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Plants of the Punjab. 



Prostrate Herbs with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Alysicarpus rugosus, 



Legum.nosjb. 



F. B. I. ii. 159. 



The Plains to 



4,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



Dharmpur, 



Flemingia 

 strobilifera, 



small to medium size, nearly smooth, stems 6-24 n., 

 leaves |-1 in., ovate or oblong, stipules ^-^ in., thin, lance- 

 olate, longer than the leaf stalk, flowers ^-| in., pale pink, 

 crowded in terminal racemes, 1-4 in. long, pod sessile, I in., 

 joints 3-5, hairless, wrinkled, 1-seeded, enclosed within 

 the calyx ; for other characters see the last species. 



see Prostrate Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple, 



Hydrocotyle asiatica, 



Brahmamdukiy 



khulakhudi. 



Umbellifer^. 



F. B. I. ii. 669. 



The Plains to 



2,000 ft. 



Sutlej Valley, Suni, 



in wet places, 



(CoUett). 



small, perennial, succulent, very shghtly velvety, 

 stems prostrate, rooting at the joints, branches zigzag, 

 erect ; leaves ^-2| in., kidney-shaped or circular, round, 

 toothed, long- stalked, shining, stipules small, thin, united 

 to the leaf stalk ; flowers minute, purplish-white, sessile, 

 3-4, in small umbels, on stalks shorter than the leaves, 

 bracts ovate, few, small, embracing the flowers, calyx 

 teeth none, petals 5, minute, ovate, pointed, slightly over^ 

 lapping, stamens 5 ; fruit |-^ in., carpels 2, oblong, almo£: 

 cylindric, curved, shghtly flattened, netted, wrinkled, 

 each with 9 curved ridges, coat white, thick, woody. This 

 plant is supposed to be of use in leprosy, as it is a cutaneous 

 stimulant and alterative. The leaves are sometimes 

 used as a pot herb. 



Hydrocotyle 

 javaniea, 



Hydrocotyle 

 roytundifolla. 



Polygonum 

 recumbens, 



Polygonace^. 

 F. B. I. V. 25. 

 Himalaya, 

 4-8,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett), 

 Kashmir. 



see Prostrate Herbs, Alternate, Stipulate, Lobed. 



see Prostrate Herbs, Alternate, Stipulate, Lobed. 



Petals none, 



small to medium size, thickened at the joints, root 

 stock perennial, stems stout, woody, long, much-branched, 

 grooved, prostrate and ascending ; leaves |-| in., broadly 

 ovate, shortly stalked, rough, especially on the margins 

 and under surface, stipules ^-^ in., tubular, with 2 long 

 bristles ; flowers small, white or pink, in axillary clusters, 

 calyx 4- or 5-lobed, stamens 4 or 5> styles 3, free, minute ; 

 nut ^ in., 3-angled, black, smooth, shining, enclosed in 

 the calyx. 



