Plants of the Punjab. 



15 



Trees with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals none. 



Celtis australis, 



Khar ah. 



Urticace.e. 



F. B. I. V. 482. 



The Plains to 8,000 ft. 



large ; leaves deciduous, obliquely ovate, toothed, 

 long- pointed ; jflowers pale yellow, small, solitary or in 

 clusters, sepals 4-5, stamens 4-5; fruit long-stalked, 

 ovoid, \ in. long, stone wrinkled. This sweet fruit is 

 supposed to be the Lotus of the ancients. 



Trema politoria; 



Khagshi. 



URTICACEiE. 



F. B. L V. 484. 



The Plains to 3,000 ft. 



large, roughly hairy ; leaves | in., hard and rough, 

 often long-pointed, smah toothed, base rounded, leaf 

 stalk short, stipules longer than the leaf stalk ; flowers 

 small, in small axillary clusters, sepals 4-5, stamens 4-5 ; 

 fruit small, globose, stone pitted. 



Plecospermum 

 spinosum, 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



Morus alba, 

 Mulberry, 



Tut. 



F. B. I. V. 492. 



The Plains to 11,000 ft. 



Baluchistan (Lace). 



small ; leaves 2|-4 in., stalk ^-1 in. long (often 

 lobed), ovate, pointed, toothed ; flowers on spikes, sepals 

 4, stamens 4 ; fruiting spikes (berries) white or red, sweet, 

 short, ovoid, consisting of fleshy calyces, each containing 

 one seed. The wood is used in the manufacture of lawn 

 tennis rackets. 



Morus indica, 



T'uin. 



Urticaceje. 

 F. B. I. V. 492. 

 Himalaya to 7,000 ft. 



small ; leaves 2|-6 in. with \-l in. stalk, deciduous, 

 ovate (often lobed), sharply toothed, long-pointed, 

 rough ; flowering and fruiting spike short, ovoid, dark 

 purple, otherwise like the last species. 



Morus serrata, 



Karttut, karun. 



URTICACEiB. 



F. B. I. V. 492. 

 Himalaya, 4-9,000 ft. 



small ; leaves deciduous, broad, ovate, pointed, 

 toothed, leaf stalk woofly ; fruiting spike short, cylindric, 

 purple, sweet. 



Morus laevigata, 



UllTICACE^. 



F. B. I. V. 492. 

 Himalaya to 4,000 ft. 



leaves deciduous, ovate ; fruiting spike long-stalked, 

 2-5 in. long, CA^hndric, white, sweet. 



