PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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Shrubs with Opposite Exstii'iti.ate Simi'lk Leavics. 



Petals United. 



slender, usually drooping spikes, often united into a 

 terminal branching raceme, fragrant, sessile, \-^ in. 

 long, calyx lobes 4, long, pointed, corolla white, turn- 

 ing to purple, lobes 4, short, stamens 4, short ; cap 

 sule ^ in. long, smooth. 



Tecoma unlulata, 



see Trees, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Fetalidium barlerioi- , ^ 



jgg small, finely velvety, stems several cylindric, bark 



ACANTHACE-i;. peeling in long papery strips ; leaves 2-4 ins. long. 



F. B. I.i(r. 416. ovate, toothed, acute; flowers pale blue or white, 



Himalaya, 1-3,000 ft. tinged with yellow solitary or in small clusters, bracts 



none, bracteoles 1 in. long, ovate, not veined, enclos- 

 ing the lower part of the flowers, sepals 5, linear, 

 corolla 1|-H ins. long, tube cylindric, hairy within, 

 corolla limb not two-lipped, 5 lobes, nearly equal, sta- 

 • mens 4 ; capsule A in., ovoid, flattened, usually two 



seeded. 



Dsedalaca&thus 

 nervosus, 



ACANTHACE^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 418. 

 Himalaya, l-;:,000 ft. 

 Sutlej Valley (Collett). 



medium size, roughly pubescent ; leaves 6 by 3 ins 

 ovate pointed ; flowers deep blue in short uninterrupt- 

 ed crowded spikes forming clusters, bracts j in. long, 

 ovate, long pointed, variegated green and white, con- 

 cave, enclosing the lower part of the flower, corolla 

 1| in. long, tube cylindric dilated near the top, corolla 

 limb not two-lipped, spreading, five-lobed, stamens 2 ; 

 capsule i in. solid, cylindric ; seeds 4, finely hairy. 



^icma&thera tomen- 

 tosa, 



Pat rang, banviaru. 

 ACANTHACE^, 

 F. B. I. iv 128. 

 Himalaya, 3-5,000 ft. 

 Valleys below Simla, 

 Subathu (Collett). 



small, stems hairy, grey or white ; leaves 2-4 by 1-2 

 in., acute shortly toothed, hairy above, white woolly 

 beneath ; flowers come out at intervals of 4-5 years, 

 pale blue or purple, sessile in small clusters along the 

 spreading branches of a terminal raceme, bracts and 

 bracteoles hairy glandular linear equal to the calyx : 

 corolla 1 in. long, tube cylindric widened near the 

 middle, limb ^ in. diam., lobes 5, :rounded, stamens 4. 

 style filiform, often divided ; capsule linear, ^ in. long, 

 splitting to the base, seeded to the bottom, seeds 6-S, 

 hairy when wetted. 



