PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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HeKBS, EltECT WITH OPPOSITE ExSXIPTJLATE SlMPLE LEAVES. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Lychnis Cachemeriana, 



Caryophyllace^e. 

 F. B. I. i. 224. 

 Kashmir (Royle). 



Petals Ununited. 



medium size, straight, stout, unbranched, with 

 grey hairs, leaves 2-3 by f-§ in., narrow, ovate to 

 linear-lanceolate, slightly rough ; flowers white, 

 large, erect or nodding in nearly terminal con- 

 tracted clusters, calyx f-1 in. long, green, oblong, 

 teeth 5, short or long pointed, nerves many, branch- 

 ing, petals -5, blade J in. long, stalk woolly, blade 

 2-fid, lobes divided, stamens 10, styles 5 ; capsule 

 ovoid, o-fid, on a woolly stalk, seeds many, kidney- 

 shaped, granulate. 



Lychnis Stewartii, 



Caryopuyllace.e 

 F. B. I. i. 221. 



River, C>-11,000 ft. 

 (Stewart). 



small, stiff slender, upper part sticky and woolly, 

 leafy ; leaves 2 by jg-jy hi., very narrow, linear, 

 spreading, 1 -nerved, keeled by the stout mid-rib, 

 Himalaya, Upper Che- marg i ns turned in ; flowers white, J in. long, soli- 

 ; "" 1 tary or in opposite pairs with 2 linear bracts above 

 the middle, in the upper leaf axils, nodding, calyx 

 5 in. long, oblong, velvety, nerves green faint, free 

 or united, teeth o, rounded, edges thin with long 

 curled hairs, petals o, heart-shaped with a notched 

 margin, blade very short, scales 2, notched, divided 

 into two, curved back, stalk very broad with a 

 tooth on each side, petals projecting beyond the 

 calyx, stamens 10, styles 3, very short ; capsule 

 ovoid, projecting out of the calyx, 10-fid, stalk 

 woolly. 



Lychnis indica, 



Cauvophyllaue.e. 

 F. B. I. i. 225. 

 Himalaya, 5-10,000 ft, 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Changlagalli (Douie). 



medium size, leafy, branches dividing into forked 

 pairs, very slightly velvety ; leaves 1-5 by g-2f in., 

 ovate lanceolate to orbicular, lower leaves stalked ; 

 flowers creamy white inside and purplish outside, 

 erect or nodding in open or close many-flowered 

 branching sticky hairy clusters, stalks without 

 bracts, calyx -§-f in. long, velvety, bell-shaped, 

 nerves 10-1-3, simple or branched, teeth 5, broad, 

 blunt, rarely short-pointed, petals 5, much longer 

 than the calyx, blade 2-fid or divided into several 

 processes, 2 erect crisped scales at the base of the 



