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Plants of the Punjab. 



Prostbatb Herbs, with Opposite Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



than the calyx standard (upper petal) broadly ovate, 

 spreading, keel (lower petals) incurved, short-pointed, 

 stamens 10, upper one free, others united, style incurved, 

 tip hairy ; pod J in., enclosed in the calyx, seed one. The 

 root is edible, the plant is said to be cultivated for the root ; 

 it might be cultivated with advantage as it has a pleasant 

 flavour like Arachis hypogaea. 



Prostrate Herbs with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Frankenia 

 pulverulenta, 



FRANKENIACEiE. 



F. B. I. i. 212, 

 The Plains 

 on sola land. 

 Baluchistan. 



small, annual, slender, much branched, branches leafy, 

 wiry, jointed, 6-18 in. long ; leaves ^-l in., ovate with a 

 broad tip, broadly notched, grey beneath, very shortly 

 stalked ; flowers minute, pink, solitary in the forks of 

 the branches, calyx 4-6-fid, persistent, smooth, strongly 

 ribbed, cylindric, petals 4-6, small, stalk with a scale, sta- 

 mens 4 or more, free or united at the base, style slender 

 stigma 2-5-lobed ; capsule enclosed in the persistent calyx, 

 seeds many, oblong or ovoid. 



Gypsophila 

 cerastiodies, 



Caryophyllacb^. 

 F.B.Li. 217. • 

 Himalava, 

 6-12,005 ft. 

 Mashobra, Matiana 

 Narkanda (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 



small, perennial, velvety, stems several, 4-8 in,, slender, 

 spreading; leaves |-2 in. by j-| in., ovate with a broad 

 tip or spoon-shaped, radical stalked, stem leaver sessile, 

 all slightly bristly ; flowers |-| in., white with faint purple 

 streaks, sessile or shortly stalked in branching clusters 

 or rarely solitary in the forks, calyx I in., bell-shaped, 

 velvety, 5-toothed, teeth blunt, with strong curved hairs, 

 petals 6, spoon-shaped, notched, stalked, stamens 10, 

 style ; 2-3 ; capsule 4-valved, seeds few or many, broad, 

 black, rough. 



Cerastium trigynum, 



Caryophyllace^ . 

 F. B. I. i. 227. 

 Himalaya, 

 11-17,000 ft. 

 Kulu, Kashmir. 



small, perennial, tufted, stems spreading with alter- 

 nating hairy lines or smooth ; leaves l-l in., oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, smooth, scattered, blunt, often curved down ; 

 flowers h in. diam. white, in 1-3-flowered dividing clusters, 

 bracts green with thin edges, sepals 5, rarely 4, linear- 

 oblong, spreading, petals as many as the sepals, deeply 

 2-fid, stamens 10, styles usually 3: capsule oylindric, seeda 

 with 8 rows of knobs. 



