Plants of the Punjab. 



Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



81 



Cydonia vulgaris. 

 The Quince, 



Biki. 



Rosacea. 

 F. B. I. ii. 369. 

 The Plains to 

 5,500 ft. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Hughes-Buller). 



medium size, bark black, branches many ; leaves 

 with smooth margin, stipules ovate, uneven-sided ; flowers 

 solitary, white or pink, large, woolly, bracts leafy, toothed, 

 sepals club-shaped, large, spreading, toothed, petals 5, 

 stamens 20, styles 5 ; fruit like an apple, dented at the top 

 and bottom, firm, fleshy, astringent, fragrant, o-celled, 

 seeds many. The seeds, Bihidanah or Behdanah, are used 

 in Indian medicine as a demulcent in dysentery and an oil 

 is also expressed from the seeds. 



Crataegus crenulata, 



Gingaru. 



Ro^ACEiE. 



F. B. I. ii. 384. 

 Himalava, 

 2,500-8,000 ft. 



large, spiny, rigid, evergreen ; leaves 1-2 in., linear 

 oblong, blunt, minutely toothed, shining, very leathery, 

 stipules soon falling off ; flowers white, |-^ in. diam., on 

 slender stalks in short, many-flowered clusters at the end 

 of branchlets, calyx lobes 5, blunt, petals 5, round, stalked, 

 stamens many, carpels 5 ; drupe round, ^ in. diam., 

 orange-red, crowned with the calyx, 5 bony one-seeded 

 nutlets. 



Cotoneaster 

 bacillaris, 



Beus, kherhaha. 



ROSACE.E. 



F. B. I. ii. 384. 



Salt Range, 

 1,500-2,500 ft. 

 Himalaya, 

 4-10,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mashobra 

 (Collett). 

 Murree. 

 Hazara (Barrett). 



large, bark bluish-grey, branches long, slender, used 

 for walking sticks, hence the specific name ; leaves 1-3| 

 by f-lf in., ovate, or oblong-lanceolate, sharp-or blunt- 

 pointed, narrowed into the stalk, smooth above, downy 

 beneath, margin flat, stalk J in., stipules minute, bristle- 

 like, very soon falling off ; flowers white, ^ in. diam., in 

 large, hairy or downy branched-clusters on short lateral 

 leafy branchlets, calyx smooth, 5-toothed, petals 5, round, 

 stamens 20, styles 2-5, free ; fruit round, ^ in. diam., 

 2-celled, dark brown to black, crowned by the calyx. 

 Variety — C. afQnis or rosea like the above, but woolly 

 under the leaves and on the calyx, petals pink. 



Cotoneaster 

 acuminata, 



Dev-reus, rauns. 



Rosace.^. 



F. B. I. ii. 385. 



Himalaya, 



4,500-12,000 ft. 



Hattu (Collett). 



Cbor Peak. 



large, bark shining, dark bluish-grey, branches long, 

 slender ; leaves 1-2| by |-f in., ovate-lanceolate, long- 

 pointed, silky beneath, margin hairy, flat, stipules minute, 

 bristle-hke, soon falling off ; flowers white, J in. diam., 

 solitary or in hairy small, nearly sessile, clusters on short 

 lateral leafy branchlets, calyx 5-toothed, reddish inside, 

 petals 5, round, stamens 20, styles 2-5 ; fruit top-shaped, 

 I in. long, bright red when ripe, crowned by the calyx. 



