PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



087 



Shrubs wr-ni Altkunate Stii'Dl.vtk Simple Lravkp. 

 Petals Ununited. 



Zizyplins osyphylla, 



Phitiii. 



Rhamnace^. 

 r. B. I. i. 6}*. 

 Himalaya, 1-7,000 ft. 

 Simla Mahasu (Oolietfc). 

 Hazara (Barrett). 

 Kawulpindi. 



ZizTPhus CSnoplia, 



3laki>h. 

 Khamnace^. 

 F.B. I. i. 634. 

 'llie Plains. 



Serchemia fiori- 

 bunda, 



Eeichcmia lineata, 



RH.\MNACK^. 



F. B. I. i. 638. 

 Himalaya, 4-7,000 ft. 



Sercliemia 

 EdgowortMi, 

 Bhamnace^. 

 F.B. I. i. (i38. 

 Himalaya 7-8,')00 ft. 



Ehamuus psrsicus, 



Ntiilii kandfr. 



Rhamnace.*;. 

 F. B.I. i 638. 

 Salt ran»e. 

 Himalaya, 2-5,000 ft. 



medium size, bark brown, thin ; leaves 1-2 by ji-lj 

 in., ovate-lancoolatc, sharp-pointed, finely toothed, 

 thin, smooth, stalk slender, stipular prickles two. 

 slender, one straight ^ in. long, the other cm-ved ; 

 flowers in clusters in axils of leaves, greenish, petals 

 5, stamens 5, styles 2 : drupe [ in, long, ovoid, fleshy, 

 2 seeded, rarely one-seeded, black, very acid, stone 

 thin, flattened. 



medium size, bark rough, dark grey, branches long, 

 straggling, often climbing, young parts covered with 

 rusty velvet ; leaves 1-2 by J-l in., ovate-lanceolate, 

 unequal sided, very slightly and minutely toothed, 

 smooth above, rusty velvety beneath, stalk short, 

 stout, stipular prickles solitary, very short, curved : 

 flowers in short clusters, smooth within, calyx woolly 

 without, petals 5, inversely triangular, hood shaped, 

 bent down, stamens 5, styles 2, drupe \ in. diam., one or 

 rarely two-celled, round or ovoid, black. 



see Climbing Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



small, bark smooth, shining, young shoots minutely 

 velvety ; leaves j-1 in. long, ovate or nearly round, 

 nearly sessile, stipules bristle-like, very small ; flowers 

 i-| in,, 2 or 3 clustered, axillary or terminal, petak 5, 

 linear, lanceolate, stamens 5, style one ; fruit ovoid 

 i-J- in. long, succulent, blue, the base held by the 

 calyx, two-seeded. 



small, very like the last species, but with smooth 

 branches, larger leaves, flowers with six petals, stipules 

 \ in. long, and fruit § in. long. 



large, trunk short, ash coloured, with stiff, often 

 spinous branches ; leaves i-2 ins., clustered, when on 

 arrested branchlets, ovate, or oblong, toothed or not. 

 woolly beneath, shortly stalked, stipules minute, soon 

 falling ; flowers few, shortly stalked in axillary 

 clusiers. calyx lobes 4, petals 4, small, linear, stamens 

 4, style 4 branched ; fruit \ in. diam., top shaped, 2-4- 

 cjelled, held below by the calyx. 



