Plants oj the Punjah, 



607 



Climbing Plants with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves, 



Petals ununited. 



Sabia campanulata, 



Sabiaoe^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 1, 



Himalaya, 



5-9,000 ft., 



east of the Sutlej, 



Mashobra, 



Narkanda 



(Collett). 



pereniiial, >mooth, branches always have bud scales 

 at their base ; leaves 3-7 in. long, oblong-lanceolate, long- 

 pointed, netted below ; flowers | in. diam., brown-purple, 

 bell-shaped or round, axillary, sohtary, stalks 1-2 in., 

 club-shaped, calyx 5-parted, very short, lobe-; almost 

 equal, overlapping, petals 5, ^-| in. long, ovate, concave, 

 blunt, stamens 5, styles 2, simple, erect, more or less touch- 

 ing, tips recui-ved ; drupe I in. diam., round, solitary or in 

 pairs, wrinkled, flattened, stone 1 -seeded. 



Hedera Helix, 



Ivy, 



Kuri, kurol, karharu. 



ARALIACE-a:. 



F. B. I. ii. 739. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-10,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett), 

 The Salt Eange. 



perennial, stem smooth, cHmbing by means of many 

 small rootlets ; leaves 3-4 in., hnear-lanceolate, heart- 

 shaped-ovate, entire or lobed, stalk |-2 in. ; leaves on 

 barren branchlets more lobed and smaller than those on 

 flowering branches ; flowers yellow-green, small in stel- 

 lately haiiy umbels, sohtary, or 2 or 3 together, sometimes 

 compound, bracts triangular, bracteoles minute or none, 

 calyx not toothed, petals 5, valvate, stamens 5, styles 

 united ; fruit J in. diam., smooth, round, yellow turning 

 'black. 



Smilax parvifolia, 



Liliace^. 



F. B. I. vi. 304. 



Himalaya, 



5-8,000 ft. 



Simla (Collett). 



Kashmir, 



perennial, rootstock thick, creeping, branches round, 

 smooth, without prickles, often zigzag ; leaves 2|-3| by 

 1|-1| in., broadly lanceolate, base heart-shaped, long- 

 pointed, waxy-green below, tendrils 2, on the top o'- the 

 leaf stalk sheaths ; flowers minute, purple, on solitary 

 stalked axillary umbels, male and female on different 

 plants, bracts many, sepals 3, linear-oblong, petals 3, nar- 

 rower, male flowers, stamens 6, shorter than the sepals 

 and petals, female flowers, staminodes 3, stigmas 3, sessile, 

 recurved ; berry |-| in. diam., round, blue black, seeds 

 usually 2. 



Smilax vaginata, 



Liliace^. 



F. B. I. vi. 305. 



Himalaya, 



6-9,000 ft. 



Simla, Jaku, 



Mahasu, Narkanda 



(Collett), 



Kashmir, 



like the last species, but branches often mottled, 

 leaves ovate or almost round, no tendrils, no bracts, in 

 female flowers 6 staminodes. 



