Plants of the. Punjah. . 



635 



WATER PLANTS. 



Hebbs ^V1TH Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



swollen, slightly 4-angled, seeds in many rows in the 4-5 

 cells of the capsule. 



Samolus Valerandi, see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 



Entire. 



Limnanthemum 

 nymphaeoldes, 

 Kuru, khair-posh. 

 Gentianace^. 

 F. B. Liv. 131. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-9,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



Limnanthemiim 

 cristatum, 



Tagarmul, ghain-chu. 

 Gentianace;b. 

 P. B. L iv. 161. 

 The Plains. 



Limnanthemum 

 indicum, 



Gentianaoe.e. 

 p. B. I. iv. 131. 

 The Plains. 



Hydrolea zeylanica, 



Hydrophyllace^. 

 F B. Liv. 133, 

 The Plains to 

 4,000 ft,^ 

 in swamps. 



Petals united. 



stems long, floating, rooting at the joints ; leaves 

 1-2 in. diam., nearly opposite, circular, deeply notched 

 at the base, leaf stalk 1-2 in. ; flowers l|-2 in. diam,, yel- 

 low, on minor stalks, 1-4 in., forming umbels on main flower 

 stalks clustered in the leaf axils at the joints, calyx lobes 

 5, |- by I in,, oblong, corolla wheel-shaped, deeply 5-lobed, 

 lobes without a longitudinal fold down the middle, slightly 

 bristly and minutely round-toothed at the margin, sta- 

 mens 5 on the corolla tube, style short ; capsule 1 in., 

 oblong with rounded ends, seeds ^ in., many, discoid, 

 winged. This plant is largely used for fodder. 



like the last species, but flov>-ers much smaller, corolla 

 white, yellow at the base within, lobes 5-6 entire with a 

 longitudinal fold down the middle, capsule I in,, seeds 

 small, many, rough. The different parts arc cooked and 

 eaten in many districts. 



hkc the last species, but flowers larger, corolla lobes 

 fringed without a longitudinal fold down the middle, 

 capsule larger, seeds many, smooth. 



medium size, annual, prostrate, branched, flowering 

 parts Hticky ; leaves 2 by | in., lanceolate, narrowed at 

 the base ; flowers blue in terminal racemes, 1-2 in. long, 

 on lateral branches, bracts |-| hi,, calyx segments 5, lan- 

 ceolate, I in., nearly divided to the base, longer than the 

 capsule, corolla widely open, bell-shaped, almost wheel- 

 shaped, lobes 5, ^ in, overlapping,, stamens 5, anthers 

 arrow-shaped, styles 2, distinct, stigmas round ; capsule ^ 

 in., seeds minute. 



