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Plants of the Punjab. 
SHRUBS WITH ALTERNATE EXSTIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Salsola footida, 
Saltwort, 
Mott lane, gora lane, 
shora. 
CHENOPODIACEA. 
F.B. I.:v. 18. 
The Plains. 
Saisola verrucosa, 
CHENOPODIACE. 
PoBaL. v.18. 
North-West 
Frontier Province. 
Daphne oleoides, 
Kutilal, shing, 
kagsarv. 
THYMELAACHA. 
Baw. 1. iv. 193. 
Himalaya, 
3-9,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Hazara(Barrett). 
Daphne cannabina, 
Satpura, niggi, jeku. 
THYMELHACHS. 
Heb lv. 493. 
Himalaya, 
5-7,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Wikstreemia 
canescens, 
Bhat nigqi, thilak. 
‘THYMELAMACE AR. 
F..B. I. v.19. 
Himalaya, 
5-9,000 ft. 
Narkanda, 
Patarnala (Collett). 
PETALS NONE. 
small, pale grey, much branched; leaves minute. 
fleshy, nearly round, floral leaves longer, overlapping ; 
flowers small, solitary, axillary or on short spikes, brac- 
teoles leaf-like, sepals 4-5, concave, +, in. across, silvery 
white, winged, stamens 5 or less on separate flowers from 
those with the 2-3 linear stigmas, which are often turned 
down, the little flowers look like silver stars among the 
leaves, galls 4-# in. diam., often found on the branchlets. 
Manna is sometimes obtained from the surface of the 
leaves and the plant is used in making coarse soda. 
large, stout, like the last species, but the flowers are 
larger, 4-4 in. diam., dark brown. 
small, branches many, velvety ; leaves sessile, 1-24 
in. long, ovate or lanceolate with broad tip, sharp-poimted 
or blunt, sometimes a little hairy ; flowers 4 in. long, pinkish 
white, in terminal clusters, calyx tubular, lobes 4, spread- 
ing, ovate, no bracts, stamens 8 in 2, series, nearly 
sessile; fruit 4-4 im. long ; berry dry or fleshy, orange 
or scarlet, seed one. The leaves are poisonous to camels. 
The bark is considered to be an alterative and used in 
diseases of the bones. 
medium size, branches smooth, leafy at the tips ; 
leaves 2-4 in. long, nearly sessile, lanceolate, rather 
leathery ; flowers $ in. long, white, sessile, in bracteate 
terminal clusters, calyx tubular, woolly outside, scented, 
lobes 4, ovate, stamens 8, in 2 series, nearly sessile ; 
berry 4 in. long, ovoid, orange to red, fleshy. The plant 
supplies a useful fibre which is used in paper-making, 
especially in Nepal paper. 
small, branches slender, silky, velvety ; leaves 1-8 
in., shortly stalked, oblong-lanceolate, thin, often with 
a white bud in the axil; flowers yellow or white, in axil- 
lary or terminal few clusters or spikes without bracts, 
calyx tube }-} in. long, lobes 4, spreading, short, blunt, 
seales 1-4, linear within the tube, stamens 8, short, with- 
in and upon the tube, in2 rows ; frait } in. long, narrow- 
ly ovoid, black, within the calyx tube at first. This plant 
is algo used in paper-making andthe fibre forms good 
cordago. 
