PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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HeEBS, erect, with AliTEKNATE BxSTIPULATE SiMPLE LkAVES. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Arnebia hispidissima, 



Boraginace^. 

 F.B. I. iv. 176. 

 The Plains, Lahore. 

 Bahichistan (Boissier). 



Arnebia Griffithii, 

 The Prophet's flower, 



Fanjakka ]}a(/h,ambri 

 phul. 



BORAGINACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 176. 



The Plains. 



West of the Jhelum. 



Pincligheb. 

 Futtehganj (Douie). 

 Campbellpur. 

 Peshawaur. 

 Bahichistan (C. B. 



Clarke). 

 Arnebia Thomsoni, 



BORAGINACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 176. 

 Spiti Valley, Ladakh. 

 Arnebia tibetana, 



BORAGINACEiE. 



F. B. I. iv. 176. 

 Northern Kashmir, 



7-12,000 ft. 

 Onosma echioides, 



Onosma Thomsoni, 



Onosma bracteatum, 



Petals United. 



small, annual or biennial, very roughly hairy as 

 the specific name implies ; leaves 2 by ^ in., 

 lanceola, hairs white from prominent bases ; 

 ilowers ^ in., yellow, nearly sessile on one-sided 

 spikes, 2-4 in. long, bracts 1-]^ in., linear, calyx- 

 lobes 5, linear, o in., stamens 5, in some plants 

 short, included in the corolla tube, in others long, 

 just protruding, style long or short the inverse to 

 the length of the stamens; nutlets 4, io-^ in-,, 

 conical, sharply-pointed, prominences on all sides. 



very like the last species, but a little larger, 

 hairs softer, calyx lobes g-f in., corolla-tube f-1 

 by l-^ in. lobes yellow with a brown spot at the 

 base of each fading during the day, nutlets much 

 larger, more triangular and blunter, prominences 

 on all sides. 



very like A. hispidissima above, but often 

 perennial, softer, leaves narrowly oblong, bracts 

 oblong, blunt, longer than the calyx, nutlets larger 

 and smoother. 



very like the last species, but hairs more bristly, 

 spikes longer, nutlets rougher. 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, 

 Simple. 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, 

 Simple. 



see -Herbs, Unbranched, Alternate, Exstipulate, 

 Simple. 



(^To be continued.) 



