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Plants of the Punjab. 



Boehmeria 

 platyphylla, 



P. B. I. V. 578 

 Urticaceje. 

 Himalayas, 

 5,000 ft. 

 Valleys below 

 (Collett). 



Shrubs with Opposite Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals none. 



clustered on leafless branchlets from the old wood 

 or on young plants, in pairs on leafy branches. The bark 

 is used in Indian medicine as an emetic. 



large, branches rough, dark brown, 4-sided ; leaves 

 usually opposite, 4-9 by 3-7 in., stalked, broadly ovate 

 or orbicular, long-pointed, toothed, stalk H-5 in., rough ; 

 flowers, male and female, whitish on long branching droop- 

 ing spikes, male calyx 3-5-fid, stamens 4-5, female calyx 

 tubular, 2-4-toothed, stjde far protruding ; fruit narrowed 

 Simla or beaked at the 4-toothed tip. 



Shrubs with Opposite Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Sambucus Ebulus, 

 Dwarf Elder, 



Ganhula gandla. 

 Capeifoliace.t;. 

 F.B, Liii. 2. 

 Kashmir, 

 6-10,000 ft. 



small, leaves 9 in. long, unequally pinnate, leaflets 

 5-9, oblong, lanceolate, 3-6 in, long, slightly velvety, 

 stipules often leafy ; flowers white, pink or dark purple, 

 with a strong odour, in large many-raj^ed level bracteate 

 bunches, calyx 3-5-toothed, corolla ^ in. diam., 3-5-lobed, 

 broad, stamens 5 ; drupe | in. diam., round, black when 

 ripe, crowned with the calyx. The root and berries are 

 purgative. 



Shrubs with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Berberis vulgaris, 

 Barberry, 



CJiochar. 

 BeeberidacejBc 

 F. B. L i. 109. 

 Himalaya, 

 B-12,000 ft. 

 Narkanda (Collett). 

 Baluchistan 

 (Boissier). 



Berberis aristata, 



Kashmal. 

 Berberidace^. 

 F.B.Li. 110. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



small, wood yellow, bark brown, soft ; leaves 1-3 

 in. long, in tufts in the axils of 3-5-forked spines, 

 stalked, margin spinous, toothed ; flowers pale yellow in 

 drooping racemes longer than the leaves, sepals 6, petal- 

 like, in 2 series, petals 6, in 2 series, stamens 6, style short : 

 berry oblong, ovoid, red when ripe. This plant is used 

 as *Q, diuretic. 



like the last species, young branches tinted red, leaves 

 sessile, broad, lanceolate, l|-2 in. long, margin with few 

 teeth, racemes long-stalked, branched, longer than the 

 leaves. The root is used as a cure for ague in Indiar 

 medicine. 



