Plants of the Punjab. 



637 



Prostrate Herbs with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leave \ 



Petals united. 



Veronica agrestis, 



Procumbent 



Speedwell, 



Scrophulariacb^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 294. 

 The Plains to 

 6,000 ft. 

 Valleys below 

 Simla (CoUett). 

 Kashmir, 

 Eawalpindi, 

 Murree (Douie). 

 Khanki, 

 Gujranwala 

 District. 



small, annual, almost velvety, branches 6-18 in., 

 many, leaves |-1 in. diam., ovate, heart-shaped or cir- 

 cular, coarsely round and sharp-toothed, shortly stalked, 

 flowers ^-| in. diam., blue or white on slender drooping 

 stalks in the axils of and as long as the upper alternate 

 leaves, forming terminal racemes, calyx lobes blunt, calyx 

 I in. diam,, notched, lobes 2, round or flattened, 1- many- 

 seeded, seeds oblong or round, cup- shaped, with minute 

 projections ; for other characters see the last species. 



Veronica persica, 



Buxbaum's 



Speedwell, 



Scrophulariace^. 

 E B. I. iv. 294. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-7,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



Hke the last species, but is much larger in all its parts, 

 flower stalks longer than the leaves, flowers larger, bright 

 blue, lobes of the capsule broad, widely separatmg, capsule 

 much broader than long. 



Nelsonia campestris, 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, ExstipulatO; Simple, Entire. 



Hygrophila 

 polysperma, 



Acanthace^. 

 F, B. I. iv. 406. 

 The Plains to 

 5,000 ft., in wet 

 places. 



small, annual, 6-18 in., branches rooting ; leaves 

 ^-1| in., narrowly oblong to ovate, narrowed into a short 

 stalk, smooth, almost entire ; flowers | in., pale blue or 

 white, in terminal dense oblong or linear spikes, bracts 

 |-| m., broadly oblong narrowed to each end, overlapping, 

 bracteoles | m., lanceolate, calyx tubular, 5-fid, hairy, 

 teeth linear, | in., corolla tube swollen at the apex, 

 2-lipped, oblong, straight, stamens 2, style long, hairy ; 

 capsule ^-| in., linea:' or narrowly oblong, seeds 20-30, 

 ovoid, flattened, white, hairy when wetted. 



Rungia repens, 



Acanthace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 549. 

 The Plains. 



small, perennial, much branched, branches rooting, 

 4 -angled, nearly smooth when crushed, has a scent of 

 thyme ; leaves 2 by f in., oblong-lanceolate, nearly 

 sessile ; flowers J in., white with pink spots, in dense axil- 

 lary or terminal one-sided .-.pikes, 2 by ^ in., the 2 leaves 



