PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



847 



Treks with Opposite Exstipulate Compound Leaves. 



a large branching terminal raceme 6-8 in. long, 

 calyx minute, 4- toothed, petals 4, stamens 2 ; a winged 

 dry nut, one seeded 1-1£ in. long. Manna exudes 

 from the bark by incision. 



Millingtonia 

 ensis, Indian 

 tree, 



Akas Nim. 

 Bignoniace^e. 

 F. B. I. iv. 377. 

 The Plains. 



hort- large, towering, branches drooping, bark corky, 

 Cork l eaves 2-3 ft. long, 2-3 pinnate, leaflets 2-3 in., 

 ovate lanceolate, long pointed ; flowers white, scented, 

 on terminal branching racemes 10 by 6 in., calyx 

 ^2 in., teeth 5, corolla tube 2-3 by T \ in., mouth 

 1 in. diam., lobes 5, nearly equal, ovate, stamens 

 4, slightly protruding ; capsule 12 by f in., pointed 

 at both ends, seeds with wing 1 by £ in. discoid. 



Orexylum indicum, 



Mulin, tatmorang. 



BlGNONIACE^J. 



F. B. I. iv. 378. 



The Plains to 3,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



medium size, bark soft corky, branches few ; leaves 

 2-3 pinnate, 4-6 feet long, pinnas 3-4 pairs, pinnules 

 3-4 foliolate, leaflets 3-5 by 2-3^ in., broad ovate, 

 long pointed ; flowers dark red, odour bad, large 

 fleshy in loose terminal racemes, main stalk 2-3 feet, 

 calyx 1 in. long, leathery, hardly toothed, corolla 

 bell-shaped, 2-3 in. long, lobes 5, stamens 5, 4 nearly 

 equal, fifth shorter ; capsule 15-30 by 2-4 in., flat, 

 like a scabbard, seeds discoid with papery wing, 2-3 in. 

 across. The bark is used as an astringent. 



Petals None. 



large ; leaves odd pinnate, leaflets 3-11, 4 by If 

 in., sessile, long pointed, toothed ; flowers in short 

 racemes clustered at tips of branches appearing before 

 the leaves, no sepals or petals, stamens 2 short; a 

 winged dry nut, 1-1^ in. long, one seeded. 



I in., 



small ; leaves odd pinnate, leaflets 7-11, 2 by 

 not long pointed, small teeth ; flowers in very short 

 dense clusters, brown from woolly bracts, no calyx in 

 some flowers, petals none ; fruit as in the last species. 



