Plants of the Punjab. 61 
SHRUBS WITH OpposITE EXxsTIPULATE SIMPL LEAVES. 
Leptadenia spartium, 
Kp. 
ASCLEPIADACER. 
hob laive G4. 
The Plains. 
Baluchistan (Lace). 
Orthanthera viminea, 
Kvp, mahur. 
ASCLEPIADACE. 
Beebe five 64; 
The Plains to 
3,000 ft. 
Buddleia paniculata, 
Chiti bor, dholeu. 
LOGANIACE. 
a Bae Deo 
Himalaya, 
4-7,000 ft. 
Simla, Fagu, 
Matiana (Collett). 
Baluchistan 
(Boissier). 
Buddleia asiatica, 
Bana. : 
Hoje Ls rv 82: 
The Plains to 
5,000 ft. 
Tecoma undulata, 
PETALS UNITED. 
small, smooth, with long erect twiggy branches, some- 
times leafless; leaves few, 3-4 by 4 in., narrowly linear, 
shortly stalked, leathery ; flowers } in. diam., dirty yellow 
white, in solitary or double clusters of several flowers, 
corolla rotate like the spokes or a wheel, thick, velvety 
on both surfaces, calyx lobes obtuse, minute scales be- 
tween the corolla lobes, staminal tube with a wavy ring 
round it ; follicles 5 by 4 in., solitary by abortion, cylindric, 
straight, with a long slender beak, seeds $4 in. long with 
a tuft of hairs, ovoid. The branches are used in Sind to 
make well ropes. 
small, with erect twiggy branches, generally leafless ; 
leaves 2 by 4 in., very few, on branches near the ground 
not on flowering branches ; flowers }-1 in. long, in woolly 
stalked clusters, calyx lobes lanceolate, corolla 4} in. 
long, flat topped, not rotate, lobes erect, brownish-orange, 
minute scales between the lobes, staminal tube with a 
wavy ring round it; follicles 5 in. long, solitary, linear, 
seeds £ in. long with a tuft of very fine silky hairs 4 in. 
long. Near Delhi the fibre is used to make ropes. 
large, bark thin, pale grey, peeling off in long pieces ; 
leaves 5 by 2 in., ovate or oblong, upper ones lanceo- 
late, lower toothed, white, woolly beneath, united by a 
slight ridge across the branchlet ; flowers }in. long, frag- 
rant, in interrupted leafy branching racemes, usually 
terminal on branches, calyx lobes 4, persistent, blunt, 
corolla tube pink orange inside, lobes 4, blue (some- 
times the flower is white or pink), stamens 4, very short ; 
capsule } in. long, ovoid, woolly, seeds many. 
medium size, bark thin, grey, ends of branches 
densely clothed with short white wool; leaves 8-6 by 
1-15 in., lanceolate, smooth and dark green above, dense 
short white wool beneath, united across the branchlets 
by a slight ridge ; flowers 4-4 in. long, fragrant, sessile, 
crowded in long, slender, usually drooping spikes, often 
united into a terminal branching raceme, calyx lobes 
4, long-pointed, corolla white, turning to purple, lobes 4, 
short, stamens 4, short ; capsule } in. long, smooth. 
see Trees, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 
