TJanis of the Pujijah. 



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Prostrate Herbs with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves, 



Halocharis violacea, 



Chenopodiace^. 

 F. B. I. V. 19. 

 The Plains, 

 west of the Jhelum. 

 The Salt Eange. 

 2,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Stocks). 



Thesium himalense, 



SANTALACEiE, 

 F. B. I. V. 229. 



Himalaya, 

 5-10,000 ft., 

 east of the Chenab. 

 The Salt Eange. 

 Sakesar. 



Petals none. 



small, annual, slightly hairy, hairs very long, pros- 

 trate, branched ; leaves |-| in., linear, almost 3-angled, 

 sessile, fleshy, tipped with rigid hairs, floral leaves oblong, 

 equal to bracteoles ; flowers minute, hidden by long bristles, 

 axillary, solitary on almost head-like spikes, sepals 5, lan- 

 ceolate, transparent, petals none, stamens 5, anthers 

 produced into an ovoid violet appendage ; urticle ovoid, 

 flattened, thin, stigmas 2, slender. 



perennial, parasitic on the roots of other plants, strag- 

 gling, stem 6-18 in., slender, prostrate or almost erect, 

 often much branched ; leaves 1-2 in., linear, sessile ; flowers 

 small, yellow or pale green, stalked, forming terminal 

 racemes, simple or branched, bracts 3, leaflike, one much 

 the longest, calyx lobes 5, blunt, stamens 5, styles short, 

 linear, stigma round ; nut | in., ovoid, wrinkled, topped by 

 the calvx. 



Prostrate Herbs with Alternate Exstipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Hypecoum 

 pro cum bens, 

 Horned cumin, 



Fumariace^. 

 F. B. L i. 120. 

 The Plains. 

 Peshawar, Multan. 

 The Salt Eange, 

 Choa Saidan Shah, 

 Eawalpindi, 

 Bhera (Douie). 



Corydalis ramosa, 



Corydalis cornuta, 



Petals ununited. 



small, annual, stems 3-12 in., many, slender, lying 

 on the ground ; leaves 2-4 in., pinnately divided, segments 

 linear or oblong, cut, upper sessile, whorled ; flowers i 

 in. diam., yellow, few, stalked in racemes, sepals 2, small, 

 scale-hke, soon falling off, petals 4, spreading, 2 outer flat, 

 blunt, 2 inner 3-lobed, middle toothed or divided, lateral 

 lobes linear-oblong, blunt, stamens 4, free, opposite the 

 petals ; capsule 1|-2| in., | in. Vvide, slender, curved, 

 almost flattened, breaking up into one-seeded joints, seeds 

 many, flattened. The juice is said to have the same effect 

 as opium. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Lobed. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Lobed. 



Citrullus colocynthis, see Climbing Plants, Alternate, Exstipulate, Lobed, 



Petals united. 



Corallocarpus 

 epia^sea, 



see Chmbing Plants, Alternate, Exstipulate, I obed. 



