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Plants oj the Punjab. 



Shrubs with Opposite Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



stalks, oblong with rounded ends, 2-valved, many seeded, 

 seeds flat, double convex, winged all round the margin, 

 I b}' j\^ in. with the wing. The inner bark is used by 

 Hindus as a cure for ague. This shrub is closely allied 

 to Cinchona. 



Randia tetrasperma, 



Kikra. 

 Eubiace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 109. 

 Salt Eange, 

 Himalaya, 

 4-6,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Baluchistan (Lace). 



Randia dumetorum, 



Mainjphal. 

 Eubiace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 110. 

 Himalava to 

 3,000 ft". 



Ixora coccinea, 

 The Flame Tree, 



Bungan. 

 Eubiace^. 

 F. B. L iii. 145. 

 The Plains. 



Hamiltonia 

 suavolens, 



Padena, kanera. 

 Rubiace^. 

 F.B.I, iii. 197. 

 Salt Eange, 

 Himalaya, 2-5,000 ft. 

 Valleys below 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Dharmpur 

 (Bomford). 



small, branches rough, grey, rigid, often spinous ; 

 leaves i-2 in long, at the tips of branchlets, tapering at both 

 ends or broad at the apex, narrowed into a short stalk, 

 smooth, stipules small, triangular, tapering to a point ; 

 flowers J in. diam., nearly solitary, sessile, greenish- white, 

 fragrant, calyx hairy, lobes 5, large, narrow, corolla tube 

 I in. long, hairy outside, lobes 5, stamens 5 ; berry I in. 

 diam., round, 4-seeded, purple. 



large, bark grey, spines horizontal, often long and stout ; 

 leaves 1-2 in. long with the broad end towards the apex, 

 narrowed into a short marginate stalk, stipules ovate, 

 long-pointed ; flowers hairy, yellowish-white, fragrant, 

 solitary or 2-3 together at the end of short lateral branch- 

 lets, calyx bell-shaped, hairy, lobes ovate, corolla lobes 5, 

 spreading, oval or oblong ; berry soft, fleshy, 1-1| in. long, 

 ovoid, yellow, smooth or velvety, skin leathery, thick, 

 edible, seeds many, flattened, in gelatinous pulp. The 

 pulp is an excellent substitute for ipecacuanha. 



m^edium size, branches stiff, rather stout ; leaves 2-4 

 by 1-2 in., sessile, leathery, shortly oblong, stipules with 

 stiff long points : flov/ers scarlet, in dense short -stalked 

 bunches, calyx tube 4-toothed, persistent, corolla tube 

 1-1 1 in., lobes broad-pointed, 4. stamens 4, short, styles 

 2-branched ; fruit sometimes fleshy, ^ in. diam., crov^^ned 

 by the calyx, seeds concave. The root is used in Indian 

 medicine as a cure for dysentery. 



small, branches in threes, fetid when bruised ; leaves 

 3-9 in. long by 2-3| in., rather rigid, stalked, leathery, 

 smooth, often rough, stipules joined by their margins, 

 short, short-pointed, persistent ; flowers sessile or shortly 

 stalked, sweet scented till crushed, crowded in large 3- 

 branching racemes, blue or white, calyx lobes 5, persistent, 

 corolla tube I in. long, woolly, lobes short, pointed, spead- 

 ing, stamens 5 ; capsule oblong with round ends, ^ in. 

 long, one-celled, 5-seeded, seeds sharply 3-cornered. 



