72 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL H JSTORY SOCIETY. Vol. XIX. 



Trees with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves, 



Petals United. 



Pliameria acutifolia, 

 Frangipani tree, 



Gulch in. 



APOC'YNACB^. 



F. B. T. iii. (341, 



The Plains to 2.000 ft. 



Cordia ULtzs,, 



Lasura. 



BOKAGINACE.E. 



F. B. 1. iv. 136. 



Ttie Plains to 5,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(CoUett). 



Cordia obliqua, 



Chota lasura. 

 B0UAGINACE.a;. 



F. B. I.iv. 137. 

 Tbe PlaiDS. 



small ; branches thick and fleshy, juice milky 

 leaves at the end of branches ; leaves 6-15 in. 

 oblong, acute at both ends ; flowers 2-3 in. diam. 

 in terminal clusters of 2-3, white with yellow 

 centre, fragrant, calyx 5 lobed, corolla tubular below, 

 flat and spreading above : fruit a follicle 5 in, 

 long, cylindric ; seeds oblong, winged. 



small ; bark grey or brown with shallow longi- 

 tudinal wrinkles ; leaves 3-6 by 2-4 in. broad ovate, 

 leathery, smooth above and below except when young 

 stalk 1-2 in. long ; flowers white, small, in clusters 

 of 2-8 in., calyx teeth 4-5, petals 5 united below 

 stamens 4-8, hairy ; berry, yellow or pinkish, glossy 

 when ripe, edible, one stone rough, hard in viscid 

 sweetish pulp, used for bird lime and as a cure for 

 coughs. 



small ; shoots yellow hairy ; otherwise like the last, 

 but flowers a little larger, fruit edible. 



Cordia Eot^iii, 



Gimdi, 



BOEAGINACE.S;. 

 F. B. I. iv. 138. 

 The Plains. 



Cordia vestita, 



Kibinpaiman, Kuii.bi. 

 Bokaginace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. i:^9 

 Himalaya 1-4,000 ft. 



Eliretia acuminata, 



Puna. 



Boraginace.^. 

 F. B. I. iv. HI. 

 The Plains to 5,000 ft. 



small : leaves 4 by l:f ins., nearly opposite, 

 oblong, narrowed at the base, stalk f in. ; flowei-s 

 smaller than C. Myxa and in smaller clusters, petals 

 4 ; fruit usually one seeded, edible. 



small ; shoots yellow woolly, bark greenish grey 

 smooth, peeling in large pieces, leaves 3-6 by 2i-3 

 in,, broad, long pointed, leathery, velvety beneath 

 till mature ; flowers yellowish-white in dense clusters, 

 corolla lobes ^ in. ; fruit f in. long, oblong, sharp 

 pointed. 



medium size ; trunk deeply grooved, bark brown 

 with longitudinal cracks ; leaves 3-5 by 1-2^ in., 

 oblong, pointed small toothed, smooth, leathery ; 

 flowers white, fragrant, small, in large branching 

 clusters at the end of branches, calyx 5 lobed, persis- 

 tent, corolla 5 lobed. rotate, stamens 5 ; drupe |-^ 



