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"Plants of the Punjab, 



Climbing Plants with Alternate Stipulate Lobed Leaves, 



VitislatifoUa, 



Petals ununited. 

 see Climbing Plants, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple, 



Vitis vinif era, 



see Climbing Plants, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple, 



Vitis parvif olia, 



see Climbing Plants, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



Cardiospemum 

 halicacabum, 



see Climbing Plants, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound, 



Bauhinia Vahlii, 



Malghan, malu, 

 Leguminos^. 

 F, B. I. ii, 279, 

 Himalaya, 

 2-4,000 ft., 

 east of the Chenab. 

 Sutlej Valley. 

 Kalka (CoUett). 



very large, woody, stems and branches one to two 

 hundred feet long, two tendrils at the end of branchlets, 

 young parts rusty or grey-velvety ; leaves 4-18 in. across, 

 deeply notched, divided to |rd of its length into 2 blunt 

 lobes, almost leathery, dark green and shghtly hairy above, 

 felted beneath, stalk 3-6 in. long, stout, stipules blunt, 

 curved ; flowers f in. across, white, in dense terminal long- 

 stalked flat-topped racemes, kwer lesser flower stalks 

 1-2 in. with persistent linear bracteoles, calyx tube l-l in., 

 cylindrical, lobes 2, rusty-felted, petals 5, ovate with a 

 broad tip, shortly stalked, almost equal, hairy outside, sta- 

 mens 3 ; pod 6-18 by 2-3 in., hanging down, flat, woody, 

 rusty-felted, seeds 8-12, 1 in. diam., brown, flat. This 

 plant produces a good fibre, the seeds and leaves are used 

 as tonics and demulcents. The seeds are roasted and 

 eaten. 



Rubus paniculatus, 



Kala-aJdii, 'pulla, 



EOSAOE^. 



F, B, I. ii. 329. 

 Himalaya, 

 3-7,000 ft. 

 Simla, the Glen, 

 below Mahasu 

 (Collett), 



perennial, pithy, upper stems and branches, except 

 the upper surface of the leaves, covered with white or 

 yellowish felt, prickles few, small ; leaves 3-5 in., broadly 

 ovate, base notched, long-pointed, more or less lobed, 

 upper surface practically smooth, lower white felted, tooth- 

 ed, stalk 1-2 in., slender, rarely prickly, stipules small, 

 divided into long segments ; flowers |-1 in. diam., white, 

 often long stalked, in spreading felted terminal branching 

 racemes, bracts linear-oblong, toothed, calyx 5-lobed, lobes 

 silky, ovate, short- or long-pointed, tip often cut, longer 

 than the petals, erect in fruit, petals 5, very small, linear* 

 oblong, stamens many ; fruit round, of many Llack oi dark 

 purple, succulent, one-seeded drupelets, 



