Plants of the Punjab. 



Trees with Opposite Exstipulatb Simple Leaves. 



Olea glandulifera, 



Gulili, 'phalsh. 



Oleace^. 



F. B. I. iii. 611. 



Himalaya, 2-6,000 ft. 



Petals united. 



medium size, bark rough, branches with lentil- 

 shaped corky excrescences ; leaves ovate, 4-5 by l-J- in., 

 long-pointed, glands on the under surface ; flowers cream 

 coloured in terminal or lateral branching racemes 2-3 

 in. long, corolla deeply divided ; drupe |-| in. long, ovoid, 

 acute at the top, black when ripe, stone as the last. 



Ligustrum compactum, 



see Shrubs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Salvadora persica, 



Salvadora oleoides, 



see Shrubs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 

 see Shrubs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Carissa carandas, 



see Shrubs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Holarrhena 

 antidysenterica, 



Kura. 



Apocynace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 644. 

 Himalaya to 3,500 ft. 

 Valleys below Simla 

 (Collett). 



small, bark rough brown, peeling off in irregular 

 flakes ; leaves 6-12 by 2-5 in., smooth ; flowers white 

 or cream colour, scented, 1-1| in. across in large bunches 

 3-6 in. diam., calyx 5-lobed, petals united in a tube, 

 stamens 5 at the base of the tube ; fruit of two 

 distinct follicles, 8-16 by i-| in. in-curved covered 

 with white dots, seeds many, ^ in. long, linear crowned 

 with hairs, l|-2 in. long, brownish yellow. The powdered 

 bark cures chronic dysentery. 



Wrightia tomentosa, 



Dudhi. 



Apooynace^. 



F. B. I. iii. 653. 



The Plains to 2,000 ft. 



The Kidge, Delhi. 



small, bark corky"; leaves 3-6 by 1^-3 in., long- 

 pointed, woolly often on both surfaces, always on the 

 under surface ; flowers pale yellow, 1 in. across in large 

 bunches petals united in a tube, round flat on top, 

 scales within, stamens 5, at the top of the tube converg- 

 ing ; fruit of two united follicles with two grooves, 8-12 

 by |-| in., straight, seeds many, | in. long with white 

 silky hairs at the lower end. 



Tecoma undulata, 



Rohira, lahura. 



BlGNONIACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 378. 



The Plains to 3,000 ft. 



Baluchistan (Stocks). 



small ; leaves 3-5 by |-1 in., narrowly oblong, margin 

 wavy, blunt tip ; flowers 2-3 in. long, orange, in few 

 flowured clusters, on lateral branches, calyx ^ in. long, 

 lobes 5, blunt, corolla 1| to 2 in. long, tubular, lobes 5, 

 round, stamens 4, in pairs, opposite io each other, within 

 the corolla ; capsule, linear, 8 by ^ in., slightly curved, 

 seeds thinly discoid, with wing 1 by | in., wing very 

 narrow round the top. 



