130 Plants of the Punjab. 
SHRUBS WITH ALTERNATE ExstTiIpULATE LOBED LBAVES. 
PETALS NONE. 
Ricinus communis, large, stem hollow, young shoots bluish-green ; 
The Castor Oil leaves 6-24 in. diam., green to red, round, 5-7 lobed, 
Plant, lobes toothed, membranous, oblong to linear, sharp- or 
Arend, bedanjir, 
harnauli. 
HUPHORBIACEA. 
BL a; div. 457. 
The Plains. 
long-pointed, stalk 4-12 in. long; flowers} in. diam., 
in terminal erect branching racemes, male and female 
on different plants, male flower calyx membranous, 3-5 
segments, petals none, stamens very many, female flower 
calyx like a folding bract or spathe, soon falling off, ovary 
3-celled, styles short or long, undivided or in 2 or 8 parts ; 
capsule 3-1 in. long, oblong, smooth or with tubercles, 
seeds 8, oblong, spotted. The oil is used as a purgative, 
also as a lubricant and an illuminant. The plant is culti- 
vated and is probably indigenous, and not a mere escape. 
SHRUBS WITH ALTERNATR EXxsTIPULATE COMPOUND LEAVES. 
Glycosmis 
pentaphylla, 
Ban numbu, potali, 
gurgittt. 
RuTACEA. 
PB. 1 .3..499. 
The Plains to 
5,000 ft. 
Murraya exotica, 
Marchula, juti, 
bibsar. 
RurAcEs. 
Hota. DOD, 
The Plains to 
5,000 ft. 
Sutlej Valley 
(Collett). 
Rawalpindi. 
Murraya Kenigii, 
Limonia acidissima, 
Beli. 
Ruracea. 
EF. B. I. 1. 507. 
The Plains to 
4,000 ft. 
Valleys below Simla 
(Collett). 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
small, evergreen, smooth ; leaves of 3-5 leaflets, rarely 
one, stalk stout, leaflets 4-9 in. long, ovate, lanceolate, 
blunt or pointed, dark green, smooth; flowers small, 
white, scented, in erect, terminal or axillary, branched 
racemes, calyx 4-5-lobed, lobes broad, petals 4-5, stamens 
8-10; fruit + in. diam., round with a depression, white 
or pink, pulp sweetish, edible. The twigs are used as 
toothsticks. 
large, bark ash-coloured, smooth, young parts vel- 
vety ; leaves 4-5 in. long, leaflets 3-7, 1-3 in. long, shortly 
stalked, dark green, smooth, ovate, oblique at the base, 
notched at the tip or pointed, gland dotted ; flowers 1 in. 
long, white, scented, in short axillary or terminal clusters, 
rarely solitary, calyx 5-lobed, lobes minute, short-pointed, 
petals 5, lanceolate, stamens 10; berry $-2 in. long, red, 
ovoid, pointed at each end, wrinkled, 1-2-seeded. 
see Trees, Alternate, Exstipulate, Compound. 
large, armed with long spines, smooth, bark white, 
corky ; leaves 3-6 in. long, stalk with broad wings, 
leaflets 5-9, 4-14 in. long, sessile, ovate, lanceolate, long- 
pointed, gland dotted, toothed, tip notched ; flowers 4 in. 
diam., white, scented, in short axillary, often leafy racemes, 
calyx 4-lobed, persistent, petals 4, gland dotted, larger 
than the calyx, stamens 8 ; berry } in. diam., round, yellow 
turning to purple, acid, smooth, seeds 2-4, 
