74 
Planis of the Punjab. 
SHRUBS WITH ALTERNATE STIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Melhania 
Hamiltoniana, 
var. abutiloides, 
STERCULIACEA. 
BAB a. O15. 
The Plains. 
Melhania 
futteyporensis, 
STERCULIACE. 
Ree oe Bae 
The Plains. 
Tret, Choa Saidan 
Shah (Douie). 
Melhania 
tomentosa, 
STERCULIACER. 
41.1. 878. 
The Plains. 
Grewia populifolia, 
Ganger, shikart 
mewa. 
TILIACE A. 
F. B. I. 1. 885. 
The Plains. 
Rawalpindi. 
Baluchistan 
(Boissier). 
Grewia salvifolia, 
Gargas, bather. 
TILIACE A, 
I’. B. I. i. 886. 
The Plains. 
Rawalpindi. 
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PETALS UNUNITED. 
small, white felted, branches spreading ; leaves 2-3 in. 
long, roundish-ovate, base deeply notched, apex long- or 
short -pointed, unequally toothed, velvety on both surfaces, 
leaf stalk 1 in., stipules bristly, equal in length to the leaf 
stalk ; flowers yellow, 1-3, on axillary and terminal stalks, 
twice the length of the leaf stalks, bracteoles ovate-cordate, 
longer than the calyx, edges turned over, sepals 5, lance- 
olate, tipped with a sharp hard point, silky, petals 5, ovate 
with a broad tip, much longer than the sepals, withering 
before falling off, stamens 10, alternate ones fertile, united 
below into a very short tube, styles 5, united below ; capsule 
ovoid, shorter than the sepals, silky, 5-valved, seeds many, 
oblong. 
like the last species, but velvety, leaves oblong, long- 
pointed, a little larger, bracteoles equal to the sepals, cap- 
sule a little shorter than the senals. 
like the last species, but white felted, leaves smaller, 
oblong-lanceolate, thinly hairy with stellate hairs above, ° 
flower stalks terminal, about equal to the leaves, bracteoles 
shorter than the sepals, edges not turned down, flowers 
much smaller, seeds rough, angled. 
medium size, much branched, stellately hairy on 
young parts; leaves 3-14 in. long, variable, leathery, 
small toothed, smooth, stalk 4} in. ; flowers white on soli 
tary or 2-flowered stalks, opposite the leaves, sepals 
3-3 in. long, petals notched, shorter than the sepals, stamens 
many, style one; drupes yellowish, 2-to 4 -lobed, lobe 
size of a small pea, orange red, stones 1 to 4, 1-to 
9-celled, edible. 
large, bark grey, white velvety on young parts ; leaves 
21 by 14 in., nearly smooth above, white velyety beneath, 
margin smooth or minutely toothed, stalk } in., stipules 
1 in., linear, pointed; flowers yellow on 2 in. stalks, 
clustered in twos or threesin the axils of leaves, sepals 
}in,, linear, petals }in,, divided, stamens many, style one; 
drupe 1-to 4-lobed, small, not succulent, edible. 
