PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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Herbs, bkegt, with Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple Leaves. 

 Leap Margins Entire, 



Lindelofia Benthami, 



BORAGINACBiE. 



F. B. I. iv. 159. 

 Kashmir, 11-15,000 ft. 



Solenanthus circinnatus, 



B0RAGINACE.E. 

 F. B. I. iv. 160. 

 Himalaya, 12,000 ft. 

 Pangi (Watt). 



Paracaryum heliocarpum, 



BOKAGINACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 161. 

 Himalaya, 7-9,000 ft. 

 Kashmir, Lahoul 

 Spiti (Thomson). 



Paracaryum glochidiatum, 



BORAGINACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 161. 

 Himalaya, 9-12,000 ft. 

 Matiana Hill. 

 Hattii (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 



Paracaryum microcar- 

 pum, 



BoRAGINACEtE. 



F. B. I. iv. 162. 

 Himalaya, 8,000 ft. 

 Pangi, Kashmir. 



Echinospermum mini- 

 mum, 



BoRAGINACEiE. 



F. B. I. iv. 162. 

 N. W. F. Province. 

 Peshawar. 

 (Vicary). 

 Kashmir Valley. 



Petals United. 



very like the last species, but the leaves narrower ; 

 flowers on branching racemes, corolla lobes nearly 

 erect. 



medium size, perennial, hairy ; leaves, radical 6 

 by 2| in., heart-shaped, thin, stalk 8 in., stem- 

 leaves 3 by 1\ in., oblong-lanceolate almost stem- 

 clasping ; flowers blue, |- in., in branching terminal 

 racemes, calyx lobes 5, ^ by j^j in., oblong, corolla- 

 tube \ in., scales in the mouth, lobes 5, ^o in., 

 nearly erect, stamens 5, long, protruding far, style 

 long, threadlike, stigma small, nutlets 4, forming 

 a pyramid J-;} in diam., densely bristly, especially 

 at, the margins. 



medium size, perennial or biennial, softly hairy ; 

 leaves, radical long-stalked, 6 by 1 in., lanceolate 

 prolonged down the stalk, stem-leaves 2^ by ^ in. 

 oblong or lanceolate, softly hairy on both surfaces : 

 flowers \-^ in., blue in long loose bractless racemes 

 4-10 in., calyx lobes 5, \ in., narrowly oblong 

 silky, little enlarged in fruit, corolla-tube closed 

 by scales, \-^ in. lobes 5, | in., almost erect, 

 blunt stamens 5 under the mouth scales, style 

 i in. in fruit, nutlets 4, \-l in. forming a pyra- 

 mid with stifl" persistent style, bristly, strongly 

 margined. 



like the last species, but radical, leaves ovate, 

 heart-shaped, not prolonged down the stalk, stem- 

 leaves ovate, or orbicular, only hairy on the nerves 

 beneath, corolla-tube much shorter, style only ^ 

 in., nutlets forming a larger pyramid, hooked 

 bristles much longer, linear. 



like the last species, but much smaller, spread- 

 ing, flowers much smaller, leaves oblong, much 

 smaller, nutlets very small, forming a pyramid, 

 with only minute hooked bristles on the disc, not 

 on the margins of the niitlets. 



small, stiff, bristly ; leaves 1^ by \ in. linear- 

 oblong, lower leaves with the blade prolonged 

 into the stalk; flowers I in., blue on stalks 

 \ in. in racemes 2-3 in. with bracts -|-f in., 

 leaflike, often reaching to the end of the race- 

 mes, calyx-lobes 5, \-\ in., linear corolla-tube 

 short, mouth closed by 5 scales, lobes 5, blunt, 

 spreading a little longer than the calyx-lobes, 

 stamens 5 within the corolla-tube ; nutlets 4, erect, 

 -i-i in., forming a pyramid, margin thickened 

 with one row of hooked bristles, nutlets firmly 

 united. 



