1'LANTS OF THE PUNJAB 



481 



Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipitlate Simple Leaver. 

 Leaf Margins Entire. 



Galium triflorum, 



Rr/BIACEiE. 



F. B. I. iii. 203. 

 Himalaya, 6-10.000 ft, 

 Mashobra, Mahasu, 

 Narkanda (Collett). 



Galium tricorne, 



RuBIACEJE. 



F. B. I. iii. 207. 



The Plains. Waziri, 

 and Attock Hills, 

 Kashmir, to 13,000 

 feet. 



Petals United. 



small, perennial, smooth, stems sometimes stran- 

 gling ; leaves, long and short, 1-J-2-J by -]-J in. and 

 |-1 by |-§ in., the long sessile, the short stalked. 

 6-8 in a circle or the short 4 in a circle, lanceolate, 

 not 3-ner.ved from the base ; -flowers whitish yellow, 

 minute in axillary or terminal few-flowered clusters • 

 otherwise like the last species. 



medium size, annual, very rough, stem stout, 

 branches square ; leaves 1-1$ by H in., linear, stiff', 

 6-8 in a circle, point rigid tapering ; flowers white, 

 minute on long or short stout axillary, 1-3-flowered 

 stalks, corolla lobes ovate short-pointed ; fruit 

 smooth, £ in. diam. ; otherwise like the last species. 



Galium verum, small, perennial, smooth', stem velvety upwards ; 



h ' r ' ; > IA, ' E ; E ' ]eav es i-1 by A-4 in., 8-10 in a circle, linear, point 



F. B. I. in. 208. rigid tapering, sessile, margins turned in: flowers 



h ft - bright yellow, minute in very many short many- 

 flowered clusters ; fruit ^ in. diam., smooth ; other- 

 wise like the last species. 



Kashmir. Lain ml. 



Galium tenuissimum, small, annual, very slender, the plant appears 



tUBiACE.E. broad above and narrow below, the stem dividing 



F. B. I. in. 208. into two, the branches into two or three, rough with 



The Plains at Rawal- the roughness directed downwards, leafy at the 

 pindi, Kashmir, forks only ; leaves f-f by £ in., 6 in a circle, linear, 



5-6,500 ft. rough with scattered bristles, margins turned in : 



flowers white or yellowish, minute in large loose- 

 flowered clusters on long slender stalks, corolla 

 lobes sharp, stiff pointed, fruit ^ in. diam.; other- 

 wise like the last species. 



Galium setaceum, 



Rubiace^e. 

 P. B. I. iii. 208. 

 The Plains, Hissar 

 (Aitchison), 



small, annual, stems round, minutely rouo-h or 

 smooth ; leaves f-f by & in., upper filiform, short 

 pointed, bristly, margins turned in, lower shorter, 

 broader at the tip not bristly ; flowers most minute, 

 yellow in terminal and lateral few-flowered clusters 



