PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. '^6'^ 



SuKO»s WITH Alternate Exstipulatk Lohkd Lkaves. 



Petals None. 



3-5 segments, petals none, stamens veiy many, female 

 flower, calyx like a folding bract or spathe, soon fall- 

 ing off. ovary 3-celled. styles short or long, undivided 

 or in 2 or 3 parts ; capsule i-1 in. long, oblong, smooth 

 or with tubercles, seeds 3. oblong, spotted. The oil 

 is used as a purgative also as a lubricant and an illumi- 

 naiit. The plant is cultivated and is probably indige- 

 nous, and not a mere escape. 



ITanaorllOPS RltcM- large, stem 8-10 ft. long, 4 ins. diam. ; leaves 2-3 ft. 



gj^a in diam., rou'id, split into segments, stalk 6-12 ins.. 



Dwarf Palm, margins toothed, sheathing ; flowei-s small on a spike 



Mazri, kiht. (spadix) with branches and branchlets forming a 



Palmace.^. pyramid 2-3 ft. long, flowers in pairs, one sessile, the 



F. B. I. vi. 429. other stalked, contained in a small spathe (sheathing 



N.-W. Frontier Province, bract), the whole pyramid contained in a large spathe, 

 Salt Karge to 3,000 ft. sepals and petals 3 each, stamens 3 or 6, drupe round, 



size of a pea to a bullet, one-seeded. Ihe leaves are 

 made into matting, baskets and cordage. 



Shrubs with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves, 



Petals Ununited. 



small, evergreen, smooth ; leaves of 3-ft leaflets, 

 rarely one, stalk stout, leaflets 4-9 ins. long, ovate 

 lanceolate, blunt or pointed, dark-green, smooth ; 

 flowers white, scented, small in erect, terminal or 

 axillary, branched racemes, calyx 4-6 lobed, lobes 

 broad, petals 4-5, stamens 8-10 ; fruit round with a 

 depression, ^ in. diam., white or pink, pulp sweetish, 

 edible. The twi^s are used as toothsticks. 



Glycosmis ponta- 

 pliyUa, 



£an nlmbu,putali, 



girg'tti. 

 Rutace.^:. 

 F. 15. I. i. -iOD. 

 The Plains to 5,000 ft. 



Iffurraya exotica, 



Marchula,juti^ bibsar. 



Edtace.^. 



F. B I. i. 602. 



The Plains to 5,"00 ft. 



Sutlej Valley (CoUett). 



Rawnlpindi. 



ICuxraya Sae&igii, 



large, bark ash-coloured, smooth, young parts 

 velvety ; leaves 4-5 ias, long, leaflets 3-7, 1-3 ms. long, 

 shortly stalked, dark-green, smooth, ovate, oblique at 

 the base, notched at the tip or pointed, gland dotted ; 

 flowers white, scented, 1 in. long, in short axillary or 

 terminal clusters, rarely solitary, calyx 5-lobed, lobes 

 minute, short-pointed, petals 5, lanceolate, stamens 

 10 ; berry i I in. long, ovoid, pointed at each end, 

 wrinkled, red, l-2-8eeded. 



see Trees, Alternate, Exstipulate, Compound. 



