Plants of the Punjab. 



529 



Prosteate Herbs with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



StePar'a aquatica, 

 Water Starwort, 



Caryophyllace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 229. 

 Himalaj^a, 

 4-8,000 ft. 

 Simla, Narkanda, 

 in wet places 

 (Collett). 

 Murree. 



Petals ununited. 



large, per nnial, velvety, stems 12-36 in., angular, 

 trailing along the ground, angu'ar, brittle, branched ; 

 leaves |-2 in., heart-shaped, ovate, thin, short-pointed, 

 sometimes bristly, lower leaver long- talk d: flowers ^ 

 in. diam., white, in leafy axillary or terminal clusters, 

 sepals 4 or 5, I in., enlarged in fruit, sticky, lanceolate, 

 free to the base, petals the same number as the epals, 

 and 1|- times as long, narrow, deeply 2-lobed, stamens 10, 

 styles 5 ; capsule 1 in., ovoid, rather larger than the sepals, 

 with five 2-fid valves, stalks turned down, curved at the 

 tip, seed^ many, round, rough with minute blunt pro- 

 jections. 



Stellaria media, like the last species, but stem with one line of hairs, 



Common Chiekweed, petals shorter than the sepals, or none, flowers smaller 

 CARYOPHYLLACEiE. than those of the last species, i in., stamens 3-10, stj'^les 3, 

 F. B. I. i. 230. seeds brown, rough with minute sharp projections. 



The Plains to 

 14,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 



Stellaria latif olia, 



Caryophyllace^. 



F. B.I. i. 231. 



Himalaya, 



east of the Sutlej, 



6-10,000 ft. 



Hatiu. 



like the last species, but stems shorter felted when 

 young, then smooth, shining, lower leaves nearly round, 

 abruptly pointed, upper lanceolate, all sessile, flowers 

 I in. diam., solitary, long-stalked, sepals 4, petals 4, twice 

 as long as the sepals, stamens 8, styles 2, capsule much 

 shorti r than the sepals. 



Stellaria longissima, 



Caryophyllace^. 



F. B. I. i. 232. 



Himalaya, 



east of the Suilej, 



8-12,000 ft. 



Hattu. 



like the last species, but leaves |-1 in., narrowly ob- 

 long or lanceolate, flowers solitary or in small clusters, 

 sepals united at the base, petals as long as the sepals, 

 styles 3, stamens 10. 



Stellaria decumbens, 

 var. polyantha, 

 Caryophyllaceje. 

 F. B. I. i. 234. 

 Kashmir, 

 11-15,000 ft., in 

 rocky and gravelly 

 places. 



like the last species, but small, perennial, densely 

 tufted, shining, stem stout, leaves |-| in., ovate- or lance- 

 olate-awl-shaped, hairy or velvety, flowers white, minute, 

 in sessile many-flowered clusters, sepals 5, petals 5, 

 minute, capsule shorter than the sepals. 



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