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Plants of the Punjab. 



Shbubs with Alternate Exstipulaib Simple Leaves. 



Petals none. 



Sareocoeca 

 pruniformis, 



EUPHORBIACB^. 



F. B. I. V. 266. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-9,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Hazara (Barrett). 

 Murree, 



small, smooth, evergreen, branches green, rounded ; 

 leaves 3-4 by ^-1 in., nearly sessile, lanceolate, long-pointed, 

 dark-green, margin smooth ; flowers ^ in. long, pale yellow 

 in short axillary racemes, in male flowers sepals 4, oblong, 

 blunt, stamens 4, in female flowers sepals 4-6 of small over- 

 lapping scales, styles 2, long, recurved ; fruit ^ in. long,, 

 ovoid, purple, stones 2-3. 



Flueggia mlcrocarpa, 



EUPHORBIACE^. 



F. B. I. v. 828. 



The Plains to 



5,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



large, smooth, branchlets angled, flattened ; leaves 

 in 2 rows, 1-3 in. long, shortly stalked, ovate or round, 

 thin ; flowers minute, yellow-green, in dense axillary 

 clusters on separate stalks, male and female flowers on 

 different plants, male sepals 5, round, oblong, concave, 

 spreading, stamens 5, opposite sepals, around 3 styles, 

 long, linear, erect, female shortly stalked in clusters of 

 3-6, sepals erect, 5, styles 3-4, reflexed and each divided 

 into 2 or 3, pointed narrow lobes ; fruit |-| in. diam., dry, 

 a few I in., white, fleshy, minutely dotted, seeds 3-6, 

 minutely dotted. 



Flueggia Leucopyms, like last species, but branches twisted, spinous, 



EuPHORBiACB^. leaves smaller, 1 in. long at most, longer stalked. 



F. B. I. V. 328. 

 The Plains. 



Salix hastata, 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



Junipenis eommunls, 

 Juniper, 



Patthar, lewar, 

 pama. 



C0NIPER,a3. 



F. B. I. V. 646. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-14,000 ft. 

 Hattu (Collett). 

 The ChoF 

 ( Bambei). 



prostrate at 



high 



elevations. 



small, dense, erect, 

 greyish-green ; leaves ^-f in., linear, straight in threes, 

 pointed, concave above, convex below, male cones ^ in. 

 long, many, ovoid, female cones minute, bud-like, consist- 

 ing of many overlapping bracts, fruits compound like 

 a berry, purple black with a bloom, the bracts just visible, 

 seeds 3. The berries are used in the distillation of gin, 

 also as a diuretic : the wood and leaves are burnt in the 

 Punjab for incense. 



