212 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XXI 



Herbs, erect, with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Petals United. 



Abutiion avicennse, medium-size, annual, leafy, softly felted ; leaves 



Malvace^. 3-4 in., round heart-shaped with a long point, leaf 



F. B. I. 1. 327. stalk 3 in. long ; flowers yellow, scarcely longer 



The Plains to 5,000 ft. than the sepals on solitary, axillary stalks 1 in. 

 Kashmir. long, sepals nearly divided to the base, ovate, short- 



pointed, staminal-tube very short, carpels 15-20, 

 much longer than the sepals, oblong, hairy or 

 velvety with 2 long spreading bristles, seeds soft 

 with scattered hairs ; otherwise like the last 

 species. 



Plumbago zeylanica, 



Plumbaginace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 480. 

 The Plains to 5,000 ft. 

 Giri and Svitlej Valleys 



(Oollett). 

 Koti. 



Choa Saidan Shah. 

 Mator near Kahuta 



(Douie). 

 Baluchistan (Boissier). 



large, perennial, stems several, rambling, leaves 

 2-3 in., ovate, short-pointed, smooth abruptly, 

 narrowed into the stalk, leaf -stalk f in., stem-clasp- 

 ing, stipules round, flat, soon falling off' ; flowers f 

 in. long, bluish-white m bracteate, often branched, 

 glandular spikes, 4-12 in. long, bracts in., ovate, 

 short-pointed, calyx \-^ by \q in., tubular, covered 

 with stalked glands, 5-ribbed and toothed, teeth 

 very short, corolla flat-topped, circular, tube | in. 

 long, lobes 5, \ in., nearly equal, round, spreading, 

 stamens 5, free from the corolla, opposite the lobes, 

 dilated at the base, anthers protruded, style 1 ; 

 slender with 5 branches above ; capsule thin, 

 enclosed in the iDersistent calyx, opening trans- 

 versely near the base, seed one. 



Petals None. 



Polygonum orientale, 



POLYGONACE^. 



F. B. I. V. 30. 



The Plains to 5,000 ft. 



In swamps. 



large, annual, velvety or silky-hairy, stems 

 grooved, branches hollow-stemmed ; leaves 6-9 by 

 2-5 in., ovate or ovate heart-shaped, long-pointed, 

 grey with hairs, leaf-stalks 1-4 in., sometimes 

 winged, stipules tubular, short, hairy, ending 

 abruptly, mouth thin, papery, or dilated, green, 

 curved back ; flowers large, red, white or green, in 

 crowded erect or drooping cylindric racemes 2-4 



