PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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Herbs, erect with Opposite Exstiptjlate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Petals Ununited. 



equal to the sepals in length, shortly lobed, stamens 

 10, sometimes 5 or less, styles 5 ; capsule cylindric, 

 much longer than the calyx, often curved, like a 

 horn (cerastos), whence the name is derived, teeth 

 straight, seeds many, flattened. 



Cerastium Thomsoni, small, hairy, very glandular, branched only at the 



CaryophyllaoEyE. base ; leaves \-\\ in. long, linear-oblong, nearly 



F. B. I. i. 228. short-pointed, straight ; flowers |-f in. diam., white 



Himalaya, at Kishtwar i n f ew flowered nearly umbel-like clusters, bracts 



and with narrow thin margins, stalks slender, sepals 5, 



Lahoul,10-12,000ft. oblong-lanceolate nearly short-pointed, coloured 



below the thin tips, much smaller than the petals, 



petals 5, broad, capsule cylindric, twice the calyx, 



teeth 10, seeds many, flattened. 



Stellaria crispata, 



Caryophyllace^;. 

 F. B. I. i. 229. 

 Himalaya, 6-10,000 ft. 

 The Glen. 

 Simla in shady places 



(Collett). 

 Baluchistan (Lace). 



large, smooth, slightly velvety above, stems qua- 

 drangular, shining with a line of fine hairs, joints 

 often hairy ; leaves 3-8 in. long, lanceolate or 

 oblong, rather leathery, tips slender, margin more 

 or less crisped, sessile, long pointed ; flowers white, 

 small in much branched clusters, terminal, sepals 

 i in. 5, oblong-lanceolate, long-pointed, margin 

 narrowly thin and dry, often sticky, petals 5, 2-fid, 

 as long as or twice as long as the sepals, stamens 10, 

 styles 3 ; capsule short, 3-celled, seeds one or two 

 granulated. 



Stellaria paniculata, 



Caryophyllace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 229. 

 Himalaya, 7-9,000 ft. 

 Fagu, Narkunda 

 (Collett). 



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medium size, very like the last species but the 

 stem is reclining and the leaves are not crisped ; 

 flowers are smaller, petals notched, shorter than the 

 sepals, capsule equal to the calyx, seeds wrinkled. 



