Plants of the Punjab. 



71 



Shrubs with Opposite Exstipulatb Simple Leaves. 



Euphorbia Tirucalli, 



Sehud, seJmr. 



EUPHORBIACE^. 



F. B. I. V. 254. 

 The Plains. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Hughes-Buller). 



Buxus sempervirens, 

 Box, 



Chikri, papri, 

 shamshad. 

 Euphorbiace^. 

 F. B. I. V. 267. 

 Salt Eange. 

 Himalaya, 5-9,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mashobra, 

 Mahasu (Collett). 

 Baluchistan. 



Petals none. 



large, stem green, bark brown, fissured, branches 

 numerous, at first slender like rushes, growing as thick a^ 

 the finger, juice milky ; leaves |-| in. long, soon falling off, 



obtuse, linear-oblong ; flowers -j-V in. long, top-shaped, 

 two leaves at the base of the short flower stalks ; capsule 

 I in., dark brown, lobes flattened, velvety, seeds smooth, 

 ovoid. 



large or small, much branched, bark yellowish-grey, 

 corky, fissured, branchlets 4-angled ; leaves f-3 by 

 -i-| in., linear, oblong, shining, leathery, tip acute, rounded 

 or with a shallow notch, stalk very short ; flowers in short, 

 very dense axillary racemes, the terminal flower female, 

 male flowers have 4 sepals in two rows, stamens equal in 

 number to the sepals, female flowers have 6 sepals, 2 

 outer much smaller ; capsule J in. long, ovoid, 3-corner- 

 ed with 3 horns, thick like handles to an urn, seeds 

 3-6, small. On the Salt Kange it is dwarfed ; leaves |-1 

 in. long. 



Ephedra paehyclada, see Leafless Plants, Petals None. 



Shrubs with Opposite Exstipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Stachys tibetica, 

 Roylea elegans. 



Petals united. 



see Shrubs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, Petals 

 United, C >rolla 2-lipped. 



see Shrubs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, Petals 

 United, Corolla 2-lipped. 



Shrubs with Opposite Exstipulate Compound Leaves. 



Jasminum ofiQcinale, 



Chamha, hansu. 



Oleace^. 



F. B. I. iii. 603. 



Himalaya, 



3-9,000 ft. 



Fagu, Narkanda 



(Collett). 



Petals united. 



sometime.:^ climbing, branches long, weak, slightly 

 grooved, dark green ; leaves 2-4 in., odd pinnate, leaflets 

 3-7, ovate, long-pointed, terminal leaflets 1-2 in. ; flowers 

 f in. long, white, fragrant, in terminal clusters of 1-10 

 flowers, calyx teeth nearly as long as the corolla tube, 

 corolla top flat, circular, tube cylindric, f in. long, lobes 5, 

 spreading, ^ in. long, stamens 2, stylo 2-fid ; berry deeply 

 2-lobed, oblong with rounded ends, ^ by | in. 



