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Plants of the Punjab. 



Prostrate Herbs with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Arenaria 

 serpyllifolia, 

 Thyme-leaved 

 Sandwort, 



CARYOPHYLLACEiE. 



F. B. I. i. 239. 

 The Plains at 

 1,000 to 12,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mashobra 

 (Collett). 

 Eawalpindi (Douie). 



small, annual, branching from the root, many-flowered, 

 branches 2-10 in., slender, leafy, hairs often recurved ; 

 leaves |-| in., ovate, long-pointed, rather stiff with 

 scattered bristles ; flowers |-J in. diam., white, in many- 

 flowered terminal clusters, bracts leafy, sepals 5, free, 

 ovate-lanceolate, short-pointed, 3-5-ribbed velvety, much 

 longer than the petals, petals 5, ovate with a broad tip, 

 not divided, stamens 10, styles 3 ; capsule ovoid, equal to 

 the sepals, 6-valved, seeds many, rough. 



Arenaria 

 neelgerrensis, 



Caryophyllace^, 

 F. B. I. i. 239. 

 Himalava, 

 west of the Chenab, 

 5-10,000 ft. 

 Jammu, Kashmir. 



very like the last species, but leaves short-pointed, 

 sepals ovate, one-ribbed. 



Arenaria 

 glanduligera, 



Caryophyllace.5:. 

 F. B. I. i. 240. 

 Kashmir, 

 10-14,000 ft. 



small, perennial, densely velvety with glands, stems 

 1-2 in., many from the root, loosely tufted, rather stout, 

 shining below ; leaves |-| in., ovate flat, short- or long- 

 pointed, pale green, glandular on both surfaces, soft ; 

 flowers |-| in. diam., pink, sohtary on a short slender 

 stalk, calyx rounded at the base, sepals spreadmg, re- 

 curved hnear, short-pointed or blunt, glandular, much 

 smaller than the petals, styles 3 ; capsule thin, shorter 

 than the sepals, seeds few, pale. 



Sagina 



procumbens, 



Pearlwort, 



Caryophyllace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 242. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-10.000 ft. 

 Simla, Theog, 

 Narkanda, on walks 

 and roadsides 

 Collett). 



small, perennial, smooth, bright green, sterna 2-6 in., 

 slender, tufted, spreading ; leaves ^-| in., cylindrical, 

 united at the base into a thin sheath, short-pointed ; flowers 

 very small, | in. diam., white, solitary on axillary or ter- 

 minal stalks, much longer than the leaves, sepals 4 or 5, 

 free, blunt, petals 4 or 5, entire or none, stamens 4 or 5, 

 styles 4 or 5 ; capsule projecting beyond the sepals, 4- or 

 5-valved to the base, seeds many, kidney-shaped. 



