Plants of the Punjab. 



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Shrubs with Alternate Bxstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals none. 



Juniperus 

 pseudosabina, 



Bhil, hlienfri. 

 Conifers, 

 F. B. I. V. 646. 

 Himalaya, 

 9-15,000 ft. 

 Hazara (Barrett). 



medium size, bark dark coloured ; leaves of two 

 kinds, those on lower branches | in. long, linear, sharp- 

 pointed, spreading, those on the terminal branchlets -^ 

 in. long., broadly ovate, closely overlapping, tips free, 

 back keeled ; flowers like the last species ; fruit erect, 

 ovoid, |-f in., one seeded. 



Juniperus recurva, 

 Weeping Blue 

 Juniper, 



Bettar, bliedara, 

 guggal. 

 Conifers. 

 F. B. I. V. 647. 

 Himalaya, 

 7,500-15,000 ft. 

 The Chor 

 (Collett). 



medium size to small prostrate shrub, bluish-green, 

 branches twiggy with hanging branchlets ; leaves in whorls 

 of 3, |- in. long, curved, linear, sharp-pointed, flat and 

 bluish-green above, curved and pale green below, cones 

 terminal, male yellow ; fruit ovoid, ^-| in., dark purple, 

 seed solitary. The smoke of the burning green wood acts 

 as a violent emetic : the leaves and wood are burnt as in- 

 cense. 



Shrubs with Alternate Exstipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Ribes Grossularia, 

 Rough Gooseberry, 



Amlanch, kansi, 

 teila. 



SAXIFRAGACEiE. 



F. B. L ii. 410. 

 Himalaya, 

 9-12,000 ft. 

 Pangi (Watt). 



small, usually 3 prickles beneath each leaf axil, stems 

 smooth or with many prickly hairs ; leaves nearly round 

 with 3-5 lobes, often toothed, hairy beneath ; flowers 

 stalked in clusters of 1-3 flowers, stalks with bracts at the 

 base and 2 bracteoles at the middle, calyx tube long, lobes 

 4-5, produced above the fruit, petals 4-5, small, stamens 

 4-5 ; berry | in. long, oblong, inedible, seeds several. 



Ribes orientale, 



Kaghak, nangke, 



Saxifragace^. 



F. B. L ii. 410. 



Kashmir, 



8-12,000 ft. 



Baltistan. 



Kaghan, 



medium size, sticky with glands and minutely hairy ; 

 leaves 1-1| in. diam., round, kidney- shaped, minutely 

 toothedj 3-5 lobed ; flowers small, greenish, in erect crowded 

 racemes, bracts l in. long, linear, calj^x tube hardly pro- 

 duced above the fruit, lobes 4-5, petals 4-5, stamens 4-5 ; 

 berry I in. long, yellowish-red, velvety with minute glands, 

 seeds several. 



