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Plants of the Punjab. 



Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 

 Petals ununited. 



Prunus tomentosa, 



KOSACE.^. 



F. B. I. ii. 314. 



Kashmir, 5-6,000 ft. 



Prinsepia utilis, 



Bekhar, bekhal. 



BoSACEiE. 



F. B. I. ii. 323. 



Himalaya, 

 4-8,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mashobra 

 (Collett). 

 Hazara (Barrett). 



Spirsea bella, 



Kurkan. 



K0SACE.E. 



h\ B. I. ii. 324. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-12,000 it. 

 Simla, Maliasu, 

 common (Collett). 



Spirsea canescens, 



Chakis. 



EOSACE^. 



F. B. I. ii. 325. 



Himalaya, 

 6-12,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mashobra, 

 common (Collett). 



Spirsea vaccinifolia, 



lioSACE.E. 



F. B. I. ii, 325. 



Himalaya, 



6-8,000 ft. 



Simla, Elysium Hill, 



Naldera, Sbali 



(Collett). 



Hazara (Barrett). 



medium size, branches slender, spreading, branch- 

 lets woolly ; leaves 1-1|- in., ovate-rounded, long-pointed, 

 finely toothed, slightly hairy above, densely softly ha'ry 

 beneath, stalk very short, hairy, stipules slender, segmented ; 

 flowers axillary, shortly stalked, solitarj^ calyx-tube J in., 

 lobes oblong, pointed, petals small, white ; fruit scarlet, 

 oblong, hairy, pointed at first, blunt, flattened when ripe. 



medium size, straggling, smooth, spinous, spines often 

 leafy, green, pith divided by partitions ; leaves l|-5 by 

 |-1| in., narrow, lanceolate, long-pointed, leathery, smooth, 

 minutely toothed, dark green, stalk i-| in., stipules minute, 

 soon falling off ; flowers white, | in. diam., in short axillary 

 racemes, petals 5, round, stamens many in several rows ; 

 drupe |-| in., oblong, the minute point, the remains of the 

 style, is quite on one side, purple with bloom like a plum, 

 stone smooth, one-seeded. Oil expressed from the seeds 

 is used locally for food, illuminating, and as an external 

 remedy in rheumatism. 



medium size, branches erect, arching, slender or stout ; 

 leaves |-2 in. long, broadly, oblong, ovate, sharply irregu- 

 larly toothed towards the tip, dark green above, waxy 

 bluish-green below, stipules small, soon falling off ; flowers 

 pink, rarely white, in broad terminal much branching 

 clusters, petals round, stamens 50-60 ; fruit of 5 carpels, 

 velvety, carpel ^ in., dark brown. 



medium size, softly hairy or velvety, branches grey, 

 arching, densely leafy ; leaves |-f by l-l in., ovate with tip 

 broad, nearly sessile, toothed towards the tip, rather 

 leathery, stipules small, soon falling off ; flowers I in. 

 diam., white or pinkish, in small branched clusters at 

 the end of many lateral branchlets, often all turned to 

 one side, carpels 5, hairy when ripe, and partially sunk in 

 the calyx. 



medium size, l^ranches stiff, grey, hairy ; leaves 1-1| in. 

 stalked, ovate, minutely toothed towards the tip, stipules 

 small, soon falling off ; flowers ^ in. diam., white, in broad 

 terminal branching woolly clusters, carpels 5, when ripa 

 smooth, minute, half sunk in the hairy calyx. 



