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Plants of the Punjab. 
SHRUBS WITH ALTERNATE STIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Rhamnus triqueter, 
Gaunt, gudlet, 
phulla. 
RHAMNACEA. 
F. B. I. i. 689. 
Himalaya, 3-5,000 ft. 
Valleys below Simla 
(Collett). 
Hazara (Barrett). 
Sageretia theezans, 
Sageretia 
Brandrethiana, 
Ganger, bajan. 
RHAMNACES. 
F, B. I. i. 642. 
The Plains, west of 
Jhelum, Peshawar. 
Salt Range. 
Hazara (Barrett). 
Baluchistan 
(Boissier). . 
Crotalaria alata, 
LEGUMINOSS. 
T. B. 1. ii. 69. 
The Plains to 
5,000 ft. 
Crotalaria sericea, 
Sann. 
LEGUMINOSS. 
By Bi. 11. 75. 
The Plains to 
4,000 ft. 
Valleys below Simla 
(Collett). 
Crotalaria juncea, 
Taverniera 
nummularia, 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
medium size, not thorny, bark roughish, dark grey, 
thin, with elevated dots; leaves 3-6 by 1-24 in., ovate- 
oblong, long-pointed, finely toothed, smooth above, finely 
velvety beneath, stalk 2 in. long, stipules minute, soon 
falling ; flowers greenish in clusters on long branches of 
axillary racemes, 2-4 in. long, calyx lobes 5, triangular, 
petals 5, stalked, broad and notched at the apex, 
stamens 5, style 8-4 cleft ; fruit 3-lobed, rarely 3-cornered, 
4 in., seeds grooved. 
see Climbing Plants, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 
small, branches many, spinous; leaves nearly oppo- 
site, #-1 in., oblong with rounded ends, slightly toothed, 
smooth above, covered with dense white wool  be- 
neath, stalk very short, stipules small, soon falling ; flowers 
minute in terminal and axillary branching racemes, calyx 
5-fid, petals 5, stalked, hooded, stamens 5, stigmas 3; 
fruit + in. diam., ovoid, succulent, 3-lobed, black, 3- 
seeded, edible, sweet like the bilberry. 
small, densly hairy ; leaves 2-8 in. long, nearly sessile, 
ovate-oblong, tip rounded, thin, stipules forming wings 
running down the stem, persistent ; flowers in 2-3 flowered 
racemes on long, often leafy, lateral stalks, small, 2 in. 
long, calyx silky, 2-lpped, petals 5, pale yellow, hardly 
protruding from calyx, stamens 10 in one bundle, style 
long, bearded above; pod 14-1% in. long, long-stalked, 
linear-oblong, smooth, seeds 30-40. 
medium size, silky velvety, stem thick, grooved ; 
leaves 2-6 by 1-3 in., nearly sessile, ovate, tapering to 
the short stalk, tipped with a minute bristle, stipules small, 
leafy, persistent ; flowers 3-1 in. long in terminal racemes, 
20-40 flowered, 8-12 in. long, calyx 4 in. long, teeth 
lanceolate, petals yellow, nearly twice as long as the calyx, 
stamens and style like the last species ; pod 14-2 in. long, 
nearly smooth, stalked, seeds many. ‘The fibre is used for 
making cordage. 
gee Shrubs, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 
see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound, Leaf 
lets [hree. 
