Plants of the Puniah. 



635 



Prostrate Herbs with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Mazus surculosus, 



Scrophulariace.e. 



F. B. I. :v. 260. 



Himalaya, 



east of the Sutlej, 



3-7,000 ft. 



Simla, the Glen 



(Collett). 



Valley below the 



Convent. 



Garden at Barne • 



Court. 



Herpestis monniera, 



Barambhi, safed 



chamni. 



Scrophulariace.e. 



F. B. I. iv. 27'2. 



The Plains to 



4,000 ft. 



Sutlej Valley, Suni 



(Collett). 



In wet ground. 



Vandellia 

 pedunculata, 



ScrophulariacejE. 

 F. B. I. iv. 282. 

 The Plains in 

 swamps. 



Bonnaya brachiata, 



Bonnaya 

 veronicaefolia, 



SCROPHULARIACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 285. 

 The Plains. 



small, perennial, nearly smooth, stems often tufted 

 with long leafy runners rooting at the joints ; radical 

 leaves 1-3 in., broadly ovate with a wide tip, narrowed to 

 a stalk-hke base, irregularly toothed, often pmnately 

 divided at the base, stem leaves similar but smaller ; 

 flowers \-\ in., pale blue or white in termmal racemes, 

 calyx shortly 5-toothed, bell-shaped, corolla 2-hpped, ^-\ 

 in. long, tube short, upper lip erect, 2-lobed, lower much 

 larger, spreading, 3-lobed, with 2 prominent yellow glan- 

 dular ridges at the base, stamens 4, in unequal pans, en- 

 closed, stigma flat, 2-lobed ; capsule enclosed in the calyx, 

 round or flattened, blunt, valves entire, seeds many, very 

 minute, ovoid. 



small, perennial, quite smooth, creeping, rather suc- 

 culent, branching, 4-10 in. long, rooting at the joints ; 

 leaves |-| in., oblong-ovate wuth a broad tip, blunt, sessile, 

 entire ; flow^ers nearly | in. diam., pale blue, purple veined, 

 single on alternate axillary stalks, longer than the leaves, 

 bracteoles 2, calyx \-\ in., deeplj' 5-lobed, lobes unequal, 

 upper ovate, short-pointed, corolla tube cj'lindric, longer 

 than the calyx, lobes 4, spreading, nearly equal, upper 

 one notched, stamens 4, in unequal pairs, enclosed style 

 linear, stigma round, 2-lobed ; capsule 2-grooved, ovoid, 

 short-pointed, seeds many, very minute. This plant is 

 used by Hindu:^ as a diuretic and aperient. 



small, annual, smooth, stem sometimes creeping, 

 branches 4-10 in., slender, prostrate ; leaves |-1 in., ovate, 

 slightly round-toothed, blunt or nearly short-pointed, 

 shortly stalked ; flowers small, white or pale blue with a 

 w^hite spot, stalked, solitary, axillary or in racemes, sepals 5, 

 \ in., free, half as long as the linear-lanceolate capsule, 

 corolla tube cylindric, 2-hpped, upper lip erect, broad, 

 concave, notched, lower broad, spr> ading, 3-lobed, stamens 

 4, 2 posterior usually enclosed, 2 anterior arched with a 

 small blunt tooth, stigma divided ; capsule \ in., seeds 

 WTinkled. 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Toothed. 



like Vandelha pedunculata, but leaves oblong or ob- 

 long-lanceolate or ovate with a broad tip and toothed, 

 flower violet, stamens 2, staminodes 2, capsule projecting 

 far beyond the calyx. 



