28 



Plants of the Punjab. 



Trees with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Albizzia Lebbek, 



Siris, Sirsa. 



LEGUMINOSiE. 



F. B. I. ii. 298. 

 The Plains to 5,000 ft. 

 Valleys below Simla 

 (CoUett). 

 Baluchistan (Stocks). 



Pod-bearing. 



Flowers in Bound Heads. 



large, bark grey ; leaves 3-12 in. long ; pinnae 4-8, 

 leaflets 1-1| in. long, 6-20 pairs on each pinnae, obtuse ; 

 flower heads 1^ in. across, white, fragrant, on stalks 

 2-4 in. long, in clusters of 2-4, stamens long, rose colour, 

 many, protruding like a shaving brush ; pods 4-12 in. 

 long by 1-2 in. broad, blunt at both ends, flat, smooth, 

 straw coloured, seeds 4-12. 



Albizzia odoratissima, 



Kali Siris. 



Leguminos^. 



P. B. I. ii. 299. 



The Plains to 3,000 ft. 



medium size, bark dark grey ; leaves 6-12 in. long ; 

 pinnae 3-4 pairs, 5-8 in. long, leaflets 8-20 pairs on each 

 pinnae, f-1 in. long, obtuse ; heads small, few flowered, 

 arranged in a terminal branched raceme ; flowers |-1 

 in. across, of which nearly all consisting of yellow 

 stamens, yellowish-white, fragrant ; pod 6-9 in., 

 about 1 in. broad, thin, reddish brown, 8-12 seeded. 



Albizzia procera, 



Safed Siris. 

 Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 299. 

 Base of Himalaya. 



large, bark yellowish or greenish-white, smooth, 

 peeling off in thin flakes ; leaves 10-15 in. long ; pinnae 

 3-5 pairs, 6-9 in. long, leaflets 6-12 pairs on each pinnae ; 

 heads small, ^ in. diam., 15-20, flowered in clusters 

 of 2-5 on terminal branched racemes, 12-24 in. l^ng; 

 flowers yellowish white, J in. long, stamens | in. long ; 

 pods 4-6 in. long by |-f in., smooth, brown, 8-12 seeded. 



Albizzia Julibrissin, 

 var. mollis, 



Lai Siris, hrind. 

 Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 300. 

 Himalaya to 6,000 ft. 

 Suni (Collett). 



medium size, bark dark grey, smooth, with long 

 horizontal wrinkles ; leaves 6-12 in. long ; pinnae 6-12 

 pairs, 3-5 in. long, leaflets 10-25 pairs, |-| in. long, 

 narrow, sensitive, heads round, not on branched ra- 

 cemes ; flowers pink, 1-1^ in. long, consisting chiefly of 

 stamens ; pod 3-5 in. long by |-f in., linear, thin, 8-12 

 seeded. 



Albizzia stipulata, 



Siran. 



Leguminosje. 

 F. B. I. ii. 300. 

 Himalaya to 4,000 ft. 

 Below Sipi (Collett). 



medium size, bark grey, with short vertical wrinkles 

 crossed by deeper horizontal cracks, stipules large, 

 sharp-pointed ; loaves 7-12 in. long; pinnae 6-16 pairs, 

 4-6 in. long, leaflets 20-40 pairs, |-| in. long, tapering 

 from the broad base ; heads in branched racemes ; 

 flowers odourless, yellowish white, stamens tinged with 

 red ; pod 5-6 in. long by f-1 in., pale brown, 8-10 seeded 



