690 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XIX. 



Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves, 

 Petals Ununited. 



Prunus prostrata, 



Paltu, tar a, ter, 



RoSACEiE. 



F. B. I. ii. 313. 



Himalaya, west of Sut- 

 lej, 5-10,000 ft. 



medium size, scraggy ; branches grey, spreading, 

 erect or prostrate ; leaves ^-1 in,, ovate-oblong, 

 rounded tip, toothed, smooth above, white and 

 woolly beneath, narrowed into the short stalk 

 flowers red, nearly sessile, solitary or clustered, ap- 

 pearing with the leaves, calyx tube ^ in., cylindric 

 with f) oblong blunt lobes, petals 5 round, longer than 

 the calyx, stamens many, style one ; fruit ^ in., 

 ovoid, purplish-red, hardly edible, dry, stone one. 



Frunus tomentosa, 



Rosacea. 

 F. B. I. ii. 314, 

 Kashmir, 5-6,000 ft. 



medium size, branches slender, spreading, branch - 

 lets woolly ; leaves 1-1^ ins., ovate-round, long- 

 pointed, finely toothed, slightly hairy above, densely 

 softly hairy beneath, stalk very short, hairy, stipules 

 slender segmented ; flowers axillary, shortly stalked, 

 solitary, calyx-tube \ in,, lobes oblong, pointed, 

 petals small, white ; fruit scarlet, oblong, hairy, 

 pointed at first, blunt, flattened when ripe. 



medium size, straggling, smooth, spinous, spines 

 often leafy, green, pith divided by partitions ; leaves 

 1^-5 by ^-li ins,, narrow lanceolate, long pointed 

 leathery, smooth, minutely toothed, dark green, stalk 

 i-| in., stipules minute, soon falling off ; flowers 



Prissepia ntilis, 



BeiihtT-y bekkal. 



ROSACK^. 



F. B. I ii. 823. 



Himalaya, -1-8,000 ft. 



Simla, Mashobra (Col- white, \ in. diam. in short axillary racemes, petals 



lett). 

 Hazara. (Barrett). 



5, round, stamens many in several rows ; drupe ^-j 

 ir. oblong, the minute point, the remains of the style, 

 is quite on one side, purple with bloom like a plum, 

 stone smooih, one-seeded. Oil expressed from the 

 seeds is used locally for food , illuminating and as an 

 external remedy in rheumatism. 



Spiraea bella, 



Eurkan 

 Rosacea 

 F. B. I. ii. 324. 

 Hi ma lav a, G-12,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mahasu, common 

 (Colleti). 



medium size, branches erect, arching slender or 

 stout ; leaves ^-2 ins. long, broadly oblong, ovate, 

 sharply irregularly toothed towards the tip, dark 

 green above, bluish green below, stipules small, soon 

 falling off ; flowers pink, rarely white, in broad ter- 

 minal much branching clusters, petals round, stamens 

 50-60 ; fruit of 5 carpels, velvety, carpel ^in,. dark 

 brown. 



