958 JOURNAL, BOMB A Y NA TUBAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XIX. 



Shrubs with Alternate Exstipolate Simplk Leaves. 



csns, 



Bhiit, uiggi, thUak. 

 Thvmel^ace^.. 

 F. b. 1. V. 195. 

 Himalaya, o.;*,000 ft. 

 Marliandii, Putarnala 

 (Colleti). 



Petals None. 



fleshy. The plaut supplies a useful fibre which is 

 used in paper making, especially in Nepal paper, 



T7i^Str3Bmia' canes- small, branches slender, silky, velvety ; leaves 



1-3 ins., shortly stalked, oblong-lanceolate, thin, oltep 

 with a white bud in the axil ; flowers yellow or white 

 in axillary or terminal few clusters or spikes without 

 bracts, calyx tube |^ in. long, lobes 4. spreading, 

 short, blunt, scales 1-4 linear within the tube, stamens 

 8, short, within and upon the tube, in two rows ; fruit 

 -^ in. long, narrowly ovoid, black, within the calyx 

 tube at first. This plant is also used in paper making 

 and the fibre forms good cordage, 



medium size, spinous, branches dark ; leaves 1-3, 

 by ^-1 in., oblong lanceolate, blunt, smooth or with 

 star-shaped hairs above, silvery scaly beneath, stalk 

 I in. ; flowers white, scented, silvery without, in small 

 axillary clusters, appearing with the leaves, calyx A in. 

 long, silvery, tube slender, funnel-s-haped, teeth 4, 

 broadly triangular, stamens 4; fruit ^ in. long, oblong 

 succulent, edible, stone bony, ribbed, woolly within. 

 The seeds and flowers are used as a stimulant in 

 coughs, and as a substitute for black pepper. 



large, spinous, bark dark grey, rough with vertical 

 furrows, branches stiff with silvery twigs and leaves ; 

 leaves ^-2 ins, by yi,-J in., linear oblong to ovate with 

 broad tip, rather leathery, smooth above, felted 

 beneath with grey or rusty scales ; flowers male in 

 axillary clusters, female solitary, calyx in male in two 

 segments, in female two toothed, in male stamens 4 ; 

 fruit -^ in. long, ovoid, orange or scarlet, succulent, 

 acid but edible, seed oblong, shining. The fruit is 

 very acid and used as a syrup for coughs. 



lata, 



Ghaut, TianTipl mirch, 

 iamv.ewa. 



EL.a;AGNACE.s:. 



V. B. 1. V. 201. 



Himalaya, 3-10,000 it. 



Simla, Mashobra ( Col- 

 let t). 



Hazara (Barrett). 



Sippophae x]aamnoi- 



des, 

 Sea. Suclithorn, 



Kala hi-.a, t-sttrkar, sirma. 

 EL^^AGNACEiE. 

 F. B. J. V. 203. 

 Himalaya^ in the beds of 



stream*, 7-12,000 ii, 

 Lauoul, Pangi. 



HiPPOPliac* salicifolia, large, spinous, willow-like, leaves 2-4 ins., linear 

 buich, (ihur c/iuk, chuii.a. lanceolate dark green above, covered with stellate 

 EL^AUNACEiB. hairs and few scales, beneath otherwise like the last 



F. B. 1. V. 203. 

 Himalaya, 5-10,000 ft. 

 SutJc-] Valley (Coilett). 



species. 



