PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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SUROUS WITH AlTEKNATE STIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 



Petals United. 



Si&a rhombifolia 



Sida cordifolia. 



see Herbs, Erect. Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 

 Toothed. 



see Herbs, Erect. Alternate, Stipulate. Simple. 

 Toothed. 



Abutilon graveolens, see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple, 



Entire. 



Hibiscus hirtus, 



Hibiscus Eosa sine* 



asis. 



Shoo flox7er, 



Ja*u in^ anghnrcB-hiniii. 



Malvace^. 



F. H. I. 1.-6U. 



The Plains to 5,000 ft. 



Plumbago zoylaniea, 

 Jatrcpha curcas, 



liattaiij ty j'ij)hrvta. 

 EuPHORBIACK-a:. 

 F. B. I V. 383 

 The Plains and Himalaya 

 to 3,0u0 ft. 



Par.'^ttia Jac^uemon- 

 tiana, 



Kill I r po»er. 



Hamamelidace^e. 



F. B.I ii.42n. 



Kashtuir, rj-9,000 ft. 



common. 

 Mnrreti (D^uie). 

 Hazara (Barret). 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Lobed. 



medium size, woody, branched, not prickly ; leaves 

 ovate, long pointed, nearly smooth, toothed at the 

 apex, stipules sword-shaped ; flowers red, 3 in. diam., 

 on stalks longer than the leaves, axillary, bracteoles 

 6-7, linear, half the length of the calyx, calyx bell- 

 shaped, sepals r^ in., lanceolate, united below the mid- 

 dle, corolla of 5 petals, united to the staminal tube, 

 staminal tube longer than the corollas, and of many 

 filaments, styles 5, spreading ; capsule roundish many 

 seeded, but does not seed in India, The petals were 

 used to blacken shoes, hence the name, Shoe flower. 



see Hei'bs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple, 

 Entire. 



large, bark grey, smooth, peeling in papery flakes, 

 young parts hairy, juice mUky, loaves 4-G by 3-5 

 ins,, broadly heart-shaped often 5 lobed, stalk 3-9 

 ins. long, stipules with stiff hairs ; flowers yellow in 

 terminal clustei-s, sepals 5, yellowish, corolla tubular, 

 pale yellow, hairy within, lobes 5, in males stamens 

 many, in females styles united 2-fid ; capsule 1-1^ ins. 

 long, 3-lobed, oblong, seeds large, dark brown, smooth, 

 oblong, purgative. The juice is sometimes used to 

 slop bleeding and cure spongy gums. 



Petals None. 



large, stem stout, branches many, very like a hazel 

 (Corjluts colurna) ; leaves 2-3 ins. diam., appearing 

 with the flowers, round or broad oblong, blunt, 

 minutely toothed, stalk i in. long, stipules large, soon 

 falling off , flowers very small, greenish-white, in 

 sessile round heads, involucral bracts petal-like, yellow- 

 ish-white, ^ in. long, ovate with broad tips, calyx 

 lobes fj-T, minute, woolly, oblong or linear-narrow 



