PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



371 



Shrdbp with Opposite Stipdlatk Simplk Lkavks. 



Pktals United, 



STmenolictyos. 

 ezoslsum, 



JinXwhar. 

 RoniACEiE. 

 F. B. I iii. 35. 

 Iliuiala\a. Enst of the 

 Ravi river, to L',5U0 feet. 



largo, bark soft, brownish grey, f mooth on branches, 

 corky and furrowed on old stems ; leaves 4-10 by 3-5 

 in., uneven sided, oblong, obtuse or long pointed, 

 membranous, velvety on both surfaces, narrowed into 

 a stalk i-3 ins. long, stipules soon falling off, 

 oblong, broad based, recurved ; flowers J in. long, 

 white, fragrant, in large spreading branching racemes 

 with bracteate spicate blanches, bracts large leafy, 

 persistent, calyx -^ in., soon falling off, lobes 5-6, 

 corolla 1 in, long, funnel shaped, lobes 6, short, sharp, 

 stamens 5 ; capsule i-^ in. long on short recurved 

 stalks, oblong vrith rounded ends, 2-valved, many 

 seeded, seeds flat, double convex, winged all round 

 the margin, \,^ by ^^ in. with the wing. The inner 

 bark is used by Hindus as a cure for ague, this shrub 

 is closely allied to Cinchona. 



Bandia tetras;erma, 



A'kra. 

 RnBiACE.aB. 

 F. B I. iii. 109. 

 Salt range, 

 Himalaya, 4-6,000 ft. 



Simla (Collett). 



small, branches rough grey rigid, often spinous : 

 leaves at the tips of branchlets, | 2 in. long, 

 tapering at both ends or broad at the apex, narrowed 

 into a short stalk, smooth ; stipules small, triangular 

 tapering to a point ; flowers nearly solitary, sessile 

 greenish-white, fragiant, } in. diam., calyx hairy 

 lobes 5, large, narrow, corolla tube. ^ in. long, hairy 

 outside, lobes 5, stamens 5 ; berry ^ in. diam., round. 

 4-seeded, purple. 



Bandia dumctorum, 



Maiiipiiai. 

 KuBiAC^.a:. 

 F. B. I. iii, no. 

 Himalaya, to 3,000 ft. 



large, bark grey, spines horizontal, often long and 

 stout ; leaves 1-2 ins long with the broad end 

 towards the apex ; narrowed into a short marginate 

 stalk, stipules ovate, long pointed ; flowers hairy, 

 yellowish white, fragrant, solitary or 2-3 together 

 at the end of short lateral branchlets, calyx bell- 

 shaped, hairy, lobes ovate, corolla lobes 5, spreading, 

 oval or oblong; berry soft fleshy, I 1| in. long, 

 ovoid, yellow, smooth or velvety, skin leathery, 

 thick, edible : seeds many, flattened, in gelatinous 

 pulp. 



