Plants of the Punjab. 59 
SHRUBS WITH Opposite ExstTIPpULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Saivadora persica, 
The Toothbrush 
Tree, 
Khaindu, hauryal. 
SALVADORACES. 
Bete. Lem. 619: 
The Plains. 
Baluchistan. 
Saivadora oleoides, 
Jal, peelu. 
SALVADORACEA. 
BeBe. 620: 
The Plains. 
Baluchistan (Stocks). 
Car ssa Carandas, 
Karaunda. 
APOCYNACES. 
Has. mie Ool: 
The Plains to 
5,000 ft. 
Carissa spinarum, 
APOCYNACER. 
fo btn. Gol, 
The Plains to - 
6,000 ft. 
Taberneemontana 
coronaria, 
Chandmn. 
APOCYNACE. 
B.-Ba Fy i.-646. 
The Plains. 
Nerium odorum, 
PETALS UNITED. . 
large, smooth ; leaves 12-23 in., ovate, blunt, fleshy ; 
flowers minute, greenish-white in branching racemes, longer 
than the leaves, scattered, calyx ., in., corolla #1, in., 
tube with sometimes 4 small teeth within at the base, lobes 
4, reflexed, stamens 4; drupe } in. diam., round, on 
the persistent calyx and corolla, pink, translucent, edible, 
seed 1, minute. Royle considers this to be the Mustard tree 
of the Bible. The bark is acrid and used as a native 
medicine. 
large, smooth ; leaves 2 by 4 in., narrow, grey green ; 
flowers like the last, but the racemes consist of axillary 
clusters of short spikes, shorter than the leaves, stalks 
rough from the crowded scars of the flowers that have 
dropped ; drupes clustered, } in., nearly sessile, yellow 
when ripe, sweet, much eaten, reddish brown when dried, 
and taste like currants. 
large, spinous, branches forking, rigid, thorns 2, 
simple or forked, at axils or nodes, 1-2 in. long, everywhere 
smooth except flower clusters ; leaves 14-3 in. long, broadly 
ovate, leathery, shining above, tip rounded or blunt; 
flowers white, scented, crowded in terminal clusters, 
calyx teeth 5, corolla tube 1-2 in., cylindric below, dilated 
above, lobes acute, about half as long as the tube, velvety ; 
berry ovoid, 4 in. long, red then black, polished, edible, 
4- or more-seeded. It is used as an antiscorbutic, also 
in curries, chutnies and jellies. 
like the last, but small, bark light grey, branches 
forked with smaller acute leaves and a smaller 2-seeded 
berry. . 
large, smooth, bark silver grey, branches forking ; 
leaves 4-6 by 1-14 in., shining above, pale beneath, 
gather leathery, margins waved; flowers 1-14 in. diam., 
pure white, fragrant, often double, calyx persistent, lobes 
5, corolla tube #-1 in. long, slightly inflated in the middle, 
mouth glandular, lobes blunt, margins overlapping to 
the left, curled, stamens 5, short ; follicles 1-8 in., cylindrical, 
somewhat fieshy, spreading, recurved, 8-ribbed, seeds 
3-6, oblong, striated, with a red fleshy covering. 
see Shrubs, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 
