PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



483 



Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Petals United. 



Anagallis arvensis, 

 Pimpernel, 



Jonkmari. 



Primulace^;. 



F. B. I. iii. 506. 



The Plains to 7,000 ft. 



Simla in fields, 



(Collett). 

 Baluchistan (Lace). 



small, annual, slender, branches square growing 

 from the base ; leaves f-1^ in., ovate or lanceolate, 

 short-pointed, dotted with glands ; flowers bright 

 blue, rarely scarlet, ^ in. diam., open in sun-light 

 on solitary axillary slender stalks, longer than the 

 leaves, erect in flower, bent down in fruit, calyx 

 segments 5, narrow lanceolate, long-pointed, nearly 

 as long as the corolla, corolla wheel-like, segments 

 5, with a few hairs, stamens 5, very hairy, ovary 

 1-celled, style thread-like ; capsule size of a small 

 pea, round, opening by a circular slit round the 

 middle, seeds many, minute, 3-angled. This plant 

 is used by Indians to cure cerebral diseases. 



Cynanchum Vincetoxicum, 



ASCLEPIADACE.E, 



F. B. I. iv. 22. 

 Himalaya, 7-11,000 ft. 

 Shali, Sangri, Patar- 

 nala, (Collett). 



small, perennial, velvety or smooth, juice milky ; 

 leaves 2 by 1^ in., broadly ovate, shortly stalked, 

 pointed ; flowers \ in. diam., yellow, in sessile or 

 stalked branching racemes or flat clusters, axillary, 

 calyx segments 5, corolla wheel-shaped, lobes 5, 

 smooth, a ring of 5 erect triangular oblong or 

 rounded scales (corona) united to the staminal tube, 

 stamens 5, united, flattened, anthers 2-celled, pro- 

 jecting over the stigmas, forming a 5-angled disk, 

 carpels 2 ; follicles 2-4 in. long, smooth, slender, 

 tapering, seeds many, flattened, winged, and 

 crowned with a brush of fine hairs. 



Cynanchum glaucum, 



ASCLEPIADACE^E. 



F. B. I. iv. 22. 

 Himalaya, 5-9,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mashobra, 

 (Collett). 



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medium size, perennial, woolly or velvety, pale 

 or bluish-green, juice milky ; leaves 1-3 by 1^-2^ in., 

 ovate, oblong or lanceolate, leathery, short or long- 

 pointed, stalk J--J in. long, flowers g- in. diam., 

 yellow in nearly sessile velvety umbelled clusters, 

 calyx segments 5, corolla lobes 5, hairy within, 

 coronal lobes 5, rounded, broad, fleshy, stamens, etc., 

 as in last species ; follicles 2-4 in., slender, seeds 



