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Plants of the Punjab. 



Trees with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals none. 



Phyllanthus Emblica, 



Amla. 



Euphorbiace.^. 

 F. B. I. V. 289. 

 The Plains to 4,500 ft. 

 Sutlej Valley (Collett). 



small, bark flaking, foliage feathery, light green ; 

 leaves deciduous, linear, sessile, ^-^ in., close set in two 

 lines along the branchlets like the leaflets of a pinnate 

 leaf, stipules ovate fimbriate ; flowers without petals, 

 yellow, set among the leaves on the branchlets, sepals 

 6, stamens 3 in a column ; fruit -J in. globose, succule, 

 green or pale yellow, often reddish, acid, astringent, 

 seeds 6, two in each of the three cells, fruit slightly 6- 

 lobed. The fruit is made into pickle and is used as an 

 astringent medicine. 



Phyllanthus distichus, 



Chalmeri. 

 Euphorbiace.^. 

 F. B. I. v. 304. 

 The Plains. 



small, bark roughly grey ; leaves deciduous, stalked, 

 ovate, f in., in two rows as above ; flowers without 

 petals, i in., sepals 4, stamens 4, not in a column ; 

 fruit globose, acid, 3-4-celled, one seed in each cell. 



Glochidion velutlnum, 



Amhlu. 



Euphorbiace^. 

 F. B. I. V. 322. 

 Himalaya to 5,000 ft. 

 Sutlej Ys^llej (Collett). 



small, young branches downy evergreen ; leaves 

 2-5 in., rounded, stipules rigid ; flowers green yellow, 

 petals none, sepals 5-6, anthers 3 ; fruit | in. diameter, 

 flattened, 4-6 celled, 8-12 lobed, red. 



Antidesma 

 Ghsesembilla, 



Umtoa. 



Euphorbiace^. 

 F. B. I. V. 357. 

 Himalaya. 



small branches, flowers and leaf stalks and under 

 surface of leaves brown and woolly, leaves 2-3 in., 

 base and top rounded ; flowers without petals, small., 

 sessile, clustered on spikes, calyx lobes 3-5, stamens 

 4-7 ; fruit roundish, | in,, red to black, edible. 



Jatropha Curcas, 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



Ulmus Wallichiana, 

 Elm, 



Urticace^. 

 F. B. I. V. 480, 

 Himalaya, 4-10,000 ft. 



large, bark rough, peeling in diamond-shaped flakes ; 

 leaves 4-8 in., deciduous, base obhquely narrowed, 

 toothed ; flowers appearing before the leaves, in dense 

 lateral racemes, calyx 4-8-lobed, fruit dry flat, winged, 

 i-l in. (samara). 



Holoptelea integiifolia, small; leaves 3-6 in., deciduous, base unequally 



Pajni. rounded, not toothed ; flowers in short lateral clusters, 



Urticace^. apetalous, calyx lobes 5, stamens 8-5 ; fruit 1 in. long, 



F. B. I. V. 481. ^nng tip bifid (samara). 

 Himalaya to 2,000 ft. 



