Plants of the Punjab. 



Trees with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Tectona grandis, 

 Teak, 



Sairjun. 

 Verbenace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 570. 

 The Plains. 



Petals united. 



large, branchlets 4-angled, felted with star-shaped 

 hairs ; leaves 12 by 8 in., wedge-shaped at both ends, 

 felted beneath, ovate, stalk 1 in. long ; flowers whitish 

 blue, small, numerous in terminal branching racemes 

 18 in. diam., calyx small, large in fruit, corolla 4 in. 

 long, 5-lobed ; drupe f in. diam., hairy, 4-cened, 

 bony. A fine timber tree. 



Gmelina arborea, 



Kumhar. 



Verbenace^e. 



F. B. I.iv. 581. 



The Plains to 2,000 ft. 



large, bark grey, smooth, peeling in flakes, branch- 

 lets with white specks ; leaves 4-8 by 3-6 in., broad, 

 ovate, hollowed at the base, pointed, velvety beneath, 

 stalk 3-6 in. long ; flowers 1-1| in. long, tubular, 2-npped, 

 brownish yellow in terminal branching racemes, calyx 

 I in., corolla lobes 5-4, stamens 4 ; drupe ovoid, |-1 in. 

 long, skin leathery yellow, succulent, edible, stone 2-4- 

 celled, seeds oblong. The bark and seeds are used 

 medicinally. 



Petals none. 



Cinnamomim Tamala, 



Dalcliini. 

 Laurinage^, 

 F. B. I. V. 128. 

 Himalaya, 3-5,000 ft. 



leaves both opposite and alternate, sometimes on 

 the same twig, 4-6 by li-2-| in., smooth, shining above, 

 pointed, pink when young ; flowers white, 4-i in. long, 

 in branching racemes, as long as the leaves, calyx 

 lobes 6, unequal, silky, petals none, stamens 9 in 3 series ; 

 drupe I in. long, ovoid, succulent, black when ripe, sup- 

 ported by the thickened stalk and 6-toothed calyx. 

 The bark is used instead of true cinnamon. 



Elaeagnus hortensis, 



see Trees, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Buxus sempervirens, 



see Shrubs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Cupressus torulosa, 

 Cypress, 



Devidar. 

 Conifer^e. 

 F. B.I. V. 645. 

 Himalaya, 

 5.500-8,000 ft. 



large with pyramidal crown and drooping branch- 

 lets, branches spreading, outline of tree narrowly conical ; 

 leaves scale-like, triangular, overlapping, catkins ter- 

 minal, cylindrical, with opposite target-shaped scales 

 with 2-6 anther scales near the edge ; fruit round, head 

 of scales closed, open when ripe, seeds i in., with round 

 wing. 



