Plants oj the Punjabi 



591 



Climbing Plants with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Celastrus paniculata, 



Malkangni, sanklm. 

 Celasteace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 617. 

 The Plains to 

 4,000 ft. 

 Koti below 

 Dharmpur, 

 near Kasauli. 



perennial, woody, branches hanging down, bark 

 covered with small warts excrescence ; leaves 2|-5 in. 

 long, ovate or circular, toothed, abruptly pointed, stipules 

 minute, soon falling off or none ; flowers ^ in., yellow- 

 green, in terminal branching racemes, that hang down, 

 bracts fringed, calyx 5-parted, lobes rounded, toothed, 

 petals 5, ^ in., oblong, entire, stamens 5, style short-pointed ; 

 capsule I in. diam., round, cells 3, seeds 3 or 6, embedded 

 in a red fleshy substance. The seeds afl'ord a yellow oil 

 which is said to be a nervine tonic and to cure Beri beri ; 

 oleum nigrum is obtained from these seeds distilled with 

 aromatics and in Indian medicine is much used as a 

 diaphoretic, diuretic and nervine stimulant. 



Zizyphus (Enoplla, 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



Berchemia 

 floribunda, 



Ehamnace^. 

 F. B. 1. i. 687. 

 Himalaya, 

 8-6,000 ft., 

 east of the Jhelum. 



perennial, woody, branches smooth, waxy when young ; 

 leaves 2-4 in. long, ovate or oblong, short- or long-pointed, 

 stalks |-1 in., stipules within the axils, bifid ; flowers 

 small, yellowish -green, 6 in a cluster, clusters formmg large 

 terminal branching racemes, calyx 5-parted, tube cup- 

 shaped, lobes lanceolate, petals 5, spoon-shaped, stamens 5, 

 stigma 2-lobed ; fruit | in. long, purple, cylindrical, stone 

 2-celled. 



Sageretia 

 oppositUolia, 



see Climbing Plants, Opposite, Stipulate, Simple, 



Sageretia theezans, 



Dargola, anhol, 



ihum. 



Ehamnace^. 



F.B.Li. 641. 



Himalaya, 



6-8,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla, 



Naldera, Suni 



(Collett). 



The Salt and 



Suleman Ranges, 



2-5,600 ft. 



Hazara, 



perennial, woody, spinous, branches long, slender, 

 scurfy on spines and flower branches ; leaves l|-2 in., 

 ovate or narrowing to both ends, minutely toothed, dark 

 green, smooth above, velvety beneath when young; flowers 

 very small, yellowish -green, sessile on long slender inter- 

 rupted spikes, calyx 5-fid, lobes keeled within, short- 

 pointed, petals 5, hooded, stalked, stamens 5, style short, 

 3-grooved, stigmas 8 ; fruit \ in. round, 3-celled, 3-seeded, 

 leathery, dark brown, edible, sweet. The leaves are 

 sometimes used as a substitute for tea in China, the fruit 

 is much eaten. 



