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INDIAN MEDIOINAL PLANTS. 
N. 0. PRIMULACEiE. 
714. Primula reticluata, Wall, h.f.b.i., hi. 483. 
Syn. : — P. altissima and P. speedosa, Don. 
Vern. : — Biskopra, Jal-kutra (Kumaon.) 
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, crenate or doubly crenate, reteculate, 
glaucous beneath, petiole 4-6in. Scape very tall, slender, 
12-1 Gin. Inflorescence sometimes mealy. Bracts large, regu- 
larly placed but unequal in size, sometimes toothed. Linear- 
oblong or lanceolate. Flowers nodding, slightly fragrant. Calyx 
P|in., campanulate ; calyx-lobes short, acute, recurved, quite 
terete or 5-ribbed. Corolla-tube yellow, funnel-shaped ; much 
exserted, nearly lin., 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., iii. 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 Pa shan valley. 
An annual, erect, or procumbent herb, glabrous, gland-dotted, 
branching from the base. Branches 4-angled, ascending, 5-15in. 
long. Leaves |-ljin., sessile, ovate, cordate or lanceolate, acute, 
gland dotted, rarely whorled. Peduncles l-2in., erect in flower, 
decurved in fruit. Sepals narrow, acuminate, lanceolate, almost 
