Plants of the Punjab. 83 
SHRUBS WITH ALTERNATE STIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Jatropha curcas, 
Rattanjot, japhrota. 
KUPHORBIACER. 
Beebe vie $85¢ 
The Plains and 
Himalaya to 
3,000 ft. 
Bridelia stipularis, 
Parrottia 
Jacquemontiana, 
Kullar, pser. 
HAMAMELIDACE. 
Ba Be 1.11. 496; 
Kashmir, 
5-9,000 ft., 
common. 
Murree (Douie). 
Hazara (Barrett). 
Casearia graveolens, 
Chilla, naro, pumpri. 
SAMYDACEA. 
. By P5923 
The Plains, east of 
Chenab, to 5,000 ft. 
PETALS UNITED. 
large, bark grey, smooth, peeling in papery flakes, 
young parts hairy, juice milky ; leaves 4-6 by 8-5 in,, 
broadly heart-shaped, often 5-lobed, stalk 8-9 in. long, 
stipules with stiff hairs ; flowers yellow in terminal clusters, 
sepals 5, yellowish, corolla tubular, pale yellow, hairy within, 
lobes 5, in males stamens many, in females styles united, 
2-fid ; capsule 1-13 in. long, 3-lobed, oblong, seeds large, 
dark brown, smooth, oblong, purgative. The juice is some- 
times used to stop bleeding and cure spongy gums. 
see Climbing Plants, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 
PETALS NONE. 
large, stem stout, branches many, very like the hazel 
(Corylus colurna) ; leaves 2-8 in. diam., appearing with ~ 
- the flowers, round or broad-oblong, blunt, minutely toothed, 
stalk $ in. long, stipules large, soon falling off ; flowers very 
small, greenish-white, in sessile round heads, involueral, 
bracts petal-like, yellowish-white, # in. long, ovate with 
broad tips, calyx lobes 5-7, minute, woolly, oblong or 
linear-narrow, petals none, stamens 5-7, styles 2; capsules 
minute, in round heads, 1-13 in. diam., woolly, splitting 
from the top, outer coat woody, inner coat horny, separating 
from the outer, seed narrow-oblong, with rounded ends. 
The twigs are used for basket-making and form the twig 
bridges of Kashmir. The wood is hard and heavy and 
used for making walking sticks and bows. 
large, bark dark grey with white specks, branchlets 
smooth ; leaves 4-8 by 24-4 in., oblong, with rounded 
ends or acute, minutely toothed, stalks 1-3 in. long, stipules 
4 in. long, soon falling off ; flowers greenish-yellow, smooth, 
many clustered in the axils of leaves, calyx 5-lobed, slightly 
velvety at the base, persistent, petals none, stamens 8, 
alternating with scales, style one, stigma simple or 8-fid ; 
capsule ? in., 3-valved, oblong, smooth, seeds witha 
fleshy coat. The fruit is thrown into streams or tanks 
to poison fish. 
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