Plants of the Punjab. 



121 



Shrubs with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Breweria latifolia, 



Convolvulace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 224. 

 The Plains of the 

 Western Punjab. 



small, stiff, rough, much branched, densely silky ; 

 leaves |:-| in., oblong with rounded ends, margins entire ; 

 llowers ^ in., pinkish, sessile, 1-3 together, axillary, bracts 

 small, calyx lobes 5, long-pointed, very silky, corolla 

 funnel-shaped, barely 5-lobed, folding at the angles, stamens 

 5, enclosed in the corolla tube, styles 2, nearly ununited 

 from the base ; capsule f in., ovoid, 4-seeded, seeds ovoid, 

 oblong, smooth. 



Cressa cretica, 



CONVOLVULACB^, 



F. B. I. iv. 225. 

 The Plains. 



small, stem 6-18 in. high ; leaves |-| in. long, sessile, 

 oblong, short-pointed ; Howers small, in terminal spikes 

 or clusters or sessile in the axils of upper leaves, sepals 

 ^ in. long, equal, corolla ^ in. long, funnel-shaped, white 

 or pink, lobes 5, reflexed, stamens 5, projecting beyond 

 the corolla, styles % linear ; capsule 4-valved, seeds 4, 

 smooth. 



Solanum dulcamara, 

 Woody Nightshade, 



Buba harik. 



SOLANAOE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 229. 

 Himalaya, 

 4-8,000 ft. 

 Narkanda (Collett). 



small, branches long, trailing, smooth or velvety, 

 leaves 1-3 in. long, ovate, oblong or lobed, long-pointed, 

 smooth, stalk 1 in. long ; flowers ^-f in. diam., purple, 

 in loose hanging clusters, calyx teeth 5, blunt, -^^ in. long, 

 corolla lobes 5, curved back, stamens 5, anther tips meet- 

 ing above ; berry \ in. diam., round, red, seeds many, 

 ^ in. diam., smooth. This plant is used as a diuretic, 

 diaphoretic and alterative. 



Solanum 

 verbascifolium, 



Kola mewa, tiari, ola. 



SOLANACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 230 



The Plains to 



5,000 ft. 



Valley below Simla 



(Collett). 



large, woolly with star-shaped hairs at end of branches 

 and flower stalks, bark light grey ; leaves 7-9 by 3-5 in., 

 oblong, narrowed at both ends, margins smooth, tip 

 long-pointed ; flowers |-f in. diam., white, crowded in 

 stalked branched clusters, corolla woolly without, sta- 

 mens 5, anther tips meeting above ; berry ^ in. diam., 

 round, smooth, yellow, seeds many, ^ in. diam. 



Withania somnifera, 



Asgand, ok, aksan. 



SOLANACE.33. 



F. B. I. iv. 239. 

 The Plains. 

 Lahore. 



small, thinly woolly branches round ; leaves 2-4 in. 

 long, ovate, short -pointed, stalk \-\ in.; flowers green- 

 ish-yellow, axillary, sessile or shortly-stalked in clus- 

 ters, or solitary, calyx in flower >; in., in fruit f in., bell- 

 shaped, 6-6-toothed, in fruit enlarged and nearly round, 

 papery, corolla bell-shaped, \-\ in., lobes 3-6, short ; berry 

 round, \-\ in. diam., seeds many, l^ in. diam. The root 

 is narcotic and diuretic. 



