PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



817 



Herbs, erect with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 



Petals United. 



twice as long as the calyx, green, lobes 4, tinged 

 with red, short pointed, spreading, stamens 8, in 

 two series on the corolla-tube, styles 4; fruit of 

 four carpels, many seeded, enclosed in the persist- 

 ent calyx and corolla. The leaves applied to 

 wounds. Roxburgh states that the plant was intro- 

 duced into the Calcutta Botanical Gardens and has 

 spread from there. 



Kalanchbe spathulata, 



Tatar a, runr/ru, liaiza- 



ka-patti. 

 Crassulacej-:. 

 F. B. I. ii. 414. 

 Himalaya, 1-3,000 ft. 

 Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



large, perennial, stout, smooth; leaves 4-8 in. 

 (upper 3-4 in.,) fleshy, toothed, oblong narrowed to 

 the stalk ; flowers yellow f-1 in. long in a large 

 terminal branched flat topped cluster, calyx 4- 

 lobed, divided nearly to the base, lobes triangular, 

 short pointed, corolla tubular, tube flask-shaped, 

 twice the length of the calyx, lobes 4, spreading, 

 short-pointed, stamens, style and capsule as in the 

 last species. This plant is said to be a cure for 

 cholera, it acts as a strong purge and is poisonous 

 to goats and cattle. 



Morina persica, 

 Behh-aktoar. 



DlPSACE^E. 



F. B. I. iii. 216. 

 Himalaya, 6-9,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Hazara (Barrett). 

 Baluchistan (Lace). 



large, like thistles from the spiny leaves ; leaves 

 6 by 1 in., oblong or linear, sessile, doubly spinous 

 toothed, velvety or smooth ; flowers If in. lono-, 

 pinkish-white, sessile, crowded in the axils of the 

 upper leaves forming a terminal interrupted spike, 

 bracteoles few among the flowers, spinous, also 

 united bracteoles forming a tubular cup (involucel) 

 round the base of the flower, calyx tubular, 2-lipp- 

 ed, notched, corolla 1-H in., tube long slender, 

 mouth oblique 5-lobed, stamens 2, fertile, as long 

 as the corolla lobes, style nearly protruding, stigma 

 disc-like : fruit an achene in each flower, enclosed 

 within the persistent involucel, tip free. 



