112 
Plants of the Punjab. 
SHRUBS WITH ALTBRNATE EixsTIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Tamarix galliea, 
Tamarisk, 
Jhau, pilcha, lar. 
TAMARISCINEAS. 
F. B. 1.1. 248. 
The Plains. 
Delhi, Lahore. 
Tamarix salina, 
Ghwa. 
TAMARISCINER. 
Hrs.d.1..248. 
North-West 
Frontier Province. 
Hsakheyl. 
Tamarix dicica, 
Kachlei, panj- 
puichi. 
TAMARISCINE. 
6.1.1. 249, 
The Plains. 
Myricaria germanica, 
Ghaz, bis, humbu. 
TAMARISCINEZ. 
FP B13, 250. 
Hazara, 7-8,000 ft. 
(Barrett). 
Skimmia Laureola, 
Ner, barru. 
RuTAcEas. 
FB; 1.4. 499. 
Himalaya, 
6-10,000 ft. 
Simla, Mahasu 
(Collett). 
Murree, Hazara 
(Barrett). 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
large, branches slender, jointed ; leaves minute, scale- 
like, not sheathing, overlapping at first, distant later, 
usually green ; flowers } in. diam., shortly stalked, crowd- 
ed in long slender spiked branched racemes, white or pink, 
bracts shorter than the flowers, half sheathing, membran- 
ous, short-pointed, sepals persistent, triangular, blunt, 
petals longer than the sepals, stamens 5, styles 3 ; capsules 
in. long, narrowed from an ovoid base. 
medium size, smooth, bluish-green, leaves minute, 
scale-like, heart-shaped, somewhat sheathing, bracts equal- 
ling the flowers in length, linear, stigmas sessile ; in other 
respects like the last species. The twigs of this and the 
other species are used for weaving baskets. The galls 
are used in tanning and the manna as a mild aperient. 
small, branches long, drooping ; leaves minute, scale- 
like, sheathing, greyish-green with a broad white margin, 
smooth, long-pointed ; flowers in two sexes, purple-pink in 
rather short compact stalked spikes, bracts nearly as long 
as the flowers, triangular, long-pointed, reddish-brown, 
stamens 10, styles 3; capsule oblong, tapering, twice as 
long as the withered sepals and petals. 
medium size, branches many, parallel to the stem, 
stem slender, with fine parallel lines, with bluish-green 
waxy gloss when young; leaves small, lnear-lanceolate ; 
flowers small, pink-purple, on short stalks in lateral or 
terminal spike-like racemes, 1-18 in. long, bracts ovate- 
lanceolate, three to four times as long as the short flower 
stalks, with broad thin margins, sepals 5, ununited, lan- 
ceolate, equal in length to the petals, petals 5, stamens 10, 
alternately long and short, united for half their length, 
stigmas 8, sessile ; seeds many, with a tuft of hairs, usually 
stalked. 
small, strongly aromatic, evergreen, bark white, 
stringy ; leaves 3-6 in. long, oblong, lanceolate, smooth, 
gland-dotted, shining, crowded at the end of branches ; 
flowers male and female 4 in. diam., white or yellow, in 
crowded erect terminal branching racemes, 14-2 in. long, 
calyx 5-lobed, persistent, petals 4-5, oblong, much longer 
than the calyx, stamens 4-5, imperfect in female flowers, 
stigma 2-5-lobed ; drupe 3-3 in. long, red, ovoid, with 
mh sa stones. The leaves are used for flavouring 
food, 
