Plants of the Pun'^ab. 



S8d 



Prostrate Herbs with Opposite Exstipulatb Simple Leaves. 



Petals united, 



lobes 4, spreading, stamens 4, styles 2, fruit dry, small, 

 round, almost 2-lobed, covered with hooked bristles, seeds 

 2, small. 



Galium triflorum, S( e Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 



Entire. 



Galium Aparine, 



sea Climbing Plants, Opposite Exstipulate, Simple. 



Galium acutum, 



RUBIACE^. 



F. B. I. iii. 208. 



Himalaya, 



east of the Sutlej, 



7-12,000 ft. 



The Chor, on rocks 



(Collett). 



small, perennial, smooth, stems 6-12 in., interlaced, 

 very leafy ; leaves ^-| in., sessile, in circles of 6, ovate- 

 lanceolate, crowded, tip spiny, nerves none ; flowers very 

 minute, white, on sohtary stalks, calyx ovoid, no teeth, 

 corolla wheel-shaped, lobes 4, stamens 4, styles 2 ; fruit 

 j^Q in., dry, round, slightly 2-lobed, smooth, seeds 2, small. 



Galium vernum, 



Rubiaoe^. 

 p. B. I. iii. 209. 

 Himalaya, 

 east of the Eavi, 

 7-11,000 ft. 

 Narkanda (Collett). 

 Chamba(C.B. 

 Clarke). 



like the last species, but softly hairy, leaves larger, 

 ovate, shortly stalked, in circles of 4, nerves 3, prominent, 

 flowers yellow or white, usually found only in the terminal 

 circles of leaves. 



Androsace 

 lanuginosa, 



Primulaoe^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 498. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-10,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 



small, perennial, covered with long, silvery white, 

 silky hairs, branches runner-like, not rooting with tufts 

 of leaves ; leaves |-f in., lanceolate, sessile, entire, some- 

 times alternate, short- or long-pointed ; flowers small, pale 

 or dark purple, tinged with blue, yellow in the centre, in 

 dense umbels on solitary stalks, 3-4 in. long, bracts short, 

 narrowly lanceolate, entire, calyx tubular, 5-lobed, lobes 

 blunt, corolla |-| in. diam., flat-topped, tube shorter than 

 the calyx, narrow, wrinkled at the mouth, lobes 5, spread- 

 ing, entire or slightly notched, stamens 5 in the corolla 

 tube, style short ; capsule ovoid, 5-valved, seeds few, 

 only 2. nearly round or angular. 



