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Plants of the Punjab. 



Shrubs with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Coriaria nepalensis, 



Masuri. 



CORIARIACBiE. 



F. B. I. ii. 44. 

 Himalaya, 

 3-7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



large with long arching branches, bark red, rough 

 branchlets, 4-angled ; leaves 1-3 by |-2 in., nearly sessile, 

 ovate, shortly pointed, racemes 2-6 in. long, usually 

 clustered ; flowers small, | in. diam., greenish-yellow, 

 sepals 5, persistent, petals 5, fleshy, persistent, keeled 

 within, stamens 10, styles 5, fruit of 5-10, flattened, one- 

 seeded nuts, ridged, surrounded by the enlarged purple 

 petals, separating the nuts by their keels, seeds flattened. 



Deutzia corymbosa, 



Saxifragace^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 406. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-10,000 ft. 

 Mashobra, Shali, 

 Narkanda (Collett). 



medium size, stellately hairy, bark thin, light brown, 

 peeling in thin rolls, inner white ; leaves nearly sessile, 

 1|-3| in. by |-1| in., long-pointed, ovate, with minute 

 teeth, stellately velvety above, green below ; flowers | in. 

 diam., white, fragrant, in terminal branching many-flower- 

 ed clusters, calyx teeth 5, ovate, obtuse, petals 5, smooth, 

 stamens 10, winged, forming 3 points, styles 3-5 ; capsule 

 i in. diam., round, opening by 3-5 valves, seeds many 

 minute. 



Deutzia staminea, 



Saxifragace^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 407. 

 Himalaya, 5-9,000 ft. 

 Simla, Prospect Hill 

 (Collett). 



medium size, stellatel}^ hairy, bark dark grey, peel- 

 ing in long thin strips ; leaves 1-2| in. by ^-1^ in., minute 

 teeth, above stellately velvety, below grey with stellate 

 wool ; flowers white, fragrant, f in. diam., caljx teeth 5, 

 triangular, petals 5, velvety outside ; stamens 10, winged, 

 forming 3 points ; capsule smaller than the last. 



Philadlephus 

 coronarius, 

 Mock orange, or 

 Seringat, 



DahificM, huzru. 

 Saxifragace^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 407. 

 Himalaya, 5-9,000 ft. 

 Matiana, Narkanda 

 (Collett). 



medium size, bark light grey ; leaves l|-4 by f-2| 

 in., ovate-lanceolate, long-pointed, finely hairy, glossy 

 beneath, teeth minute, margin often hairy ; flowers 1 in. 

 diam., white, orange scented, in short terminal racemes, 

 sometimes solitary, calyx lobes 4, petals 4, rarely 5, stamens 

 20-40, not winged, styles 4 ; capsule | in long, valves 4. 



Osbeckia stellata, 



Melastomace^j. 

 F B. I. ii. 517. 

 Himalaya, 

 5,000 ft 



Lansdowne Falls, 

 Simla (Collett). 



medium size, branches 4-angled, bristly ; leaves 

 3-6 in. long, lanceolate, minutely bristly, tapering to a 

 fine point, nerves prominent ; flowers 2-2| in. diam., 

 purple, in small terminal clusters, calyx white, matted with 

 starry brist!e«, lobes 4 or 5 large and 4 or 5 small, falling 

 off after flowering, petals 4 or 5, twisted in bud, stamens 

 8-10, yellow, curved ; capsule |-f in. long, ovoid, covered 

 with bristles, opening by pores, seeds many, minute. 



