PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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Trees with Alternate Exstipulate Simi'LE Leaves. 



Petals United. 



LCimusops hezandra, 



Kirui. 



Sapotace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 549. 

 The Plains. 



large; leaves 3-4 by H-2 in., scattered 

 leathery, smooth, dark green, bi'oad tip, apex notched 

 or rounded ; flowers whitish yellow ^ in. across, 

 calyx segments (3, corolla lobes 16-20, stamens 6-8, 

 staminodes 6-8, smooth, often two pointed, in short 

 stalked clusters along the branches as well as at the 

 ends ; beiTy ^ by \ in., one, rarely two seeded, 

 edible. 



DiOSPyrOS montafia, medium size : often spinous on branches, bark 



Butendu, pinkish or bluish grey, thin and smooth on branches, 



Ebenace^. on trunk almost black, deeply cracked ; leaves 2-4 by 



F. B. I. iii. 555. 1.1^ in., light green, ovate, soft, velvety or smooth; 



Tlie Plains east of the flowers white, male in clusters, female solitary, larger 



than the male, calyx lobes 4, blunt, velvety on both 

 sides, petals 4, stamens 16 in 8 pairs ; fruit round 

 A-1 in. diameter, yellow supported by the leathery 

 enlarged calyx, has an unpleasant smell, bitter, 

 seeds embedded in pulp. 



Ravi river. 



DioaPyrOS Lotus resembling the last, but the leaves are larger 6 by 



AmloTi. 2 in., the fruit is eaten, dark purple, round or 



Ebenace^. ovoid, sweet. 



F. B. 1. iii. 555. 



W3st Punjab, Hazara, 



3-6,000 ft. 



Symplocos cratse- 

 soides, 



Ludhf lodar. 



Styrace^. 



F. B. I. ill. 573. 



Himalaya, 2-8,000 ft- 



Narkanda (Collett). 



small ; bark light grey, corky with long vertical 

 furrow." ; leaves 2-4 by 1-H in., ovate, long point- 

 ed, minutely toothed with a black tip to each tooth, 

 turning yellow when dried : bract one, bracteoles 1-3 ; 

 flowers white, sometimes yellow, fragrant, \ in. 

 diam,, in terminal branching racemes, 1-5 in., 

 calyx bell shaped, lobes 4-5, corolla 5, cleft nearly to 

 the base, stamens many in 5 bundles ; fruit dru- 

 paceous, ovoid \ in. long, crowned with the calyx, 

 usually -one seeded. This plant yields a yellow 

 dve. 



