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Plants of the Punjab. 



Trees with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals none. 



Flowers mimiie, close set on Hanging or Erect Spikes. 



Betula alnoides, 



CUPULIFER^. 



F. B. I. V. 599. 

 Himalaya, 5-10,000 ft. 



Alnus nepalensis, 



CUPULIFER^. 



F. B. I. V. 600. 

 Himalaya, 3-9,000 ft. 



Alnus nitida, 



CUPULIFER^. 



F. B. I. V. 600. 

 Himalaya, 5-9,000 ft. 



bark thicker and excrescences shorter and stripping 

 off in narrower bands than the last species ; leaves 3-6 

 in. long, long-pointed ; nut with broader wings than 

 the last. 



bark compact, silvery grey ; fruit a woody cone, 

 with a winged nut. The English representative of this 

 genus is Alnus glutinosa. Common Alder. 



bark dark brown, deeply furrowed ; fruit a woody 

 cone ; nut with a thickened margin. 



Fruit, a Nut (Acorn) seated in a Cup of Hardened Bracts. 



Quercus 

 Semecarpifolia, 



Kharshu. 



CuPULIFERiE. 



F. B.I. V. 601. 

 Himalaya, 6-12,000 ft. 



Quercus dilatata, 



Moru. 



CupuLiFBEa:. 



F. B. I. V. 602. 



Himalaya,4,500-9,000ft. 



Quercus Ilex, 



Quercus incana, 



Bana. 



CUPULIFER^. 



F. B. I. V. 603. 

 Salt Eange, Himalaya, 

 4-8,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Quercus glauca, 



CuPULIFEPv.^. 



F. B. I. V. 604. 

 Himalaya, 3-6,000 ft. 

 Simla (CoUett). 



leaves brown and woolly beneath ; acorn globose, 

 black when ripe, enclosed only a third in the cup of 

 overlapping scales. 



large ; leaves quite smooth and green ; acorn ovoid, 

 pointed, solitary, smooth, brown wdien ripe, cup of 

 over-lapping (imbricate) scales covering half the nut. 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



leaves when young pinkish and woolly all over, 

 when mature dark green and smooth above, white or 

 grey woolly beneath ; acorn ovoid, generally solitary, 

 white and woolly when j'oung, brown and smooth when 

 ripe, cup of overlapping scales at first almost covering 

 the acorn, afterwards only half. 



large ; leaves smooth and green ; acorn single 

 or in pairs, ovoid, half buried in a cup of scales, arranged 

 in thin velvety rings of scales. 



