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 PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



A BRIEF DESCRIPTIVE KEY TO THE FLORA OF THE PUNJAB, 

 NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE AND KASHMIR. 



BY 



Lieut.-Colonel C. J. Bambek, 



Indian Medical Service. 



PREFACE. 



This key is intended chiefly for the use of inquirers who have very 

 little knowledge of botany. 



The plan, that has been followed, is to classify all plants according 

 to such characteristics as are obvious to all. Amateur botanists often 

 complain of the difficulty they find in tracing out any plant in an 

 ordinary Flora ; it is with the hope of helping such persons that this 

 book has been compiled. It has been the intention of the author to 

 use as few technical terms as possible. 



The area, dealt with, is bounded on the north and north-east by the 

 snow line of the Himalaya, on the east and south-east by the Jumna, 

 on the south by Central India and Scinde, and the west and north- 

 west by Afghanistan and Baluchistan. The North-West Frontier 

 Province has been included, because it was considered as forming part 

 of the Punjab, and until a short time ago the districts across the Indus 

 were part of the Punjab. 



Kashmir was included as it is impossible to form a satisfactory 

 boundary in that direction, the greater number of the plants found in 

 Kashmir grow in other parts of the Himalaya that are situated in the 

 Punjab. 



This little book is not intended to take the place of a complete 

 Flora, but to be used as a guide in helping to identify with less trouble 

 any plant in the area. Each plant is supplied with a short descrip- 

 tion consisting of a few characters differentiating it from other plants. 



This book forms an abbreviated Flora of the area, as in it is included 

 probably every plant, excepting Grasses and Ferns, that has been 

 found in the area. A large proportion of the plants have been exa- 

 mined by the author while they were still fresh. 



