Plants of the Punjab. 



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Shrubs with Alternate Bxstipulatb Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Inula Cappa, 



Composite. 



P. B. I. iii. 295. 



Himalaya, 



4-6,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



Hazara (Barrett). 



Inula cuspidata, 



COMPOSITiE. 



F. B. I. iii. 296. 

 Himalaya, 

 4-7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Flowers, minute, in heads. 



medium size, scented, branches thick, densely wool- 

 ly as also under surface of leaves and flower clusters ; 

 leaves 3-6 by 1-2| in., leathery, sessile or shortly-stalked, 

 toothed, silky velvety beneath, teeth close set ; flowers 

 all tubular or a few radiate, in many heads, ^ in. diam., 

 yellow, in rounded clusters, bracts round the heads linear, 

 stiff, sharp-pointed, outer ones shortest, seeds (achenes) 

 Yjj in., silky, tufts of hairs (pappus) ^ in., grey, hairs 

 thickened at the ends. 





iijj^s 



•' medium size, nearly smooth, branches slender ; 

 leaves 5 by 2 in., stalked, ovate-lanceolate, thin, long- 

 pointed, young velvety, old rough above ; flowers ^ in. 

 diam., yellow, outer ones radiate in many heads, on slender 

 stalks crowded in broad terminal clusters, bracts of heads 

 linear, sharp-pointed, stiff, seeds y\ in., tufts of hairs 

 (pappus) ^ in., yellowish, hairs thickened at the tip. 



Pulicaria crispa. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Toothed. 



Pulicaria 

 glaucescens. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Toothed. 



Gaultheria 

 nuimnularioides. 



Flowers not in heads. 

 see Prostrate Shrubs, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 



Gaultheria 

 tricophylla, 



see Prostrate Shrubs, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Cassiope fastigiata, 



Ericaob^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 459. 

 Himalaya, 

 10-14,000 ft. 

 Hattu (Collett). 

 Marali. 



small, dense tufts of parallel erect branches, 6-12 

 in. high ; leaves ^ in., ovate, oblong, overlapping, press- 

 ed against the branches, thickened on the back, hairy ; 

 flowers white, on solitary stalks or in twos or fours, sepals 

 ^-| in., short-pointed, nearly smooth, margins often toothed 

 and membranous, corolla ^-^ in., widely bell-shaped, 

 fleshy ; capsule round, point depressed. 



