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Plants of the Punjab. 



Climbing Plants with Opposite Exstipulate Compound Leaves. 



Clematis orientalis, 



Eanunculace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 5. 

 Himalaya, 

 8-14.000 ft. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Stocks). 



Clematis nutans, 



Ranunculace-e. 

 F. B. I. i. 5. 

 Himalaya, 

 ea^t oi he Sutlej, 

 2-5,000 ft. 



Clematis connata, 



Eanunculace^. 

 p. B. I. i. 6. 

 Himalaya, 

 4-10,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mashobra 

 (Collett). 



Clematis Buchaniana, 



Eanunculace^. 

 F. B. I, i. 6, 

 Himalaya, 

 5-10,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett), 



Petals none. 



like the la^t species, but smooth, with a waxy gloss, 

 leaflets circular to ovate-lanceolate, flower yellow with 

 purple mottling, sepals ovate with a long point, achenes 

 hairy. 



like the last species, but silkily velvety, stem deeply 

 grooved, leaflets 3-5-lobed, sepals palo yellow, erect with 

 recuiTed tips, silky velvety without, achenes large. 



Hke the last species, but stem- faintly grooved, the 

 bases of the leaf stalks unitea lound ihe sttm, sepals felted 

 on both surfaces. 



very Hke the la-t species, but much rougher, more 

 hairy, leaflets broader, flowers larger, sepals libbed, achenes 

 densely hairy. 



Climbing Plants with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Capparis sepiaria, 



Capparis horrida, 

 His, ardanda. 

 Capparidace^. 

 F. B. L i. 178. 

 The Plains, 

 east of the Sutlej. 

 Hathni Khund. 

 Sirmur. 



Petals ununited. 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



perennial, woody, 3'oung parts brown-felted, armed 

 with recurved thorns, laterally flattened ; leaves l|-4 in. 

 long, ovate or oblong, blunt or sharp pointed, thinning 

 above, stipules consist of 2 thorns ; flowers 1^-2 in. 

 across, white turning to pink or purplish, sohtary or 2-4 

 in a vertical line on the branches on stalks |-1 in. long, 

 sepals 4 in 2 series, petals 4, sessile, overlapping, oblong, 

 bristly, shorter than the stamens, stamens many, purple, 

 ovary stalked, stigma sessile ; fruit 1-1^ in. diam., on a 

 sout stalk, fleshy, almost round with 4 blunt angles, seeds 

 many. The fruit is eaten in pickle. 



