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Plants of the Punjab, 



Trees with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Prunus Padus, 

 Bird Cherry, 



Jamoi. 



Eosace^. 



F. B. L ii. 315. 



Himalaya, 6-9,500 ft. 



Simla (Collett). 



medium size, bark rough, dark grey or brown, 

 young parts somewhat velvety ; leaves 4-6 by 1-2| in., 

 oblong-lanceolate, long-pointed, closely toothed, red 

 before falling, midrib red, stalk 1-1| in. long, stout, 

 red, a pair of glands at apex, stipules linear, membran- 

 ous, soon falling ; flowers white, i-| in. diam., in 

 drooping ^lany flowered axillary and terminal racemes 

 which are 4-6 in. long, petals 5, concave, stamens many ; 

 drupe, size of a pea, round, acid, red turning to black, 

 stone thick, rugged. 



Eriobotrya japonica, 

 Loquat, 



Lokat. 

 Eosace^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 372. 

 The Plains. 



small, branches and branchlets thick ; leaves 6-8 by 

 l|-3 in., leathery, stiff woolly beneath, stalk thick, 

 woolly, stipules broad or lanceolate ; flowers white, | 

 in. diam., crowded in thick stiff woolly racemes, petals 5, 

 broad, ovate ; berry round or ovoid, l|-2 in. long, 

 yellow, fleshy, edible, seeds 2-5, angled, brown, smooth. 

 This tree is much cultivated for its fruit. 



Pyrus Malus, 

 Apple, 



Seo. 



EOSACE^. 



F. B. I. ii. 373. 



The Plains to 9,000 ft. 



Baluchistan 



(Hughes-Buller). 



leaves 2-3 in., ovate, smooth above, woolly beneath, 

 leaf stalk woolly ; flowers pink, l|-2 in. diam., sepals 

 persistent on the top of the fruit ; fruit globose, fleshy, 

 2-5-celled, seeds contained in a core, fruit indented at 

 both ends and with a very short stalk, widely culti- 

 vated. 



Pyrus baccata, 

 Siberian Crab, 



Liu, clioda. 



EOSACE^. 



F. B. I. ii. 373. 

 Himalaya, 6-10,000 ft. 



small ; leaves 2-3 in., smooth, ovate ; flowers l|-2 

 in. diam., in sessile clusters, or on long stalks clustered 

 together, white ; fruit small, |-1 in. diam., globose, red, 

 sepals not on the top, seeds in a core, only base indented 

 flesh of fruit granular. 



Pyrus communis, 

 Pear, 



Nashpati. 



EOSACE^. 



F. B. I. ii. 374. 

 Himalaya, 2-8,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan (Lace). 



smaU, smooth, young parts woolly, young plant 

 often spinous ; leaves ovate, oblong, acute pointed, of 

 young plants lobed ; flowers white, 1-| in. diam ; 

 fruit 1-2 in., narrow into the stalk, seeds in a core, 

 flesh of fruit granular, sepals on top of the fruit. This 

 tree is much cultivated for its fruit. 



