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Flanis of flie Punjab. 



Shrubs with Opposite Exstipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Jasminum 

 grandiflorum, 

 Spanish Jasmine, 



Chambeli,jali. 



Oleace^. 



F. B. I. iii. 603. 



Himalaya, 



2-7,000 ft. 



Simla (Collett). 



Baluchistan 



(Hughes-Buller). 



sometimes climbing, branches angular, hanging down ; 

 leaves 3-4 in., odd pinnate, leaflets 3-7, sessile, ovate, end 

 one -|-1 in. long, the end leaflets often united to the next 

 pair ; flowers white, tinged often with pink outside, very 

 fragrant, in loose clusters, calyx teeth linear, half the length 

 of the corolla tube, corolla top flat, circular, tube f in. long, 

 lobes 5, I in. long, stamens 2, style 2-fid ; berry 2-lobed, 

 with rounded ends, I in. long. 



Fraxinus 

 xanthoxyloides, 



see Trees, Opposite, Exstipulate, Compound, 



Vitex trifolia, 



Pani-ki-sanhhalu, 

 safed sanhhaUi, 

 Verbenace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 583. 

 The Plains. 



large, bark thin grey ; leaves digitately compound 

 and simple, leafstalk 2 in. long, leaflets 3, sessile, 1-3 in. 

 long, smooth above, short grey wool beneath, and on shoots^ 

 and racemes ; flowers lavender blue in branching terminal 

 racemes 1-4 in. long, often leafy at the base, calyx -j'^ in., 

 5-toothed, corolla ^-^ in., 2-lipped, 5-lobed, mid lobe of 

 lower lip largest, stamens 4, protruding ; drupe i in., black, 

 stone bony, 1-4 celled. This and the next plant are used 

 in Indian medicine as tonics, febrifuges and expectorants. 



Vitex Negundo, 



Wana, marwan, 

 nirgandi. 

 Verbenaceze. 

 P. B. I. iv. 583. 

 The Plains 

 to 5,000 ft. 

 Valleys below Simla 

 (Collett). 



very like the last species, but the leaves have 5 leaflets^ 

 the centre one usually distinctly stalked, flowers some- 

 what smaller, darker blue. 



