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5. Arnebia Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 4:176. 1883. Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 62.1775; Cooke, Fl. Bomb. Pres. Repr. ed. 2,22:288.1967; Jafri, Fl. Kar. 284.1966; Riedl in Rech. f., Fl. Iran. 48:153.1967; Kazmi in J. Arn. Arb. 51 (2):359.1970.

YASIN J. NASIR

Annual or perennial herbs with hispid parts. Leaves simple, alternate. Inflorescence a terminal scorpioid cyme, bracteate. Flowers heterostylic. Calyx 5 partite, accrescent Corolla usually salverform, white, yellow or shade of blue; lobes imbricate, spreading, throat glabrous. Stamens 5; anthers included or slightly exserted. Style gynobasic, exserted or included. Stigma simple or bifid. Ovary 4-lobed. Nutlets 4, variously ornamented.

25 species distributed in the Mediterranean, tropical Africa and Himalaya. Represented in Pakistan by 11 species.


1 Plants perennial   (2)
+ Plants annual   (6)
       
2 (1) Base of corolla tube not constricted   (3)
+ Base of corolla tube constricted   1 Arnebia guttata
       
3 (2) Inflorescence globose or broader than long. Leaves faintly nerved   (4)
+ Inflorescence much broader than long. Leaves distinctly nerved   (5)
       
4 (3) Plants up to 15 cm tall, eglandular. Stem arising from center of leaves. Leaves 3-5 mm broad   3 Arnebia inconspicua
+ Plants up to 40 cm tall, glandulose, Stem lateral. Leaves 5-11 mm broad   2 Arnebia euchroma
       
5 (3) Inflorescence interrupted. Bracts shorter, not exceeding the calyces in the upper half of inflorescence   5 Arnebia speciosa
+ Inflorescence not interrupted. Bracts longer, exceeding the calyces throughout the inflorescence length   4 Arnebia benthamii
       
6 (1) Corolla lobes fimbriate to lobed at the apex   6 Arnebia fimbriopetala
+ Corolla lobes entire   (7)
       
7 (6) Style 2-fld or entire. Stigma bibbed or entire   (8)
+ Style doubly 2-fid at apex   (10)
       
8 (7) Calyx with prominent midrib and veins, dilated at base, lobes obtuse   7 Arnebia linearifolia
+ Calyx without prominent midrib or veins, barely dilated at base, lobes acute   (9)
       
9 (8) Plants densely hispid. Leaves lanceolate. Corolla yellow, 10-15 mm long; limb 4-5 mm long, not spotted   11 Arnebia hispidissima
+ Plants not densely hispid. Leaves broad lanceolate to oblanceolate. Corolla yellow-orange, 20- 25 mm long; limb 15-17 mm long, with 5 purple-brown spots   10 Arnebia griffithii
       
10 (7) Corolla 20-37 mm long, limb more than 10 mm broad, with 5 purple-brown spots   9 Arnebia grandiflora
+ Corolla less than 20 mm long, limb less than 10 mm broad, not spotted or rarely so   8 Arnebia decumbens

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