Plants of the Punjab. 



Trees with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Grewia vestita, or 

 asiatica, 



Plialsa, Daman. 



Tiliace^. 



F. B. L i. 387. 



Salt Eange, the Plains 



to 4,000 ft. 



Baluchistan (Boissier). 



small, herbaceous parts covered with yellowish 

 velvet ; leaves 3-6 in. long, round or broadly ovate, 

 round to long pointed at the apex, somewhat lobed, 

 woolly on both surfaces, less so when mature, stalks 

 |-f in. long, stipules curved, often vath a broad base ; 

 flowers I in. diam., in clusters of 3, axillary, buds woolly, 

 ribbed, sepals 5, brown woolly outside, yellow smooth 

 inside, petals 5, half the length of sepals, oblong, yellow, 

 stamens many ; drupe round, | in. diam., partially 

 2-lobed with 1 to 2 one-celled nuts. The fruit 

 is eaten. This plant is kept lopped in gardens level 

 with the ground, only long annual fruit bearing shoots 

 are allowed to grow. 



Ilex dipyrena, 

 Himalayan Holly, 



Kanderu. 

 Ilicine^. 

 F. B. I. i. 599. 

 Himalaya, 5-8,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



medium size, branches thick, j^oung shoots slightly 

 hairy ; leaves 3-4 in. long, dark green, shining, leathery, 

 spinous-toothed, without spines when old, stipules 

 minute ; flowers i in. diam., whitish green in short round 

 axillary clusters, sepals 4, petals 4, stamens 4 ; drupe 

 I in. diam., round, scarlet, stones usually 2, deeply 

 grooved. 



Ilex odorata, 



Ilicine^e. 

 F. B. I. i. 599. 

 Himalaya, 3-6,000 ft. 

 Valleys below Simla 

 (Collett). 



small, branches thinner than those of the last 

 species ; leaves 5-7 or even 9 in. long, not spinous but 

 minutely toothed, stipules minute ; flowers ^ in. 

 diam., white in dense short axillary clusters, sepals 4, 

 petals 4, stamens 4, much longer than the petals ; drupe 

 I in. diam., round, black, stones 4, 3-angled. 



Zizyphus Jujuba, 

 Br. 



PiHAMNE^. 



F. B. I. i. 632. 

 The Plains to 6,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Baluchistan (Slocks). 



small, thorny, bark dark grey, inside reddish, 

 young parts with densely greyish brown velvet ; leaves 

 1-4 in. long, ovate, nearly round, dark green and smooth 

 abov', , grey velvety beneath, stipules of one straight 

 spine or two spines, one of them short and curved back ; 

 flowers greenish-yellow in short axiUary nearly sessile 

 clusters, petals 5, bent down, stalked, concave, stamens 

 5 ; drupe -|-| in. long, ovoid or round, orange to red when 

 ripe, stone 2-celled, bony, edible, widely cultivated. 



Zizyphus vulgaris, 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



Bercheinia floribunda, 



see Climbing Plants, Alternate, Stipulate, SimpK 



