Plants of the Punjab, 



579 



Climbing Plants with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Galium Aparine, 

 Cleaver's Goose 

 Grass, 



EUBIACE^. 



F. B. I. iii. 205. 

 Himalaya, 

 8-12,000 ft. 

 Hattu (Collett). 



annual, rough with reflexed hairs or prickles, branches 

 4-angled, climbing or trailing; leaves |-1^ by ^-| in., 

 sessile, 6-8 in a circle, linear, bristles pointed, no nerves ; 

 flowers minute, white tinged with green, on axillary 3- 

 flowered stalks, and in terminal leafy branching racemes, 

 longer or shorter than the leaves, calyx tube ovoid or 

 round, no teeth, corolla wheel-shaped, lobes 4, spread- 

 ing, stamens 4, short, anthers just protruding, styles 2, 

 short ; fruit small, dry, round, almost 2-lobed, covered with 

 hooked bristles, seeds 2, small. 



Galium moUugo, like the last species, but perennial, leaf margins 



Hedge Goose Grass, recurved, fruit smooth, granulate. 



Eubiace^. 



F. B^I. iii. 207. 



Himalaya, 



5-12,000 ft. 



Simla (Collett), 



Galium spurium, 



Ei.biace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 208. 

 Kashmir. 



very like the last species, but annual, leaves almost 

 sessile, flower clusters slender, leaves larger, blunt, broader. 



Jasminum Sambac, 

 Arabian Jasmine, 



Motia, chamhel, 



mugra. 



Oleace^. 



F. B. I. iii. 591. 



The Plains to 



2,000 ft. 



Cultivated, 



Jasminimi 

 pubescens, 



Kundphul, kunda. 



Oleace^. 



F. B. I. iii. 592. 



The Plains to 



8,000 ft. 



Cultivated, 



perennial, woody, branchlets velvety ; leaves 1-5 

 in., ovate, shortly stalked, nearly smooth ; flowers | in., 

 white, fragrant, in 3-flowered clusters, bracts small, calyx 

 teeth 5, velvety, | in. long, linear, corolla salver-shaped, 

 tube narrow, lobes 5, | in. oblong, blunt, or sharp-pointed, 

 stamens 2, included, stigmas 2 ; berry | in. diam., carpels 

 1-2, round, black, surrounded by the almost erect awl- 

 shapeu caiyx teeth, seed one in each carpel. The fragrant 

 oil is extracted from the flowers which are also used as 

 votive offerings ; they are used as a lactifuge. 



hke the last species, but covered with yellowish brown 

 silky hairs, leaves 2| by 1 in., ovate-lanceolate, flowers 

 in dense clusters longer than the highest leaves. 



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