Plants oj the Punjab. 



61 



Shrubs with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Leptadenia spartium, 



Kip. 



Asclepiadace^. 

 P. B. I. iv. 64. 

 The Plains. 

 Baluchistan (Lace). 



small, smooth, with long erect twiggy branches, some- 

 times leafless ; leaves few, 3-4 by ^ in., narrowh'- linear, 

 shortly stalked, leathery ; flowers ^ in. diam., dirty yellow 

 white, in solitary or double clusters of several flowers, 

 corolla rotate like the spokes oi a wheel, thick, velvety 

 on both surfaces, calyx lobes obtuse, minute scales be- 

 tween the corolla lobes, staminal tube with a wavy ring 

 round it ; follicles 5 by | in., solitary by abortion, cylindric, 

 straight, with a long slender beak, seeds ^ in. long with 

 a tuft of hairs, ovoid. The branches are used in Sind to 

 make well ropes. 



Orthanthera viminea. 



Kip, mahur. 



AsCLEPIADACEiE. 



F. B. I. iv. 64. 

 The Plains to 

 3,000 ft. 



small, with erect twiggy branches, generally leafless ; 

 leaves 2 by | in., very few, on branches near the ground 

 not on flowering branches ; flowers |-1 in. long, in woolly 

 stalked clusters, calyx lobes lanceolate, corolla | in. 

 long, flat topped, not rotate, lobes erect, brownish-orange, 

 minute scales between the lobes, staminal tube w4th a 

 wavy ring round it ; folHcles 5 in. long, solitary, linear, 

 seeds t in. long with a tuft of very fine silky hairs | in. 

 long. Near Delhi the fibre is used to make ropes. 



Buddleia paniculata, 



Chiti hoi, dholeu. 



LoGANIACEiE. 



F. B. I. iv. 81. 

 Himalaya, 

 4-7,000 ft. 

 Simla, Fagu, 

 Matiana (Collett). 

 Baluchistan 

 (Boissier). 



large, bark thin, pale grey, peeling off in long pieces ; 

 leaves 5 by 2 in., ovate or oblong, upper ones lanceo- 

 late, lower toothed, white, woolly beneath, united by a 

 slight ridge across the branchlet ; flowers | in. long, frag- 

 rant, in interrupted leafy branching racemes, usually 

 terminal on branches, calyx lobes 4, persistent, blunt, 

 corolla tube pink orange inside, lobes 4, blue (some- 

 times the flower is white or pink), stamens 4, very short ; 

 capsule ^ in. long, ovoid, woolly, seeds many. 



Buddleia asiatica, 



Bana. 



F. B. I. iv. 82. 

 The Plains to 

 5,000 ft. 



medium size, bark thin, grey, ends of branches 

 densely clothed with short white wool ; leaves 3-6 by 

 1-1| in., lanceolate, smooth and dark green above, dense 

 short white wool beneath, united across the branchlets 

 by a slight ridge ; flowers ^-| in. long, fragrant, sessile, 

 crowded in long, slender, usually drooping spikes, often 

 united into a terminal branching raceme, calyx lobes 

 4, long-pointed, corolla white, turning to purple, lobes 4, 

 short, stamens 4, short ; capsule I in. long, smooth. 



Tecoma undulata, 



see Trees, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 



