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PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



A BRIEF DESCRIPTIVE KEY TO THE FLORA OF THE PUNJAB, 

 NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE AND KASHMIR. 



By 



Colonel 0. J. Bamber, f.l.s., 



Indian Medical Service. 



Part X. 



{Continued from x>age ^2:28 of this Volume.) 



Herbs, erect, with Alternate Stipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Lavatera-kashmiriana, 



Malvaceae. 

 F. B. I. i. 319. 

 Kashmir. 

 Hazara, 7-8,000 ft. 



Petals United. 



stems covered with down, branching ; leaves 

 lower, 5-lobed, circular, heart-shaped at the base, 

 round-toothed, smooth above, downy beneath, 

 stalk as long as the blade, upper 3-5 lobed, lobes 

 short-pointed, central longest, stipules linear- 

 lanceolate ; flowers 3 in. diam., pink, on axillary 

 stalks, bracteoles 3, united below, broadly ovate, 

 shortly pointed, sepals 5, lanceolate, longer than 

 the bracteoles, petals 5, united below, wedge-shaped, 

 deeply bifid, stamens united into a column, woolly, 

 styles many; carpels many, separating from the 

 axis, kidney-shaped, smooth, shorter than the axis 

 seeds one in each carpel. 



Malva verticillata, large, branched, downy, annual or perennial ; 



Malvaceae. leaves 2-6 in. diam., nearly round, 5-6 shallow lobes, 



F. B. I. i, 320. downy, stalks 6-7 in., stipules lanceolate, hairy ; 



The Plains to 12,000 ft. flowers small, pale pink crowded in nearly sessile 



Simla, Matiana (Col- axillary clusters, bracteoles 3, ununited, linear, 



lett). sepals 5, united below, triangular lanceolate, petal 



5, united below, twice ^ the length of the sepals, 



margin notched, stamens united into a tube, styles 



