PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



951 



SnROBS WITH Alternate Exstipulatk Simple Leavi-:«. 



Petals United. 



Casdops fastigiata, 



Erica ce^. 

 F.B.I, iii. 459. 

 Himalaya, 10-14,000 ft. 

 Ha-tu CColl-tt). 

 Marali iBamber). 



Eholodcndron cam- 

 panulatum, 



Che I oil It, s a r n g a r, 



gaggaryurmi. 

 Kricace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 466. 

 Pimnla;y:\, 9-1-1,000 ft. 

 The Chor (Collett). 

 Marali (Bambar). 



Rhododendron lepi- 

 dotum, 



7a ufui\ taliori. 

 Ekicace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 471. 

 Himalaya, 8-15,000 ft. 

 Simla, Jacko, Battu 



(Cclktt). 

 Marali (Bamber). 



Bhcdodendron 

 Anthopo^on, 



Kicfini^ kaizabuHy tazak- 



tzun. 

 Ericace^. 

 F.B.I, iii. 472. 

 Himalaya, ll-l(i,000 ft. 

 The Chor (Collelt). 

 Marali (Bamber). 



2S 



Flowers not in Heads. 



small, dense tut'ls of parallel erect branchea, (5-12 

 ins. high, leaves \ in. ovate oMong, overlapping, press- 

 ed against the bianches. thickened on the back, 

 hairy ; flowers vphite on solitary sialks or in twos or 

 fours ; sepals g-^ in., short-pointed, nearly smooth, 

 margins often toothed and membranous, corolla 

 \-^ in., widely bell-shaped, fleshy ; capsule round, 

 point depressed. 



medium size, bark thin grey ; leaves 3-5 ins. long, 

 oblong, rounded at both ends, crowded at the end of 

 branches, leathery, dark green, smooth above, cinna- 

 mon felted beneath ; flowers mauve in large clusters, 

 stalks as long as the corolla tube, bracts silky, calyx 

 teeth broadly triangular, small, corolla bell-shaped, 

 1-1.4 by i-1 iu., lobes 5, stamens 10 ; capsule cylindri- 

 cal, 1 in. long, curved ; seeds linear oblong, flattened. 

 The powdered leaves are mixed with tobacco and 

 used as snuft' in colds. 



small, scented, young parts covered with silvery and 

 golden scales, bianches rough; leaves f-I in. long, 

 ovate with broad tips, base nari'ow, nearly sessile at 

 the ends of branches, smooth above, filvcry beneath ; 

 flowers red, yellow or purple, solitary or 2-3 together, 

 stalks A-H ins. long, very rough, calyx teelh oval, 

 corolla tube short, lobes round, spreading!-^ in. long, 

 stamens 8-10, hairy below ; capsule 4-3 by ^-^ in., 

 erect. The smoke of the leaves is used in native 

 medicine as a stimulant. 



small, scented, branchlets rough and scaly ; leaves 

 1-1 ^ in. long, broad oblong, shining above, cinnamon 

 felted beneath, stalk ^r, ^ in- Jong ; flowers yellowish 

 white in small terminal clusters, calyx teeth oblong^ 

 thin, margins hairy, corolla tubular, mouth dilated, 

 tube \ in. long, lobes ovate with broad tips, spreading, 

 stamens 6-8 ; capsule ^ in. long, ovoid. The leaves 

 are used for the same purpose as those of the last 

 species. 



