PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



803 



Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Petals United. 



Corolla Two-lipped. 



Stamens Four. 



Striga lutea, small, annual, rough or hairy, slender, branched 



ScrophttlariacEjE. or not, leaves ^-lf in. long, linear, sessile, upper 



F. B. I. iv. 298. alternate sometimes reduced to floral bracts ; 



The Plains to 6,000 ft. flowers yellow, sometimes white, scarlet or purple, 

 Valleys below Simla i in. long, sessile, solitary, axillary forming ter- 

 (Collett). minal spikes, calyx tubular, ten, rarely fifteen 



Dharmpur (Bomford). ribbed, 5-toothed, corolla variable in size, tube slen- 

 der, twice as long as the calyx, bent in at the top, 

 two lipped, upper lip usually short notched or 

 deeply cut, lower divided into three, stamens 4 in 

 unequal pairs, within the corolla, anthers one-celled, 

 vertical, fixed at the back portion of the sta- 

 men behind the anther, sometimes pointed, style 

 thickened above, stigma undivided ; capsule nearly 

 round, splitting through the cells, seeds very many, 

 netted. 



Striga euphrasioides, small, slender to stout, branched, rough or cover- 



ScrophulariacEjE. ed with stiff hairs ; leaves \-2 in., often 1 to 2-tooth- 



F. B. I. iv. 299. ed, linear : flowers i-f in. long, white at distant 



The Plains to 4,000 ft, intervals in a terminal spike, calyx \ in., 15-ribbed, 

 Chakwal (Douie). lobes as long as the tube, bell or funnel-shaped in 



fruit, corolla f-f in., tube velvety at the bend ; other- 

 wise like the last species. 



Sesamum indicum, 



Hygrophila salicifolia, 



AcANTHACEjE. 



F. B. I. iv. 407. 

 The Plains. 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Toothed, Corolla Two-lipped, Stamens Four. 



small to medium size, found in wet places, near- 

 ly smooth ; leaves 2 a by -|-§ in., lanceolate, smooth, 

 nearly sessile, narrowed at both ends, marked in 

 lines by raphides ; flowers -§-§ in., pale purple, 

 sessile in bractate and bracteolate axillary circles, 

 bracts \-h, ovate or oblong, round at the end, brac- 

 teoies %-\ in., lanceolate, short pointed, half as long 



