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FLORA OF THE 



THE POMEGRANATE {Punka gmnatnm). 



This is also very easy to recognize on the monu- 

 ments. The tree is shown on many sculptures, mostly 

 on rocky ground. As usually represented it would 

 be difficult to recognize were it not that in some 

 cases the fruit is also shown. And in Nos. 42 and 43, 

 Kouyunjik Gallery, men are carrying piles of pome- 

 granates to the palace. These, presumedly, were choice 

 varieties, different from the wild pomegranates. The 

 tree is always shown as a bush, or small tree, with 

 a short stem, and branches covered with small leaves. 



Fig. "ja gives the tree as 

 usually delineated on the 

 monuments, and more rarely 

 with the fruit on, as in b. 

 The leaves are out of all 

 proportion to the size of the 

 bush, as usually shown on 

 the sculptures. Indeed it 

 would not be possible to 

 give in stone, and on a small 

 scale, the right proportion 



Fig. 7. -Pomegranate trees of the of the size of the leaves, 



Monuments: — . . 11 i.i i r 



a. As usually shown on stony ground. for naturally the IcaVCS OI 



b. From Layard's Monuments, pi. 15, 



2nd series. the pomegranate tree are 



quite small, and cover the new branches from base to 



