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52 BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS OF KASHMIR [Plate 14<br />
furnished at the mouth with 5 blue, almost square scales<br />
which are much smaller than the anthers. Style stout, half as<br />
long as the calyx. Nutlets egg-shaped, i- in. long, uniformly<br />
covered with hooked bristles, outer face slightly convex, with<br />
a triangular scar.<br />
Flowers. June to August.<br />
Locality. Gulmarg, hills and margs, above<br />
common.<br />
7,000 ft.,<br />
Distribution. Afghanistan, Kashmir to Kumaon and Sikkim,<br />
Assam, B. Bengal, Central and S. India, Ceylon, Philippines,<br />
Formosa, Japan, Yunnan.<br />
Cynoglossum lanceolatum, Forsk. (Including C. micranthum,<br />
Desf. of Hooker's " Flora of British India ") Lanceleafed<br />
Hound's Tongue.<br />
Stem erect, 2-5 ft. high, simple or sometimes branched,<br />
more or less hairy. Basal leaves short-stalked, lance-shaped<br />
or oblong-lance-snaped, 3-6 in. long including the long stalk,<br />
f- in. broad, gradually narrowed into the stalk, 1-nerved,<br />
rough on both sides with long, bulbous-based hairs ;<br />
lower<br />
stem-leaves short-stalked, upper stalkless, very variable, sometimes<br />
linear, then lance-shaped or oblong, 2-7 in. by -2 in.,<br />
sharp-pointed. One-sided racemes of many flowers forming<br />
lax racemes. Sepals oblong-elliptic, up to tV in. long, blunt,<br />
ciliate. Corolla pale blue or white, funnel-shaped, iVo in.<br />
long, limb cleft almost to the base, almost as long as the tube,<br />
furnished at the mouth with 5 transversely linear scales which<br />
are much broader than long. Stamens very short, anthers<br />
egg-shaped, much smaller than the scales. Style stout, very<br />
short. Nutlets almost globose, up to i in. diameter, more or<br />
less uniformly covered with hooked bristles.<br />
Flowers. June to August.<br />
Locality. Up to 8,000 ft.<br />
Distribution. Africa, Arabia, Afghanistan, N.W. Himalaya<br />
to Sikkim, southwards to Ceylon, Assam, Burma, Siam,<br />
China, Philippines.<br />
Cynoglossum petiolatum, A. DC.<br />
(Petiolatum means stalked, alluding to the long stalks of the<br />
radical leaves.)<br />
**<br />
Erect, hairy, 2-3 ft. high. Lower leaves oblong, longstalked,<br />
stalk about 5 in. long, stem-leaves few, egg-shaped,<br />
sharp-pointed, finely hairy beneath. Eacemes straggling,<br />
branched, 4-8 in. in fruit. Flower-stalks very short, lower
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