694 JOURNAL. BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. Vol. XIX. 



Casearia ^raveolens, 



Chill I ^ n'irOy pimpri. 

 Samtdace^. 

 F. B, I. li., 592. 

 The Plain", cast 

 Obenab, to 5,0n0 ft. 



of 



Casearia tomentosa, 



Chala, bairi. 



Samydace>e. 



F. i'>. I. li 593. 



Tbe Plains to 3,000 ft. 



Suni. 



Mutlei Valley (Collett). 



Kahuta, Letrar (Donie). 



SffRUBS WITH Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals None. 



petals none, stamens 5-7, styles 2 : capsules minute, 

 in round heads, 1-H ins. diam,, woolly, splitting from 

 the top, outer coat woody, inner coat horny, separat- 

 ing from the outer, seed narrow, oblong, with rounded 

 ends. The twigs are used for basket-making and 

 form the twig bridges of Kashmir. 



large, bark dark grey with white specks, branchlets 

 smooth ; leaves 4-8 by 2|-4 ins., oblong, with rounded 

 ends or acute, minutely toothed, stalks i-J in. long, 

 stipules h in long, soon falling off ; flowers greenish 

 yellow, smooth, many clustered in the axils of leaves, 

 calyx 51obed, slightly velvety at the base, persistent, 

 petals none, stamens 8, alternating with scales, style 

 one, stigma simple or 3-fid ; capsule f in., three valved, 

 oblong, smooth, seeds with a fleshy coat. The fruit 

 is thrown into streams or tanks to poison fish. 



large, bark light grey to dark brown, branchlets 

 hairy ; leaves ?y-1 by l|-3 ins , oblong, hairy, minutely 

 toothed, stalks short, stipules minute, soon falling oft' ; 

 flowers hairy, greenish j^ellow, many clustered in the 

 axils of leaves, calyx four to five segments, hairy, 

 petals none, stamens 8, alternate with hairy scales, 

 style one, stigma simple or 3-fid ; capsule three- valved. 

 jf in. long, fleshy, yellow, six-ribbed when dry ; seeds 

 with a red coat. Tbe fruit is used as a diuretic. 



CallifOa'CllXl POlygO- large, branches many, slender, pale, nearly leafless ; 



noides, 



Pho'j, Phok. 

 P0LyG0NACB.a!. 



F. B.I.v. 22. 



The Plains. 



The Salt Range, 2,000 ft. 



leaves linear minute, stipules (ochrea) short ; flowers 

 solitary or few, with sheaths, stalks ^-^ in., sepals 5, 

 flat broad, red with broad white edges, stamens 12-18; 

 nuts oblong, 4-angled, hard, A-1 in. diam., covered 

 with many reddish brown stiff' bristles, seed 4-angled. 

 The flowers are cooked and eaten. 



Folygonuin chinense, 



Polygon A CEiE. 



F. B. I. V. 44. 



Himalaya, 4-8,000 f i 



Simla. 



The Glen (Collett). 



medium size, rambling, stems and branches many, 

 changing their course in a curve from joint to jomt, 

 angled, finely grooved ; leaves 5 by 1.^ ins., rough with 

 minute prickles, oblong-lanceolate, long pointed, stalks 

 shortly winged above, sometimes two-eared at the 

 base, stipules ;| in. long, tubular, white with long 



