PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. ggg 



Shrubs with (Ht-osite Exstipclati: Simple Lkavks 



Nyctanthes Arbor- 

 trlstis- 



HarKlugar. 



Oleace^. 



V. D. I. 'ii. 603. 



The Plains, Valleys below 



Simla ^.Collett). 



Syriaga persica, 



rersaazL Lilac, 



Oleace^. 



F. B. I.iii. 604. 



West Kashmir, 8,000 f*;. 



SyilQEra Emodi, 



Banphantf lolti. 



0LEACE2E. 



F.B. I.iii. 605. 

 Himalaja, 9-12,000 ft. 

 Narkauda, Bagbi (Collett). 



Z<igTist;uBi coupac- 

 tum, 



OLEACEiE. 

 F.B. I.iii. 616. 

 Himalaya, 5,000 ft. Val- 

 leys below Simla. Koti. 

 Khogna (Collett). 



Petals United, 



large, rough liaii-y ; branches four-u„gled ; leaves 

 ovate, 3-4 in., rough ; flowers sessile, in clusters of 

 three to seven forming branching racemes, fragrant 

 bracts 2, ovate ; calyx x in., corolla summit flat cir- 

 cular, lobes G, divided into two. margin jagged, white 

 tube, 1 in. long, cylindric, bright orange, stamens 2 

 very short ; capsule flat, circular, i-=- in. diam. split- 

 ting into two. The flowers are used as a dye. The 

 plant is considered by the Hindus to be sacred. 



smooth ; leaves 1 in., acute, lanceolate, smooth 

 sometimes pinnatifid or pinnate ; flowers in terminal 

 compound racemes, scented, corolla lilac or white 

 summit flat circular, lobes 4, tube i in. stamens 2 : 

 in. by ^ in., cylindrical. 4-ribbed, seeds 



capsule i-.i 

 winged. 



Sal"7adora persica, 

 Tie Toothbrusli Tree. 



Khaiudu, kaurijal. 

 tSALVADORACE.!;. 

 F.B. I. ill. >;19. 



The Plains. 



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large, young parts velvety ; leaves 2^-5 by 1-2 ins 

 ovate, acute, smooth, pale beneath : flowers in termi' 

 nal branching racemes densely flowered, small, white 

 scented, corolla summit circular, lobes 4 long pointed* 

 tips turned in, tube ^^ in. cylindric, stamens 2 - 

 capsule cylindric ^ in. long, seeds flat winged. 



large, smooth, bark grey, branches sometimes dotted 

 with small corky excrescences ; leaves lanceolate un- 

 even sided. 3-5 by 1-2 ins., leathery, shining above ■ 

 flowers small, white, nearly sessile in large terminal 

 branching racemes 4-6 ins. long, corolla funnel 

 shaped, lobes 4, stamens 2 ; fruit many, r ;• ,o,^„ 

 cyhndnc, often curved. °' 



large, smooth; leaves ovate, 1,^2=/ ins., blunt 

 fleshy ; flowers, greenish white in branching racemes 

 longer than the leaves, scattered, minute calyx Jl' 

 m., corolla ,\, in., tube with sometimes 4 small teeth 

 withm at the base, lobes 4, reflexed, stamens 4 ; drupe 

 k in. diameter, round, on the persistent calyx and 

 corolla, pink, translucent, edible. Royle considers thi. 

 to be the Mustard tree of the Bible, the bark is acrid 

 and used as a native medicine. 



