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Plants of the Punjab. 



Trees with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Rhamnus dahuricusj 

 or virgatus, 

 Indian Buckthorn, 



Cliato, kanji. 



EHAMNEiE. 



F. B. I. i. 639. 

 Peshawar, Himalaya, 

 4,500-9,000 ft. 



Hovenia dulcis, 



Chamhun, sicka. 

 Ehamne-^. 

 F. B. I. i. 640. 

 Himalaya, 3-6,500 ft. 



Bauhinia retusa, 



Kural, kandla. 

 Legumino.-^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 279. 

 Himalaya to 4,000 ft. 

 Valleys below Simla 

 (Collett). 



Prunus Amygdalus, 

 The Almond, 



Badam. 



Rosacea. 



F. B. I. ii. 313. 



The Plains to 10,000 ft. 



Baluchistan (Lace). 



Prunus persica, 

 The Peach, 



Aru. 



Eosace^. 



F. B. I. ii. 313. 



The Plains to 10,000 ft. 



Baluchistan 



(Hughes-Buller). 



small, much branched, shoots abort and the end 

 becomes dry, hard and pointed, thus forming a spine, 

 two lateral shoots grow from below the spine, thus a 

 spine is found in the fork between two branches and 

 leaves clustered on the lower part of the spines, bark 

 dark grey, thin, shining, peeling in rolls ; leaves alter- 

 nate, nearly opposite, |-2in. long, lanceolate, long-point- 

 ed, stipules soon falling off, linear, minute ; flowers 

 greenish, in axillary clusters, sepals 4, petals 4, minute, 

 linear, stamens 4 ; fruit | in. long, ovoid, seated on the 

 persistent calyx, seeds grooved. In China Green Indigo 

 is made from the bark. 



medium size, trunk straight ; leaves 4-6 by 2-8 in., 

 ovate, long-pointed, in two rows, toothed, woolly beneath, 

 stalk I in. long, scipules small, soon fahing off ; flow^ers 

 wdiite, in terminal and axillary clusters, sepals 5, petals 5, 

 stalked, stamens 5, longer than the petals ; fruit | in. 

 diam., round, nearly 3-lobed, 3-celled and 3-seeded, 

 the fruit stalk enlarges, becomes fleshy, tastes like a 

 pear, edible. 



medium size, bark dark brown, generally scored by 

 diagonal cuts, made to obtain the gum ; leaves some- 

 times clfft at the end, 4-6 in. diam., broader than long, 

 velvety beneath, stalk 1|-3| in. long ; flowers in terminal 

 branching velvety racemes up to 12 in. long, flowers 

 I in. long, pale yellow with purple streaks, petals oblong, 

 ^ in., stalked, stamens 10, onh* 3 perfect ; pod 4-6 b}^ 1| 

 in., flat, reddish, seeds 6-8. 



small, bark l)rownish grey, smooth ; leaves 3 in. 

 long, oblong-lanceolate, minutely toothed, thin, stalk | 

 in. long, with two glands, stipules fringed ; flowers pink, 

 stalked, I in. diam., appear before the leaves, petals 5, 

 stamens many, drupe l|in. long, velvety, opening in two 

 pieces, stone large, flattened, covered wdth shallow 

 wrinkle:> and minute holes, seed flattened, long, oval, seed 

 edible. 



small, bark brownish, rough, branches thick ; leaves 

 3-5 by |-1^ in., ojjlong-lanceolate, small teeth, thicker 

 than the last and darker green, stalk | in., stipules 

 fringed ; flowers 1 in. diam., sessile, dark pink, appear 

 before or with the leaves, petals 5, stamens many ; drupo 

 1 1-2| in. long, round or flattened, very velvety, not opening 

 in two pieces, fleshy, edible, sweet, green with a tinge of red 

 when ripe, stone deeply and irregularly furrowed, thick. 



