Plants of the Punjab. 



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Trees with Alternate Exbtipulate Simple Leaves. 



Bridelia montana. 



Gondni, kargnalia. 



EuPHORBIACEiB. 



F. B. I. V. 269. 

 Himalaya, east 

 of the Jhelum river, 

 2-3,000 ft. 



Petals united. 



small, bark dark grey, branchlets often dotted with 

 warts ; leaves 8-6 in. long, blunt or sharp-pointed, shin- 

 ing above, ovate ; flowers small, greenish-yellow, in axillary 

 clusters, male and female together, bracts many, crowd- 

 ed, velvety, calyx lobes 6, sharp-pointed, petals 5, round, 

 shortly stalked, male flowers stamens 5, united below, 

 female flowers styles 2 with 2 branches each ; fruit size 

 of a pea, ovoid or round, black when ripe, seated on the 

 calyx, stones usually 2. 



Petals none. 



Flacourtia Ramontchi, 

 var. occidentalis, 



Katai, kukai. 



BlXACEiE. 



F. B.I. i. 193. 



Low hills to 3,000 ft. 



Suni (Collett). 



small, more or less softly downy, spinous ; leaves 

 1-2 in. long, broad and rounded ; flowers small, yellow, 

 in simple or branched racemes, sepals 4-5, small, petals 

 none, stamens many ; drupe | in. diam., red or black, 

 edible, stones minute, 8-16. in 2 tiers. 



Xylosma longifolium, 



Chirunda. 



BlXACE^. 



F. B.Li. 194. 



Low hills to 5,000 ft. 

 Sutlej Valley, Suni 

 (Collett). 



small, branches long, slender, thorny when young, 

 wood scented ; leaves 4-9 by 1^-2 in., shining, leathery, 

 toothed, long- pointed ; flowers | in. diam., yellow, 

 female flowers clustered, usually in short racemes, only 

 ^ in. long, scattered along the branches, male flowers 

 many, clustered in long racemes, stamens many, longer 

 than the sepals, sepals 4-5, ovate, petals none ; berry 

 dry, smooth, | in. diam., red or black, 2-8-seeded. 



Terminalia Catappa, 

 The Indian Almond, 



Janglihadam. 

 Combretace^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 444. 

 The Plains, planted. 



large, trunk buttressed ; leaves turn crimson before 

 falling, branches in horizontal circles ; leaves 6-8 in, 

 long, stalk short, base of leaves very narrow ; flowers 

 in spikes, calyx teeth 5, smooth, stamens 10, protruding, 

 no petals ; fruit 1-1| in., fleshy, compressed, showing 

 2 ridges, not velvety, stone one, kernel edible. 



Terminalia belerica, 



Bahera. 



Combretace^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 445. 

 The Plains. 



large, bark uneven, bluish or ashy grey with longi- 

 tudinal furrows ; leaves 8-0 in. long, crowded towards 

 the ends of branches, stalk 1-3 in. long ; flowers in spikes, 

 very small, no petals, pale white or greenish-yellow 

 with an unpleasant smell, calyx with 5 teeth, soon falling, 

 stamens 10, far protruding ; fruit 1 in. long, fleshy, velvety, 

 when dry shows 5 ridges, seed bony, thick. Fruit 

 called Myrobolan and used for tanning and as a pur- 

 gative. The TerminaUa are fine shady trees. 



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