Plants of the Punjab. 85 
TREES WITH ALTERNATH EXsTIPULATE SimpLH LHAVES. 
Bridelia montana. 
Gondm, kargnalia. 
EUPHORBIAOEA. 
fb. i. vy. 269: 
Himalaya, east 
of the Jhelum river, 
2-3,000 ft. 
Flacourtia Ramontchi, 
var. occidentalis, 
Katara, kukat. 
BIXAcCEZ. 
BB 198; 
Low hills to 8,000 ft. 
Suni (Collett). 
Xylosma longifclium, 
Chirunda. 
BIxACE. 
Pos. 1215194. 
Low hills to 5,000 it. 
Sutlej] Valley, Suni 
(Collett). 
Terminalia Catappa, 
The Indian Almond, 
Janglibadam. 
CoMBRETACE. 
F. B. I. ii. 444. 
The Plains, planted. 
Terminalia belerica, 
Bahera. 
CoMBRETACER. 
FB. B. I. 11. 445. 
The Plains. 
PETALS UNITED. 
small, bark dark grey, branchlets often dotted with 
warts ; leaves 3-6 in. long, blunt or sharp-pointed, shin- 
ing above, ovate; flowers small, greenish-yellow, in axillary 
clusters, male and female together, bracts many, crowd- 
ed, velvety, calyx lobes 5, sharp-pointed, petals 5, round, 
shortly stalked, male flowers stamens 5, united below, 
female flowers styles 2 with 2 branches each ; fruit size 
of a pea, ovoid or round, black when ripe, seated on the 
calyx, stones usually 2. 
PETALS NONE. 
small, more or less softly downy, spinous ; leaves 
1-2 in. long, broad and rounded ; flowers small, yellow, 
in simple or branched racemes, sepals 4-5, small, petals 
none, stamens many ; drupe 4 in. diam., red or black, 
edible, stones minute, 8-16, in 2 tiers. 
small, branches long, slender, thorny when young, 
wood scented ; leaves 4-9 by 14-2 in., shining, leathery, 
toothed, long-pointed ; flowers 4 in. diam., yellow, 
female flowers clustered, usually in short racemes, only 
4 in. long, scattered along the branches, male flowers 
many, clustered in long racemes, stamens many, longer 
than the sepals, sepals 4-5, ovate, petals none ; berry 
dry, smooth, 34 in. diam., red or black, 2-8-seeded. 
large, trunk buttressed ; leaves turn crimson before 
falling, branches in horizontal circles; leaves 6-8 in, 
long, stalk short, base of leaves very narrow ; flowers 
in spikes, calyx teeth 5, smooth, stamens 10, protruding, 
no petals; fruit 1-14 in., fleshy, compressed, showing 
2 ridges, not velvety, stone one, kernel edible. 
large, bark uneven, bluish or ashy grey with longi- 
tudinal furrows; leaves 8-6 in. long, crowded towards 
the ends of branches, stalk 1-8 in. long ; flowers in spikes, 
very small, no petals, pale white or greenish-yellow 
with an unpleasant smell, calyx with 5 teeth, soon falling, 
stamens 10, far protruding ; fruit 1 in. long, fleshy, velvety, 
when dry shows 5 ridges, seed bony, thick. Fruit 
called Myrobolan and used for tanning and as a pur- 
gative. The Terminalia are fine shady trees. 
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