PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



959 



ShRDRS WITU ALTKRNATK EXSTII'UI.ATK SiMPLK LrAVES. 



Pktals NoNi: 



Osyris arborea, 



JJalmi, di'ima. 

 SANTAL ACE^. 

 K. B. I. V. 2:i2. 

 Himalaya, 1-7,000 ft 

 Simla (Collett). 



lai-ge, young shoots shavply 3-angled ; leaves 1-2 ins. 

 long, nearly sessile, oblong-ovate, tip short-pointed ; 

 flowers very minnte, yellow green, nearly sessile, calyx 

 H-4 lobed, male flowers in axillary clusters, female 

 one to three together on long stalks ; fruit -^ in., 

 round, yellow to red, seed one. round. The leaves 

 are made into Bisshar tea, which is drunk in Ladak. 

 but is very nauseating. 



ETlPllorbia Timcalli, see Shrubs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 



S arc :cca prnnif ormis , 



EuPHORBIACEiB. 

 F. «. I. V. 266. 

 Himalaya, 5-9,(100 ft. 

 Simla (CoUctt). 

 Hazara (Barrett), 

 Mnrree. 



small, smooth, evergreen, branches green, rounded ; 

 leaves 5-4 by |-1 in., nearly sessile, lanceolate, long 

 pointed, dark-green, margin smooth; flowei-s 5 in. 

 long, pale yellow in .short axillary racemes ; male 

 flowers, sepals 4, oblong blunt, stamens 4, female 

 flowei-s, sepals 4-6 of small overlapping scales. styles 2. 

 long, recurved ; fruit ^ in. long, ovoid, purple, stones 

 2-3. 



Fluc^^a microcarPa, 



KDPHOEBIACE.ai. 

 b\ B. I V. 828. 

 The Pliiins to 5,000 ft. 

 Valleys below Simla 

 (Collttt). 



large, smooth, branchlets angled, flattened ; leaves 

 in two rows, 1-3 ins, long, shortly stalked ovate or 

 round, thin ; flowers minute, yellow green, in dense 

 axillary clusters on separate stalks, male and female 

 flowers on ditierent plants, male sepals 5, round, 

 oblong, concave, .spreading, stamens fi. opposite sepals, 

 around 3 styles, long linear, erect, female shortly 

 stalked in clusters of 3-6, sepals erect. 5, styles 3-4 

 reflexed and each divided into 2 or 3, pointed narrow 

 lobes; fruit ^-i in. diam , dry, a few ^ in., white 

 fleshy, minutely dotted, seeds .3-6, minutely dotted. 



?ltLeir?ia LeuCOpyms same as last species, but branches twi.sted. spinous: 

 EuPHORBiAOE^. leaves smaller lin. long at most, longer stalked. 



F. H. I. V. 32«. 

 The Plains. 



Saliz liastata, 



2-1 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



