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PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



A BRIEF DESCRIPTIVE KEY TO THE FLORA OF THE PUNJAB 

 NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE AND KASHMIR. 



uv 

 Lieut.-Colonel C. J. Ba3IBEr, f.l.s., 



Indian Medical Service. 



Part IV. 



(Continued from page 398 of this Volume. j 



Shrubs with Alteknate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals Ununited. 



Oapparis spinosa, 

 The Caper, 



Kakr'i^ kander. 

 Cappaeid^ce^. 

 F. B.I.i. 173. 

 Tbe Plains to 5,000 ft. 

 Sutlej Valley (Collett). 

 Choa Saidan Shab, 

 (Donie). 



Capparis apliylla, 



Kuril ^ hirra. 

 •'APPAEIDACEiE. 

 F. 8. I. i. 175. 

 The Plains. 



Capparis sepxaria, 



ffiungar/ia^ hius. 



Oapparidace^. 



F. B. I. i. 177. 



The PJains lu 2,000 U. 



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small, trailing, young parts with yellowish white 

 wool ; leaves 1 -2 ins. long, broadly ovate, thick, abrupt- 

 ly terminating in a sharp point, stipules of two 

 spmes, straight or curved; flowers solitary, 1-3 ins 

 diam., white fading to purple, sepals 4, unequal con' 

 cave, petals 4, 1 in. long, stamens many, longer' than 

 the petals, purple ; berry fleshy, ribbed, 1-3 ins lona 

 red inside when ripe. Buds and unripe fruit pickled 

 as a condiment, and ripe fruit eaten raw. 



large, much branched, branches smooth, slender • 

 leaves (only on young shoots) ^-^ in. long, slender 

 ending gradually in a sharp point, soon falhn- off" 

 stipules two. sharp, straight spines; flowers in "short' 

 clusters on lateral short shoots, pinkish-yellow 1 iu 

 diam.; fruit i-| in. long, smooth, long beaked red 

 when npe. Buds and unripe fruit pickled as a 'con- 

 diment. 



medium size, sometimes climbing, wiry, st-a-alin.. 

 branches woolly, stem thorny ; leaves green, variable' 

 m .shape, usually .f 1^ ins. long, ovate, smooth above- 

 downy beneath ; flowers ^A in. diam., white, in clusters' 

 with stalks, radiating from one point, petals narrov 

 oblong ; berry i in. dium., round, black when ripe, one 

 seeded. 



