582 



Plants oj the Punjab. 



Climbing Plants with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Periploca Hydaspidb, 



see Leafless Plants, Petals United. 



Oxystelma 

 esculentum, 



Dudhlutta, gharote, 

 gani. 



Asclepiadace^. 

 F. B. L iv. 17. 

 The Plains. 



by i-1 in., 

 stalks I in 



perennial, decidous, very slender, smooth ; leaves 4-6 

 lanceolate or linear, finely long-pointed, thin, 

 , ver}' slender ; flowers ^Yhite and rose-coloured^ 

 with purple vems, 1 in. diam., m few-flowered, slender, 

 stalked clusters, calyx small, corolla 5-lobed, bristty, tips 

 overlapping to the right, 2 rows of scales, one row 

 at the bottom of the corolla, the other joined to the bottom 

 of the stamens with dilated bases, 2-keeled within, pollen 

 masses one in each cell, flattened, hanging down, waxy ; 

 follicles 2-3 in., oblong-lanceolate, seeds ^ in., very many, 

 broad-ovate, flat with a tuft of hairs. 



Pentatropis spiralis, 



Amhar vel, vanveri, 

 arhjjushpi. 

 Asclepiadace^. 

 F. B. L iv. 19. 

 The Plains. 



annual, slender, smooth, twining herb, roots tuberous ; 

 leaves 1-1| m., ovate, lanceolate or oblong, leathery, stalk 

 I'l in. ; flowers ^ in. diam., green, in axillarj^ umbel-hke 

 clusters on very short stalks, cax^x minute, 5-partite, corolla 

 wheel-shaped, 5-fid, lobes ovate-lanceolate, long and fine- 

 pointed, overlapping to the right, twisted to the left, 

 scales 5 in the tube united vertically to the back of the 

 anthers with free tips and spurred bases ; folhcles 2|-3 in., 

 spindle shaped, smooth, seeds I in. long, ovate, flat with a 

 tuft of hairs. The roots are eaten. 



Dsemia extensa, 



Karial, siali, trotu. 



AscLEPi adages. 



F. B. I. iv. 20. 



The Plains to 



3,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



The Salt Range. 



Changa Manga. 



Baluchistan 



(Hughes-BuUer). 



perennial, slender, twining, hairy, juice milky ; leaves 

 2-4 in. across, broadly ovate, long-pointed, deeply notched 

 at the base, stalk 2-4 in., velvety beneath ; flowers |-| in. 

 diam.; yellow-green, tinged with pink at the base, fetid, 

 long stalked in axillary umbel-like clusters, calyx 5-fid, 

 lobes small, ovate, velvety, corolla tube very short, lobes 

 broad, fringed, scales in 2 rows, outer 10, m'nute, united 

 to the base of the stamina! tube, inner 5, white, laterally 

 flattened, joined to the stammal tube, spurred behind, 

 tips long, linear, spirally twisted over the s igma, stamen 

 stalks joined, anther tips bent in, po len masses waxy, 

 stigma a most 5-angled ; folHcles l|-2 in., lane olate, 

 long-pointed, covered with long soft prickles, seeds J m., 

 velvety, ovate, with a tuft of hairs. The fibre is equal to 

 flax, the juice is emetic and expectorant. 



