Plants of ihs Punjab. 



689 



WATER PLANTS. 

 Herbs with Alternate Exstipulate Compound Leaves 



Petals ununited. 



C-'nanthe 

 vtolonifera, 

 Water Dropwort, 



Umbellifer.1;. 

 ■p. B. L ii. 695. 

 The Plains to 

 5,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 

 (Collett). 

 Kashmir, in 

 marshes. 



large, perennial, stem 2-4 ft., succulent, thick, prostrate 

 or ascending, often floating, rooting at the lower joints, 

 bearing runners at the base; leaves once or twice pimiate, 

 upper often of only 3-leaflets, leaflets lanceolate 1-2 

 by A-1 in., toothed, sometimes lobed ; flowers white, small, 

 mariv in a compound umbel, umbels leaf-opposed, long- 

 stalked, bracts 1-8 or none, bracteoles several, linear up 

 to I in., rays 15-80, nearly equal, calyx o-toothed, teeth 

 lanceolate, short-pointed, petals 5, unequal, notched, ovary 

 2-celled, styles 2, carpels ^ by y\ in., ovoid with a broad 

 tip, ridges 5 distinct but not raised. 



Acorus Calamus, 

 Sweet Flag, 



Bach, warcfi, harihoj. 



Aroide^ or 



Arace^e. 



F. B, L vi. 555. 



The Plains to 



8,000 ft. 



In marshes. 



Unbranched. 



stem 6-12 in., flat, rootstock thick, creeping; leaves 

 all radical, tufted, 2-3 ft. by | in., margins crimped ; flowers 

 small, yellow-green, along a stalk spadix) l|-3 in. long, 

 tapering in a leaf-like sheath (spathe), narrow, sepals 6, 

 free, persistent, petals none, stamens 6, at the base of the 

 sepals, berries yellow, green, angular, l-S-seeded, seeds 

 oblong. The rootstock is used as flea-bane in this country, 

 also as an emetic in large doses, in small doses it is useful 

 in flatulence or dyspepsia. 



Allsma Plantago, 

 Water Plantain, 



Alismaceje. 

 F. B. L vi. 559, 

 Himalaya, 

 1-7,000 ft. 

 Patarnala, in 

 marshes. 



medium size, perennial, root fibrous, stems lJ-3 ft., 

 base swollen, leaves all radical, undivided, entire,. 8| by 

 i\ in., ovate-lanceolate, base tapering or slightly heart- 

 shaped, stalks 1|-10 in. ; flovrers | in. diam., pink with a 

 yellow base, on long slender unequal stalks in bracteate 

 clusters forming a large terminal pyramidal branching 

 raceme, sepals 3, green, persistent, petals 3, thin, soon 

 falling off, stamens 6,. ova: ies many, small, in a ring, 

 st3-le slender, stigmas terminal ; achenes 20-30 in one 

 circle, surrounded by the throe enlarged sepals. 



Alisma reniforme, 



Alismace.i;. 

 F. B. L vi. 560. 

 The Plains to 

 6,000 ft. 

 In marshes. 



like the last species, but t-ie leaves are leathery, kidney- 

 shaped or circular with a heart-shaped base, flowers 

 ■| in. diam., white. 



