64 



Plants of the Punjab. 



Shrubs with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



calyx, seeds 4 in. long, angled in ruby re4 flesh with 

 Sweetish astringent juice. The bark is used as a tan, a 

 dye and a vermifuge. 



Cornus sanguinea, 

 Cornel or Dogwood, 



Cornace^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 744. 

 Kashmir, 7,000 ft. 

 Gulmarg. 



Viburnum 

 cotinifolium, 



Banguch. 

 Caprifoliace-^. 

 F. B. I. iii 3. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-10 000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Baluchistan (Lace). 



medium size, branchlets, leaves beneath, and bunches 

 of flowers with minute white hairs, young shoots are red ; 

 leaves 1| to 3 in. long, margin smooth, ovate, turning red 

 in the autumn ; flowers small in branching bunches, sepals, 

 petals and stamens in fours ; drupe ovoid, ^ in. diam, 

 minutely hairy, 2-celled, 2-seeded, seeds oblong, flattened. 



Petals united. 



; leaves 3- 

 beneath ; 

 calyx 5 



medium size, bark grey 

 orbicular, stellately woolly 

 clusters, 3-4 in. across, 

 corolla tube i in. long, funnel-shaped, 

 pink, stamens 5, style short ; drupe 

 compressed, ribbed, red, black when 

 dorsally '2-grooved. This tree is closely 

 Lantana, the Wayfaring tree of Britain. 



H 



in. long, nearly 



flow^ers in dense 



■toothed, smooth, 



white tinged with 



^ in. long, oblong, 



ripe, edible, seed 



akin to Viburnum 



Viburnum 

 stellulatum, 



Bichi, ensi. 

 Caprifoliace^. 

 F. B. L iii. 4. 

 Himalaya, 

 8-11,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mahasu 

 (Collett). 



large, branches long, bark almost black ; leaves 3-4 

 by l|-2 in., ovate, long-pointed, distantly sharp-tooth- 

 ed, stellate hairs beneath; flowers small, very many in 

 large level-topped terminal bunches, calyx 5-toothed, 

 stellately hairy, corolla white, velvety, 5-lobed, stamens 

 5 ; drupe j by 4- in., compressed, broadly oblong, yellow, 

 red, edible, seed 2-grooved on both surfaces. 



Viburnum 

 coriaceum, 



Caprifolice^. 

 F. B. L iii. 5. 

 Himalaya, 

 4-8,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



large, bark grey ; leaves 4-9 by 1|-2| in., oblong, 

 long-pointed, very leathery, smooth, stalk 10 in. long ; 

 flowors I in. long, many in terminal flat-topped bunches, 

 calyx smooth, no teeth, corolla white, tubular, lobes erect, 

 stamen tops red ; drupe black, ovoid, 4 in. 



Viburnum nervosum, 



Amrola, thalein. 

 Caprifoliace^. 

 F. B. L iii. 8. 

 Himalaya, 

 10-13,000 ft. 



large, branches stout, bark grey ; leaves 2|-3| by 

 1^-1| in., oblong, rounded at both ends, short-pointed, 

 minutely toothed, nerves prominent ; flowers in compact 

 silky branching racemes, pinkish, calyx smooth, teeth 

 small, corolla tube |-| in. ; drupe ^ by ^ in.^ oblong with 

 rounded endSj edible. 



