Plants 0/ the Punjab. 



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Shrubs with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Melastoma 

 Malabathriciim, 

 Indian 

 Rhododendron, 



Melastomace^. 

 b\ B. I. ii. 523. 

 The Plains to 

 6,000 ft. 



Woodfordia 

 floribunda, 



Dhan, dhanla. 

 Lythrace^. 

 F. B.I. ii. 572. 

 The Plains to 

 5,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan 

 (C.B.Clarke). 



Lawsonia alba, 

 Henna, Camphire, 



Mehnde. 



Lythrace^, 



F. B. I. ii. 573. 



The Plains to 5,000 ft. 



Baluchistan 



(Boissier). 



LagerstrcBmia indica, 

 China crape, 



Saoni, dJiaura. 



LYTHRACEiE. 



F. B. I. ii. 575. 

 The Plains. 



Punica Granatum, 

 Pomegranate, 



Anar. 



Lythraoe^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 580. 

 The Plains to 

 5,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan (Lace). 



large, stems with short dense hairs ; leaves 3-4 in., 

 broad-lanceolate, with hairs above and below ; flowers 

 1-5, clustered, mauve-purple, calyx tube with simple 

 hairs, lobes 5, long, soon falling off, petals 5, stamens 10, 

 anthers alternately purple with a long curved process 

 above ; fruit I in. wide, short, ovoid, abruptly ended, 

 becoming pulpy within, seeds many, minute, curved, 

 A purple dye is made from the fruit. 



large, branches long, arching, bark reddish-brown, 

 peeling in fibres, young branches and leaves with numer- 

 ous black dots ; leaves 2-4 in., sometimes in threes, sessile 

 lanceolate, tapering to a fine point, upper surface green, 

 lower white, velvety with black dots ; flowers in shortly 

 stalked clusters on and around branches, bright red, calyx 

 red, teeth 6, petals 6, red, scarcely longer than the calyx 

 teeth, stamens red, long, protruding ; capsule f in., en- 

 closed in the clayx. The flowers are used as a dye and as 

 an astringent, containing much tannin. 



medium size, bark thin, greyish- brown, branchlets 

 angular, sometimes spinous ; leaves f-1 in. long, oblong, 

 acute at both ends or the tip blunt, margin smooth, 

 leathery ; flow^ers ^ in., greenish-white, in large terminal 

 branching racemes, sweet scented, sepals 4, petals 4, 

 wrinkled, stamens 8, inserted in pairs between the petals ; 

 capsule 4 in. diam., round with persistent calyx, leathery, 

 seeds many, smooth, angular, pyramidal. The leaves are 

 used to dye the hands, feet and hair red. 



medium size, bark light brown, very smooth, peeling 

 in dark coloured scurfy pieces ; leaves 2 in. long, upper 

 alternate, smooth, oblong, sessile, short-pointed : flowers 

 1^-2 in. diam., bright pink or white in branching racemes, 

 calyx tube smooth, teeth 6 or 7-9, petals i-| in. long, 6 

 or 7-9, stalked, much curled, stamens many, long ; capsule 

 I in. diam., nearly round, calyx long, triangular, erect on 

 the capsule, seed I in. with wing. 



large, bark dark grey, branchlets often spinous ; leaves 

 1-2^ in. long, sometimes hardly opposite or clustered, 

 oblong, blunt, narrowed to a short stalk with a margin, 

 smooth, shining ; flowers vivid red, sessile, solitary or 3 

 together, calyx greenish-red, 1 by ^ in., tubular, fleshy, 

 with 5-7 points, petals 5-7, ^-1 in. long, thin, wrinkled, 

 bright red, stamens many ; fruit 1^-3^ in. diam., round, 

 with a thick reddish-brown leathery rind, crowned by tbe 



