Plants of the Punjab. 



77 



Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Zizyphus (Enoplia, 



Mal'oh. 

 Ehamnace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 634. 

 The Plains. 



medium size, bark rough, dark grey, branches long, 

 straggling, often climbing, young parts covered with rusty 

 velvet ; leaves 1-2 by f-1 in., ovate-lanceolate, rounded at 

 both ends, very shghtly and minutely toothed, smooth 

 above, rusty velvety beneath, stalk short, stout, stipular, 

 prickles solitary, very short, curved ; flowers in short 

 clusters, smooth within, calyx woolly without, petals 5, 

 inversely triangular, hood-shaped, bent down, stamens 5, 

 styles 2 ; drupe I in. diam., 1- or rarely 2-celled, round 

 or ovoid, black. 



Berchemia 

 floribunda, 



see Climbing Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



Berchemia lineata, 

 Ehamnace^. 

 F. B.I. i. 638. 

 Himalaya, 



4-7,000 ft. 



Baluchistan 



(Lace). 



Berchemia 

 Edge worth ii, 



RHAMNACEiE. 



F. B. I. i. 638. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-8,000 ft. 



Rhamnus persicus, 



Nikki Icander. 

 Rhamnace^. 

 F. B. L i. 638. 

 Salt Range. 

 Himalaya, 

 2-5,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Lace). 



Rhamnus dahuricus, 

 or virgatus, 



small, bark smooth, shining, young shoots minutely 

 velvety ; leaves J-l in. long, ovate, or nearly round, nearly 

 sessile, stipules bristle-like, very small ; flowers 4-| in., 

 2 or 3 clustered, axillary or terminal, petals 5, lineai-', lance- 

 olate, stamens 5, style one ; fruit ovoid, 4.-| in. long, suc- 

 culent, blue, the base held by the calyx, Vseeded. 



small, very like the last species, but with smooth 

 branches, larger leaves, flowers with 6 petals, stipules 

 I in. long, fruit | in. long. 



large, trunk short, ash coloured, with stiff, often spinous 

 branches ; leaves |-2 in., clustered, when on arrested 

 branchlets, ovate, or oblong, toothed or not, woolly be- 

 neath, shortly stalked, stipules minute, soon falling ; 

 flowers few, shortly stalked in axillary clusters, calyx lobes 

 4, petals 4, small, linear, stamens 4, styles 4, branched ; 

 fruit I in. diam., top-shaped, 2-4-celled, held below by the 

 calvx. 



see Trees, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



Rhamnus purpureus, 



see Trees, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



