668 



Plants of the Punjab, 



Prostrate Herbs with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Evolvuliis alsinoides, 



Sankhp^ishjn. 



Convolvulace^,. 



F. B. I. iv. 220. 



The Plains to 



6,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collet t). 



Kalka. 



Baluchistan 



(Stocks). 



Wahlenbergia 

 gracilis, 



Campanula 

 argyrotricha, 



Campanulace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 441. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-11,000 ft. 

 Hattu (Collett). 

 Common on rocks. 



small, pereniiial, hairy, annual branches 4-12 in., 

 many, wiry : leaves j-| in., lanceolate or ovate, entire, 

 sessile or so ; flowers |-^ in., pale blue or white, solitary 

 or 2 or 3 together in a terminal raceme, bracts small, 

 linear, persistent, hairy, sepals |-^ in., lanceolate, hairy, 

 corolla widely funnel-shaped, tube very short, obscurely 

 5-lobe(l, folding at the angles, stamens 5, rising from the 

 base of the corolla, stjdes 2, ending in 2 linear stigmas ; 

 capsule 2-celled, round, seeds 4, smooth. This plant is 

 used as a tonic and febrifuge. Muhammadans think that 

 it has an especial action on the brain and memory. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Toothed. 



annual, covered with flat-lj'ing, needle-like hairs, 

 stems many, 4-8 in., weak, curved ; leaves | by ^in., ovate, 

 entire or toothed, thin ; flowers | by | in., blue, long-stalked, 

 solitary or in racemes, calyx teeth 5, ^-^ in., oblong, corolla 

 bell-shaped, 5-fid, sUghtly hairy wdthout, stamens 5, free ; 

 capsule J in. diam., base rounded, seeds minute, little 

 flattened. 



Androsace 

 sempervivoideSy 



Androsace 

 lanuginosa, 



Lysimachia 

 chenopodioides. 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Petals United. 



see Prostrate Herbs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Entire. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Entire. 



Lysimachia 

 alternifolla, 



Primulace^. 



F. B. I. iii. 504. 



Himalaya, 



2-6,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



leaves 1-| 



small, smooth, branches 2-8 in., prostrate, leafy ; 

 in., sessile or stalked, oblong-lanceolate or 

 ovate, short-pointed ; flowers yellow, solitary, axillary, 

 stalks slender, as long as the leaves, calyx lobes lanceolate,, 

 longer than the corolla, gland-dotted, corolla J in. diam.,. 

 wheel-shaped, stamens 5, united at the base ; capsule small, 

 round, splitting from the top by 5 valves, seeds many, 

 minute. 



^amolus Valerandi, 



see Herbs, 

 Entire. 



Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple,. 



