PLANTS OF THE FUN JAB. 



lil 



Monea Pulla, 



BOKAGINACEiE. 



F. B. I. iv. 169. 

 The Plains. 



Herbs, erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leap Margins Entire. 



Petals United. 



tube \ in., curved, lobes 5, nearly equal, ^ in., blunt 

 spreading stamens 5, nearly at the bottom of the 

 corolla tube ; nutlets 4, ^-| in., ovoid, wrinkled. 



medium size, much branched, hairy and bristly ; 

 leaves 2 by ^ in., oblong, short-pointed, upper 

 nearly stem-clasping, lower stalked ; flowers \ in., 

 blackish-purple, on stalks ^-\ in., in racemes, 

 dense-flowered, 2-5 in., bracts 1 in., leaflike, calyx 

 \ in., in fruit f in. nearly globular, enclosing the 

 nutlets, lobes 5, long-pointed, corolla-tube -} in., 

 straight without scales at the mouth, lobes 5, 

 in., blunt, half spreading, stamens 5 enclosed in 

 the corolla-tube ; nutlets 4, | in. curved inwards, 

 ovoid, wrinkled in a network. 



small, rootstock stovit, perennial, stems annual, 

 hairy with the hairs laid against the stem and with 

 broad bases ; leaves oblong radical 2 by ^ in., long- 

 stalked with the blade, prolonged into the stalk, 

 stem leaves 2 by -J in., sessile ; flowers |- in., pur- 

 plish blue on stifle nearlj'' erect stalks -5 in. in race- 

 mes many-flowered long-stalked lengthened in fruit, 

 to 3^ in., calyx lobes 5, f in. linear, in fruit, ^ in., 

 corolla 5 in. diam., tube \ in. long, lobes spread- 

 ing, a little longer than the calyx, scales in the 

 throat very small, stamens 5, included in the 

 corolla-tube, style thread-like, very long, nutlets 4, 

 3-^ in., ovoid-oblong, smooth, slightly angular, 

 white or pale, shining. 



like the last species, but with hairs not pressed 

 to the stem, corolla-tube twice as long as the 

 calyx, nutlets | in., brown-black. 



Mertensia elongata, 



BORAGINACEiE. 



F. B. I. iv. 170. 

 Kashmir, 5-8,000 ft. 



Mertensia moltkioides, 



BORAGINACE^. 



F. B. L iv. 170. 

 Himalaya, 8,000 ft. 

 Pangi (Dr. Watt). 

 Kashmir. 

 Mertensia echioides, 



BORAGINACEiE. 



F B. I. iv. 170. 



Kashmir, 5-12,000 ft. 



Mertensia racemosa, 



BORAGINACE,^. 



F. B. I. iv. 171. 



Himalaya, 7-10,000 ft. 



Simla. 



Mashobra (CoUett). 



Moltkia parviflora, 



BORAGINACEJE. 



F. B. I. iv. 171. 

 Kashmir, 6-8,000 ft. 



small to medium size, perennial, softly hairy, 

 leaves If by f in., nearly blunt, racemes 1-3 in. on 

 long stalks corolla-tube, 5 in. longer than the 

 calyx-lobes, corolla-lobes erect, no scales in the 

 throat, stamens protruding beyond the throat of 

 the corolla-tube ; otherwise like the last species. 



nearly smooth, or miniitely hairy, stems small, 

 weak, leaves ovate radio? Hong-stalked, stem leaves 

 often stalked, lanceolate, racemes nearly sessile, 

 bracteate, few-flowered, corolla i-§ in. diam., tube 

 i as long again as the calyx, scales in the throat, 

 stamens not protruding, otherwise like the last 

 species. 



very like Mertensia echioides, but leaves linear- 

 oblong, 2 by i in., minutely hairy, racemes without 

 bracts ; flowers all on one side, corolla hardly pro- 

 jecting beyond the calyx, no scales in the throat. 



