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Plants oj the Punjab. 



Prostrate Shrubs with Alternate Exstipulatb Compound Leaves, 



Peojals ununited. 



Rubus pungens, 



Eosace^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 341. 

 Kashmir, 

 7-8,000 ft. 

 Kagan. 



stems very long, slender, not glandular except some- 

 times the leaf and flower stalks, prickles many, slender, 

 straight, branches long, cylindric, trailing, green, smooth 

 except the velvety tips, leaves 2-4 in., stalk very slender, 

 sometimes glandular, unarmed or with faintly hooked 

 prickles, leaflets 6-7, 1-1| in., sessile, bright green on both 

 sides, thm, ovate, deeply sharp-toothed, terminal leaflet 

 broader, heart-shaped, 3-lobed, stipules narrow, lanceolate 

 or bristle-like, flowers about 1 in. diam., erect, soHtary or 

 2-3 on an axillary long stalk, fruit round, small, drupes 

 few ; for other characters see the last species. 



Potentilla fniticosa. 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound. 



Potentilla Salessovii, 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound. 



Prostrate Shrubs with Alternate Exstipulatb Simple Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Capparis spinous. 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



Petals united. 



Gaultheria 

 nummularioides, 



Ericace^. 



F. B. I. iii. 457, 



Himalayas, 



5-9,000 ft. 



The Chor, Marali 



(Collett). 



Gaultheria 

 triehophylla, 



Ericace^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 457. 

 Himalayas, 

 10-13,000 ft. 

 Lahul (Jae-chke). 



small, prostrate, much branched, leafy, stems creep- 

 ing over banks, hairy; leaves i by ^ in., ovate from a round- 

 ed base, short-pointed, minutely stalked, smooth above, 

 bristly beneath, flowers reddish-white, minute on stalks 

 To in., covered with leathery, smooth, ovate bracts, calyx 

 teeth |- in., lanceolate, corolla ^ by fV in. wide, tubular, 

 lobes minute, stamens 10 ; capsule | in. diam., succulent, 

 blue black. 



small stems, wiry, prostrate, much branched ; leaves 

 ^ by I in., oblong from a narrow base, nearly sessile, margin 

 even or minutely toothed, smooth on both surfaces, margins 

 usually with long hairs; flowers red or white, on stalks 

 -iV in., densely clothed with o>ate bracts yV in. long, calyx 

 teeth tV in., ovate-oblong, corolla | in. long and wide, 

 bell-shaped, stamens 10 ; capsule 5 in, diam., calyx succu' 

 lent, blue black. 



