Plants of the Puhjah. 



83 



Trees with Alternate Exstipulatb Simple Leaves. 



Diospyros montana, 



Bistendu. 



Ebenace^. 



F. B. I. iii. 555. 



The Plains east of the 



Bavi river. 



Patiala. 



Petals united. 



medium size, often spinous on branches, bark 

 pinkish or bhiish-grey, thin and smooth on branches, 

 on trunk almost black, deeply cracked ; leaves 2-4 by 

 1-1| in., light green, ovate, soft, velvety or smooth ; 

 flowers white, male in clusters, female solitary, larger 

 than the male, calyx lobes 4, blunt, velvety on both 

 sides, petals 4, stamens 16 in 8 pairs ; fruit round, |-1 

 in. diam., yellow, supported by the leathery enlarged 

 calyx, has an unpleasant smell, bitter, seeds embedded 

 in pulp. 



Diospyros Lotus, 



Amlok. 

 Ebenace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 555. 

 West Punjab, Hazara, 

 3-6,000 ft. 



resembling the last, but the leaves are larger, 6 by 

 2 in., the fruit is eaten, dark purple, round or ovoid, 



sweet. 



Symplocos crataegoides, 



Ludh, lodar. 

 Styrace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 573. 

 Himalaya, 2-8,000 ft. 

 Narkanda (Collett). 



small, bark light grey, corky, with long vertical 

 furrows ; leaves 2-4 by 1-1| in., ovat^, long-pointed, 

 minutely toothed with a black tip to each tooth, 

 turning yellow when dried, bract 1, bracteoles 1-3 ; 

 flowers i in. diam., white, sometimes yellow, fragrant, 

 in terminal branching racemes. 1-5 in., calyx bell-shaped, 

 lobes 4-5, corolla 5, cleft nearly to the base, stamens 

 many in 5 bundles ; fruit J in. long, drupaceous, ovoid, 

 crowned with the calyx, usually one-seeded. This plant 

 yields a yellow dye. 



Plumeria acutifolia, 

 Frangipani tree, 



Gulchin. 



Apocynace^. 



F.B.I, iii. 641. 



The Plains to 2,000 ft. 



Cultivated. 



Cordia Myxa, 



Lasura. 



BORAGINACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 136. 

 Th ' Plains to 5,000 ft. 

 Valleys below Simla 

 (Collett). 

 Baluchistan (Stocks). 



small, branches thick and fleshy, juice milky, 

 leaves at the end of branches ; leaves 6-15 in., oblong, 

 acute at both ends ; flowers 2-3 in. diam., in terminal 

 clusters of 2-3, white with yellow centre, fragrant, calyx 

 5-lobed, corolla tubular below, flat and spreading above ; 

 fruit a follicle 5 in. long, clyindric, seeds oblong, winged. 

 A native of America, the juice is purgative. 



small, bark grey or brown with shallow longitudinal 

 wrinkles ; leaves 3-6 by 2-4 in., broad, ovate, Lathery, 

 smooth above and below excep! when young, stalk 

 1-2 in. long ; flowers small, white, in cluster?^ of 2-8 in., 

 ra^yx teeth 4-5, peials 5, united below, stamens 4-8, 

 hairy ; berry yellow or pinki-h, glossy when ripe, edible? 

 one stone rough, hard, in viscid sweetish pulp : use3 

 for bird lime and as a cure for coughs. 



