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Plants of the Punjab. 



Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Rhamnus triqueter, 



Gaunt, giidlei, 

 fluilla. 



KHAMNACEiE. 



F.B.I.i. 639. 

 Himalaya, 3-5,000 ft. 

 Valleys below Simla 

 (Collett). 

 Hazara (Barrett). 



Sageretia theezans, 



Sageretia 

 Brandrethiana, 



Ganger, hajan. 

 Ehamnace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 64-2. 

 The Plains, west of 

 Jhelum, Peshawar. 

 Salt Eange. 

 Hazara (Barrett). 

 Baluchistan 

 (Boissier). 



Crotalaria alata, 



Leguminos-S!. 

 F. B. I. iii. 69. 

 The Plains to 

 5,000 it. 



Crotalaria sericea, 



Sanni. 



Legumixos^. 



P. B. I. ii. 75. 



The Plains to 



4,000 ft. 



Valleys below SiniU 



(Collett). 



Crotalaria juiicea, 



medium size, not thorny, bark roughish, dark grey, 

 thin, with elevated dots ; leaves 8-6 by 1-2| in., ovate- 

 oblong, long-pointed, finely toothed, smooth above, finely 

 velvety beneath, stalk f in. long, stipules minute, soon 

 falling ; flowers greenish in clusters on long branches of 

 axillary racemes, 2-4 in. long, calyx lobes 5, triangular, 

 petals 5, stalked, broad and notched at the apex, 

 stamens 5, style 3-4 cleft ; fruit 8-lobed, rarely 3-cornered, 

 I in., seeds grooved. 



see Climbing Plants, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



small, branches many, spinous ; leaves nearly oppo- 

 site, |-1 in., oblong with rounded ends, slightly toothed, 

 smooth above, covered with dense white wool be- 

 neath, stalk very short, stipules small, soon falling ; flowers 

 minute in terminal and axillary branching racemes, calyx 

 o-fid, petals 5, stalked, hooded, stamens 5, stigmas 3 ; 

 fruit I in. diam., ovoid, succulent, 3-lobed, black, 8- 

 seeded, edible, sweet like the bilberry. 



small, densly hairy ; leaves 2-3 in. long, nearly sessile, 

 ovate-oblong, tip rounded, thin, stipules forming wings 

 running down the stem, persistent ; flowers in 2-3 flowered 

 racemes on long, often leafy, lateral stalks, small, | in. 

 long, calyx silky, 2-lipped, petals 5, pale yellow, hardly 

 protruding from calyx, stamens 10 in one bundle, style 

 long, bearded above; pod l|-lf in. long, long-stalked, 

 linear-oblong, smooth, seeds 80-40. 



medium size, silky velvety, stem thick, grooved : 

 leaves 2-6 by 1-8 in., nearly sessile, ovate, tapering to 

 the short stalk, tipped with a minute bristle, stipules small, 

 leafy, persistent ; flowers |-1 in. long in terminal racemes, 

 20-40 flovfered, 8-12 in. long, calyx | in. long, teeth 

 lanceolate, petals yellow, nearly twice as long as the calyx, 

 stamens and style like the last species ; pod li-2 in. long, 

 nearly smooth, stalked, seeds many. The fibre is used far 

 making cordage. 



3ee Shrubs, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Taverniera 

 uummularia; 



see Shruba, ilteraale, Stipulate, Coaii-OUai. Leaf 

 lets Chree. 



