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PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



A BRIEF DESCRIPTIVE KEY TO THE FLORA OF THE PUNJAB. 

 KORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE AND KASHMIR. 



HY 



Lieut.-Co'onel C. J. Bamber, f.l.s., 

 Indian Medical Service. 



Fart V. 



( Continued from page 721 of this Volume.) 



Shkubs with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals Ununited. 



Ancna S(lTianiOsa, large, nearly evergreen ; leaves 2-3 by J-1 J ins. ob- 



Cuxturd Apple, S'tari/a, long, blunt or long pointed, base narrowed, Muish 



Siliph-tl. greea beneath, velvety when young, membranous, 



Anonack^. stalked ; flowers white, 1 in. long, solitary en short 



"^- ^ ' '8. biaiichlets. sepals 3, small, triangular, united at the 



The i'lains as far north base, petals 3, outer 1 in. long, narrow-oblorg, fleshy. 



as Gunlaspur (Watt )•„->•.„„.• , ■ , 



^ ^ ' inner o minute or wanting ; stamens many, style one; 



fruit 2-4 ins. across, yellowish green, fleshy, edible, 



covered with a yellowish green skin, tubercled like 



crocodile skin, seeds many, oblong, brownish black. 



with a swelling at the notch. A native of the West 



Indies cultivated for its fruit. 



Parsctia J a C Q. U O - small ; branches rigid, hoary, with hairs flattened 



jj^Ontii ^'^ *^^ *'Wigs, twjggy ; leaves |-1 in., linear ; flowers 



FaridKiil'^latWa. large in spikes sepals 4, hairy, pointed, pouched at 



CRL'ciKERyE. t^c base, petals 4, half as long again as the sepale 



F. B. I. i. HO. with long stalks, stau.ens 6 ; capsules 1^-2 ins. by 



The P.'iii'iH in sandy \-^ in. flattened, linear, sessile, valves flat, seeds 



places, Sirsa. nearly round, broadly winged, in two series. 



Parsctia Sami.tcnii small, branches more rigid and woody and more 



Farilfjiifi. densely velvety than the last species, long, erect and 



CRDCiPERiE. twiggy; leaves linear, very narrow, flowers small in 



F. B. I.i. 110. long spicate racemes, sepals 4, hairy, blunt, margins 



The Pla'nfi. thin, papery, petals 4, ovate with a broad tip, a little 



Shahpur(Douie). longer than the sepals long stalked, pink, stamens 6 ; 



capsules linear ^-1 by 55 in., seeds as above but in 



one series. 

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