Plants of the Punjab. 



11 



Tkeks with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 

 Petals ununited. 



Prunus Armeniaca, 

 The Apricot, 



Zurdalu. 



EOSACE.E. 



F. B. I. ii. 313. 



Himalaya to 11,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan (Lace). 



Prunus Avium, 



The Sweet Cherry or 



Gean, 



EoSACEiE. 



R B. Lii. 313. 



Himalaj^a to 8,000 ft. 



Prunus Cerasus, 

 The Wild Cherry, 



Gilas, olchi. 



EOSACE.E. 



F. B. Lii. 313. 



Himalaya to 8,000 ft. 



Prunus Puddum, 



Padam. 



EOSACE.E. 



F. B. L ii. 314. 

 Himalaya, 3-6,000 ft. 

 Valleys below Simla 

 (Collett). 



Primus communis, 

 BuUace, 



Alucha. 



EoSACEiE. 



F.B. Lii. 315. 

 Himalaya, 5-7,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Hughes-BuUer). 



small, bark light brown ; leaves 2-3| in. diam., 

 broad ovate, pointed, minutely toothed, long-stalked, 

 stalk 1-1 1" in. long, flexible, with two glands, stipules 

 lanceolate ; flowers appearing with or after the leaves, 

 f in. diam., white, shortly stalked, petals 5, stamens 

 many ; drupe yellow, or sometimes black in Kashmir, 

 1-1^ in. long, velvety or nearly smooth, fleshy, not open- 

 ing in two pieces, edible, stone thick with a prominent 

 thickened grooved margin. 



small, bark brownish grey, smooth, roots without 

 sprouting shoots ; leaves flaccid, drooping, acutely 

 toothed, oblong ovate, broader at the apex, velvety 

 beneath, stalk long with two glands ; flowers appear- 

 ing with the leaves, white, long-stalked in clusters, 

 petals 5, spreading, stamens many ; drupe |-| in. diam,, 

 round, smooth, shining, sweet or bitter, stone smooth. 



small, bark brownish grey, smooth, roots with 

 many sprouting shoots ; leaves 2-3 by 1-1| in., ovate, 

 abruptly long-pointed, erect, firm, shining, minutely 

 toothed, smooth beneath, stalk short, without glands ; 

 flowers appearing with the leaves, white, on long slender 

 stalks in clusters of 2-5, petals 5, erect, stiff ; drupe 

 |-|- in. diam., round, smooth, shining, stone r6and, 

 smooth. 



medium size, bark smooth, brownish grey, peeling 

 in strips ; leaves 8-5 by 1-^ in., ovate, lanceolate, very 

 long-pointed, sharply glandular toothed, smooth, shining, 

 stalk ^ in. long with 2-4 glands at the base, stipules 

 long, divided into 3-5 segments, fringed with glands ; 

 flowers appearing before the leaves, 1 in. diam., pink 

 fading to white, solitary or in small clusters towards the 

 ends of branchlets, petals 5, stalked, oblong, obtuse, 

 stamens many ; drupe ovoid, |-f in. long, flesh scanty, 

 yellow or reddish, acid, stone wrinkled and furrowed. 



small, branching from below, with or Vv'ithout 

 thorns : leaver 3-4 in. long, ovate, lanceolate, short- 

 pointed, finely toothed ; flowers 1 in. diam., appear- 

 ing with the leaves, white or pinkish on long stalks, 

 solitary or in pairs, petals 5, stamens many ; drupe 1^ in., 

 round or ovoid, drooping, smooth, with bloom, yellow 

 or black, stone flattened, smooth. 



