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Plants oj the Punjab. 



Bhrubs with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Rubus lasiocarpus, 



Pakana, guracha, 



kharmach. 



Rosacea. 



F. B. I. ii. 339. 



Himalaya, 



4-10,000 ft. 



Simla, Mahasu 



(Collett). 



Hazara (Barrett). 



large, branches spreading, smooth, pendulous, pur- 

 ple, often rooting at the tips, prickles small, flattened, 

 few, often curved ; leaves 3-10 in. long, midrib and 

 stalks prickly, stipules | in., linear, awl-shaped, leaflets 

 5-9, ovate, lateral leaflets 1|-2| in., end one rather 

 larger, often lobed, green smooth above, white felted be- 

 neath ; flowers |-f in. diam., dark pink, in clustered woolly 

 small branching racemes, calyx woolly, teeth 5, lanceo- 

 late, pointed, longer than the petals, petals 5, round, 

 stamens many ; fruit same as the last species, but the 

 drupes change to black from blue, they are much eaten 

 by Europeans and Indians. 



Potentilla fruticosa, 

 Shrubby Potentilla, 



Spang jha, merino. 

 Eosace^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 347. 

 Himalaya, 

 8-12,000 ft. 

 Hattu (Collett). 



medium size, branches rigid or robust, sometimes 

 prostrate, very leafy ; leaves crowded, odd pinnate, sti- 

 pules large, membranous, blunt, leaflets 3-7, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, ^-f in., pointed, densely silky hairy above, smooth 

 beneath ; flowers yellow, many, silky, calyx lobes o, ovate 

 or lanceokte, petals 5, much longer than the calyx, stamens 

 many ; achenes many, hairy. 



Potentilla Salessovii, 



Rosacea. 



F. B. I. ii. 348. 



Kashmir. 



Lahul, 11-14,000 ft. 



small, silky, stem woody, 1 in. thick ; leaves 4-6 in., 

 stipules membranous with a tail-like point, stalk thick ; 

 leaflets 7-9, oblong, blunt, coarsely bluntly toothed beyond 

 the middle, white or green beneath, base rounded ; 

 flowers 1 in. diam., white, very many, stalked in brandling 

 leafy clusters, calyx woolly, lobes 5, ovate or lanceolate, 

 petals 5, oblong-ovate with a broad termination, longer 

 than the calyx, stamens liiany ; achenes minute, hairy, 

 enclosed in the hairs of the fruit base. The fine powder 

 under the leaves causes sneezing. 



Rosa macrophylla, 

 Rose, 



Ban Gulah, tumbi, 



shingari. 



Rosace.e. 



F. B. I. iii. 366. 



Himalaya, 



4-10,000 ft. 



Simla, Mashobra. 



Matiana, 



Narkanda (Collett). 



Hazara (Barrett). 



medium size, prickly or smooth, 2)rickles straight 

 or curved with dilated bases ; leaves 2-8 in. long., stalk 

 velvety, stipules largo, broad, spreading, leaflets 7-11, 

 nearly smooth, ovate, acute, teeth small, regular, lateral 

 leaflets smaller the further they arc from the end leaflet, 

 which is |-3 in. long ; flowers 1-2| in. diam., pink, solitary 

 or in clusters, calyx lobes 5, narrow, thread-like, longer 

 than the petals, tip often broad, toothed, petals 5, broad, 

 stamens many, stylos ununited ; fruit rod, somotimos 2 

 in. long, crowned by the persistent calyx lobes ; achenes 

 large, ^ in. long, few or many. 



