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Plants of the Punjab. 



Trbbb with Alternate Exstipulatb Simple Leaves. 



Petalb united. 



Cordia obliqua, 



Chota lasura. 



BORAGINACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 137. 

 The Plains. 



Cordfa Rothli, 



Gondi. 



BoRAGINACEiEJ. 



p. B. I. iv. 138. 

 The Plains. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Hughes-BuUer). 



Cordia vestlta, 



Kum painian, kiimhi. 

 BoraginacetE. 

 P. B. I. iv. 139. 

 Himalaya, 1-4,000 ft. 



Ehretla acuminata, 



Puna. 



BoRAGINACEiB. 



p. B.I. iv. 141. 



The Plains to 5,000 ft. 



small, shoots yellow, hairy ; otherwise like the last 

 species, but flowers a little larger. 



small ; leaves 4 by 1| in., nearly opposite, oblong, 

 narrowed at the base, stalk f in. ; flowers smaller than 

 C. Myxa and in smaller clusters, petals 4; fruit usually 

 one-seeded, edible. 



small, shoots yellow, woolly, bark greenish -grey, 

 smooth, peeling in large pieces; leaves 3-6 by-2|-3in., 

 broad, long-pointed, leathery, velvety beneath till mature ; 

 flowers yellowish-white in dense clusters, corolla lobes 



^m. 



fruit f in. long, oblong, sharp-pointed, edible. 



medium size, trunk deeply grooved, bark brown 

 with longitudinal cracks ; leaves 3-5 by 1-2| in., oblong, 

 pointed, small toothed, smooth, leathery ; flowers white, 

 fragrant, small, in large branching clusters at the end 

 of branches, calyx 5-lobed, persistent, corolla 5-lobed, 

 rotate, stamens 5 ; diupe |-|- in. diam., short, obtuse ; 

 edible, red or black, not ribbed, with 2 stones, 1- or 

 2-seeded. 



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Ehretia Isevis, 



Chamror. 



BORAGINACB^. 



P. B.I. iv. 141. 



The Plains to 8,000 ft. 

 Sutlej Valley, 

 Basantpur ( "^ollett). 

 Baluchistan (Boissier). 



Bridelia retusa, 



Pathor, mark. 



EUPHORBIAOE^. 



p. B. I. V. 268. 

 Himalaya, 2-3,500 ft. 



medium size, bark smooth, grey ; leaves 5 by 2^ 

 in., margin even, ovate, oblong ; flowers ^ in. diam., 

 white, in one-sided slender spikes not always at the end 

 of branches, calyx 5-cleft, corolla 5-lobed, spreading, 

 stamens 5 ; fruit a drupe^ ^ in. diam., depressed, round, 

 red, 4-ribbed with 1 to 4 one-seeded stones. 



small, bark thin, grey or brownish-black, spinous 

 when young ; leaves 3-6 in. long, very leathery, oblong : 

 flowers small, yellow, in clusters on long spikes, bracts 

 small, hairy, calyx 4-5-lobed, petals 5, in male flowers 

 stamens 5, united below, in'female flowers styles 2 with 

 2 branches each ; fruit J in. diam., round, purple black 

 when ripe, resting on the flower, fruit edible, sweet, one 

 stono. 



