Plants oj the Punjab. 



Trees with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Dolichan drone stipulata, 



BiGXONIACE.E. 



F. B. I. iv. 379. 

 The Plains. 

 Gujranwala, planted. 



Compound leaves. 



large, branclilets and flowering parts covered with 

 easily separating yellow or brovrn wool ; leaves 1-1| ft. 

 long, leaflets 3-5 pairs ; flowers 2-3 in. long, yellow 

 brown, woolly, calyx cleft on one side to the base, 

 corolla tubular, stamens 4, in two pairs facing each 

 other ; capsule 18-24 in. by 1 in,, very woolly. 



Petals ununited. 



Euonymus tingens, 



Chopra, Kungku. 



CELASTRACEiE. 



F. B. I. i. 610. 

 Himalaya, 6-10,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



small ; leaves thick, leathery, 1-3 in. long ; flowers 

 I in. diam.: yellowish white with purple veins, calyx 

 lobes 5, fringed, petals 5, stamens 5 ; fruit is a capsule, 

 4 - or 5-lobed, opening to shov; a red interior in which 

 the seeds are embedded ; the capsule is angled. The 

 inner bark yields a yellow dj^e. The English representa- 

 tive of this genus is Euonymus Europseus, Spindle 

 Tree, usually a shrub. 



Acer oblongum, Maple, 



Mark. 



Sapindaceje. 

 F. B.I. i. 693. 

 Himalaya, 2-6,000 ft. 

 Simla, the Glen 

 (Collett). 



large ; leaves smooth, oblong, 3-6 by 1-2 in. long, 

 pointed, upper surface dark green, lower white ; flowers 

 in terminal or leaf-bearing lateral clusters, sepals and 

 petals 5, -J- in. long, stamens 8, smooth ; fruit winged, 

 back of wing straight. 



Acer Isevigatum, 



Sapindaoe "E, 

 F.B.I. 1.693. 

 Himalaya, 5-9,000 ft. 



large ; leaves smooth, oblong, 2i-o by 1-2 in., lower 

 surface green ; flowers in loose terminal branching 

 racemes, sepals and petals 5, stamens 5-8, smooth ; 

 fruit winged, wings reddish, back curved. 



Psidlum guyava, 

 Guava, 



Amrut. 



Myrtace.e. 



F. B. I. ii. 468. 



The Plains to 2,000 ft. 



Baluchistan. 



small, bark smooth, pinkish, peeling off in flakes ; 

 leaves 3-4 in. long, ovate, princijial nerves promi- 

 nent ; flowers large, white, petals anunited, calyx 4-5- 

 lobed, stamens many ; fruit 2-3| in. diam., rough 

 skinned, succulent, edible, in the centre a mass of pulp 

 in which many small seeds are embedded, strongly 

 scented, a great favourite raw or cooked. 



Eugenia Jambolana, 



Jaman. 



Myrtace.e. 



F. B. I. ii. 499. 



The Plains to 5,000 ft. 



Baluchistan. 



large ; leaves smooth, shining leathery, 3-6 in. long, 

 covered with minute shining dots ; flowers pale green. 

 \-\ in. long, crowded in small round clusters, calyx 

 tube funnel-shaped, petals united into a hood, stamens 

 in several series ; fruit succulent, edible, dark purple 

 when ripe, stone one. It is used m Indian medicine. 



