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Plants of the Punjab.' 



Prostrate Herbs with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Androsace villosa, 



Primulace^. 



F. B. I. iii. 499. 



Himalaya, 



12-17,000 ft., 



in dry regions, from 



the Jumna to the 



Indus, Kashmir, 



Petals united. 



like the last species, but very small, in tufted masses 

 of short naked stems with runners bearing at close inter- 

 vals, hairy tufts, |-1 in. diam., leaves in small rounded 

 tufts, sessile, lanceolate or spoon-shaped, corolla mouth 

 with a prominent conical ring. 



Androsace 

 muscoidea) 



PRIMULACEiE. 



F. B. I. iii. 499. 

 Kashmir, 

 12-17,000 ft. 



like the last species, but much smaller, forming patches 

 6-10 in, diam., of crowded stems and runners 2-6 in. long, 

 naked below or covered with little balls of leaves the size 

 of a pea, leaves linear or oblong, blunt, sessile, flowers -fg- 

 in. diam., on short stalks 



Lysimachia 

 japonicay 



Primulace^e. 

 F. B. I. iii. 505. 

 Himalaya, 

 4-8,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla. 

 The Glen 

 (Collett) 

 Kashmir. 



small, hairy or velvety, branches 6-10 in., rooting ; 

 leaves 1-1| in., ovate, short-pointed, gland-dotted, stalk- 

 ed ; flowers |-J in. diam., yellow, solitary or in pairs, axil- 

 lary, stalks shorter than the leaf stalks, calyx deeply 5- 

 lobed, lobes lanceolate, corolla wheel-shaped, 5-lobed 

 nearly to the base lobes, entire, stamens 5, inserted at the 

 base of the corolla, united below, style slender, persistent ; 

 capsule small, round, 5-valved, seeds many, minu<:e. 



Anagallis arvensis. 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulat ', Simple, 

 Entire. 



Gentiana venusta, 



Gentianace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 116. 

 Himalaya, 

 11-14,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



small, perennial, stems none or 3 in. high ; leaves J-| in., 

 narrowing to each end, or ovate with a broad blunt tip ; 

 flowers 1 in., blue, one to three nearly se-^sile on the short 

 densely leafy annual shoots, calyx tube |in., lobes 5, J-| 

 in., linear, small, short-pointed, corolla 1 by |-| in., tubu- 

 lar, 5-lobed, folds between the lobes, stamen; 4-5, not 

 protruding from the corolla ; capsule |-^ by |-^ in., seeds 

 very many, small, round, not winged, coat very loose, 

 netted, white, glistening. 



