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Plants oj the Punjab. 



Bhrubs with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Periploca aphylla, 



Bata. 



Asclepiadace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 12. 

 The Plains. 

 The Salt Eauge. 

 The Park, 

 Eawalpindi, 

 Pindigheb . 

 Baluchistan 

 (Stocks). 



small, juice milky, branches as thick as a goose quill or 

 less, smooth or tips velvety, sometimes leafless ; leaves 

 i-i in. linear, thick ; flowers purple, in opposite clusters, 



6 4 



branches of common stalk, short, thick, sepals 5, broad, 

 corolla ^-| in. diam., fragrant, edible, taste like raisins, 

 smooth externally, lobes ovate, densely bearded internally, 

 above the middle coronal scales ^-ithin corolla, stamens 

 in a column with 5 tips ; follicles f by | in., woody, cylin- 

 drical, rigid, seeds \ in., oblong, with a tuft of hairs 1 in. 

 long. 



Calotropis gigantea, 



Mudar. aJi. 

 Asclepiadace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 17. 

 The Plains to 

 3,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan. 



large, bark pale, juice milky, acrid, young parts 

 white, woolly ; leaves 4-8 by 1-3 in., sessile, ovate, smooth, 

 whitish-green above, cottony beneath ; flowers |-2 in. 

 diam,, pink with purple spots, in loose racemes or solitary, 

 calyx lobes 5, corolla lobes 4, spreading, coronal scales 5 

 within corolla, truncate, hairy, stamens joined into a column 

 with 5 tips ; follicle recurved, 3-4 in. long, thick, wrinkled, 

 covered with white wool, seeds ^ in., broadlj^ ovate 

 with a tuft of hairs. The milky juice forms a kind of 

 Guttapercha. The root bark is an emetic and cure for 

 dysentery. 



Calotropis procera, 



Mudar, ak. 

 Asclepiadace^. 

 P. B. I. iv. 18. 

 The Plains to 

 3,500 ft. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Stocks). 



like the last but smaller, leaves larger, more oblong, 

 acute, flowers scented, corolla lobes erect, coronal, scales 

 acute, smooth or only velvety, follicles 4-5 in., seeds 

 ovoid. 



Cynanchum 

 Vincetoxicum, 



see Herbs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, Entire. 



Cynanchum 

 glaucum, 



see Herbs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, Eutije. 



Cynanchum 

 Jaquemontianum, 



see Herbs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, Entire 



