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Plants of the Punjab, 



Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Cotoneaster 

 nummular ia, 



Eosace^. 



F. B. I. ii. 38G. 



Kashmir, 



3 -11,000 ft. 



Baluchistan 



(Boissier). 



Petals ununited. 



small, straggling, nearly prostrate, branches thick, 

 woody, dividing widely ; leaves |-1| in., round or with the 

 blade wider at the tip, white or densely woolly beneath, 

 falling off in the winter, stipules minute, bristle-like, soon 

 falling off ; flowers small, white, in crowded very short, 

 woolly 2- to 5 -flowered clusters, calyx usually woolly, 

 petals 5, round, stamens 20, styles 2-5 ; fruit small, round, 

 black, crowned by the calyx. 



Cotoneaster 

 microphylla, 



see Prostrate Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



Petals united. 



Sida spinosa, 

 Sida grewioides, 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple, Toothed, 

 see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple, Entire. 



Sida rhombifolia, see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple, 



Toothed. 



Sida cordifolia, 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple, 

 Toothed. 



Abutilon graveolens. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple, Entire. 



Hibiscus hirtus. 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Lobed. 



Hibiscus 

 rosa-sinensis. 

 Shoe flower, 



Jasum, 

 angliarcehindi. 

 Malvace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 344. 

 The Plains to 

 5,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Hughes-Buller). 



medium size, woody, branched, not prickly ; leaves 

 ovate, long-pointed, nearly smooth, toothed at the apex, 

 stipules sword-shaped ; flowers red, 3 in. diam., on 

 stalks longer than the leaves, axillary, bracteoles 6-7, 

 linear, half the length of the calyx, calyx bell-shaped, 

 sepals f in., lanceolate, united below the middle, corolla 

 of 5 petals, united to the stamiual tube, staminal tube 

 longer than the corolla and of many filaments, stylos 5, 

 spreading ; capsule roundish, many seeded, but does not 

 seed in India. The petals were used to blacken shoes, 

 hence the name. Shoe flower, they are also used as a 

 demulcent. 



Plumbago zeylanica. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, bimple, Entire. 



