Plants of the Punjab. 



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Trees with Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals none. 

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



Leaves long stalked. 



PopulUS ciliata, large, bark grey, smooth on young plants, vertically 



The Himalayan Poplar, wrinkled on old, buds viscidly resinous, branches angled ; 



Pahari 'pipal. leaves 3-7 in. long, ovate, stalk 2-5 in. ; flowering before 



Salicine^. leafing, flowering stalks (spikes) male short, female 



F. B. I. V. 638. branched, 2-9 in. long, seeds numerous with long silky 



Himalaya, 4-10,000 ft. hairs. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Populus balsamifera, 



Pakh, hut. 



Salicine^. 



F. B. I. V. 638. 



The Plains to 13,000 ft. 



Populus euphratica, 



Safedar, palach, hagnu. 



Salicine^. 



P. B. I. V. 638. 



The Plains to 13-000 ft. 



Indus Valley. 



Baluchistan (Stocks). 



Populus alba, 



The White Poplar or 



Abele, 



Chita hagnu, jangli frast. 

 Salicine^. 

 P. B. I. V. 639. 

 Himalaya, 4-10,000 ft. 

 Simla, planted. 

 (Collett). 

 Baluchistan (Lace). 



large, strongly scented, leaf buds viscidly resinous, 

 branches angled ; leaves 2-5 in. long, ovate, stalk 2-5 

 in., male flowering spikes sessile, stamens 20-30, female 

 5-6 in. long. This tree is the same species as the 

 Tacamahac or Balsam Poplars of North America. 



large or small, leaf buds velvety, not viscid, 

 branches not angled. This tree is found in abundance' 

 on the sand banks of the Indus. 



large, leaf buds, shoots and under-surface of leaves 

 covered with short dense cottony hairs ; leaves 2-4 in., 

 stalk 1-2 in. ; flowering stalks (spikes) male hairy, 2-4, 

 stamens 6-10, female spikes shorter. 



Trees with Alternate Stipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Kydia calycina, 



Pula. 



Malvaceje. 



P. B. I. i. 348. 



The Plains to 2,000 ft. 



Tret below Murree. 



(Douie). 



Lahore. 



Petals ununited. 



medium size, generally stellately downy ; leaves 

 sometimes simple, 4-5 by 3 in., rounded-heartshaped, 

 midlobe longest, smooth or with few hairs above, stellate 

 down beneath, leaf stalk 1-2 in. ; flowers in many flower- 

 ed branching bunches, white or pink, calyx 5-lobed, petals 

 5, ex; eeding the sepals in length, bracteoles 4-6, leafy, 

 joined below, stamens joined into a tube of 5 segments, 

 style 3-cleft ; capsule nearly round, 3-valved, seeds 

 kidney-shaped, grooved. 



