Plants of the Punjab. 



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Trees with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals none. 

 Nut, ribbed, cojitained in Leafy Scales. 



Corylus Colurna, 



CUPULIFER^. 



P. B. I. V. 625. 

 Himalaya, 6-10,000 ft. 

 Simla, rare, Narkanda 

 (Collett). 



small, bark dark grey, thin, sometimes peeling up- 

 wards ; leaves doubly toothed, somewhat lobulated, nut 

 |-| in. long, flattened, pointed, ovoid, hard, deep brown, 

 2-3 together in a ribbed leathery cup of long scales. 

 This tree is akin to Corylus Avellana, Common Hazel 

 or Nut of Britain. 



Carpinus viminea, 



CUPULIFER^. 



F. B. L V. 626. 

 Himalaj'a, east of 

 Chamba, 5-7,000 ft. 



branches warted, slender drooping leaves, tips very 

 long, tail-like ; nut very small, j\y in. long, ribbed. This 

 tree is akin to Carpinus Betulus, common Horn- beam 

 of Britain. 



Carpinus faginea, 



Cupulifer^. 

 F. B. I. V. 626. 

 Himalaya, 4-7,000 ft. 



bark dark brown, smooth except for some wrinkles ; 

 leaves without long tips ; nut jV in. long, ribbed. 



Seeds several, each enveloped in a Tuft of White Silky Hairs. 



Leaves shortly stalked. 



Salix tetrasperma, 



Bedleila, bed. 



Salicine^. 



F. B. I. V. 626. 



The Plains to 4,000 it. 



Sutlej Valley (Collett). 



Baluchistan 



(Hughes-Buller). 



small, bark greyish brown or blackish, rough with 

 deep vertical furrows ; leaves 3-6 in. long, four times 

 longer than broad, narrowed at both ends ; flowers appear 

 after the leaves on leafy stalks, flowering stalks (spikes) 

 2-5 in. " 



long. 



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Salix acmophylla, 



Bisu, bada. 

 Salicine^. 

 F. B. I. V. 628. 

 The Plains. 

 Baluchistan (Lace), 



medium size, bark reddish brown ; leaves 2-5 in. 

 long, five times longer than broad, narrowed at both 

 ends ; flowers appear after the leaves on leafy stalks, 

 flowering stalks (spikes) 1-2 in. long. 



Salix Wallicbiana. 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



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