PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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Shrubs witu Opposite Exstipulati: Simpli: Leaves. 



Petals United. 



Viburnxim coriacoum, 



CAKI JPiLIi'E^. 



F. B. I. iii.5 

 Himiilayii, 4-8,000 ft. 

 Simla (Col lett). 



VlTjurnum aervosum, 



Anirn/a^ tiialin. 

 Caprikoliack.S!. 

 F. B. I lii. 8. 

 Himalaya, 10-13,000 ft. 



large, bark grey : leaves 4-9 by 1^-21 ins. oblong, 

 long piiinted, very leaihery, smooth, stalk 10 ins long: 

 flower.s I in long, many in terminal flat-topped 

 bunches, calyx smooth, no teeth, corolla white, tubu- 

 lar, lobes erect, stamen tops red ; drupe black, ovoid, 

 i in- 

 large, branches stout, bark grey; leaves'?!?^ by 

 \\-\h in., oblong, sides unequal, short pointed, minute- 

 ly toothod, nerves prominent ; flowers in compact 

 silky branching racemes, pinkish, calyx smooth, teeth 

 small, corolla tub^ 1-5 in., drupe 5 by ^ in. oblong 

 with rounded ends, edible. 



Viburnum fastens, 



Guch. 

 CAPKIFOLTACE.a:. 



F. B. I. ii. 8. 



K^tshmir, 6 10 000 ft. 

 Wurt^e to C'mmba, Nar- 

 kaiida (■ ollett\ 



Abel la triflora, 



B luhiikiiura. 

 CAPl{IFOL:.aCE^. 



F. B I iii. 9. 

 Himalavf*, 5-l0,n(i0 ft. 

 Kaldera (,Collttt). 



large, very much like the last, but leaves 4 in. 

 long toothed emitting an unpleasant asafoetida-likc 

 smell on being crushed ; flowers sweet-scented, 

 corolla tube ^-j in. long, pink, stamens 2 near the 

 top of tube, 3 below ; drupe h in. long, red, edible. 



medium size, bark grey ; branches long, grooved : 

 branchlets slender, often drooping : leaves 2-3 by 

 f-! j in., minutely fringed long pointed, stalks short 

 dilated at the base ; flowers scented, white or pinkish. 



4 in. long, in small biacteate 3 flowered clusters, 

 middle flower sessile, crowded, terminal, calyx hair}' 



5 ribbed, teeth 5, long fringed, persistent, corolla 

 funnel shaped, lobes 5, short, round, stamens 4 ; fruit 

 dry, oblong, crowned with the calyx lobes, 3-celled. 

 one-seeded. 



Lcnicera l:isP'.da> medium size, leaves hairy, nearly sessile, acute, 



Caprikoli.m>.«. 1.4 in. long, ovate ; flowers f in. long, each pair 



F. B. I ui. 11. Qn a single stalk in the axil of a leaf, bracts hairy. 



Himai:.y , 9-1:^,000 ft. ^ jj, j^^g boat-shaped, half concealing the flowers, 



bracteoles none, calyx ovoid, teeth uneven, corolla 

 \'h '^•y ^ i"*; gi'een, lobes 5, pink, nearly regular, 

 tubular, not two-lipped, stamens 5 ; berries red, 

 ovoid ^ in., distinct or united, heeds few. 



Marah (Collettj. 



