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Plants of the Punjab. 



Shrubs with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Gymnosporia or 

 Celastrus montana, 



Talkar, mareila, 

 sherawane. 

 Celastrineje. 

 F.B.Li. 621. 

 The Plains to 

 2,000 ft. 



large, branches stiff and nearly straight, spines axillary, 

 straight, 1-2 in. long, often bearing leaves and flowers, 

 leaves 1-3 by |-2 in., linear, ovate to roundly ovate, 

 minutely toothed or not, leathery, flowers small, greenish- 

 white, axillary or on the spines, much branched 

 clusters, shorter than the leaves, bracts, calyx lobes and 

 petals fringed, fruit round or ovoid, black, size of a pea, 

 1-3-celled, cells one-seeded ; in other respects like the ast 

 species. 



Rhus Cotinus, 

 The wig tree, 

 Venetian Sumach, 



Tuny, hhan. tittri. 

 Anacardiace^. 

 F. B. L ii. 9 

 Himalaya, 

 3-5,000 ft. 

 Hazara (Barrett). 

 Valleys below Simla 

 (Collett). 



large, bark reddish-brown, branchlets red, young 

 parts grey woolly ; leaves 2-4 by l|-3 in., stalks, l|--3 

 in. long, ovate or round, polished above, slightly woolly 

 beneath ; flowers very small, j^^ in. diam., pale yellow, 

 few on very slender long stalks forming loose feathery, 

 pale purple bunches, sepals linear, oblong, petals longer 

 than the sepals, stamens 5, styles 3 ; drupe i in. long, com- 

 pressed, reddish, covered with white hairs. The wood 

 under the name of Young Fustic is much used in Europe 

 for dj^eing wool scarlet or orange. The bark and leaves 

 are used for tanning. 



Crotalaria Burhia, 



Khip, sis, IJiarsan. 



LsGUMINOSiE. 



P. B. I. ii. 66. 

 The Plains to 

 4,000 ft. 

 Sargodha (Douie). 



small, branches numerous, stiff, ending sometimes 

 in spines, with fine pale felt ; leaves |-1| in. long, few, 

 scattered, almost sessile, silky, ovate or lanceolate ; flowers 

 yellow, 6-12, in terminal racemes, flower stalks very short 

 with 2 bracteoles, calyx densely silky, teeth lanceolate, 

 corolla yellow with reddish veins, hardly protruding, 

 stamens 10, united, style long, hairy above ; pod 2-4- seeded, 

 hardly longer than the calyx, oblong, hairy. The fibre 

 is sometimes used in place of hemp. 



Crotalaria albida, 



Leguminos.e. 

 F. B. Lii.71. 

 The Plains to 

 7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



small, branches many, firm, round, slender, some- 

 what silky ; leaves nearly sessile, 1-2 in. long, firm, gland- 

 dotted, narrow, oblong, smooth above., silky beneath ; 

 flowers \ in. long, pale yellow, usually in terminal racemes, 

 calyx top-shaped, I in. long, thinly silky, longer in fruit, 

 teeth long, 3 lower linear, 2 upper broader and blunter, 

 corolla pale yellow, rarely tinged with lilac, hardly pro- 

 truding, stamens 10, united, style long, hairy above 

 pod |-| in. long, sessile, twice as long as the calyx, smocth, 

 oblong, seeds 6-12, 



