Plants of the Punjab. 



113 



Shrubs with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Citrus medica, 

 Lemon or Lime, 



Nimhu. 



EuTACEwE. 



F.B.Li. 514. 

 The Plains. 



large, bark greenish-grey, smooth, long axillary spines ; 

 leaves jointed to stalk, stalk often winged, 3-6 in. by 

 1-2| in., ovate, lanceolate, smooth, leathery ; flowers ^-1 in. 

 long, white, sweet-scented, solitary or in axillary clusters, 

 calyx cup-shaped, 3-5-toothed or entire, petals 4-8, often 

 tinged with pink, oblong, fleshy, gland-dotted, stamens 

 20-40 ; fruit 2-4 in. long, ovoid, oblong or round, rind thick 

 or thin, yellow when ripe, pulp cellular and juicy, usually 

 acid. 



Olax nana, 



Olacine^. 

 F. B. I. i. 576. 

 Himalaya to 

 6,000 ft. 



small, dwarfed by jungle fires, root stock woody with 

 annual ribbed shoots 2 ft. high ; leaves 1^-2^ by ^-| in., 

 oblong-lanceolate, nearly sessile, smooth and light green 

 above, greenish with a bloom beneath, margins turned 

 back ; flowers nearly | in. across, solitary, calyx minute, 

 increases in fruit, petals 3, oblong-lanceolate, stamens 3, 

 staminodes 5-6, bifid, longer than the stamens ; fruit the 

 size of a pea, round, one-seeded. 



Gymnosporia or 

 Celastrus 

 Royleana or spinosa, 



Gwala darim, handu. 

 Celastrine^. 

 F. B. I. i. 620. 

 Himalaya to 

 8,000 ft. 

 Salt Kange. 

 Hazara (Barrett). 



medium size, smooth, densely branching, stiff, straight, 

 axillary spines not bearing leaves ; leaves |-1| in. by |-1 

 in., smooth, ovate or round, toothed ; flowers many, 

 white, in short axillary clusters, calyx lobed, lobes ob- 

 tuse, minutely fringed, petals 5, oblong, stamens 5 ; 

 capsule 3-angled, I in. diam., cells 1-seeded, seeds 3, half 

 enclosed in a red fleshy outer coat. 



Gymnosporia 

 Wallichiana or 

 Celastrus rigida, 



Pataki. 



Celastrineje. 



F.B.Li. 621. 



North-West 



Frontier Province. 



Peshawar. 



Eawalpindi. 



medium size, branches much zig-zagged, spines 1-8 

 in. long, bearing leaves and flowers, leaves 1-1| by |-1 

 in., ovate with a broad tip, round toothed, leathery, 

 flowers in clusters, shorter than the leaves, fruit somewhat 

 inflated, three and one-seeded cells ; in other respects like 

 the last species. 



