Cherailu, sarngar, 
gaggar yurmi. 
HRICACER. 
F. B. I. iu. 466. 
Himalaya, 
9-14,000 ft. 
The Chor (Collett). 
Marali. 
Rhododendron 
lepidotum, 
Talisfur, talisrv. 
ERICACES. 
Hob, Lin. 471. 
Himalaya, 
8-15,000 ft. 
Simla, Jacko, Hattu 
(Collett). 
Marali. 
Rhododendron 
Anthopogon, 
Nichi, kai zaban, 
tazak tzun. 
ERICACES. 
BB. 0 1. 472. 
Himalaya, 
11-16,000 ft. 
The Chor (Collett). 
Marali. 
Mesa indica, 
Myrsine africana, 
Bebrang, kakhum, 
shamshad. 
MyRsINEz&. 
F. B. I. i. 611. 
Salt Range. 
Himalaya, 
1-8,500 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Murree (Douie). 
118 Plants of the Punjab. 
SHRUBS WITH ALTERNATE EXsrTIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
PETALS UNITED. 
Rhododendron medium size, bark thin, grey; leaves 8-5 in. long, 
campanulatum, oblong, rounded at both ends, crowded at the end of 
branches, leathery, dark green, smooth above, cinna- 
mon-felted beneath; flowers mauve, in large clusters, 
stalks as long as the corolla tube, bracts silky, calyx 
teeth broadly triangular, small, corolla bell-shaped, 1-13 
by 4-1 in., lobes 5, stamens 10; capsule cylindrical, 1 in. 
long, curved, seeds linear, oblong, flattened. The powdered 
leaves are mixed with tobacco and used as snuff in colds. 
small, scented, young parts covered with silvery and 
golden scales, branches rough ; leaves ?-1 in. long, ovate 
with broad tips, base narrow, nearly sessile at the ends 
of branches, smooth above, silvery beneath ; flowers red, 
yellow or purple, solitary or 2-3 together, stalks $-13 
in. long, very rough, calyx teeth oval, corolla tube short, 
lobes round, spreading, +-4 in. long, stamens 8-10, hairy 
below ; capsule }-+ by 4-} in., erect. The smoke of the 
leaves is used in Indian medicine as a stimulant. 
small, scented, branchlets rough and scaly ; leaves 
1-14 in. long, broad, oblong, shining above, cmnamon- 
felted beneath, stalk 4,5-} in. long; flowers yellowish- 
white in small terminal clusters, calyx teeth oblong, thin, 
margins hairy, corolla tubular, mouth dilated, tube ; in. 
long, lobes ovate with broad tips, spreading, stamens 
6-8; capsule + in. long, ovoid. The leaves are used for 
the same purpose as those of the last species. 
see Trees, Alternate, Eixstipulate, Simple. 
small or large, branchlets rusty velvety ; leaves 4-1} 
in. long, nearly sessile, lanceolate, gland-dotted, sharply 
toothed ; flowers small, nearly sessile, in clusters of 38-8, 
calyx 4-lobed, free, persistent, corolla 4-lobed, rotate, 
stamens 4, stigma rounded, style 2-4-branched ; berry 
4 in. diam., red, round, edible. The fruit is sold in bazaars 
as a strong purging vermifuge. 
