Plants of the Punjab. 



119 



Shrubs with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Myrsine semiserrata, 



Parivana, {jogsa. 



gaunia. 

 Myrsine^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 511. 

 Himalaya, 

 3-9,000 ft. 

 Simla, The Glen 

 (Collett). 



large, bark ashy, smooth ; leaves 2-5 by |-1| in., 

 smooth, leathery, lanceolate, sharply-toothed towards 

 the tip, gland dotted, stalk j^-^ in. long ; flowers in axillary 

 clusters, stalks | in. long, calyx and corolla 4- rarely 

 5- lobed, yV "1- diam., stamens 4, rarely 5, style with 2-4 

 flat spreading branches ; berry red, round, ^-^ in. diam. 



Embelia robusta, 



Bayahirang. 

 Myrsinb^e. 

 F. B. I. iii. 515. 

 The Plains to 

 5,000 ft., near 

 the Jumna. 



large, bark brown with horizontal cracks on the 

 branches, and small warty excrescences ; leaves 3|-7 by 

 2-3| in., oblong or lanceolate with broader tip, base 

 narrowed, margin undulate, short-pointed, rusty velve- 

 ty beneath, nerves prominent, stalk glandular, usually 

 grooved ; flowers small, in simple or clustered racemes 

 of 1-2 in. in length, calyx 5-lobed, persisten', petals 5, 

 oblong, reflexed, stamens 5 on the petals styles short, 

 persistent ; fruit a dry berry, red, round with ribs and 

 crowned by the style ; seed usually one, round, with a 

 hollow base. The fruit is used for the same purpose as 

 that of Myrsine africana. 



Ardisia humilis, 



Myrsine^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 529. 

 The Plains to 

 5,000 ft. 



large, smooth, branched ; leaves 4-8 by 1^-3| in., 

 oblong or ovate with broad tip, short-pointed, leathery, 

 fleshy, margin smooth ; flowers pink, | in. diam., in axil- 

 lary clustered racemes, stalks 1-2 in. long, bracts soon 

 falling off, calyx lobes 5, blunt, oval, corolla 5-lobed, 

 stamens 5 ; fruit round, black when ripe, size of a pea, 

 crowned with the style, full of pink juice, seed one. 



Reptonia baxifolia, 



Gurgura. 

 Myrsine^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 534. 

 Peshawar. 

 Salt Kange. 

 Trans- Indus Hills, 

 2-3,000 feet. 



large, spinous or not, branches grey ; leaves 1| by 

 I in., shortly-stalked, ovate with a broad blunt tip, base 

 narrowed, margin smooth, recurved, leathery, smooth 

 above, slightly velvety beneath ; flowers small, greenish- 

 yellow, sessile in axillary tufts, calyx lobes 5, round, 

 overlapping, corolla tube short, lobes 5, oblong, blunt, 

 stamens 5, alternating with 5 processes ; fruit |-^ in. diam., 

 round, fleshy, edible, one- or rarely two -seeded, seed round 

 with hoflowed base. 



