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PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



A BRIEF DESCRIPTIVE KEY TO THE FLORA OF THE PUNJAB, 

 NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE AFD KASHMIR. 



• BY 



Lieut.-Colonel C; J. Bamber, f.l.s., 

 Indian Medical Service- 



Fart 111. 



(Continued from page 86, of this Volume), 



Erect Shkdbs. 



Shrubs with Opposite Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals Ununited. 



Ssr^ia o&orata, 



Elatine^. 

 F. B. I i. 251. 

 The Plains. 



small, one foot or less high, widely spreading 

 glandular hairy, bark papery peeling ; leaves ^'^-^ in. 

 sessile, thick, ovate, margins minutely toothed, often 

 reflexed ; flowers I in. long on bare branches in 

 bunches, sepals and petals 5, stamens 10, styles 5 ; 

 capsule 5-celled, setds many, minute, curved. 



Borgia aestivosa, 

 Elatine^. 

 F. 3. I. i. 251. 

 The I latns. 

 Multan. 



Euonymus Hamilton- 

 ianus, 



Siki, Kingi, naga. 

 F. B. 1. i. 612 

 Himalaya, 5-6,U00 feet. 



small, much like the last, but not glandular hairy, 

 much brauched, branches slender, widely diverging, 

 flowers solitary or 2-4 together, pink, sepals lanceo- 

 late with membranous margins. 



smooth, thin 

 soon falling oft 



large, bark thick corky ashy grey ; leaves dull green, 

 2-6 by ^-1| in ., oblong, long pointed, finely toothed, 

 f stalk ^ inch long ; stipules fringed, 

 flowers in short clusters, 5 in. diam., 

 greenish white, sepals 4-.0, petals 4-5, margin rolled 

 under, stamens 4-5, styles short ; capsule |-g in. long, 

 top shaped, deeply 3-4 lobed, yellow when ripe, seeds 

 one to two in each cell, enclosed in a red fleshy coat. 



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Sag'erotil OpPOSitifOla see Climbing Shrubs, Opposite, Stipulate, Simple. 



