Plants of the Pwijab. 



125 



Shrubs with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals none. 



Elsagnus umbellata, 



Ghain, kankol tnirch, 

 hammeica. 

 El^agnace^. 

 F. B. L V. 201. 

 Himalaya, 

 3-10,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mashobra 

 (Collett). 

 Hazara (Barrett). 



Hippophae 

 rhamnoides, 

 Sea Buckthorn, 

 Sallow-Thorn, 



Kala hisa, tserkar, 

 sirma. 



El^eagnace^. 

 F. B. I. V. 203. 

 Himalaya, in the 

 beds of streams, 

 7-12,000 ft. 

 Lahul, Pangi. 



medium size, spinous, branches dark ; leaves 1-3 

 by I'l in., oblong-lanceolate, blunt, smooth or with star- 

 shaped hairs above, silvery scaly beneath, stalk | in. ; 

 flowers white, scented, silvery without, in small axillary 

 clusters, appearing with the leaves, calyx ^ in. long, silvery, 

 tube slender, funnel-shaped, teeth 4, broadly triangular, 

 stamens 4 ; fruit | in. long, oblong, succulent, edible, stone 

 bony, ribbed, woolly within. The seeds and flowers are 

 used as a stimulant in coughs, and as a substitute for black 

 pepper. 



large, spinous, bark dark grey, rough with vertical 

 furrows, branches stiff with silvery twigs and leaves ; 

 leaves |-2 by |^-J in,, linear, oblong to ovate with 

 broad tip, rather leathery, smooth above, felted beneath, 

 with grey or rusty scales ; flowers male in axillary clusters, 

 female solitary, calj^x in male in 2 segments, in female 

 2- toothed, in male stamens 4 ; fruit ^ in. long, ovoid, 

 orange or scarlet, succulent, acid but edible, seed oblong, 

 shining. The fruit is very acid and used as a syrup ^or 

 coughs. 



Hippophae salicifolia, large, spinous, willow-like, leaves 2-4 in., linear- 



Surch, dhur chuk, lanceolate, dark green above, covered with stellate hairs 



chuma. and few scales beneath ; otherwise like the last species. 



El^agnacb^. 



F. B. I. V. 203. 



Himalaya, 



5-10,000 ft. 



Sutlej Valley 



(Collett). 



Osyris arborea, 



Dalmi, dalima. 

 Santalacb^. 

 F. B. I. V. 232. 

 Himalaya, 

 1-7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



large, young shoots sharply 3-angled ; leaves 1-2 in. 

 long, nearly sessile, oblong-ovate, tip short-pointed ; 

 flowers very minute, yellow-green, nearly sessile, calyx 

 3-4-lobed, male flowers in axillary clusters, female one 

 to three together on long stalks ; fruit | in., round, 

 yellow to red, seed one, round. The leaves are made 

 into Bischar tea, which is drunk in Ladak, but is very 

 nauseating. 



Euphorbia Tirucalli, 



see Shrubs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 



