PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leap Margins Entire. 



Petals United. 



Corolla Two-lipped. 



Mimulus gracilis, 

 Monkey Flower, 



SCROPHULARIACE.E. 



F. B. I. iv. 259. 



The Plains to 3,000 ft. 



Kashmir. 



Hazara. 



Rawalpindi (Douie). 



Herpestis, 

 Hamiltoniana, 



ScROPHtJLARIACE^E. 



F. B. I. iv. 272. 



The Plains to 3,000 ft. 



Stamens Foue. 



small, annual, stem stout, 4-angled, branching 

 from the base ; leaves If -2^ in. linear oblong, sessile, 

 half stem-clasping, rather fleshy, blunt, sometimes 

 slightly toothed ; flowers i in. long, white or pale 

 blue, spotted with yellow, solitary on axillary stalks, 

 longer than the leaves, calyx ^ in. long, tubular, 5 

 short lobes, o-keeled, corolla f in. long, tube 

 cylindric, 2-lipped, upper lip erect, 2-lobed, lower 

 lip horizontal, 3-lobed, throat with two ridges, 

 stamens 4, in unequal pairs within the corolla, style 

 slender, stigma 2-lobed, flat ; capsule less than 

 ^ in. ovoid with one end broader, flattened, opening 

 by valves, enclosed in the calyx, seeds many, 

 minute, oblong. 



small, annual, smooth, stem very stout, much 

 branched ; leaves f-1 in., linear-lanceolate, sometimes 

 slightly toothed, often minutely dotted ; nerves 

 barely visible, short-pointed ; flowers blue, minute, 

 sessile in the axils of the leaves, calyx £ in., lobes 

 5, unequal, upper ovate heart-shaped, corolla tube 

 £ in., cylindric, lips 2 spreading, upper notched or 

 2-lobed, lower 3-lobed, stamens 4, in unequal pairs 

 within the corolla, anthers close together, style 

 linear dilated at the top, stigma 2-lobed ; capsule 

 round, 2-grooved, opening by 2 or 4 valves, seeds 

 many, very minute. 



Vandellia Crustacea, small, annual, found in marshes, much and widely 



Scrophulaoe^e. branched from the root in threes, smooth or slight- 



F. B. I. iv. 279. ly hairy ; leaves f-1 in., sometimes toothed, ovate 



The Plains to 3,000 ft. or lanceolate, shortly stalked ; flowers a in. long. 

 Sutlej Valley (Collett). pale purple, solitary on axillary straight slender 

 stalks, i-lf in. long or crowded towards the ends of 



