PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



961 



SUKUISS WITH Al/ri-.KNATi; KXHTII'DI.ATK LOBKD LeAVKS. 



Hibes oriontale, 



Koghak, naiigkr. 

 SAXIFRAGACEiE. 

 F.B.I. ii.410. 

 Kashmir, 8-12,000 ft. 

 Baltiritan. 

 Kaa;haii. 



Pktals Ununited. 



medium size, sticky with glands and minutely 

 hairy : leaves 1-1^ ins. diam., round kidney shaped, 

 minutely toothed, 3-5 lobed ; flowers small, greenish 

 in erect crowded racemes, bracts i in. long, linear, 

 calyx tube hardly produced above the fruit, lobes 

 4-5, petals 4-5, stamens 4-5 ; berry I in. long, yellow- 

 ish red, velvety with minute glands, seeds several. 



Hibcs ^laciale, 



KitliuUya, >;ian{ile, dicrbul 

 SAXIFRAGACEiE. 

 F. B. I. ii. 410. 

 Himalaya, 7-12,000 ft. 

 Hattu (Collett). 

 The Cher (Bamber). 



small, smooth, often epiphytic ; leaves 1-3 ins. diam., 

 cordate, 3-5 lobed, acute, often long pointed, 

 midlobe largest, pale beneath ; flowers greenish brown, 

 ^ in. diam., in glandulai' racemes 1-2 in., long erect 

 in flower, hanging down in fruit, male and female 

 flowers usually on different plants, bracts narrowly 

 lanceolate, longer than the flower stalks, calyx lobea 

 oblong, 4-5, petals 4-5, stamens 4-5 ; berries | in. long, 

 smooth, red, sour, scarcely edible. 



Hibes nigrum, 

 Slack currant, 



Muradh, bell, ■•<hakte?ias. 

 SaxIFRAGACE/E. 

 F. E. I. ii. 411. 

 Himalaya, 7-12,000 ft. 

 Changlagalli (Douic). 

 The Chor. (Bamber). 



small, velvety ; leaves scented, 2-4 ins. diam., long 

 stalked, lobes 3 or 5, smooth above, dotted with minute 

 yellow glands below : flowers green tinged with 

 purple, ^ in. diam., stalks of lower flowers longest, in 

 smooth drooping racemes 2-3 in. long, calyx tube 

 produced above the fruit, gland dotted, lobes 4-5, 

 petals 4-5,stemens 4-5 ; berry ^ in. diam., black, seeds 

 several. The fruit is as large and palatable as the 

 English Black Currant. 



Eibes rubrum, 

 Bed currant, 



JDak, pkulanrh, nabar. 

 Saxifragace^. 

 F. B. I.ii. 411. 

 Himalaya, 8-12,000 ft 

 Mahasu, Narkanda 



(Collett). 

 Changlagalli (Douie). 



small, nearly smooth ; leaves 2-3 ins. diam.. long- 

 stalked, hairy at the base, ovate lobes, 3-5 acute, 

 toothed, smooth or with few hairs above ; flowei-s 

 greenish yellow, 5 in. diam,, stalks short, bracts 

 shorter than the stalks in smooth pendulous racemes 

 3-6 ins. long ; calyx tube above the fruit, lobes short, 

 blunt, 4-5, petals 4-5; berry -J in. diam.. red. rarely 

 black, smooth, too acid to be palatable. 



