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Plants of the Punjab, 



WATER PLANTS. 

 Herbs with Alternate Exstipulate Lobeb Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Nasturtium 



palustre, 



Marsh Water Cress, 



Crucifer^. 

 F. B. I. i. 133. 

 The Plains to 

 10,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett), 



small, perennial, stem 6-12 in., branched, growing in 

 wet places ; radical leaves many, stalked, 2-6 in., pinnately 

 divided, lobes toothed, lower distinct, narrow, end one large, 

 broad, stem-leaves similar, or ovate-lanceolate, sessile, 

 toothed ; flowers small, bractless, yellow, in long loose 

 racemes, sepals 4, short, spreading, equal at the base, 

 petals 4, short, narrowed at the base, equal in length to 

 the sepals, stamens 2, 4 or 6, stigma nearly sessile, rounded ; 

 pod I'l in., oblong, slightly curved when ripe, splitting 

 by 2 valves, leaving the seeds crowded in 2 series 

 attached to the central stalk. 



Nasturtium indioum, like the last species, but annual, upper leaves with a 



Crucifer;e. large broad end lobe, frequently with small auricles, pods 



F. B. I. i. 134. narrow, cyhndrical, ^-| in., seeds wrinkled. 



The Plains to 



7,000 ft. 



Kashmir. ' 



Nasturtium 

 montanum, 



Crucifer-e. 

 F. B.I. i. 134. 

 The Plains to 

 7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



very like the last species, but smaller, leaves less divid- 

 ed, pods longer, 1-1^ in., seeds oblong, flattened, 



Caltha palustris, 



Petals none. 

 see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Lobed. 



Herbs with Alternate Exstipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Nasturtium 

 officinale, 

 Common 

 Water Cress, 



Piriya haHm. 

 Crucifer.'e. 

 F. B. L i. 183. 

 The Plains to 

 7,000 ft. 



Simla, Kashmir, 

 Baluohistan. 



like Nasturtium Palustre, see above under Lobed 

 Leaves, but is found floating with long creeping stems, 

 leaves 2-4 in., pinnate, leaflets sessile, | in., entire or wavy, 

 flower^- white, racemes short, petals longer than the sepals. 

 This plant i.v much eaten b}'' Europeans, to a smaller extent 

 by Lidians ; it is considered to be antiscorbutic and stimu- 

 lating to the appetite. 



