PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



G97 



Shrubs witu Ar/rERNAXE Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals None. 



stamens 3, in females styles 3, re6exed ; capsule |„ in, 

 indented, round, smooth, with a hard and brittle shell, 

 Seeds rough. 



Baliospermum 

 azillarc, 



DntU iiaiiuii. 

 EuPHORBIACB.aE. 

 F. B. I. V. 4(;i. 

 Himalaya, 2-3,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



medium size, stem stout, branching from the base, 

 nearly smooth ; leaves upper 2-3 ins., small, lanceolate 

 lower G-l'i ins., large, oblong, ovate or rounded, 

 sinuate toothed or 5-lobed, stalk thick, of upper 

 leaves short, of lower as long as the blade, stipules of 

 two glandular processes ; flowers males and females 

 in many axillary racemes, small, in males sepals 4-6, 

 orbicular, stamens 10-30, in females sepals 5-8, 

 lanceolate, styles 3, 'i-fid ; capsule ^-h in. long, of three 

 two-valved cells, seeds oblong, smooth, mottled. The 

 oil from the seeds and the powdered seeds are used 

 in native medicine as a drastic purgative. 



large, bark smooth, yellowish-brown, spines axillary,, 

 straight, thick ; leaves 2-3 ins. long, oblong with round- 

 EUPHORBIACE.S;. ed ends or tip broad, blunt or short pointed, margin 



r.B. I V. 4Jl. smooth, surfaces smooth, stipules minute, stalk short 



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round heads, solitary or two or three together, male 

 heads \ in.diam., bracteolate, sepals 4, concave blunt, 

 stamens 4, female heads j in, diam , sepals 4, fleshy : 

 fruit one to two seeded, lobed, berry i in. diam.. 

 velvety. 



Flecospormum 

 spinosuxn, 



to S,000 ft. 



Ficus clavata, 

 Ueticace^. 

 F. B. I v. .520. 

 Himalaya to 4,500 ft. 

 Babantpur (Collett). 



Ficus palmata, 



Boehmoria platy- 

 phylla, 



Pouzolzia vlmi&ea, 



URTICACE.i:. 



F. B. I. V. £81. 

 Himalaya to 5,000 ft. 



large, shoots rough ; leaves 4-8 ins. long, oblong, 

 long pointed, smooth, toothed, stalks \-^ in., stipules 

 5 in. lanceolate ; fruit a fig, round with a knob, or 

 ovoid and broad at the top, i in. diam., uneven surface., 

 axillary, solitary, stalk I in, long. 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Lobed. 

 see Shrubs, Opposite, Stipulate, Simple. 



large, bark rough, grey, thin stringy, branches slender, 

 branchlets velvety or with hairs, stiff, and Ijing in 

 lines ; leaves |-5 by 3-l:f ins,, oblong or lanceolate 

 toothed, long pointed, smooth or slightly hairy above 



