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Plants of the Punjab. 
SHRUBS WITH OpposiTE EXxsTIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Eupatorium 
cannabinum, 
Hemp Agrimony, 
CompositTa. 
F. B. 1. i. 248. 
Himalaya, 
8-11,000 ft. 
Nyctanthes 
Arhor-tristis, 
Harsingar. 
OLEACES. 
F. B. I. in. 603. 
The Plains, Valleys 
below Simla 
(Collett). 
Syringa persica, 
Persian Lilac, 
OLEACER. 
¥. B. IL. i. 604. 
West Kashmir, 
8,000 ft. 
Syringa Emodi, 
Banphant, loli. 
OLEACES. 
F. B. I. i. 605. 
Himalaya, 
9-12,000 ft. 
Narkanda, Baghi 
(Collett). 
Ligustrum 
compactum, 
OLEACE. 
F. B. 1. in. 616. 
Himalaya, 5,000 ft. 
Valleys below 
Simla. Koti, 
Khogua (Collett). 
flat, circular, 4-2 in. diam., splitting into two. 
PETALS UNITED. 
medium size, velvety ; leaves 4 by 1} in., sessile, in 
pairs, sometimes in circles, lanceolate, toothed ; flowers 
whitish in heads, } im. long, arranged in compact rounded 
clusters, inner bracts sharp, flowers all tubular, with 
pappus as in the last species. 
large, rough, hairy, branches 4-angled; leaves 
3-4 in., ovate, rough; flowers sessile, in clusters of 3 
to 7 forming branching racemes, fragrant, bracts 2, 
ovate, calyx ! in., corolla summit flat, circular, lobes 6, 
divided into two, margin jagged, white, tube } in. long, 
cylindric, bright orange, stamens 2, very short; capsule 
The flowers 
are used asadye. The plant is considered by the Hindus 
to be sacred. 
large, smooth ; leaves 1 in., acute, lanceolate, smooth, 
sometimes pinnatifid or pinnate ; flowers in terminal com- 
pound racemes, scented, corolla lilac or white, summit 
flat, circular, lobes 4, tube $ in., stamens 2; capsule 4-4 
in. by } in., cylindrical, 4-ribbed, seeds winged. 
large, young parts velvety ; leaves 24-5 by 1-2 in., 
ovate, acute, smooth, pale beneath ; flowers in terminal 
branching racemes densely flowered, small, white, scented, 
corolla summit circular, lobes 4, long-pointed, tips turned 
in, tube ;*; in., cylindric, stamens 2 ; capsule cylindric, # in. 
long, seeds flat, winged. 
large, smooth, bark grey, branches sometimes dotted 
with small corky excrescences; leaves 8-5 by 1-2 in., 
lanceolate, rounded at both ends, leathery, shining above ; 
flowers small, white, nearly sessile in large terminal 
branching racemes, 4-6 in. long, corolla funnel-shaped, lobes 
4, stamens 2; fruit + in. long, many, cylindric, often 
curved. 
