Plants of the Punjab. 45 
TREES WITH ALTERNATE E}XSTIPULATE COMPOUND LEAVES. 
Spondias Mangifera, 
The Hog-plum tree, 
Ambara, bahamb. 
ANACARDIACEA. 
Balen 42s 
The Plains to 5,000 ft. 
Jugians regia, 
Walnut, 
Akhrot, charmaghe, 
starga. 
JUGLANDER. 
BF. B.1 wv. 595. 
Himalaya, 3-10,000 ft. 
Baluchistan (Boissier). 
Phenix sylvestris, 
Date Palm, 
Khajur. 
PALMAE. 
ioabas lek Vlei A os 
The Plains to 8,000 ft. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
linear-lanceolate, reflexed, petals 5, narrow at the base, 
broad at the tip, stamens 5 with anthers, 5 without ; 
capsule 9-18 by § in., cylindrical, hanging down, 9- 
ribbed, beaked, seeds many in pits, 3-angled, winged 
at the angles. The young root is like horse radish. 
Oil from the seeds is an excellent lubricant, Ben 
Oil. 
small, bark smooth, grey, aromatic ; leaves 12-18 in. 
long, odd pinnate, leaflets 9-11, opposite, 8-9 by 11-4 
in., smooth ; flowers } in. diam., greenish-white, in ter- 
minal branching spreading racemes, calyx 5-cleft, petals 
5, stamens 8-10; drupe 14-2 in. long, yellow, smooth, 
flesh acid, astringent, edible, stone fibrous, pitted within, 
seeds 1-8, usually one perfect. The ripe fruit is a useful 
antiscorbutic. 
large, aromatic, shoots velvety, bark grey, fissured 
vertically ; leaves 6-15 in. long, odd pinnate, woolly 
when young, leaflets 5-13, opposite, 3-8 by 2-4 in., lateral 
nearly sessile, end one shortly stalked ; flowers very small, 
green, male and female on the same tree on spikes, males 
im pendulous catkins, calyx 5-lobed, stamens 15-20, 
females 1-3 clustered, calyx 4-toothed, petals 4, linear, 
lobed, styles 2, short recurved ; fruit 2 in. long, ovoid, 
green with yellow dots, skin leathery, very aromatic, 
nut 1-14 in. long, ribbed, shell thick, 2-valved, seed 
corrugated, 2-lobed. The wood is very good for making 
into furniture. rom the seeds excellent oil for culinary 
and illuminating purposes is expressed. The bark is a 
vermifuge and used for staining, . 
large, trunk covered with the remains of old leaf 
stalks, unbranched ; leaves, 4-8 ft. long, form a crown 
on the summit of old trees, pinnate, leaflets 9-18 in. 
long, 3-? in. broad, thick, folded at first, sessile ; flowers, 
male on a compact spike in a broad spathe, female on 
a spike 2-23 ft., branching, male and female with 3 
sepals and petals; fruit 1-14 in. long, yellow reddish 
brown when ripe, sweet, stones 1 in. long, deeply grooved 
on one side, widely cultivated, leaflets used for matting 
and cordage. 
