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Plants of the Punjab. 



Trees with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals none. 



Terminalia Chebula, 



Harh, hararh. 

 Comretace^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 446. 

 The Plains. 



large, bark dark brown, young parts covered with 

 rusty brown hairs ; leaves nearly opposite, 3-6 in. long, 

 ovate, short-pointed ; flowers -jV in. diam., dull white, 

 in clustered spikes, strong-scented, calyx teeth 5, 

 hairy within, no petals, stamens 10, far protruding ; fruit 

 1-2 in. long, fleshy, smooth, 5-ribbed when dry ; nut 

 rough with grooved surface, kernel edible. The fruit 

 of this tree is called Myrobolan and used for tanning 

 and as a purgative. "• 



Terminalia Arjuna, 



Arjun. 



Combretace^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 447. 

 The Plains. 



large, trunk buttressed, bark smooth grey, young 

 parts covered with rusty down ; leaves nearly opposite, 

 5-8 in. long, oblong, short-pointed ; flowers dull yellow 

 in branching spikes, no petals, calyx teeth 5, smooth, 

 broad ; fruit 1-2 in. long with 5-7 hard, leathery, narrow 

 wings. 



Terminalia tomentosa, 



Asaina, sain. 



COMBRETACEJE. 



F. B. I. ii. 447. 

 The Plains. 



large, bark deeply cracked, dark grey or black, 

 peeling off in thick rectangular pieces, inner bark reddish- 

 brown, young parts covered with rusty velvety down ; 

 leaves nearly opposite, 4-8 in. long, smooth above, woolly 

 beneath ; flowers -^-^ in. diam., dull yellow, calyx woolly.. 

 in spikes, bracts lanceolate, longer than buds, no petals ; 

 fruit 11-1} in. long with broad wings, striated. The 

 fruit is used as in the former species of Terminalia. 



Anogeissus latif olia, 



Bakli, dhau. 



COMBRETACE^. 



F. B. I. ii. 450. 



The Plains to 3,000 ft. 



small, bark greyish-green, smooth, young parts 

 covered with rusty velvety down ; leaves 2-4 in. long, 

 broad, rounded at both ends, smooth when old ; flowers 

 in round heads, small, heads | in. diam., in racemes, 

 calyx tube long, teeth 5, soon falling, stamens 10, in 2 

 series, no petals ; fruit ^ in., 2 wings, flattened, 

 crowned with the remains of the calyx as a beak. 



Cinnamomum Tamala, 



see Trees, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Machilus odoratissima, 



Kaula, mithpatta. 



Laurine^. 



F. B. I. V. 139,859, 



Himalaya, 5,000 ft. 



Sutlej Valley, Suni 



(Collett). 



large ; leaves 4-6 by l|-2 in., oblong with a taper- 

 ing point, shining, dark green, dotted with small glands ; 

 flowers J-|in. diam., pale 3'"ellow, fragrant, quite smooth, 

 in branching racemes, sepals 6, reflexed in fruit, stamens 

 9 in 2 series ; fruit an ovoid or oblong drupe, |-| in., 

 dark purple when ripe, sometimes with a bloom on the 

 surface, seated on the persistent calyx. 



