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Plants of the Punjab. 



Shrubs with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals none. 



Salsola foetida, small, pale grey, much branched ; leaves minute. 



Saltwort, fleshy, nearly round, floral leaves longer, overlapping ; 



Moii lane, gora lane, flowers small, solitary, axillary or on short spikes, brac- 

 sJiora. teoles leaf-like, sepals 4-5, concave, |^ in. across, silvery 



Chenopodiace^. white, winged, stamens 5 or less on separate flowers from 

 P. B. I. V. 18. those with the 2-3 linear stigmas, which are often turned 



The Plains. down, the little flowers look like silver stars among the 



leaves, galls |-| in. diam., often found on the branchlets. 

 Manna is sometimes obtained from the surface of the 

 leaves and the plant is used in making coarse soda. 



Salsola verrucosa, 



Chenopodiacb.e. 

 F. B. I. V. 18. 

 North-West 

 Frontier Province. 



Daphne oleoides, 



Kutilal, sJiing, 

 kagsari. 



Thymel^ace^. 

 F. B. I. V. 193. 

 Himalaya, 

 3-9,000 ft. 

 Simla (CoUett). 

 Hazara(Barrett). 



Daphne cannabina, 



Satpura, niggi,jeku. 

 Thymel^ace.b. 

 F. B.I. V. 193. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Oollett). 



Wlkstraemia 

 canescens, 



Bhat niggi, thilak. 

 Thymel^acb^. 

 F. B. I. V. 195. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-9,000 ft. 

 Narkanda, 

 Patarnala (Oollefct). 



large, stout, like the last species, but the flowers are 

 larger, J-| in. diam., dark brown. 



small, branches many, velvety ; leaves sessile, 1-2| 

 in. long, ovate or lanceolate with broad tip, sharp -pointed 

 or blunt, sometimes a httle hairy ; flowers I in. long, pinkish 

 white, in terminal clusters, calyx tubular, lobes 4, spread- 

 ing, ovate, no bracts, stamens S in 2, series, nearly 

 sessile ; fruit |-| in. long ; berry dry or fleshy, orange 

 or scarlet, seed one. The leaves are poisonous to camels. 

 The bark is considered to be an alterative and used in 

 diseases of the bones. 



medium size, branches smooth, leafy at the tips ; 

 leaves 2-4 in. long, nearly sessile, lanceolate, rather 

 leathery ; flowers ^ in. long, white, sessile, in bracteate 

 terminal clusters, calyx tubular, woolly outside, scented, 

 lobes 4, ovate, stamens 8, in 2 series, nearly sessile ; 

 berry ^ in. long, ovoid, orange to red, fleshy. The plant 

 suppHes a useful fibre which is used in paper-making, 

 ospeoially in Nepal paper. 



small, branches slender, silky, velvety ; leaves 1-3 

 in., shortly stalked, oblong-lanceolate, thin, often with 

 a white bud in the axil ; flowers yellow or white, in axil- 

 lary or terminal few clusters or spikes without bracts, 

 calyx tube |-| in. long, lobes 4, spreading, short, blunt, 

 scales 1-4, linear within the tube, stamens 8, short, with- 

 in and upon tho tube, in 2 rows ; frait I in. long, narrow- 

 ly ovoid, black, within the oalyx tube at first. This plant 

 is also used in paper-making and the fibre forms good 

 cordage. 



