PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



581 



Herbs, erect with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 



Petals Ununited. 



Thalaspi cardiocarpum, 



Crucifer^. 

 F. B. I. i. 163. 

 Kashmir, .5-9,000 ft. 



Thiaspi alpestre, 

 Alpine Pennycress, 



Crucifer^. 



F. B. L i. 162. 



Himalaya, 7-12,000 ft. 



Simla. 



Mahasu. 



Narkanda (CoUett). 



Matiana. 



Kashmir. 



Neslia paniculata, 



Physorhyncus brahvicus, 

 Goldbachia laevigata, 



CRUClFERiE. 



F. B. I. i. 166. 

 The Plains. 

 Kashmir, 5,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan (Boissier). 



Chorispora tenella, 



Impatiens Balsamina, 

 Balsam or Touch-me-not, 



Gulmendi, tilphar. 



Geraniace^. 



F. B. I. i. 453. 



The Plains to 5,000 ft. 



Valleys below 



Simla (Collett). 



circular, flattened, winged, seeds 5-6 in each cell 

 grooved. 



like the last species, but less robust, leaves 

 broadly oblong, somewhat toothed, pod broadly 

 notched at the tip ; seeds 4-5 in each cell, smooth. 



like the last species, but perennial, tufted ; radi- 

 cal leaves nearly circular, i tern, leaves oblong, 

 stem clasping, bases small, rounded ; flowers rather 

 large, always white, capsules triangular heart- 

 shaped, not deeply, but broadly notched, seeds 

 4-8 in each cell. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Entire. 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 



small to medium size, annual, branched, smooth 

 with a bluish waxy tinge ; leaves 4-5 in., radical 

 many, ovate-oblong, toothed, with rounded notches, 

 stem leaves lanceolate, base shortly forked, stem 

 clasping ; flowers small pale pink, in long bractless 

 racemes, sepals 4, erect, equal at the base, petals 4, 

 stamens 6, 4 inner longer ; capasule f in. long, 

 hanging down; curved, 4-angled 2-2, celled, like 

 a string of beads, tapering above into a broad 

 flattened beak ; one oblong seed in each cell. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Entire. 



small to medium size, annual, succulent, velvety ; 

 stems usually hollow, joints more or less swollen ; 

 leaves l|-2j in., narrowly lanceolate, stalked, 

 narrowed to the base, deeply toothed, stalk glan- 

 dular; flowers -I in. long without the spur, pink 

 or nearly white, solitary on axillary, usually clu- 

 stered stalks ; sepals 3, two upper small, flat, usu- 

 ally green, the lower forming the lip, much larger, 

 petal-like, more or less tubular, produced at the 

 base in a hallow spur, f in. long, curved, slender, 

 cylindric ; petals 3, upper broad, somewhat concave, 

 tipped with a small green point, two lower smaller 

 forming wings, deeply 2-lobed ; stamens 5, clasp- 

 ing the ovary ; anthers round the 5-toothed ses- 

 sile stigma ; capsule 5-I in., oblong, narrowed at 

 both rounded ends, densely felted or woolly burst- 

 ing open when ripe, touched or not, by 5-valves, 

 which curl up and jerk away the many small 



