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Plants of the Punjab, 



Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Melhania 

 Hamiltoniana, 

 var. abutiloides, 



STERCULIACE-ffi;. 



F. B. I. i. 373. 

 The Plains. 



Melhania 

 futteyporensis, 



Sterculiace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 878. 

 The Plains. 

 Tret, Choa Saidan 

 Shah (Douie). 



Melhania 

 tomentosa, 



Sterculiace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 373. 



The Plains. 



small, white felted, branches spreading ; leaves 2-3 in. 

 long, roundish-ovate., base deeply notched, apex long- or 

 short -pointed, unequally toothed, velvety on both surfaces, 

 leaf stalk 1 in., stipules bristly, equal in length to the leaf 

 stalk; flowers yellow, 1-3, on axillary and terminal stalks, 

 twice the length of the leaf stalks, bracteoles ovate-cordate, 

 longer than the calj^x, edges turned over, sepals 5, lance- 

 olate, tipped with a sharp hard point, silky, petals 5, ovate 

 with a broad tip, much longer than the sepals, withering 

 before falling off, stamens 10, alternate ones fertile, united 

 below into a very short tube, styles 5, united below ; capsule 

 ovoid, shorter than the sepals, silky, 6-valved, seeds many, 

 oblong. 



like the last species, but velvety, leaves oblong, long- 

 pointed, a little larger, bracteoles equal to the sepals, cap- 

 sule a little shorter than the senals. 



like the last species, but white felted, leaves smaller, 

 oblong-lanceolate, thinly hairy with stellate hairs above, 

 flower stalks terminal, about equal to the leaves, bracteoles 

 shorter than the sepals, edges not turned down, flowers 

 much smaller, seeds rough, angled. 



Grewia populifolia, 



Gayiger, shikari 

 mewa. 



TiLIACEiE. 



F. B. I. i. 385. 

 The Plains. 

 Eawalpindi. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Boissier). 



medium size, much branched, stellately hairy on 

 young parts ; leaves ^-l^ in. long, variable, leathery, 

 small toothed, smooth, stalk | in. ; flowers white on soli 

 tary or 2-flowered stalks, opposite the leaves, sepals 

 |-f in. long, petals notched, shorter than the sepals, stamens 

 many, style one ; drupes yellowish, 2-to 4 -lobed, lobe 

 size of a small pea, orange red, stones 1 to 4, 1-to 

 2-celled, edible. 



Grewia salvifolia, 



Gar gas, bather. 



TiLIACEiE. 



F. B. I. i. 386. 

 The Plains. 

 Eawalpindi, 



large, bark grey, white velvety on j'oung parts ; leavei 

 21 by 1| in., nearly smooth above, white veWety beneath, 

 margin smooth or minutely toothed, stalk I in., stipules 

 -| in., linear, pointed ; flowers yellow on 2 in. stalks, 

 clustered in twos or threes in the axils of leaves, sepals 

 I in., linear, petals ^ in., divided, stamens many, style one ; 

 drupe 1-to 4-lobed, small, not succulent, edible. 



