Plants of the Punjah. 



73 



Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Capparis spinosa, 

 The Caper, 



Kakri, kander. 



Capparidace^. 



F. B. I. i. 173. 



The Plains to 



5,000 ft. 



Sutlej Valley 



(Collett). 



Choa Saidan Shah 



(Douie). 



Baluchistan. 



(Aitchison). 



small, trailing, young parts with yellowish- white wool ; 

 leaves 1-2 in. long, broadly ovate, thick, abruptly termi- 

 nating in a sharp point, stipules of two spines, straight or 

 curved ; flowers 1-3 in. diam., solitary, white^ fading to pur- 

 ple, sepals 4, unequal, concave, petals 4, 1 in. long, stamena 

 many, longer than the petals, purple ; berry 1-3 in. long, 

 fleshy, ribbed, red inside when ripe. Buds and unripe fruit 

 pickled as a condiment, and ripe fruit eaten raw. 



Capparis aphylla, 



Karil, kira. 

 Capparidace^. 

 F. B.I. i. 175. 

 The Plains. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Stocks). 



large, much branched, branches smooth, slender ; 

 leaves (only on young shoots) \-\ in. long, slender, ending 

 gradually in a sharp point, soon falling off, stipules two, 

 sharp, straight spines ; flowers 1 in. diam., in short clusters 

 on lateral short shoots, pinkish-yellow ; fruit |-| in. long^ 

 smooth, long-beaked, red when ripe. Buds and unripe 

 fruit pickled as a condiment. 



Capparis sepiaria, 



Hiungarna, hius. 



CAPPARIDACEiE. 



F. B. I. i. 177. 



The Plains to 

 2,000 ft. 



medium size, sometimes climbing, wiry, straggling, 

 branches woolly, stem thorny ; leaves usually |-1| in. long, 

 green, variable in shape, ovate, smooth above, downy 

 beneath ; flowers |-| in. diam,, white, in clusters with stalks, 

 radiating from one point, petals narrow, oblong ; berry ^ in. 

 diam., round, black when ripe, one-seeded. 



Helicteres Isora, large, branches thin, spreading, bark grey, young 



East Indian Screw shoots? covered with stellate hairs ; leaves 3-6 by 2-4 in,, 



Tree, alternate in two opposite rows on the branchlets, round* 



Marorpliali, kwpasi. ovate, short-pointed, rough above, velvety beneath, stipules 



Sterculiaceje. 

 F. B.I. i. 365. 

 The Plains. 



\ in. long, linear ; flowers 1-2 in. long, solitary, or two to 

 four together in a cluster on a short stalk, axillary, calyx 

 tubular, almost 2-lipped, crown woolly, petals 5, scarlet, 1 

 in. long, turned back, two lower much the largest, stamina! 

 tube 5-toothed at the apex, styles 5 ; fruit 2 in. long, con- 

 sisting of five spirally twisted woolly follicles on a long stalk. 

 From its twisted shape the fruit is considered good for the 

 twisting pain of colic. 



