PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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Shrdbs with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves, 



Petals United. 



FeriPloca apliylla, 



Bata. 



« 

 Asclepiadace^. 



F. B. I. iv 13. 



The Plains. The Salt 

 range. 



branches as thick as a goose quill or less, smooth 

 or tips velvety, sometimes leafless ; leaves ^-^ in. 

 linear, thick ; flowei'S purple in opposite clustere, 

 branches of common stalk, short, thick, sepals 5, 

 broad, corolla ^-5 in. diam,, smooth externally, lobes 

 ovate, densely bearded above the middle internally, 

 coronal scales within corolla, fragrant, edible, tastes 

 like raisins, stamens in a column with 5 tips ; follicles 

 f by I in, woody, cylindrical, rigid ; seeds ^ in. oblong 

 with a tuft of hairs 1 in. long. 



Calotropis gigantea, 



Mudar, Ak. 



ABCLEPIADACE.a:. 



F. B. I iv. 17. 



Tlie Plains to 3,000 ft. 



large, bark pale, juice milky, acrid, young parts 

 white woolly ; leaves 4-8 by 1-3 ins., sessile ovate, 

 smooth whitish green above, cottony beneath ; flowers 

 in loose racemes or solitary, | 2 ins. diam., pink with 

 purple spots, calyx lobes 5, corolla lobes 4, spreading, 

 coronal scales ;"> within corolla, truncate hairy, 

 stamens joined into a column with 5 tips ; follicle 

 recurved, .S-4 ins. long, thick, wrinkled covered with 

 white wool ; seeds | inch broadly ovate with a tuft of 

 hairs. The milky juice forms a kind of Guttapercha; 

 the root bark is an emetic and cure for dysentery. 



Calotropis procera, 



Mudar, Ak. 

 Asclepiadace.*;. 

 F. B. i. iv. 18. 

 The Plains to 8,500 ft. 



like the last, but smaller, leaves larger, more oblong, 

 acute, flowers scented, eoroUa lobes erect, coronal, 

 scales acute, smooth or only velvety, follicles 4-5 ins., 

 seeds ovoid. 



OynaTlchnm Viace- ^ee Herbs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, Entire. 



tozicum, 



Oyuaaclllixa glaucum, see Herbs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, Entire, 



\ CT&ancll'azxi Jawe- see Herbs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, Entire. 



mo&tlaauis , 



