PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



rm 



Shkubs with Altkunate Stipdlatk Simple Leaves. 

 Petals Ununited. 



Spiraea canescons, 



Chakix. 



KOSACE^. 



F. B. I. ii. 825. 



Himalaya, b-1 2.000 ft. 



medium size, softly hairy or velvety, branches 

 grey arching, densely leafy ; leaves ^-5 by i-i in., 

 ovate with tip broad, nearly sessile, toothed towards 

 the tip, rather leathery, stipules small, soon falling 

 off ; flowers white or pinkish, ?in, diam., in small 

 Simla, Masl.obra, com- branched clusters at the end of many lateral branch- 

 ^ ^' lets, often all turned to one side, carpels T), hairy, 



when ripe, and partially sunk in the calyx. 



Spiraea vaccinif slia, 

 Ros.\CE.a:. 

 F. B. I. ii, 325. 

 Himalaya, 6-8,000 ft, 

 Simla, Elysium Hill, 

 Naldora, Sliali (Collett). 

 Hazara (Barrett.) 



medium size, branches stiff grey hairy ; leaves 1-li 

 in, stalked ovate, minutely toothed towards the tip, 

 stipules small, soon falling oft' ; flowers white, i^in. 

 diam. in broad terminal branshing woolly clus- 

 ters ; carpels 5, when ripe smooth, minute, half sunk 

 in the hairy calyx. 



Oydonia vulgaris, 



The Quince, 



mhi. 



Rosace.^, 



F.B.I ii. 369. 



The Plains to 5,500 ft. 



medium size, bark black, branches many ; leaves 

 with smooth margin, stipules ovate, uneven-sided : 

 flowers solitary, white or pmk, large, woolly, bracts 

 leafy, toothed, sepals club-shaped, large, spreading, 

 toothed, petals 5, stamens 20, styles 5 ; fruit like an 

 apple, dented at the top and bottom, firm, fleshy 

 astringent, fragrant, 5 celled, seeds many. The seeds, 

 Bihidanah or Behdanah, are used as a demulcent 

 in dysentery in native practice, and an oil is also 

 expressed from the seeds. 



CratSBjus crcnnlata, 



Gin our u 



R08ACE.S. 



F. B.I. li 384. 



Himalaya, 2,500-8,000 ft. 



large, spiny, rigid, evergreen, leaves l-'2 ins., linear- 

 oblong, obtuse, minutely toothed, shining, very lea- 

 thei-y, stipules soon falling off ; flowers white, {-^in. 

 diam. on slender stalks in short, many -flowered 

 clusters at the end of bianchlets, calyx lobes o, 

 obtuse, petals 5, round, stalked, stamens many, car- 

 pels five ; drupe round, } in. diam. orange-red. 

 crowned with the calyx, five bony one-seeded nul 

 lets. 



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