PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



945 



SuKOBS WITH Alternati: Exstipclate Simple Leaves. 



Petals Ununited. 



Tamariz dioioa, 



Kao'ilely j>nnch pilchi. 

 Tamariscine^. 

 F.B Li. 249. 

 The Plains. 



Myricaria e^rmanica, 



Ghaz. 



Tam.uiiscine^. 

 F.B.I, i. 250. 

 Bazara, 7-8,000 ft. 

 (BarrettJ. 



small, branches long drooping ; leaves minute. scale- 

 like, sheathing, greyish green with .a broad white 

 margin, smooth, long pointed ; flowers in two sexes, 

 purple pink in rather short compact stalked spikes, 

 bracts nearly as long as the flowers, tiiangular, long 

 pointed, reddish brown, stamens 10, styles V> ; capsule 

 oblong, tapering, twice as long as the withered sepals 

 and petals. 



medium size, branches many, parallel to the stem, 

 stem slender, with fine parallel lines, with blueish gi-een 

 waxy gloss when young ; leaves small, linear lanceo- 

 late, flowers small, pink-purple, on short .stalks in 

 lateral or terminal spike-like i-acemes, 1-18 ins. long, 

 bracts ovate-hinceolate, three to four times as long as 

 the short flower stalks, with bioad thin margins, sepals 

 5, ununited, lanceolate, equal in length to the petals, 

 petals 5, stamens 1 0, alternately long and short, united 

 for half thoir length, stigmas 3, sessile ; seeds many, 

 with a tuft of hairs, usually stalked. 



small, strongly aromatic, evergreen ; bark white, 

 stringy ; leaves oblong lanceolate, 3-6 ins. long, 

 smooth, gland-dotted, shining, crowded at the end of 

 branches; flowers male and female | in. diam., white or 

 yellow, in crowded erect terminal branching racemes 

 1^-2 ins. long, calyx pej-sistent, 5-lobed, petals 4-5, 

 Murruc, Hazara(I3arrett). oblong, much longer than the calyx, stamens 4-5, 



imperfect in female flowers, stigma 2-5 lobed ; drupe 

 red, ovoid h--\ in. long, with 2-5 one-seeded stones. 



S^immia laureola, 



Ndt, burru. 

 RUTACE^. 

 F.B. Li. •199. 

 Himalaya, 6-10,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mahasii (.CoUett). 



Oitrns medica, 

 Lemon or Lime, 



Aimbii. 

 Rutace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 514. 

 The Plains. 



large, bark greenish grey, smooth, long axillary 

 spines; leaves jointed to stalk, stalk often winged, 

 .3-6 ins. by 1-2| ins., ovate lanceolate, smooth, lea- 

 thery ; flowers white, sweet-scented, solitary or in 

 axillary clusters, i-1 in. long, calyx cup-shaped. 3-5- 

 toohed or entire, petals 4-8, often tinged with pink, 

 oblong, fleshy, gland-dotted, stamens 20-40 ; fruit 

 2-4 ius. long, ovoid oblong or round, rind thick or 

 thin, yellow when ripe, pulp cellular and juicy, usually 

 acid. 



