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Trees with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals Ununited. 



minute ; flowers greenish, in axillary clusters, sepals 

 4, petals 4, minute linear, stamens 4 ; fruit A in. 

 long ovoid, seated on the persistent calyx, seeds 

 grooved. In China Green Indigo is made from the 

 bark. 



Hovenia dulcis, 



Chamhitn, sicka. 

 Rhamne^e. 

 F.B. I. i. 640. 

 Himalaya, 3-6,500 ft. 



medium size, trunk straight ; leaves 4-6 by 2-3 

 in., ovate, long pointed, in two rows, toothed, 

 woolly beneath, stalk J in. long, stipules small, soon 

 falling off, flowers white, in terminal and axillary 

 clusters, sepals 5, petals 5, stalked, stamens 5, longer 

 than the petals ; fruit } in. diam., round nearly 

 three lobed, three celled and three seeded, the fruit 

 stalk enlarges, becomes fleshy, tastes like a pear, 

 edible. 



Bauhinia r@tu.sa. 



JKurdl, kandla. 

 Lesuminos^u 

 P. B. I. ii. 279. 

 Himalaya to 4,000 ft. 

 Valleys below Simla 

 (Collett). 



medium size, bark dark brown, generally scored by 

 diagonal cuts, made to obtain the gum ; leaves some- 

 times cleft at the end, 4-6 in. diam., broader 

 than long, velvety beneath, stalk lj-3f in. long ; 

 flowers in terminal branching velvety racemes up to 

 12 in. long, flowers f in. long, pale yellow with 

 purple streaks, petals oblong ^ in. stalked, stamens 

 10, only 3 perfect ; pod 4-6 by If in. flat, reddish 

 seeds 6-8. 



Prunes Amygdalus, 

 The Almond, 



Baaam. 



Rosacea. 



F. B. I. ii. 313. 



The Plains to 10,000 ft. 



small, bark brownish grey, smooth, leaves 3 in. 

 long, oblong lanceolate, minutely toothed, thin, stalk 

 \ in. long, with two glands, stipules fringed ; flowers 

 pink, stalked, § in. diam., appear before the leaves, 

 petals 5, stamens many, drupe 1| in. long velvety, 

 opening in two pieces, stone large flattened covered 

 with shallow wrinkles and minute holes, seed flattened, 

 long oval, seed edible. 



Fnmus sersioa, 

 The Peaeh, 



Aru. 



Rosacea. 



F. IJ. I. ii. 313. 



The Plains to 10,000 ft. 



small ; bark brownish, rough, branches thick, leaves 

 3-5 by |-1| in., oblong, lanceolate, small teeth, 

 thicker than the last and darker green, stalk J in., 

 stipules fringed ; flowers 1 in. diam., sessile, dark 

 pink, appear before or with the leaves, petals 5, 

 stamens many ; drupe l|-2f in. long, round or 

 flattened, very velvety, not opening in two pieces 



