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Plants of the Punjab. 
TREES WITH ALTERNATE STIPULATE CompouUND LEAVES. 
Bombax malabaricum, 
Silk cotton tree, 
Semel. 
MALvacEa. 
P..B. Te 1.849, 
The Plains to 6,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Ougeinia dalbergioides, 
Sandan. 
LEGUMINOS&. 
Me Beni ot: 
‘The Plains to 4,000 ft. 
Sutlej Valley (Collett). 
Erythrina indica, 
Indian coral tree, 
Pangra. 
LEGUMINOS&. 
PIB) 1.188. 
The Plains to 4,000 ft. 
Sutlej Valley (Collett). 
Erythrina suberosa, 
Dhauldhak. 
LEGUMINOS&. 
f. Bo, 1.190. 
The Plains to 4,000 ft. 
Butea frondosa, 
Dhak. 
LEGUMINOSA. 
HB 1. 21.194. 
The Plaing to 4,000 ft. 
Dalbergia Sissoo, 
Shisham, Tali. 
LEGUMINOS&. 
Bib. 1. 0, ok. 
The Plains to 4,000 ft. 
Baluchistan (Lace). 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
large, trunk more or less buttressed, branches 
and young stem covered with conical prickles ; leaves 
digitate, leaflets 5-7 ; flowers appearing before the leaves, 
4-5 in. across, crimson or yellow, calyx leathery, silky 
felted within, petals 2-8 in. long, felted with star-shaped 
hairs, stamens many, joined below into a tube; capsule 
5-7 in. long, oblong, downy, green, seeds smooth, covered 
with silky wool. A very handsome forest tree. 
Pod-bearing. 
Pinnate with 3 Leaflets. 
medium size, branches round, grey; leaves 6-12 
in. long, polished green above, end leaflet 3-6 in. long ; 
flowers whitish or pale pink, calyx 35 in. long, corolla 
+ in. long, pods flat, joimted, 2-4 by 4 in., seeds dp. 5 in. 
diam.. smooth, brown, flat. ; 
medium size, bark grey, branches prickly, prickles 
usually black ; leaves appear after the flowers, leaflets 
broad, ovate; flowers coral red, 24 in. long, in bunches 
6 in. long or more, calyx bell-shaped, 5-toothed, petals 
2 in. long, standard large, wing and keel small, stamens 
10, upper one often ununited ; pod 4 to 1 ft. long, cylin- 
drical with contractions, seeds 6-8. 
medium size, bark corky, deeply cracked, yellow- 
ish, prickles yellow; leaves appear after the flowers, 
leaflets broad, ovate; flowers coral red, 14-2 in. long, 
calyx top-shaped, 2-lipped ; pod 4 ft. long, cylindrical, 
narrow, seeds 2-4, 
small crooked tree with stout trunk; leaflets 4-8 
in. long, ; flowers 2-8 in. long, orange red in axillary 
or terminal racemes, calyx 4 in. long, brown velvety, 
petals orange red ; pods 4-8 in. by 14-2 in., seed 1 in 
upper part of pod. ‘This tree yields an astringent oe 
like kino, also lac and lae dye. 
Pinnate with 8-5 Leaflets. 
large, bark grey, furrowed vertically, flaking in 
narrow strips; leaves 4-5 in. long, leaflets alternate, 
ovate, long-pointed ; flowers 4-2 in. long, whitish yellow, 
in small branching racemes, stamens 9; pods 2-3 in. 
by 4-$ in., seeds } in. long, kidney shaped, 1-3. This 
tree yields excellent timber. 
