Plants of ihe Punjaby 591 
CLIMBING PLANTS WITH ALTERNATE STIPULATE SIMPLE LBAVEs. 
Celastrus paniculata, 
Malkangni, sankhu. 
CELASTRACEAR. 
BB ie 61: 
The Plains to 
4,000 ft. 
Koti below 
Dharmpur, 
near Kasauli. 
Zizyphus Cnoplia, 
Berchemia 
floribunda, 
RHAMNACER. 
BB: 2-637. 
Himalaya, 
3-6,000 ft., 
east of the Jhelum. 
Sageretia 
oppositifolia, 
Sageretia theezans, 
Dargola, ankol, 
thum. 
RHAMNACE. 
EB. B. 11. 641. 
Himalaya, 
6-8,000 ft. 
Valleys below Simla, 
Naldera, Suni 
(Collett). 
The Salt and 
Suleman Ranges, 
2-5,500 ft. 
Hazara. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
perennial, woody, branches hanging down, bark 
covered with small warts excrescence; leaves 24-5 in, 
long, ovate or circular, toothed, abruptly pointed, stipules 
minute, soon falling off or none; flowers 4 in., yellow- 
green, in terminal branching racemes, that hang down, 
bracts fringed, calyx 5-parted, lobes rounded, toothed, 
petals 5, $ in., oblong, entire, stamens 5, style short-pointed ; 
capsule } in. diam., round, cells 3, seeds 8 or 6, embedded 
in a red fleshy substance. The seeds afford a yellow oil 
which is said to be a nervine tonic and to cure Beri beri; 
oleum nigrum is obtained from these seeds distilled with 
aromatics and in Indian medicine is much used as a 
diaphoretic, diuretic and nervine stimulant. 
see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 
perennial, woody, branches smooth, waxy when young ; 
leaves 2-4 in. long, ovate or oblong, short- or long-pointed, 
stalks 2-1 in., stipules within the axils, bifid; flowers 
small, yellowish-green, 6 in a cluster, clusters forming large 
terminal branching racemes, calyx 5-parted, tube cup- 
shaped, lobes lanceolate, petals 5, spoon-shaped, stamens 5, 
stigma 2-lobed ; fruit $ in. long, purple, cylindrical, stone 
2-celled. 
see Climbing Plants, Opposite, Stipulate, Simple, 
perennial, woody, spinous, branches long, slender, 
scurfy on spines and flower branches; leaves 14-2 in., 
ovate or narrowing to both ends, minutely toothed, dark 
green, smooth above, velvety beneath when young; flowers 
very small, yellowish-green, sessile on long slender inter- 
rupted spikes, calyx 5-fid, lobes keeled within, short- 
pointed, petals 5, hooded, stalked, stamens 5, style short, 
3-grooved, stigmas 3 ; fruit } in. round, 8-celled, 3-seeded, 
leathery, dark brown, edible, sweet. The leaves are 
sometimes used as a substitute for tea in China, the fruit 
is much eaten. 
