Plants of the Punjab. 577 
Crimping PLANTS witu Opposite ExstreunATE Simpue LEAVEs. 
Hydrangea altissima, 
SAXIFRAGACEA. 
F. B. I. u. 404. 
Himalaya, 
4-8,000 ft. 
Narkanda, in forest 
(Collett). 
Combretum 
decandrum, 
Punk. 
CoMBRETACES. 
Bod. 15 459: 
The Plains to 
2,000 it, 
Quisqualis indica, 
Rangun-ki-bel. 
CoMBRETACES, 
F. Be I; in. 459, 
The Plains. 
Cultivated. 
PRTALS UNUNITED. 
curved, united below, lowest twice as long as the others, 
style long, curved ; fruit of 1-3 round, 8-winged nuts + in. 
diam., wings unequal, narrowly oblong up to 2 in., often 
a 4th shorter wing present. The juice is used as an in- 
secticide, and as a cure for scabies (itch). 
perennial, woody, climbing, branchlets smooth ; leaves 
3-6 in., ovate or lanceolate, sharply toothed, long-pointed, 
smooth along the nerves on the lower surface ; flowers in 
rounded compound hairy clusters, 8-6 in. across, sterile 
flowers with white calyces, fertile flowers small, incon- 
spicuous, sterile flowers calyx lobe petal-like, white, 14in. 
across, 4-lobed spreading, petals none, fertile flowers, +5 
in. long, calyx tube joined to the capsule, 4-toothed, 
petals 4, white, falling off like a cup, stamens 10, styles 2, 
diverging ; capsule 2-4-celled, crowned with the persistent 
calyx and styles, seeds minute, tailed at each end. The 
bark is used as a substitute for paper. 
large, perennial, woody, young parts silkily velvety, 
branches hanging down, and almost climbing, covered with 
white bracts in flower; leaves 4-5 in. long, oblong, sud- 
denly long-pointed, smooth, stalks 4 in. ; flowers 7 in. long, 
ereenish-white, in dense very woolly branching racemes, 
bracts 2-3 in. long, woolly, bracteoles 4 in., linear, 
almost persistent, calyx urn-shaped, hairy, lobes 5, lanceo- 
late, awl-shaped, almost erect, soon drooping off, petals 5, 
oblong, smooth, stamens 10 ; fruit about 1 in. long, oblong 
or narrowed to both ends, with 5 broad wings, seed 
one, 
large, perennial, woody, rambling climber ; leaves 4 in., 
oblong, long-pointed, entire, almost smooth, stalks 4-4 in., 
rusty woolly ; flowers 14-23 in., rose or scarlet, in short 
spikes, axillary and terminal, bracteoles 2 in., lanceolate, 
almost persistent, calyx long, slender, 5-fid, teeth tri- 
angular, short-pointed, petals 5, oblong or almost round, 
stamens 10, short; fruit 3-1} in. by. 3 in., dry, leathery, 
black, very sharp at the five sharp angles, seed one. A 
handsome climber. 
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