Plants of the Punjab. 



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Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaveib. 



Petals united. 



Jatropha curcas, 



Battanjot, japlirota. 

 Euphorbiace^. 

 F. B. I. V. 383. 

 The Plains and 

 Himalaya to 

 3,000 ft. 



large, bark grey, smooth, peehng in papery flakes 

 young parts hairy, juice milky ; leaves 4-6 by 3-5 in. 

 broadly heart-shaped, often 5-lobed, stalk 3-9 in. long 

 stipules with stiff hairs ; flowers yellow in terminal clusters 

 sepals 5, yellowish, corolla tubular, pale yellow, hairy within 

 lobes 5, in males stamens many, in females styles united 

 2-fid ; capsule 1-1| in. long, 3-lobed, oblong, seeds large 

 dark brown, smooth, oblong, purgative. The juice is some 

 times used to stop bleeding and cure spongy gums, 



Bridelia stipulariSj 



see Climbing Plants, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



Petals none. 



Parrottia 

 Jacquemontiana, 



Killar, fser. 

 Hamamblidace^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 426. 

 Kashmir, 

 5-9,000 -ft., 

 common. 

 Murree (Douie). 

 Hazara (Barrett). 



large, stem stout, branches many, very like the hazel 

 (Corylus colurna) ; leaves 2-3 in. diam., appearing with 

 the flowers, round or broad-oblong, blunt, minutely toothed, 

 stalk \ in. long, stipules large, soon falling off ; flowers very 

 small, greenish-white, in sessile round heads, involucral, 

 bracts petal-like, yellowish-white, f in. long, ovate with 

 broad tips, calyx lobes 5-7, minute, woolly, oblong or 

 linear-narrow, petals none, stamens 5-7, styles 2 ; capsules 

 minute, in round heads, 1-1| in. diam., woolly, splitting 

 from the top, outer coat woody, inner coat horny, separating 

 from the outer, seed narrow-oblong, with rounded ends. 

 The twigs are used for basket-making and form the twig 

 bridges of Kashmir. The wood is hard and heavy and 

 used for making walking sticks and bows. 



Casearia graveolens, 



Chilla, naro, pim'pri. 

 Samydace^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 592. 

 The Plains, east of 

 Chenab, to 5,000 ft. 



large, bark dark grey with white specks, branchlets 

 smooth ; leaves 4-8 by 2-|-4 in., oblong, with rounded 

 ends or acute, minutely toothed, stalks J-| in. long, stipules 

 I in. long, soon falling off ; flowers greenish-yellow, smooth, 

 many clustered in the axils of leaves, calyx 5-lobed, slightly 

 velvety at the base, persistent, petals none, stamens 8, 

 alternating with scales, style one, stigma simple or 3-fid ; 

 capsule I in., 3-valved, oblong, smooth, seeds with a 

 fleshy coat. The fruit is thrown into streams or tanks 

 to poison fish. 



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