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Plants of the Punjab, 



Trees with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Bombax malabaricum, 

 Silk cotton tree, 



Semel. 



Malvace^. 



F. B. I. i. 349. 



The Plains to 6,000 ft. 



Simla (Collett). 



Ougeinia dalbergioides, 



Sandan. 

 Leguminos^. 

 KB. 1. ii. 161. 

 The Plains to 4,000 ft. 

 Sutlej Valley (Collett). 



Erythrina indica, 

 Indian coral tree, 



Pangra. 



LBGUMINOSiE. 



F. B. I. ii. 188. 



The Plains to 4,000 ft. 



Sutlej Valley (Collett). 



Erythrina suberosa, 



Dhauldhak. 



Leguminos^. 



F. B. I. ii. 190. 



The Plains to 4,000 ft. 



Butea frondosa, 



Dhak. 



Leguminos^. 



F. B. I. ii. 194. 



The Plains to 4,000 ft. 



Dalbergia Sissoo, 



Shi sham, Tali. 



Lbguminos^. 



F. B. I. ii. 231. 



The Plains to 4,000 ft. 



Balaehistan (Laoe). 



Petals ununited. 



large, trunk more or less buttressed, branches 

 and young stem covered with conical prickles ; leaves 

 digitate, leaflets 5-7 ; flowers appearing before the leaves, 

 4-5 in. across, crimson or yellow, calyx leathery, silky 

 felted within, petals 2-3 in. long, felted with star-shaped 

 hairs, stamens many, joined below into a tube ; capsule 

 5-7 in.'long, oblong, downy, green, seeds smooth, covered 

 with silky wool. A very handsome forest tree. 



Pod-hearing. 



Pinnate with 3 Leaflets. 



medium size, branches round, grey ; leaves 6-12 

 in. long, polished green above, end leaflet 3-6 in. long ; 

 flowers whitish or pale pink, calyx y^j in. long, corolla 

 I in. long, pods flat, jointed, 2-4 by I in., seeds 2-5, | in. 

 diam.. smooth, brown, flat. 



medium size, bark grey, branches prickly, prickles 

 usually black ; leaves appear after the flowers, leaflets 

 broad, ovate ; flowers coral red, 2| in. long, in bunches 

 6 in. long or more, calyx bell-shaped, 5-1oothed, petals 

 2 in. long, standard large, wing and keel s-mall, Si,amens 

 10, upper one often ununited ; pod | to 1 ft. long, cylin- 

 drical with contractions, seeds 6-8. 



medium size, bark corky, deeply cracked, yellow- 

 ish, prickles yellow ; leaves appear after the flowers, 

 leaflets broad, ovate ; flowers coral red, l|-2 in. long, 

 calyx top-shaped, 2-lipped ; pod | ft. long, cylindrical, 

 narrow, seeds 2-4. 



small crooked tree with stout trunk ;• leaflets 4-8 

 in. long, ; flowers 2-3 in. long, orange red in axillary 

 or terminal racemes, calyx | in. long, brown velvety, 

 petals orange red ; pods 4-8 in. by l|-2 in., seed 1 in 

 upper part of pod. This tree yields an astringent gum- 

 like kino, also lac and lac dye. 



Pinnate with 3-5 Leaflets. 

 large, bark grey, furrowed vertically, 



flaking 



in 



narrow strips ; leaves 4-5 in. long, leaflets alternate, 

 ovate, long-pointed ; flowers -|-| in. long, whitish yellow, 

 in small branching racemes, stamens 9 ; pods 2-3 in. 

 by J-^ in., serds | in. long, kidney shaped, 1-3. This 

 tree yields excellent timber. 



