Plants of the Punjab. 



Trees with Opposite Exstipulate Compound Leaves. 



iEsculus indica, 

 Indian Horse Chestnut, 



Gun, torjaga, hane. 

 Sapindace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 675. 

 Himalaya, 4-10,000 ft. 

 Simla, Narkanda 

 (Collett). 



Petals ununited. 



is very like the last species, but the leaflets are 

 smaller and the capsule is smooth. 



Petals united. 



Fraxinus floribunda, 



Angu, hum, iunnu. 



Oleace^. 



F. B. I. iii. 605. 



Himalaya, 5-9,000 ft. 



Millingtonia 

 hortensis, 

 Indian Cork tree, 



Akas Nim. 



BiGNONIACEjE. 



F. B. I. iv. 377. 

 The Plains, planted. 



Oroxylum indieum, 



Mulin, tatmorang. 



BiGNONIACE.l}. 



F. B. I. iv. 378. 

 The Plains to 3,000 ft. 

 Valleys below Simla 

 (Collett). 



large, bark grey, smooth on young stems, deeply 

 furrowed on old ; leaves odd pinnate, midrib 5-8 in. long, 

 leaflets opposite, 5-9, 3-5 by 1-3 in. long, pointed, tooth- 

 ed ; flowers small, white, in clusters on a large branch- 

 ing terminal raceme 6-8 in. long, calyx minute, 4-toothed, 

 petals 4, stamens 2 ; a winged dry nut, one-seeded, 1-1 i 

 Manna exudes from the bark by incision. 



in. long 



large, towering, branches drooping, bark corky ; 

 leaves 2-3 ft. long, 2-3-pinnate, leaflets 2-3 in., ovate- 

 lanceolate, long-pointed ; flowers white, scented, on 

 terminal branching racemes 10 by 6 in., calyx j-V in., 

 teeth 5, corolla tube 2-3 by -^-^ in., mouth 1 in. diam., 

 lobes 5, nearly equal, ovate, stamens 4, slightly pro- 

 truding ; capsule 12 by f in., pointed at both ends, seeds 

 with wing 1 by | in, discoid. A fine avenue tree. 



medium size, bark soft, corky, branches few ; leaves 

 2-3-pinnate, 4-6 ft. diam. pinnae 3-4 pairs, pinnules 

 3-4-foliolate, leaflets 3-5 by 2-3| in., broad ovate, long- 

 pointed ; flowers dark red, odour bad, large, fleshy in 

 loose terminal racemes, ma'n stalk 2-3 ft., calyx 1 in. 

 long, leathery, hardly toothed, corolla bell-shaped, 

 2-3 in. long, lobes 5, stamens 5, 4 nearly ( qual, 5th 

 shorter ; cap-ule 15-30 by 2-4 in., flat, like a scabbard, 

 seeds discoid with papery wing, 2-3 in. across. The 

 bark is used as an astringent. 



Petals none. 



Fraxinus excelsior. 

 Common ash, 



Sum, hum. 



Oleace^e. 



F. B. 1. ih. 606. 



Himalaya, 4-9,000 ft. 



large ; leaves odd pinnate, leaflets 3-11, 4 by If 

 in., sessile, long-pointed, toothed ; flowers in short 

 raceme ;, clustered at tips of branches, appearing before 

 the leaves, no sepals or petals, stamens 2, short ; a winged 

 dry nut, \-\l in. long, one-sejded. 



