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Plants of the Punjab. 



Trees with Alternate Stipulate Lobed Leaves. 

 Petals ununited. 



Pterospermum, 

 acerifolium, 



Kanakchampa. 

 Sterculiacb^. 

 r. B. I. i. 368. 

 The Plains to 4,000 

 planted. 



ft. 



bark smooth, ashy, young branches and calyx 

 covered with rusty wool ; leaves 6-12 by 5-10 in., shallow 

 lobes, smooth above, grey woolly beneath, stipules 

 with many points, soon falling off, leaf stalk as long as 

 the leaf ; flowers white, fragrant, 5 in. long, calyx 

 of segments linear, sharply cut, petals 5, linear, stamens 

 joined into 20 threads, 15 with anthers, 5 without ; 

 capsule 2-6 in. long, woody, 5-anglpd, brown wool out- 

 side, seeds winged. 



Pod-hearing. Leaves in 2 Lobes. 



Bauhinia racemosa, 



Kachnal. 

 Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 276. 

 GChe Plains. 



small, crooked, rough, bark with deep cracks ; 

 leaves l|-2 in., broader than long, deeply split from 

 the apex into two lobes, petals pale yellow, |-| in. long, 

 stamens 10, hairy, pod 6-12 by |-1 in., curved, stalked, 

 1 in. long, seeds 12-20. 



Bauhinia purpurea, 

 Koiral. 



Lbquminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 284. 

 The Plains. 



Bauhinia variegata, 



Kachnar. 



Leguminos^. 



F. B. I. ii. 284. 



The Plains to 3,000 ft. 



Baluchistan 



(Hughes-Buller). 



medium size, bark ashy or brownish, young branches 

 velvety ; leaves 3-6 in. long, a little longer than 

 broad, split to the middle into two lobes, petals deep 

 rose colour, 1^-2 in. long, with a long stalk, stamens 3-4. 



medium size, bark as in the last specie.'^ leaves 

 rather broader than long, 4-6 in. long ; flowers fragrant, 

 petals 2 in. long, with a long stalk, four white and 

 one red, the white often streaked with purple, stamens 

 3-5. 



Not Pod-bearing. 



Pyrus Pashia, 



see Trees, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



Pyrus lanata, 



Marshal. 

 Rosacea. 

 F. B. I. ii. 375. 

 Himalaya, 8-10,000 ft. 

 Simla, Jako, Narkanda 

 (Collett). 



small ; leaves lobulate, finely toothed, 5-0 by 2-4 

 in., white woolly beneath ; flowers \ in. diam., stalks 

 short, woolly, sepals 5, petals 5, stamens many ; fruit 

 \-l\ in. diam,, tinged with red, 2-3 seeded, pear-shaped 

 or globose. 



