^^Q JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HiSTOIiY SOCIETY, Vol. XIX. 



Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves, 



Triumfetta 

 folia, 



Tiliace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 395. 

 Tho Plains. 



rotundi- 



S.eiuwardtia tri^yna, 



and 

 Si. tetra^yxia, 

 Susli fiaz, 



Basanty bal basant. 



LlNEiE. 



F. B. I. i. 412. 



Himalaya, 3-6,000 ft. 



Rawulpindi. 



Hazar.-i (Barrett). 



ZizTPlms Jtijuba; 



Zizyphus nummu- 

 laria, 



Jhar-beri. 



Khamnaceai. 



F. B. I. i. 633. 



The Plains to 3,000 ft. 



Zizyplius vulgaris, 



Sinjli. 



Rhamnace^. 



F. B. J.i. 633. 



The Plains to 6,50{» It. 



Hazara (Barrett). 



li.'iwnlpindi. 



Petals Ununited. 



small, with rough stellately hairy herbaceous stems ; 

 leaves 1^ ins. long, nearly round, nearly smooth 

 above, cream coloured, woolly beneath, leathery, un- 

 equally toothed ; flowers in irregular-spaced racemes, 

 yellow, sepals with sharp points, white- woolly, petals 

 5, oblong hairy at the base, stamens 16-25. style 

 thread like, stigma 5 toothed ; fruit- globular, about 

 the size of a pea, velvety with hooked spines with 

 dilated bases, seeds 1-2 in each cell. 



small, tufted, erect, also with prostrate, stout, soft, 

 rooting branches ; leaves 1-3 ins., narrowed into 

 slender stalks, rounded and short pointed tips or 

 lanceolate, long pointed with minute teeth, stipules 

 minute, awl-shaped, and soon falling off : flowers 

 yellow in axillary or terminal clusters, sometimes 

 solitary. 1 in. across, look like primroses, sepals 5, 

 green, lanceolate, long pointed, petals 5, twisted, soon 

 falling off, much longer than the sepals, stamens 5, 

 united below with alternating staminodes, styles 3-4 ; 

 capsule papery, size of a pea, much shorter than the 

 sepals, splitting into 6-8 cells, seeds curved. 



see Trees, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



thorny, branches grey, branchlets in two rows, 

 hairy when young ; leaves i-l in. long, ovate to 

 round, minutely toothed, dark green and velvety 

 above, pale and densely woolly beneath, stipules are 

 two prickles, one straight slender, the other bent 

 down hooked : flowers small, yellow-green in axillary 

 short clusters, which are less than i in., petals 5, bent 

 down, stamens 5, styles 2-3 ; fruit round, red or black, 

 fleshy, nearly i in. diam., with a woody two-celled 

 stone ; this sweet acid fruit is eaten. 



large, branches spreading and stiff, often without 

 thorns ; leaves f -2^ ins., ovate, unequal-sided, finely 

 toothed, smooth on both sides, stipular prickles, two 

 stout, one straight 1 in. long, the other curved ; 

 flowers few, greenish, clustered, axillary, petals 5, 

 hood-shaped, bent down, stamens 5, styles 2-3 ; fruit 

 round or oblong, succulent, red or black shining. 



