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Plants of the Punjab. 



Trees with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 

 Petals ununited. 



Prosopis spicigera, 



Jand. 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 288. 

 The Plains. 

 Baluchistan (Boissier). 



Pod-hearing. 

 Leaves Bipinnate. 



Flowers Minute, 



medium size, with extremely long tap root, 

 prickles |-| in. long, scattered, broad, conical, nearly 

 straight ; pinnae 4, 1-2 in. long with a gland between 

 each pair, leaflets 8-12 pairs, ^-| in. long ; flowers yellow, 

 in spikes, 2-3 in. long, calyx minute, 5-toothed, petals 5, 

 stamens 10 ; pods 5-10 in. long, cylindrical, with contrac- 

 tions at intervals, edible, seeds in mealy pulp, oblong. 



Prosopis Stephaniana, 



Chogak. 

 Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 288. 

 The Plains near 

 Peshawar. 



small, prickles copious slender ; leaflets smaller than 

 the last ; flowers rather larger ; pods 1-1 in. long, j in. 

 thick, otherwise like the last species. 



Flowers Minute in Bound Heads ; Spines Long and Straight. 



Acacia Farnesiana, 



Vilayati kikar. 

 F. B. I. ii. 292. 

 The Plains to 3,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan (Stocks). 



Acacia arabica. 



Babul, kikar. 

 F. B. I. ii. 293. 

 The Plains. 

 Baluchistan (Stocks). 



small, branches slender zigzag with grey dots ; leaf 

 stalk l-'li in. long with 2 straight stipular thorns, 

 pinnae 4-8 pairs, 1-1| in. long, leaflets 10-20 pairs, \ in. 

 long ; flowers bright yellow, fragrant, heads less than 

 I in. diam. ; pod 2-3 in. long, \ in. thick, cylindrical, 

 sutures straight, seeds in two series in pulp. A perfume 

 is made from the flowers. 



small, branchlets finely grey, downy, spines stipular, 

 straight, J-2 in. long ; leaves 1-2 in. long, pinnae 3-6 

 pairs, |-1|^ in. long, leaflets 10-20 pairs, \-\ in. long ; 

 flowers yellow, fragrant, heads \ in. diam. ; pods 

 usually solitary, 3-6 in. long, straight, stalk |-| in. long, 

 sutures deeply indented between each seed, grey, downy, 

 8-12 seeded. The wood is hard and used for wheels. 



Acacia eburneaj 



Pahari kikar. 

 Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 293. 

 The Plains. 



general habit of the last species, but differs by its 

 loaves having fewer leaflets, 12-16, its flowers having 

 an unpleasant smell and its straight sutured pod pro- 

 fusely veined, smooth, 6-10 seeded, generally 2-4 pods 

 from one flower head. The wood is used for fuel. 



