Plants of the Punjab. 181 
SHRUBS WITH ALTERNATE EJXSTIPULATE COMPOUND LEAVES, 
Feronia Elephantum, 
Picrasma 
quassioides, 
Puthorin, tithu, - 
hala. 
SIMARUBACE®. 
Hey ler 520: 
Himalaya, 
3-5,000 ft. 
Rhus parviflora, 
Sumac, 
Tungla, tumra. 
ANACARDIACEAR, 
BoB: Tour: 
Himataya, 
2-5,000 ft. 
Rhus mysorensis, 
Dasarni, dasan. 
ANACARDIACEA, 
BEB. ue 9: 
The Plaing. 
N.-W. Frontier 
Province, 
Sulliman Range, 
3-5,000 ft. 
Jasminum humile, 
Chamba, jai, shing. 
OLBACER. 
F. B. I. iti. 602. 
Himalaya, 
2-5,000 ft. 
Salt Range. 
Simla (Collett). 
Murree (Douie). 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
see Trees, Alternate, Exstipulate, Compound Leaves. 
large, branches spotted, stout, bark very bitter, 
young parts velvety ; leaves 10-18 in. long, leaflets 9-15, 
2-4 in. long, sessile, ovate, lanceolate, long-pointed, toothed, 
the lowest pair much the smallest; flowers + in. across, 
ereen in axillary branching recemes, calyx 4-5-lobed, 
very small, petals 4-5, much larger than the calyx, leathery 
and persistent in fruit, stamens 4-5, hairy at the base ; 
fruit of 8-5 drupes, size of a pea, red or black, each one- 
seeded, sometimes eaten. The bark, wood, and root are 
very bitter, and might be used as a tonic instead of 
Quassia. 
medium size, bark grey, smooth, young, rusty woolly ; 
leaves of 8 leaflets, stalk 1-2 in., rusty woolly, leaflets 
1-3 by 4-2 in., the terminal one much the largest and 
often narrowed into a margined stalk, ovate with a broad 
tip, toothed, slightly hairy above, rusty woolly beneath ; 
flowers =!, in. diam., yellow-green, in hairy terminal, often 
leafy, branching racemes 12 in. long, calyx lobes 4-6, 
ovate, hairy without, petals 4-6, twice as long as the calyx 
lobes, oblong, stamens 4-10; drupe 4 in. ovoid, shining 
brown, seed one. The fruit (¢antarik) is sold in the bazar 
as substitute for tamarind. ; 
small, branches springy, woody, often spinous, branch- 
lets scurfy, leaves of 8 leaflets, stalk 4-2 in., scurfy, leaflets 
‘-13 in. long, terminal much the largest, all sessile, 
scurfy beneath, tinged with red, flowers ;, in. diam., in 
slender scurfy axillary or terminal branching racemes ; 
in other points like the last species. The bark is some- 
times used for tanning. 
PETALS UNITED. 
small, smooth, branches angular, green; leaves 2-4 
in. long, leaflets 2-10, 2-8 by 3-1} in., ovate, acute or 
blunt at both ends; flowers 4-3 in. long, yellow, in ter- 
minal clusters, many, calyx teeth 5, ;; in., triangular, 
corolla united, lobes } by +in., flat, circular, 5, stamens 2 
in the corolla tube; berries 2-lobed or 1-lobed, oblong with 
rounded ends, seeds one in each lobe. An aromatic 
essential oil is obtained from the flowers by native 
perfumers, 
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