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Plants of the Punjab. 



Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 

 Petals ununited. 



Reinwardtia trigyna, 



and 

 R. tetragyna, 

 Bush flax, 



Basant, hal hasant. 



LlNACE^, 



F. B. I. i. 412. 

 Himalaya, 

 3-6,000 ft. 

 Rawalpindi. 

 Hazara (Barrett). 



Zizyphus Jujuba, 



Zizyphus 

 nummularia, 



Jhar-heri. 

 Bhamnacb^. 

 F. B. I. i. 633. 

 The Plains to 

 3,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Lace). 



Zizyphus vulgaris, 



Sinji. 



Rhamnace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 633. 

 The Plains to 

 6,500 ft. 



Hazara (Barrett). 

 Rawalpindi. 

 Baluchistan. 

 (Boissier). 



Zizyphus oxyphylla, 



Phitni. 



RnAMNACEai. 



F. B. I. i. 664. 

 Himalaya. 1-7,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mahasu 

 (Collett). 

 Hazara (Barrett). 

 Rawalpindi. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Lace). 



small, tufted, erect, also with prostrate, stout, soft, 

 rooting branches ; leaves 1-3 in., narrowed into slender 

 stalks, rounded and short-pointed tips, or lanceolate, long- 

 pointed with minute teeth, stipules minute, awl-shaped, 

 and soon falling off ; flowers 1 in. across, yellow, in axillary 

 or terminal clusters, sometimes solitary, look like prim- 

 roses, sepals 5, green, lanceolate, long-pointed, petals 5, 

 twisted, soon falling o&, much longer than the sepals, 

 staniens 5, united below with alternating staminodes, 

 styles 3-4 ; capsule papery, size of a pea, much shorter 

 than the sepals, splitting into 6-8 cells, seeds curved. 

 A good border plant, stands clipping. 



see Trees, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



thorny, l)ranches grey, branchlets in two rows, hairj^ 

 when young ; leaves |-1 in. long, ovate to round, minutely 

 toothed, dark green and velvety above, pale and densely 

 woolly beneath, stipules are two prickles, one straight, 

 slender, the other bent down, hooked ; flowers small, yellow- 

 green in axillary short clusters, which are less than | in., 

 petals 5, bent down, stamens 5, styles 2-3 ; fruit round, 

 red or black, fleshy, nearly | in. diam., with a woody 2- 

 celled stone, this sweet acid fruit is eaten. 



large, branches spreading and stiff, often without 

 thorns ; leaves |-2| in., ovate, rounded at both ends, finely 

 toothed, smooth on both sides, stipular prickles two 

 stout, one straight, 1 in. long, the other curved ; flowers few, 

 greenish, clustered, axillary, petals 5, hood-shaped but 

 bent down, stamens 5. styles 2-3 ; fruit round or .oblong, 

 succulent, red or black, shining. 



medium size, bark brown, thin ; leaves 1-2 by f-lj 

 in., ovate-lanceolate, sharp-pointed, finely toothed, thin, 

 smooth, stalk slender, stipular. prickles two, slender, one 

 straight, | in. long, the other curved : flowers in clusters 

 in axils of leaves, greenish- petals 5, stameng .1, styles 

 2 ; drupe | in. long, ovoid, fleshy, 2-Stfeded, rarely one- 

 seeded, black, verj^ acid, stone thin, flaVceced. 



