PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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Trees with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Celtis aust talis. 



Kharak. 



Urticace^;. 



F. B. I. v. 482. 



The Plains to 8,000 it. 



Trema politoria, 



Khagsthi. 



Urticace^e. 



F. B.I. v. 484. 



The Plains to 3,000 ft. 



Elecospermum spi- 

 nosum. 



Marus Alba, 

 Mulberry, 



Tut. 



F. B. I. v. 492. 



The Plains to 11,000 ft. 



Morus indica, 



Tutri. 



Drticace^e. 

 F. B. I. v. 492. 

 Himalaya to 7,000 ft. 



Petals None. 



large ; leaves deciduous, obliquely ovate, toothed 

 long pointed, flowers pale yellow small, solitary or in 

 clusters, sepals 4-5, stamens 4-5; fruit long stalked ovoid 

 £ in. long, stone wrinkled ; this sweet fruit is sup- 

 posed to be the Lotus of the ancients. 



large ; roughly hairy, leaves, f in., hard and 

 rough, often long pointed, small toothed, base rounded, 

 leaf stalk short, stipules longer than the :leaf stalk, 

 flowers small in small axillary clusters, sepals 4-5, 

 stamens 4-5 ; fruit small, globose, stone pitted. 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



small : leaves 2^-4 in., stalk ^-1 in. long, 

 (often lobed), ovate, pointed, toothed, flowers on 

 spikes, sepals 4, stamens 4, fruiting spikes (berries) 

 white or red, sweet, short, ovoid, consisting of fleshy 

 calyces each containing one seed. 



small ; deciduous leaves 2§-6 in. with ^-1 in. stalk, 

 ovate (often lobed), sharply toothed, long pointed, 

 rough, flowering and fruiting spike short ovoid, dark 

 purple otherwise like the last species. 



small ; leaves deciduous, broad ovate pointed 

 toothed, leaf stalk woolly ; fruiting spike short, cylin- 

 dric, purple, sweet. 



leaves deciduous ovate : fruiting, spike long stalked 

 2-5 in., long cylindric, white, sweet. 



Morus serrata, 



Karttut, karun. 

 Urticace^e. 



F. B. I. v. 492. 



Himalaya, 4-9,000 ft. 



Morus laevigata, 



Urticace^e. 



F. B. I. v. 492. 



Himalaya to 4,000 ft. 



Ficus, Juice Milky ; Fruit a Hollow Fleshy Vessel, in which 

 Flowers and Seeds are contained. 



Ficus bengalensis, 

 Banyan, 



Bor, Bargat. 



Crticace^e. 



F. B. I. v. 499. 



The Plains to 4,000 ft. 



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large, rooting from branches, sometimes epiphytal 

 when young, young shoots velvety ; leaves leathery, 

 ovate to orbicular, edges smooth, nerves prominent, 

 stalk of leaf i-2 in., not jointed to blade, stipules 

 f-I in., leathery, fruit, round, sessile in pairs 

 red, velvety, size of a small cherry, with 3 broad 

 leathery smooth leaf like bracts at the base. 



