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Plants of the Punjab. 
SHRUBS WITH ALTERNATE STIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Prunus tomentosa, 
Rosacnm, 
BR. Bota als 
Kashmir, 5-6,000 ft. 
Prinsepia utilis, 
Bekhar, bekhal. 
Rosachs. 
F. B. I. ii. 323. 
Himalaya, 
4-8,000 it. 
Simla, Mashobra 
(Collett). 
Hazara (Barrett). 
Spireea bella, 
Kurkan. 
RosackEs. 
F. B. 1. i. 324. 
Himalaya, 
6-12,000 it. 
Simla, Mahasu, 
common (Collett). 
Spirzea canescens, 
Chakis. 
RosachA. 
F. B. I. ii. 825. 
Himalaya, 
6-12,000 it. 
Simla, Mashobra, 
common (Collett). 
Spireea vaccinifolia, 
Rosaces#. 
F, B. I. 11, 325, 
Himalaya, 
6-8,000 ft. 
Simla, Elysium Hill, 
Naldera, Shali 
(Collett). 
Hazara (Barrett). 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
medium size, branches slender, spreading, branch- 
lets woolly ; leaves 1-14 in., ovate-rounded, long-pointed, 
finely toothed, slightly hairy above, densely softly hairy 
beneath, ; stalk very short, hairy, stipules slender, segmented ; 
flowers axillary, shortly stalked, solitary, calyx-tube }i In., 
lobes oblong, pointed, petals small, white ; fruit scarlet,” 
oblong, hairy, pointed at first, blunt, flattened when ripe. 
medium size, straggling, smooth, spinous, spines often 
leafy, green, pith divided by partitions; leaves 14-5 by 
3-1} in., narrow, lanceolate, long- Pome) leathery, cane 
realy toothed, dark green, stalk 4-3 in., stipules minute, 
soon falling off ; flowers white, } in. diam., in short axillary 
racemes , petals 5, round, stamens many in several rows ; 
drupe 1-3 in., oblong, the minute point, the remains of the 
style, is quite on one side, purple with bloom like a plum, 
stone smooth, one- -seeded. Oil expressed from the seeds 
is used locally for food, illuminating, and as an external 
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remedy in rheumatism. 
medium size, branches erect, arching, slender or stout ; 
leaves }-2 in. long, broadly oblong, ovate, sharply irregu- 
larly toothed towards the tip, dark green above, waxy 
ebluish-green below, stipules small, soon falling off; flowers 
pink, rarely white, in broad terminal much branching 
clusters, petals round, stamens 50-60; fruit of 5 carpels, 
velvety, carpel } in., dark brown. 
medium size, softly hairy or Verreny branches grey, 
arching, densely leafy ; leaves }-2 by 4-3 in., ovate with tip 
broad, nearly sessile, toothed - towards the tip, rather 
leathery, stipules small, soon falling off; flowers } in. 
diam., white or pinkish, in small branched clusters at 
the end of many lateral branchlets, often all turned to 
one side, carpels 5, hairy when ripe, and partially sunk in 
the calyx. 
medium size, branches stiff, grey, hairy ; leaves 1-1} in. 
stalked, ovate, minutely toothed towards the tip, stipules 
small, soon falling off ; flowers } in. diam., white, in broad 
terminal branching woolly clusters, carpels 5, when ripe 
smooth, minute, half sunk in the hairy calyx. 
