740 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



N. 0. PRIMULACEJE. 

 714. Primula reticluata, Wall, h.f.b.i., hi. 483. 



Syn. : — P. altissima and P. speedosa, Don. 

 Vern. : — Biskopra, Jal-kutra (Kuniaon.) 

 Habitat : — Central and Eastern Himalaya, Nepal and 

 Sikkim. 



A perennial, scapigerous herb, glabrous, slightly mealy or not. 

 Rost-stock small. Leaves very long— petioled, 2-3 in., oblong- 

 cordate, very slender obtuse, cremate or doubly crenate, reteculate, 

 glaucous beneath, petiole 4-6in. Scape very tall, slender, 

 12-1 6in. Inflorescence sometimes mealy. Bracts large, regu- 

 larly placed but unequal in size, sometimes toothed. Linear- 

 oblong or lanceolate. Flowers nodding, slightly fragrant. Calyx 

 i-fin., campanulate ; calyx-lobes short, acute, recurved, quite 

 terete or o-ribbed. Corolla-tube yellow, funnel-shaped ; much 

 exserted, nearly Jin., lobes erecto-patent, small, rounded or 

 notched. Fruit not seen, says J. D. Hooker. 



Use : — Said to be poisonous to cattle ; is used externally as 

 an anodyne (Atkinson). The same remark might easily ap- 

 ply to any species of Primula. 



715. Anagallis arvensis, Linn, h.f.b.i., hi. 506. 



Vern. : — Jonkhmari, Jainghani (N.-W. P.) ; Magnues baghee, 

 Dhabbar (Pb.) 



Eng : — Poor man's weather glass. 



Habitat : — Bengal, North-West India, and the Himalaya, from 

 Nepal westwards. Central India and Nilgherry Hills. Found 

 occasionally in the Deccan in moist places, and is common in 

 the Pashan valley. 



An annual, erect, or procumbent herb, glabrous, gland-dotted, 

 branching from the base. Branches 4-angled, ascending, 5-15in. 

 long, Leaves £-]|in., sessile, ovate, cordate or lanceolate, acute, 

 gland dotted, rarely whorled. Peduncles l-2in., erect in flower, 

 decurved in fruit. Sepals narrow, acuminate, lanceolate, almost 



