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Plants oj the Punjab. 



Shrubs with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Rhododendron 

 campanulatum, 



Cherailu, sarngar, 

 gaggar yurmi. 



ERICACEiB. 



F. B. I. iii. 466. 



Himalaya, 



9-14,000 ft. 



The Chor (Collett). 



Marali. 



medium size, bark thin, grey ; leaves 3-5 in. long, 

 oblong, rounded at both ends, crowded at the end of 

 branches, leathery, dark green, smooth above, cinna- 

 mon-felted beneath ; flowers mauve, in large clusters, 

 stalks as long as the corolla tube, bracts silky, calyx 

 teeth broadly triangular, small, corolla bell-shaped, 1-1^ 

 by |-1 in., lobes 5, stamens 10 ; capsule cylindrical, 1 in. 

 long, curved, seeds linear, oblong, flattened. The powdered 

 leaves are mixed with tobacco and used as snuff in colds. 



Rhododendron 

 lepidotum, 



Talisfur, talisri. 



Ericacb^. 



F.B.I, iii. 471. 



Himalaya, 



8-15,000 ft. 



Simla, Jacko, Hattu 



(Collett). 



Marali. 



small, scented, young parts covered with silvery and 

 golden scales, branches rough ; leaves f-1 in. long, ovate 

 with broad tips, base narrow, nearly sessile at the ends 

 of branches, smooth above, silvery beneath ; flowers red, 

 yellow or purple, solitary or 2-3 together, stalks |-1| 

 in. long, very rough, calyx teeth oval, corolla tube short, 

 lobes round, spreading, ^-| in. long, stamens 8-10, hairy 

 below ; capsule |-^ by ^-| in., erect. The smoke of the 

 leaves is used in Indian medicine as a stimulant. 



Rhododendron 

 Anthopogon, 



Nichni, kai zahan, 



tazak tzun. 



Ericace^. 



F. B. I. iii. 472. 



Himalaya, 



11-16,000 ft. 



The Chor (Collett). 



Marali. 



Msesa Indica, 



small, scented, branchlets rough and scaly ; leaves 

 1-1 1 in. long, broad, oblong, shining above, cinnamon- 

 felted beneath, stalk i-g-| in. long; flowers yellowish- 

 white in small terminal clusters, calyx teeth oblong, thin, 

 margins hairy, corolla tubular, mouth dilated, tube -g in. 

 long, lobes .ovate with broad tips, spreading, stamens 

 6-8 ; capsule | in. long, ovoid. The leaves are used for 

 the same purpose as those of the last species. 



see Trees, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Myrsine africana, 



Behrang, kakhum, 

 shamshad. 

 Myrsine^. 

 F.B.I, iii. 511. 

 Salt Range. 

 Himalaya, 

 1-8,500 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Murree (Douie). 



small or large, branchlets rasty velvety ; leaves |-1| 

 in. long, nearly sessile, lanceolate, gland-dotted, sharply 

 toothed ; flowers small, nearly sessile, in clusters of 3-8, 

 calyx 4-lobed, free, persistent, corolla 4-lobed, rotate, 

 stamens 4, stigma rounded, style 2-4-branched ; berry 

 I in. diara,, red, round, edible. The fruit is sold in bazaars 

 as a strong purging vermifuge. 



