42 
Plants of the Punjab. 
Sees 
TREES WITH ALTERNATE E;XSTIPULATE CoMPOUND LEAVES. 
Egle Marmelos, 
Bel. 
RutTacEs. 
BeBoed 1 516; 
The Plains to 4,000 ft. 
Baluchistan 
(Hughes-Buller). 
Ailanthus excelsa, 
Arua, maharukha. 
SIMARUBACE. 
Hs. teas 18. 
The Plains, Delhi Dist. 
Boswellia serrata, 
Salar, salhi. 
BuRSERACEA). 
Pep. 1.1. 528. 
Base of the Himalaya, 
east of the Sutle} 
river. 
Melia Azadirachta, 
or Azadirachta indica, 
Num. 
MELIACES. 
F. B. 1.1. 544. 
The Plains to 5,000 ft. 
Baluchistan (Stocks). 
Melia Azedarach, 
Persian Lilac, 
Bakain. 
MELIACE®. 
F. B. I. 584. 
The Plains to 5,000 ft. 
Baluchistan (Stocks). 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
medium size, spinous, bark grey, corky ; leaves 34-64 
in. long, leaflets 3-5, lateral sessile, terminal one stalked, 
2-4 by 1-14 in. ; flowers greenish-white, in bunches 1 in. 
diam., sweet scented, calyx 4-5-toothed, flat, velvety, 
petals 4-5, spreading, stamens many ; fruit 2-7 in. diam., 
round with grey woody rind, pulp orange-coloured, 
sweet, seeds many, in gummy pulp. The pulp of the 
fruit cures dysentery. 
large ; leaves one foot or more long, with an un- 
equal number of leaflets, leaflets numerous, on long 
stalks unequal at the base, hairy ; flowers small, yellow- 
ish, in long bunches, calyx small, 5-cleft, petals 5, spread- 
ing, edges inverted, stamens 10 in male flowers, stamens 
2-3 in 2-sexed flowers, none in female flowers, styles 
2-5, united ; fruit of 1-5 long membranous red-twisted 
wings, 2 by 4 in. long, each with one seed, 
medium size, crown spreading flat, bark reddish- 
yellow or greenish-grey, peeling off in thin flakes, a clear 
gum exudes which burns with a pleasant odour ; leaves 
crowded at the ends of branches with unequal leaflets, 
leaflets 8-15 pairs besides the end one, 2-3 in. long, short 
toothed, tip usually rounded ; flowers small, white, in 
racemes, calyx small, 5-7-cleft, petals 5-7, stamens 
10-12 ; drupe 3 in. long, 3-angled, splitting into 8 portions, 
1 bony seed in each, surrounded by the woody disk. 
large, evergreen ; leave spinnate, 8-10 in. long, crowd- 
ed at the ends of branches, leaflets 9-15, smooth, lance- 
olate, toothed, 1-3 by 4-14 in.; flowers ¢-4 in. long, 
white, sweet scented, in long-stalked branching racemes, 
shorter than the leaves, calyx 4-5-cleft, small, petals 
5, stamens 10, united into a tube; fruit oblong, }-? in. 
long, smooth, greenish-yellow, one-seeded. The bark 
is a febrifuge, and the oil from the seeds is an insecti- 
cide. The leaves are used to keep moths from clothes. 
medium size, bark smooth, dark grey ; leaves bi- 
pinnate or tripinnate, 9-18 in. long, pinne usually oppo- 
site, leaflets 8-7 on each pinne, ovate, long-pointed ; 
flowers }-? in. long, lilac, sweet scented in branching 
racemes, calyx segments 5-6, short, petals 5-6, linear, 
stamens 10-12, united into a purple tube; fruit 3 in. 
diam., yellow, round, wrinkled, 5-seeded. ‘he seeds are 
used as beads. The plants properties are much the 
same as those of the last species. 
