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Plants of the Punjab. 



Shrubs with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals United. 



Withania coagulans, 

 The Cheesemaker, 



Panirhand, 

 sjpinhajja. 

 Solanacb^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 240. 

 The Plains to 

 3,000 ft. 

 Sutlej VaUey 

 (Collett). 

 Shahpur (Douie). 



small, greyish from minute star-shaped hairs ; leaves 

 1-2 in. long, oblong, blunt, thick, narrowed at the base, 

 very shortly stalked ; flowers | in. diam., pale yellow, 

 mealy from the minute star-shaped hairs outside, in short 

 stalked hanging axillary clusters, calyx i in. in flower, 

 I in. in fruit, velvety, corolla bell-shaped, lobes turned 

 back ; berry and seeds as in the last species W. somnifera. 

 The fruit is emetic when fresh, anodyne and carminative 

 when dry. It is used as an efficient substitute for animal 

 rennet. 



Lycium europseura, 



Kangu, mral, 

 chirchitta. 

 Solanacb^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 240. 

 The Plains to 

 5,000 ft. 



small, spinous ; leaves ^-1 in. long, often clustered 

 at the joints, hnear-oblong ; flowers ^ in. diam., purplish 

 white, solitary or in clusters at the joints, calyx ^ in., 

 often 2-lipped, teeth 5, not larger in fruit, corolla funnel- 

 shaped, lobes 0-4, half the length of the tube, stamens 

 5-4 on the corolla tube, smooth at the base ; berry | in. 

 diam., nearly round, many seeded. The berries are edible 

 and considered to be aphrodisiac. 



Lycium barbarum, 



BargJiauna. 

 Solanace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 241. 

 The Plains to 

 3,000 ft. 

 Lahore. 



like the last species except that the corolla lobes are 

 more than half as long as the tube. It is called the Tea 

 plant in South Africa. 



Lycium ruthenicum, hke the last species except that the leaves are 



Khichar, kitserma. linear, calyx is 3-4-lobed and the stamens are hairy at 

 Solanace^. the base. 



F. B. Liv. 241. 

 Kashmir, 6-9,000 ft. 



Bridelia stipularis, 



see Climbing Plants, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



Flacourtia 

 Ramontchi, 



Petals none. 



see Trees, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 



