82 
Plants of the Punjab. 
SHRUBS 
Cotoneaster 
nummularia, 
RosacEm. 
F. B. 1. 11. 886. 
Kashmir, 
5 -11,000 ft. 
Baluchistan 
(Boissier). 
Cotoneaster 
microphylla, 
Sida spinosa, 
Sida grewioides, 
Sida rhombifolia, 
Sida cordifolia, 
Abutilon graveolens, 
Hibiscus hirtus, 
Hibiscus 
rosa-sinensis, 
Shoe flower, 
Jasum, 
angharehindt. 
MALVACE®. 
F. B. I. 1. 344. 
The Plains to 
5,000 ft. 
Baluchistan 
( Hughes-Buller). 
Plumbago zeylanica, 
with ALTERNATE STIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVEs. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
small, straggling, nearly prostrate, branches thick, 
woody, dividing widely ; leaves 4-14 in., round or with the 
blade wider at the tip, white or densely woolly beneath, 
falling off in the winter, stipules minute, bristle-like, soon 
falling off; flowers small, white, in crowded very short, 
woolly 2- to 5-flowered clusters, calyx usually woolly, 
petals 5, round, stamens 20, styles 2-5.; fruit small, round, 
black, crowned by the calyx. 
see Prostrate Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 
PETALS UNITED. 
see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple, Toothed. 
see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple, Entire. 
see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple, 
Toothed. 
see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple, 
Toothed. 
see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple, Entire. 
see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Lobed. 
medium size, woody, branched, not prickly ; leaves 
ovate, long-pointed, nearly smooth, toothed at the apex, 
stipules sword-shaped; flowers red, 8 in. diam., on 
stalks longer than the leaves, axillary, bracteoles 6-7, 
linear, half the length of the calyx, calyx bell-shaped, 
sepals # in., lanceolate, united below the middle, corolla 
of 5 petals, united to the staminal tube, staminal tube 
longer than the corolla and of many filaments, styles 5, 
spreading ; capsule roundish, many seeded, but does not 
seed in India. ‘The petals were used to blacken shoes, 
hence the name, Shoe flower, they are also used as a 
demuleent. 
see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, simple, Entire. 
