542 



Plants of the Puniah. 



Prostrate Herbs with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves, 



Petals none. 



Trianthema 

 hydaspica, 



FlCOIDE^. 



F. B. I. ii. 661. 



The Plains, 



Multan (Edgeworth), 



Orygia decumbens, 



Ficoide^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 661. 



The Plains. 



Baluchistan 



(Stocks), 



like the last species, but capsule larger, I in., seeds 

 10-15, dull black with undulating lines radiating from the 

 the centre, flowers separated or clustered. 



small to medium size, smooth, stems 6-18 in., triangu- 

 lar ; leaves f-1 in., also alternate, ovate with a broad tip, 

 fleshy, entire, tipped with a rigid point, stalk | in. ; flowerg 

 ^ in. diam., purplish-green in few-flowered loose terminal 

 or leaf opposed clusters, with small lanceolate bracts at 

 their divisions, sepals 5, ovate with dry thin edges, petals 

 none, stamens 12 or more, staminodes many, small, styles 5, 

 thread-like ; capsule ^ in. diam., round, papery, enclosed 

 in the persistent sepals, cells 5, opening dorsally, seeds 

 many, dull black, kidney-shaped, with many concentric 

 raised hnes. 



Gisekia 

 pharnaceoides, 



FiCOIDEJE. 



F. B. I. ii. 664. 

 The Plains. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Stocks). 



small, succulent, smooth, branches prostrate or ascend- 

 ing ; leaves f-l| in,, oblong, prolonged into the stalk, fleshy, 

 abounding in raphides ; flowers | in., greenish or purplish, 

 in axillary dense clusters, sepals 5, oblong-oval with thin 

 margins, petals none, stamens 5, dilated below ; fruit of 5, 

 free, thin, carpels, one-seeded, seeds blackish, rounded on 

 the back, almost kidney-shaped, covered with glandular 

 dots. This plant, when fresh, is said to be a specific against 

 tape w^orm. 



Boerhaavia repens, 



Nyctaginace.^. 



F. B. I. iv. 709. 



The Plains to 



7,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



Bewal, Kullar 



(Douie). 



Lahore, Koti. 



Baluchistan 



(Stocks). 



medium size, perennial, root spindle-shaped, branches 

 6-24 in,, creeping along the ground, or ascending, smooth 

 or slightly velvety ; leaves |-2 in. linear, ovate-oblong or 

 rounded, blunt or short-pointed, base rounded or heart- 

 shaped, thick, usually white beneath, stalk often as long as 

 the blade ; flowers minute, reddish in head-like clusters 

 forming long slender stallied branching racemes, calyx 

 5-lobed, funnel-shaped, petals none, stamens 2-3 ; fruit | in. 

 long, shortly wedge-shaped, 5-ribbed, sticky all over, top 

 rounded. 



Boerhaavia repanda, see Climbing Plants, H(^rbs, Opposite, Exstipulate 



Simple, 



