PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



849 



Trees with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals Ununited. 



in. diam., partially two lobed with one to two, one 

 celled nuts. 



lies & i p 7 r e n a , 

 Himalayan Holly, 



Kanderu. 

 JilClNnai. 



F. B. I. i. 599. 



Himalaya, 5-8,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



lies o&orata. 



ILICINE^!. 



F. B I. i. 599. 



Himalaya 3-6.000 ft. 



Valleys below ..Simla 



(Collett). 



medium size ; branches thick, young shoots slightly 

 hairy ; leaves 3-4 in. long, dark green, shining, 

 leathery, spinous toothed, without spines when old, 

 stipules minute ; flowers § in. diam.. whitish green 

 in short round axillary clusters, sepals 4, petals 4, 

 stamens 4 ; drupe ^ in. diam., round, scarlet, stones 

 usually 2, deeply grooved. 



small ; branches thinner than those of the last 

 species ; leaves 5-7 or even 9 in. long, not spinous 

 but minutely toothed, stipules minute ; flowers £ in. 

 diam., white in dense short axillary clusters, sepals 

 4, petals 4, stamens 4, much longer than the petals ; 

 drupe \ in. diam., round, black, stones 4, 3- 

 angled. 



Zizypkus Jujuba, 



Ber. 



Rhamne^;. 

 F. B.I. i. 632. 

 The Plains to 6,000 ft., 

 Simla (Collett). 



small, thorny, bark dark grey, inside reddish, 

 young parts with densely greyish brown velvet ; 

 leaves 1-4 in. long, ovate, nearly round, dark green 

 and smooth above, grey velvety beneath, stipules 

 of one straight spine or two spines, one of them short 

 and curved back ; flowers greenish-yellow in short 

 axillary nearly sessile clusters, petals 5, bent down, 

 stalked, concave, stamens 5 ; drupe \-\ in. long, 

 ovoid or round, orange to red when ripe, stone two- 

 celled, bony. 



ZizyphTIS vulgaris, see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



Borcnemia fioribunda , see Climbers, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



RaamailS dahuriCTlS, small, much branched, shoots abort and the end 



_ ZJ? ' inaian becomes dry, hard and pointed, thus forming a spine, 



Chato kanii *" wo literal shoots grow from below the spine, thus a 



Rhamne^e. spine is found in the fork between two branches and 



F. B. I. i. 639. leaves clustered on the lower part of spines ; bark 



Peshawar, Himalaya, dark grey thin ; shining peeling in rolls ; leaves 



» 00 " » alternate, nearly opposite, f-2 in. long, lance- 

 olate, long pointed ; stipules soon falling off, linear, 



