PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



A BRIEF DESCRIPTIVE KEY TO THE FLORA OF THE PUNJAB, 

 NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE AND KASHMIR. 



BY 



Lieut.-Colonel ('. J. B amber, i.m.s., 

 Fellow of the Linnean Society. 



Part 11. 



[Continued from page 861, of Vol. XVIII). 



Erect Plants. 



Trees. 



Trees with Alternate Stipolate Lobed Leaves, 



Kydis, calycina, 



Fula. 

 Malvace^. 



F. B. I. i. 348. 



The Plains to 2,00U ft. 



Sterculia villosa, 



Gulbodla^ ^jo-shwa. 

 SXERCOLIACEiE. 

 F. B. I. i. 353. 

 The Plains. 



Fterospermum 

 acorifoliuzn, 



Kanakchuinpa. 

 SlEECDLIACE.*:. 

 F. B I. i. 368. 



The Plains to J,uOu ft. 



Petaus Ununited. 



medium size ; generally stellately downy leaves, 

 sometimes simple, 4-5 by 3 in., rounded heartshaped 

 midlobe longest, smooth or with few hairs above ; 

 stellate down beneath, leaf stalk 1-2 in. ; flowers 

 in many flowered branched bunches, white or pink ; 

 petals 5, exceeding the sepals in length, bracteoles 4-6 

 leafy, joined below, calyx 5 lobed, stamens joined 

 into a tube of 5 segments. 



large; bark grey, young parts tawny woolly, branches 

 marked with large scars ; leaves 12-18 in., long 

 and broad, crowded at the end of branches, smooth 

 above, woolly beneath, deeply palmately 5-7 lobed, 

 lobes often cleft at the apex ; leaf stalk about as long 

 as the leaf, stipules large soon falling off. flowers in 

 bunches 8-12 in., long, appearing before the leaves, 

 yellow ; calyx, of 5 lobes, yellow with pink or pm-ple 

 at the base ; corolla, none ; follicles 2-7 sessile, lA-3 

 in. long, tapering at both ends, bright red when 

 ripe, seeds oval, smooth. 



bark smooth, ashy ; young branches and calyx 

 covered with rusty wool ; leaves 6-12 by 5-10 in., 

 shallow lobes, smooth above, grey wool beneath; 

 stipules with many points, soon falling off ; leaf stalk, 

 as long as the leaf ; flowers white fragrant, 5 inches 

 long, calyx of 5 segments, linear, sharply cut, petals 5 



