PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



965 



Shrubs with Alternate Exstipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals United, 



Jasminum hnmile, 



Cfi<imba,jai, nhiua. 



Oleace^. 

 F. B. I. iii.602. 

 Himalaya, 2-5,000 it. 

 Salt Range. 

 Simla CCoIlett\ 

 Mnrree (Douie). 



small, smooth, branches angular green ; leaves 2-4 

 ins. long, leaflets 2-10, 2-'^ by .^-Ij ins. ovate, acute 

 or blunt at both ends ; flowers yellow in terminal 

 clusters, many, \-'^ in, long, calyx teeth 5, ^ in. 

 triangular, corolla united, lobes 5 by ^ in. flat circular, 

 5, stamens 2 in the corolla tube ; berries 2-lobed or 1- 

 lobed, oblong with rounded ends, seeds one in each 

 lobe. An aromatic essential oil is obtained from the 

 flowers by native perfumers. 



ERECT HERBS, 



Herbs erect with Opposite Stipulate Simple Leaves. 

 Leap Margins Entire. 



Spergula arvensis, 



Corn Spurrey, 

 Caeyophyllace^, 

 F. B, I. i. 2-)3. 

 The Plains to 7,000 ft. 

 Simla (in corn fields) 

 (Collett). 



Spergula pe&tandra, 



CARYOPHYLLACE.S. 

 F. B. I. i. 243. 

 The Plains to 7.000 ft. 

 (in corn fields). 



SPergula rubra, 

 Sand Spurrey, 

 Caeyophyllackzb. 

 F. B.I. i. 244. 

 The Plains, 

 Shahpnr (Douie). 



Petals Ununited, 



medium size, annual, branched from the root, 

 knotty, often sticky ; leaves linear ^-2 ins. in opposite 

 clusters, half round, grooved below, rather fleshy, 

 stipules thin dry, small ; flowers ^-\ in. diam., in 

 forked terminal clusters on long stalks, turned back 

 after flowering, sepals 5, blunt, green, unjoined, petals 

 5, white, blunt slightly longer than the sepals, stamens 

 10, styles 5; capsule nearly round, shining, longer 

 than the calyx, opening by 5 valves ; seeds many, 

 keeled or narrowly winged, granular. 



much the same as the last species, but leaves bluish 

 green, not grooved below, petals sharp pointed, styles 

 3j seeds smooth flattened, broadly winged. 



small, stems 6-8 ins, long, annual ; leaves |-1 in. 

 long, linear, flat, fleshy, stipules split, broad, silvery 

 flowers \-h in, diam., pink or white, sepals 5, lanceo- 

 late, blunt, margins thin, dry, petals 5, ovate with, 

 broad tips, shorter than the sepals, stamens 5 or 10, 

 Btyles i> ; capsule ovoid, longer than the calyx, seeds 

 many, pale brown, rough, not winged. 



