586 



Plants of the Punjab. 



Climbing Plants with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



sword-like beak, seeds 4, ^-| in., ovoid or dorsally flat- 

 tened, wrinkled. 



Bridelia stipularis, 



EuPHORBIACEiE. 



F. B. I. V. 270. 

 Himalaya, 

 2-4 000 fU 

 Kashmir. 



Boerhaavia repanda, 



Nyctaginacb^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 709. 

 The Plains, 

 east of the Sutlej. 



Boerhaavia 

 verticillata, 



Nyctaginace^. 



F. B. I. iv. 710 



The Plains, 



west of ihe Jhelum. 



ThSaUBange. 



Mt. Tilla. 



(Aitchison). 



ffirua scandens, 



Amarantace^. 



F. B. I. iv. 727. 



The Plains to 



5,000 ft. 



Valieys below Simla 



(Collett). 



Koti, 



perennial, woody, half climbing, covered with yellow- 

 ish-brown felt ; leaves 2-8 by |-5 in., narrowed to both 

 ends, ovate with a broad tip, or circular-oblong, base round 



or notched, slightly felted beneath, j^talk 



1 1 



4 3 



m., stout, 



felted ; flowers very small, green, in small axillary clusters 

 or long spikes with long stipular bracts, male and female 

 together, calyx ^ in. diam., lobes lanceolate, long-pointed, 

 petals 5, circular, shortly stalked, male flowers sessile, 

 s'amens 5, united below in a column, female flowers 

 stalked, styles 2, 2-branched ; drupe | in. long, oblong, 

 bluish-black in the calyx which is enlarged to ^ in., stones 

 usually 2, 



Petals none. 



perennial herb, half-cHmbing and straggling over 

 things, branche pale, 6 ft. long, smooth or velvety ; 

 leave 1-3 in., triangular-ovate or heart-shaped, short- or 

 long-pointed, stalk |-1^ in., slender ; flowers minute, pink, 

 .'n 2-6-flowered umbels on :- lender stalks 1-2 in., minor 

 stalks ^-1 in., hair-like, calyx 5-lobed, ^ in. diam., lube 

 I in., petals none, rtamens 1-5, projecting far out of the 

 tube; fruit I in. long, slender, covered with large glands, 

 slightly ribbed. 



very like the last species, but leaves broader, blunt- 

 er, flowers smaller, sometimes white, fruit smaller, ^ in., 

 club-shaped, with large half round glands round the top. 



perennial, chmbing, grey-felted ; leaves 1-4 in., ovate, 

 stalked, hairy, short-pointed ; flowers minute, silvery 

 white, crowded in ses-ile ovoid or oblong axillary branch- 

 ing spikes l-l in. long, calyx 5-partite, thin, hairy on side 

 lobes lanceolate, finely pointed, stamens 5, or 4, alternating 

 with staminodes, petals none ; fruit dry ovoid utricle in the 

 calyx, one-seeded 



