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Plants of the Punjab. 



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WATER PLANTS. 



Herbs with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



flat protruding staminodes, main stalk 3-12 in., ascending, 

 smooth, bracts small, ovate, nearly blunt-tipped, calyx 

 minute, bell-shaped, 5-toothed, petals 5, strap-shaped, 

 united at the base, stamens of perfect flowers protruding, 

 anthers gland-crested, style thread-like, stigma club- 

 shaped ; pod -|-1 in,, oblong, strap-shaped, beaked, seeds 

 6-8. This plant is often eaten as a pot herb. 



Herbs with Alternate Exstipulaie Simple Leaves. 



Jussieua repens, 



Onagrace.e. 

 p. B. I. ii. 587. 

 The Plains. 

 Thanesar. 

 In water and on 

 banks of tanks. 



the 



Jussieua suffruticosa, 



Lal-hunlunga, 

 bun-lung (Beng.). 



ONAGRACEiE. 



p. B. I. ii. 587. 

 The Plains, not the 

 south-western 

 desert region. 



Ludwigia parvifiora, 



Onagraceje. 

 F. B. L ii. 588. 

 The Plains. 

 Common in marshes, 

 rice fields, banks of 

 rivers. 



Petals ununited. 



small, prostrate, succulent, ceepmg on land and 

 floating in water, stem supported on water by white vesi- 

 cles A-1 in. below the insertions of the leaves on the stem; 

 leaves ^-3 in., ovate or lanceolate with a broad tip, blunt, 

 narrowed into the stalk, smooth or hairy ; flowers 1 in. 

 diam,, Avhitish yellow on stalks |-1-| in. 'ong, •2-bracteate 

 at the top, calyx tube linear, teeth 4-6, short-pointed, 

 persistent, petals 4-6, usually 5, | in. long, ovate with a 

 broad tip, white vvith yellowish veins towards the base, 

 stamens twice the number of petals, style short, stigma 

 4-5-lobGd ; capsule |-1|- in. long, linear-cj-lindric, woody, 

 smooth or with scattered hairs, seeds very many, 4- 

 cornered without a tuft of hairs, corky, with a netted skin. 



large, perennial, branching, sometimes woody and 

 shrubby, growing in wet places, banks of rivers and 

 swamps, leaves 2-3 in. long, sessile, lanceolate, ovate- 

 lanceolate, rarel}' linear, short- or long-tipped, narrowed 

 to the base, usually more or less woolly, flowers ^-1| in. 

 diam., yellow, catyx teeth 4, petals 4, ^-f in., capsule 

 1-2 in. long, linear, 8-ribbed, papery, seeds almost hemis- 

 pheric, coat brown, shining, not corky ; for other characters 

 see the last species. It is used in dysentery, flatulence 

 and constipation. 



erect, small, smooth, 8 24 in. high ; leaves 1-3 in. 

 long; lanceolate, linear-lanceolate, or linear-oblong, nar- 

 rowed to the base ; flowers small, yellow, on short stalks, 

 axillary, solitary^ main flower stalk 2-bracteate at the top, 

 calyx tube linear, teeth 3-5, short-tipped, persistent, petals 

 3-5, small, stamens the same number as the caiyx 

 teeth, style simple, stigma round ; capsule ^-| in. long, 



