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Plants of the Punjab 



CLIMBING PLANTS. 

 CLiMBtNG Plants with Opposite Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



perennial, woody, spinous, young parts felted, branches 

 long, slender, half climbing; leaves 2-4 in. long, lanceolate- 

 ovate, short or long-pointed, toothed, leathery, dark green 

 and smooth above, stalks | in., stipules small, soon falling 

 off or changed into prickles ; flowers very small, j'^ello wish- 

 green in large terminal branching racemes, velvety and 

 often leafy, bracts leafiike, calyx 5-parted, lobes keeled 

 within, persistent, tube cup-like, petals 5, hooded, stalked, 

 stamens 5, stjde short, 3-grooved, stigmas 3, drupe J in. 

 long, top-shaped, 3-celled, not lobed, black when ripe, 

 seeds 3. 



see Chmbing Plants, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



see Chmbing Plants, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



Lobed Leaves. 



perennial, rough, bristly, rootstock stout, branched, 

 stems tall, twming, rough or prickly with reversed bristles ; 

 leaves 3-4 in. diam., dark green, upper ovate, lower 3-5- 

 lobed, stalked, heart-shaped, toothed, stipules lateral, 

 persistent ; flowers green, males and females separate, 

 males in branchmg racemes, 3-5 in. across, females in pairs 

 in the axils of broad bracts of a catkin-like ovoid spike, 

 male flowers I in. diam., sepals 5, overlapping, stamens 5, 

 united to the sepals, female flowers in heads | in. diam., 

 yellow, styles purple, fruiting l|in. diam., scales circular ; 

 fruit an ovoid spike of overlapping bracts, in the axils, 

 2 flattened achenes each in its sepal. The plant was culti- 

 vated in Kashmir, it has some sedative action, and is used 

 in brewing beer. 



Climbing Plants with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Sageretia 

 oppositifolia, 



Drange, girihan. 



Khamnace^. 



F.B.Li. 641. 



Himalaya, 



2-6,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



Sageretia theezans, 



Piper 

 brachystaehyum, 



Humulus lupulus, 

 The Hop, 



Urticace^. 



p. B. L v. 487. 



Himalaya, 



7,000 ft. 



Simla. 



Kashmir. 



Cultivated, 



Hiptage Madablota, 



Kampti, endra, 

 chopar. 



Malpighiace^. 

 F. B. L i. 418. 

 The Plains to 

 3,000 ft. 

 Sutlej Valley 

 (Collett). 

 Gurgaon. 



Petals ununited. 



tall, woody, perennial, smooth except young parts which 

 are grey felted ; leaves 4-6 in., ovate-lanceolate, shortly 

 stalked, entire, smooth, thick ; flowers f in., white with a 

 yellow spot, fragrant, showy in axillary velvety racemes 

 forming a leafy branching t rminal raceme, 2 bracts oear 

 the middle of the stalks, calyx 5-parted, felted, a large 

 smooth brown sticky vulva-shaped gland on the outer 

 surface, petals 5, free, reflexed, silky, stalked, unequal, 

 much longer than the calyx, upper petal with a large yellow 

 spot, others white, margins wavy, fringed^ stamens 10, 



