PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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Trbrs with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves, 



Cone bearing. 



Cedrus Lilaani, var 

 Seodara, 



Xelo, Diar. 

 Conifers. 

 F. B. I. V. 653. 

 Himalaya, 4-12,000 ft. 



Leaves needle-Wee. 



large ; bark greyish or reddish-brown, thick, 

 furrowed vertically and cracked transversely ; 

 branches and branchlets horizontal, tips nodding ; 

 leaves in dense clusters, short, 1-li in. long slender, 

 bluish green, sheaths very short ; male catkin single, 

 erect, 1 in. long, female, cones erect. 4-5 in. long 

 ovoid, scales soon falling off leaving a central spike ; 

 seeds \ in. long triangular, wing triangular, § in. long. 



Picea M r i n d a, ^^^?>^ ; '^'•^^^ rough greyish-white, peeling in round 



Sintialaya]! Spmce, flakes about an inch, in diameter ; branches horizontal, 



Rau, Tos. 



CONIFERwE. 

 F. B.I. V. 663. 

 Himalaya, C-l 1,000 ft. 



branchlets slender hanging down like tassels ; leaves 

 scattered, short 1-1 1 in. long, four-sided, needle 

 like, dark green, stiff ; male catkins usually single 

 cylindric, sessile 1 in. long, cones terminal, hanging 

 down, blunt, 4-G in. long, dark brown when ripe, 

 scales with a thin edge ; seeds f in. long with the 

 abruptly ended wing. 



AlDies Welabiana, 

 var- Windrow, 

 Himalayan Silver 

 Fir, 



Tos, Uai. 



Conifers. 



F. B. I.v. 654. 



Himalaya, 7-12,000 ft. 



large ; bark dark brown or grey, fissured into long 

 narrow scales ; branches horizontal, flat, branchlets 

 the same ; leaves 2-3- in. long, narrow linear, very 

 dark green, foliage appears black at a distance ; male 

 catkins f in,, sessile clustered, stamens with 2 

 pockets, cones always erect, 2-4 in. long, cylin- 

 drical, purple, scales closely overlapping ; seeds oblong 

 with a wing, abruptly ended h-\ in. long. 



Trees with Alternate Exstipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Marlea begoniaQfolia, 



Jiudunar, smlu, paalu. 

 Cornace^. 

 F.B.I, ii. 743. 

 Himalaya l-fj.OO^ ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Petals Ununited. 



medium size ; bark smooth grey, young parts vel- 

 vety ; leaves ."3-10 in. long from round to broad- 

 oblong, unequally sided, usually lobed like a maple ; 

 flowers white, f in. long in axillary bunches, calyx 

 minutely 6- toothed, petals § in. long, 6-8, strap shaped, 

 stamens 6-8 ; drupe, ovoid, dark purple, ^ in., crowned 

 with the calyx, stone in pulp, two celled. 



