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Plants of the Punjab. 



Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals none. 



Casearia tomentosa, 



Chilla, hairi. 

 Samydace^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 593. 

 The Plains to 

 8,000 ft. Suni. 

 Sutlej Valley 

 (Collett). 

 Kahuta, Letrar 

 (Douie). 

 Patiala. 



large, bark light grey to dark brown, branchlets 

 hairy ; leaves 3-7 by If -3 in., oblong, hairy, minutely 

 toothed, stalks short, stipules minute, soon falling off ; 

 flowers hairy, greenish -yellow, many clustered in the axils 

 of leaves, calyx 4 to 5 segments, hairy, petals none, 

 stamens 8, alternate with hairy scales, style one, stigma 

 simple or 3-fid ; capsule f in. long, 3-valved, fleshy, 

 yellow, 6-ribbed when dry, seeds with a red coat. The 

 fruit is used as a diuretic. 



Calligonum 

 polygonoides, 



Phog, jpliok. 

 Polygonaceje. 

 F. B. I. V. 22. 

 The Plains. 

 The Salt Eange, 

 2,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan (Lace). 



large, branches many, slender, pale, nearly leafless ; 

 leaves linear, minute, stipules (ochrea) short ; flowers 

 solitary or few, with sheaths, stalks ^-| in., sepals 6, flat, 

 broad, red with broad white edges, stamens 12-18 ; nuts 

 i-1 in. diam., oblong, 4-angled, hard, covered with many 

 reddish-brown stiff bristles, seed 4-angled. The flowers 

 are cooked and eaten. 



Polygonum chinense, 



POLYGONACEiE. 



F. B. I. V. 44. 



Himalaya, 



4-8,000 ft. 



Simla. 



The Glen (Collett). 



medium size, rambling, stems and branches many, 

 changing their course in a curve from joint to joint, angled, 

 finely grooved ; leaves 5 by 1| in., rough with minute 

 prickles, oblong-lanceolate, long-pointed, stalks shortly 

 winged above, sometimes 2-eared at the base, stipules 

 I in. long, tubular, white with long waving points ; flowers 

 white or pink, in heads |-| in. diam., on stalks forming a 

 large level cluster, bracts flat, ovate, sepals 5, stamens 8, 

 styles 3, united half way up ; nuts 3-angled, black, enclosed 

 in the dry or fleshy calyx. 



Polygonum 

 polystachyum, 



Amldandi, tror. 



POLYGONACE^. 



F. B. L V. 50. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-12,000 ft. 

 Matiana. 

 Narkanda (Collett). 



medium size, stems angled, hairy, densely hairy at the 

 ends of branches ; leaves 4-9 by 1|-3| in., oblong-lance- 

 olate, lower stalked or the upper nearly sessile, long-pointed, 

 upper surface thinly hairy or smooth, lower densely hairy, 

 stipules tubular, very long, hairy, pointed ; flowers ^ in. 

 diam., white or pinkish, in terminal branching racemes 

 6-18 in. long, bracts flat, short, blunt, sepals 5, spread- 

 ing, 3 inner broadest, 2 outer narrow, stamens 8, 

 styles 3, only joined below ; nuts small, 3-angled, pale 

 brown, not closed up tight in the calyx. The leaves and 

 shoots are cooked and eaten. 



