PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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Tbees with Alternate Exstipdlate Compound Leaves. 



Tlie Sog-Plum tiee, 



Avihiirn^ bahamb. 



ANACARDIACE^. 



f . B. I. ii. 42. 



The Plains to 5,000 ft. 



Petals Ununited. 



5, narrow at the base, broad atthe tip, stamens 5 with 

 anthers, 5 without, capsule 19-18 by ^ in. cylindrical 

 hanging down, 9-ribbed, beaked, seeds many in pits, 

 3-angled, winged at the angles. The young root is 

 like horse radish, oil from the seeds is an excellent 

 lubricant, Ben Oil. 



small, bark smooth grey, aromatic ; leaves odd pin- 

 nate, 12-18 in. long, ledflets 9-11, opposite, 3-9 by 

 l|-4 in., smooth ; flowers in terminal branching 

 spreading racemes, greenish white, | in. diam., 

 calyx 5 cleft, petals 5, stamens, 8-10, drupe l|-2 

 in. long, yellow smooth, flesh acid, astringent, edible, 

 stone fibrous pitted within, seeds 1-3, usually one 

 perfect. The ripe fruit is a useful antiscorbutic. 



J u g 1 a n s regia, 

 Walnut. 



Akhroty charmaghz, 



starga. 



JUGLANDE^a:. 



F. B. I. V. 595. 

 Himalaya, 3-10,000 ft. 



large, aromatic, shoots velvety ; bark grey, fissured 

 vertically; leaves odd pinnate, 6-15 in. long, woolly 

 when young ; leaflets 5-13, opposite, 3-8 by 2-4 in., 

 lateral nearly sessile, end one shortly stalked ; 

 flowers, male and female on the same tree on spikes 

 green, males in pendulous catkins, calyx 5 lobed 

 stamens 15-20, females 1-3 clustered, calyx 4 toothed, 

 petals 4 linear lobed, styles 2, short recurved ; fruit 

 2 in. long, ovoid, green with yellow dots, skin 

 leathery, very aromatic, nut 1-1 1 in. long, ribbed, 

 thick shell, two valved, seed corrugated 2 lobed. The 

 wood is very good for making into furniture. From 

 the seeds excellent oU for culinary and illuminating 

 purposes is expressed, the bark is a vermifuge. 



PHoeniz sylvestris, 

 Sate Palm, 



Khojur. 

 Palmae. 



F. K. 1. ■?!. 425. 



The Plains to 3,000 ft. 



large trunk covered with the remains of old leaf 

 stalks, unbranched ; leaves form a crown on the sum- 

 mit of old trees, pinnate, 4-8 ft. locg, leaflets 9-18 

 in. long, i-5 in. broad, thick, folded at first, 

 sessile ; flowers, male on a compact spike in a broad 

 spathe, female on a spike 2-2^ ft. branching ; male and 

 female with 3 sepals and petals; fruit 1-1^ in. 

 long, yellow reddish brown when ripe, sweet, stones 

 1 in. long, deeply grooved on one side. 



