PLANTS OF THE PI'NJAB. 



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Shrubs with Oppositk FjXstipdlatv: Simplk Leavks. 



Slelastoma Ila^aba- 

 tlirlcam, Inlian 

 Rhododendron, 



MELaSTOiMACE^. 



F.B.I, li. 52S. 



The Plains to 6,000 ft. 



Woodfordla fiori- 

 bunda, 



Dhan, Dhatda. 



LYTHRACK2B. 



F. B. I. ii. 572. 



The Plains to 5,000 ft. 



Petals Undniticu. 



large, stems with short dense hairs ; leaves 3-4 ins 

 bx-oad lanceolate, with hairs above and below ; flowers 

 1-5, clustered, mauve purple, calyx tube with simple 

 hairs, lobes 5, long, soon falling off, petals 5, stamens 

 10, anthers alternately purple with a long curved 

 process above ; fruit ^ in. wide, short, ovoid, abruptly 

 ended, becoming pulpy within ; seeds many, minute, 

 curved. A purple dye is made from the fruit. 



large, long arching branches, bark reddish-brown, 

 peeling in fibres ; yourg branches and leaves with 

 numerous black dots ; leaves sometimes in threes, 

 sessile, lanceolate, 2-4 ins. tapering to a fine point, 

 upper surface green, lower white, velvety with black 

 dots; flowers in shortly stalked clusters on and around 

 branches, bright red ; calyx, red, 6 teeth, petals 6, red. 

 scarcely longer than calyx teeth ; stamens red, long 

 protruding ; capsule | in-, enclosed in the calyx. The 

 flowers are used as a dye and as an astringent, contain- 

 ing much tannin. 



Lawsonia alba, 

 Eenna, CampMre 



Lythrace.*;. 



F. B I. Ii. 573. 



The Plains to 5,000 ft. 



medium size, bark thin, greyish brown ; branchlets 

 angular sometimes spinous; leaves f-1 in, long, 

 oblong, acute at both ends or the tip obtuse, margin 

 smooth, leathery ; flowers greenish white, i in. in 

 large terminal branching racemes, sweet scented, sepals 

 4, petals 4, wrinkled stamens 8, inserted in pairs bet- 

 ween the petals ; capsule \ in. diam., round with per- 

 sistent calyx, leathery ; seeds many, smooth, angular, 

 pyramidal. The leaves are used to dye the hands, 

 feet and hair red. 



Laserstrsemia 

 Clilna cr^pe, 



■S'aorj', dhaura. 

 LTTHBACEiE. 

 F. B. I. ii. 575, 

 The Plains. 



indica, medium size, bark light brown, very smooth, peeling 

 in dark coloured scurfy pieces ; leaves upper alternate 

 2 ins. long, smooth, oblong, sessile, short pointed : 

 flowers U-2 ins. diam., bright pink or white in branch- 

 ing racemes, calyx tube smooth, teeth 6 or 7-9, petals 

 ^- 1 in. long, 6 or 7-9, stalked, much curled, stamens 

 many, long ; capsule \ in. diam., nearly round, calyx 

 long triangular, erect on the capsule seed ; \ in. with 

 win". 



