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Plants oj the Punjab. 



Prostrate Herbs with Opposite Stipulatb Simple Leaves. 



Petals none. 



Lecaniuus 

 Wallichii, 



Urticace^. 

 F. B. I. V. 559. 

 (See under L. 

 Wight ii). 

 Himalaya, 

 east of the Eavi, 

 4-10,000 ft. 

 Simla, the Glen, 

 in damp places. 

 (Collett). 

 Jaku. 



Elatostemma sessile, 



Elatostemma 

 surculosum, 



stems 12-24 in., stout, leaves 2-4 in., tip long, tail- 

 like, heads |-1^ in. diam,, on stalks 2-12 in. long, calyx 

 of female flowers 4-lobed, lobes nearjy equal, hooded at 

 the tip, achenes ovoid, purple-brown, shorter than the 

 calyx ; for other characters see the last species. 



see Prostrate Herbs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple, 

 see Herbs, Unbranched, Opposite, Stipulate, Simple, 



Pouzolzia indica, 

 var. alienata, 

 Urticace^. 

 F. B.I. V. 581. 



The Plains to 



5,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla, 



on dry rocky slopes 



(Collett). 



Koti. 



Pouzolzia 

 pentandra, 



Pippira-sari. 



Urticace^. 



F. B. I. V. 583. 



The Valleys below 



3,000 ft. 



East of Kangra 



(CoUett). 



Pouzolzia hirta, 



URTICACEiE. 



F. B. I. V. 586. 



The valleys below 



5,000 ft. 



East of Chamba 



(Collettj, 



small, roughly velvetj^ stems half prostrate, branches 

 slender; spreading ; leaves |-1 in., ovate, long-stalked, 

 thin, entire, pointed, base rounded, 3-nerved ; flowers 

 minute, pale green, one sexual, in small axillary clusters, 

 male and female in the same or different clusters on the 

 same different plants, male calyx shortly stalked, 4-lobed, 

 stamens 4, female calyx sessile, tubular, enclosing the ovary, 

 style long, linear, protruding, soon falling off ; achenea 

 enclosed in the ribbed, sometimes winged calyx, 



annual, smooth, stem prostrate below, diffusely branch- 

 ed, leaves sessile, or nearly so, lanceolate or linear- 

 oljlong, entire, pointed, lower ones 1-4 in., opposite, upper 

 ones alternate, crowded, smaller gradually upwards, 

 stipules short, flowers in small clusters, sometimes of only 

 2 or 3 flowers, male calyx usually 5-lobed, stamens 5, 

 achene enclosed in the broadly 3-winged calyx ; for other 

 characters see the last species. The fibre is used for cord- 



age. 



almost prostrate, stems smooth, velvety or shghtly 

 hairy, 6-26 in., slender, often briinched ; leaves 1-4 in., 

 ovate or lanceolate, entire, pointed, sessile or nearly so, 

 stipules broad, long-pointed, flowers in small rounded 

 dense clusters, male catyx usually 5-lobed, stamens 5, 

 achene enclosed in a strongly ribbed, sometimes winged 

 calyx ; for other characters see the last species. 



