved, flower stalk 6-18 

 in., leafy above ; leaves 2, 6-10 in. across, circular, long 

 stalk joined to middle of leaf, divided deeply into 3 parts, 

 each part lobed, sharply toothed, often blotched with 

 purple ; flower soHtary, rarely 2, 1| in. diam., white, 

 rarely pink, sepals 3-6, petal-hke, soon falling off, petals 6, 

 stamens 6, style short, stigma crest-Hke, ridged ; berry 1-2 

 in,, scarlet, ovoid, edible, seeds small, many, ovoid with a 

 broad top, immersed in pulp. Closely alhed to Podophyl- 

 lum peltatum, L. Hay Apple— Podophyllin, an alkaloid 

 extracted from the root of a Podophyllum, is used as a 

 purgative. 



Papaver 

 somniferum, 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Lobed. 



Meconopsis 

 aculeata, . 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Lobed. 



Cardamine 



hirsuta, 



Hairy Bittercress, 



Crucifer^. 

 F.B.Li. 138. 

 The Plains to 

 10,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 



Cardamine 

 impatiens, 

 Narrowieaved 

 Bittercress, 



Crucifer^. 

 F.B.Li. 138. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-12,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett), 

 Kashmir, 



small, annual, smooth, stem 3-12 in. ; leaves 2-6 in., 

 stalked, pinnately lobed, lobes 7, of the lower leaves broad- 

 ly ovate or circular with a few large, lobe-like teeth, of 

 the uppermost often narrowly oblong, end lobe largest, 

 blunt or rounded, stem leaves not lobed at the base ; flowers 

 Yo in., white, in racemes, sepals 4, very small, equal at the 

 base, petals 4, stalked, narrow, erect, twice as long as the 

 sepals, stamens 6, 2 outer short, opposite the lateral sepals, 

 4 inner longer in pairs, opposite the other two sepals, stigma 

 almost sessile ; pods |-1 in., erect, blunt linear, long, flat, 

 ^eeds flattened, in one row, without a margin. This plant 

 is sometimes eaten as a pot herb. 



like the last species, but the base of the stem leaves 

 divided with 2 long stem-clasping lobes, lobes of radi- 

 cal leaves 7-15, ovate, obtusely lobed, stem leaves longer, 

 lanceolate, entire, pods pomted, when ripe they burst 

 elastically, jerk out the seeds and curl up. 



