PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 



Petals United. 



Corolla Two-lipped. 



Vandellia 

 nummularifolia, 



ScROPHULARIACEJE. 



F. B. I. iv. 282. 



Himalaya, 2-7,000 ft. 

 Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 

 Kasauli. 



Vandellia sessiliflora, 



SCROPHULARIACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 282. 

 Himalaya, 2-7,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



Stamens Four. 



small, smooth, annual, stem 4-angled ; leaves -|-f 

 in., nearly round, round toothed, sessile or nearly 

 so ; flowers | in. long, red-purple, edges white 

 on axillary stalks or few-flowered racemes, 

 calyx 5-toothed, £ in., corolla 2-lipped, upper lip 

 erect, broad concave, notched, lower spreading 

 3-lobed, stamens 4, lower pair with a broad tooth, 

 stigma 2-lobed ; capsule \ in. long, much longer than 

 the calyx, long, pointed, seeds wrinkled. 



like the last species, except that the flowers are 

 sessile as the specific name implies. 



Euphrasia officinalis, 

 Eyebright, 



SCROPHTJLARIACE^;. 



F. B. I. iv. 305. 

 Himalaya, 7-13,000 ft. 

 Mahasu, Fagu, Hattu 

 (Collett). 



Bartsia Odontites, 



SCROPHTJLARIACE^;. 



F. B. I. iv. 303. 



Kashmir, 7-8,000 ft. 

 (Clarke). 



small, velvety, glandular, branching, slender ; 

 leaves \-± in. ovate, sessile, sharply toothed ; flow- 

 ers J-§ in., white or lilac, purple-veined, throat 

 tinged with yellow in terminal spikes, bracts leaf- 

 like, calyx 4-lobed, tubular, corolla 2-lipped, tube 

 cylindric, longer than the calyx, upper lip erect, 

 2-lobed, lower spreading, 3-lobed, lobes notched, 

 stamens 4, in unequal pairs, anthers hairy, lower 

 pair long-spurred, style long, stigma round ; 

 capsule oblong, flattened, seeds many, oblong, 

 grooved. 



medium size, annual, rough, wiry, 4-angled, 

 branched, branches ending in leafy spikes ; leaves 

 J-2 in., lanceolate, somewhat toothed, sessile; flowers 

 i in., pink in nearly one-sided spikes, lower bracts 

 leafy, calyx 4-fi.d, bell-shaped, lobes ovate, short- 

 pointed, equal to the tube, corolla 2-lipped, velvety, 

 tube slender, upper lip erect, long, entire, lower 



