Plants of the Punjab. 



89 



Salix oxycarpa, 



Salicine^. 

 F. B. I. V. 636. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-11,000 ft. 

 Simla. 



Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals none. 



SSBDS WITH a tuft OF LONG WHITE HAIRS. 



large, shoots velvety at first ; leaves 2-4 by f-l| in., 

 lanceolate, pointed, teeth small, or none, smooth above, 

 waxy greenish- blue beneath, stipules small, semi-lanceolate ; 

 flowers appearing before the leaves on very long, stout, 

 sessile spikes, bracts yellow in males or brown in females, 

 in males stamens 2, united below, in females style very 

 short, stigmas short ; capsules large, -J^^ in., sessile, silky. 



Shrubs with Alternate {Stipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Helicteres Isora, 



Crataegus 

 Oxyacantha, 



Crataegus 

 Clarkei, 



Hibiscus Iiirtus, 



Malvace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 335. 

 The Plains. 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple, 

 see Trees, Alternate, Stipulate, Lobed. 

 see Trees, Alternate, Stipulate, Lobed. 



Petals united. 



medium size, cultivated ; leaves 3 by 2 in., ovate, 

 long-pointed, lower leaves . often 3-lobed, toothed, 

 hairy, stalk 2 in., hairy, stipules | in., linear ; flowers 

 ^ in. diam., pink or white, spreading on long-jointed stalks, 

 calyx lobes 5, not distended, linear-lanceolate, bracteoles 

 5-7, awl-shaped^ without appendages, shorter than the 

 sepals, corolla | in. diam., petals 5, joined with the stami- 

 nal tube, which is 5-toothed ; capsule 5-valved, round, 

 shorter than the calyx, seeds cottony. This plant yields 

 a strong fibre. 



Hibiscus syriacus, 



Gurhal. 

 Malvage^. 

 F. B. I. i. 344. 

 The Plains. 

 Baluchistan 

 Hughes-Buller). 



medium size, cultivated, not prickly ; leaves 2 in. 

 long, ovate, 3-lobed, toothed, surface nearly smooth, 

 stalk short ; flowers red, large, showy on stalks as long as 

 leaf stalks, axillary, bracteoles 6-7, Hnear, half the length 

 of the calyx, sepals 5, ovate, lanceolate, petals 5, broad 

 at the tip, longer than the calyx, staminal tube with an- 

 thers all the way up ; capsule oblong, blunt, shghtly hairy, 

 seeds thinly hairy. This plant yields a stronger fibre 

 than the last. 



