Plants oj the Punjab, 



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Shrubs with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



like the last but smaller, bark white, leaves sessile, 



narrowly lanceolate, 1| by | in., acute, margin smooth 



Berberis Lycium, 



Choir a. 



Berberidace^. or with a few small teeth, racemes shortly stalked, not 



P. B. I. i. 110. branched, hardly longer than the leaves ; berry ovoid, 



Himalaya, 3-9,000 ft. violet, covered with a bloom. Basout, an extract from the 



Simla (Collett). root, is used as a febrifuge. 



Baluchistan (Lace). 



Cadaba farinosa, 



Capparidace^. 

 p. B. L i. 137. 

 The Plains, Multan. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Boissier). 



small, straggling, much branched, wiry, and hoary ; 

 leaves \-^ in., rarely 1 in. long, ovate, obtuse ; flowers 

 1 in. diam., greenish-white, in few-flowered level bunches, 

 petals 4, narrow, stalked, oblong, stamens 4-6 on a long 

 stalk ; fruit \-\\ in. long, fleshy, cylindric. 



Gypsophila Stev/artli, small, green, tufted, spinous ; leaves | in., spreading, 



Caryophillace^. awl-like, flat above, convex beneath, points polished ; 



flowers pink in short-stalked clusters, 8-15 flowered, calyx 

 ovoid, \ in., 5-ribbed, teeth 5, slender, long, petals 5, 

 narrow, stamens 8-10, styles 2-3 ; capsule 4-valved. 



F.B.Li. 216. 

 Waziri Hills, 

 3-4,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan (Lace) 



Hypericum cernuum, 



Pinli. 



Hypericace^. 

 F. B. L i. 253. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



medium size, branches cylindric, greenish, smooth, 

 bluish when young : leaves 1-3 in., sessile, oblong, minutely 

 dotted, each pair at right angles to the next ; flowers in 

 3-5-flowered terminal clusters, 2 in. diam., wh'te turning 

 to yellow, sepals 5, \ n. long, ovate, petals 5, longer than 

 the stamens, stamens many, joined below into 8 or 5 

 bundles, styles 5 ; capsule \ in., conical. 



Hypericum small, smooth, branches 4-sided towards the ends ; 



lysimachioides, leaves ovate, 1| by |in., lower surface pale, black dotted ; 



Hypericace^. flowers 1-1| in. diam., in terminal leafy forked 2-3-flowered 



F. B. I. i. 254. clusters, sepals \ in., lanceolate narrow, petals longer than 

 Himalaya, 5-8,000 ft. the stamens, stamens in 5 bundles, styles 5 ; capsule \ in. 

 Simla, Mashobra 

 (Collett). 



Hypericum patulum, 



Hypericace^. 

 F. B. L i. 254. 

 Himalaya, 

 3-7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Euonymus tingens, 



small, smooth, dark brownish, branches numerous, 

 stiff, red, spreading, 2-edged ; leaves ovate, 1| by | in., 

 each pair at right singles to the next, pale and black dotted 

 beneath ; flowers 1 in. diam., in terminal few- flowered 

 clusters, sepals ovate, \ in., petals twice as long as the 

 stamens, stamens in 5 bundles, styles 5 ; capsule \ in. 



see Trees, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 



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