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Plants of the Pujijab. 



Trees with Alternate Exstipulatb Simple Leaves. 



Elaeagnus hortensis, 



EL^AGNACEiK. 



F. B. I. V. '201. 



Western HimaUiya, 

 6-7,000 ft. 

 (Edgeworth). 

 I3aluchistan (Boissier). 



Putranjiva Roxburghii, 



Jiaputa, jJcdajan. 



EUPHORBIACE.^. 



F. B. I. V. 336. 

 The Plains to 2,500 ft. 

 Valleys of the outer 

 hills (Collett). 



Mallotus philippinensis, 



Bora, raini, roll. 



EUPHORBIACB^. 



F. B. I. V. 442. 

 Base of the Himalaya, 

 Sutlej and Giri Valleys 

 (Collett). 



Sapium insigne, 



Dudla, lendua. 

 Euphorbiace^. 

 F. B.I. V. 471. 

 Himalaya, 5,000 ft. 

 Valleys below Simla 

 (Collett). 



Myrica Nagi, 



Kaiphal. 



F. B. I. V. 597. 



Himalaya, east of the 



Ravi river, 3-6,00i) ft. 



Simla, the Glen 



(Collett). 



Petals none. 



small, branches silvery with scales, oftpn spinous, 

 dark brown when older ; leaves 1-3 in. long, oblong, 

 ovate, blunt, silvery beneath, stalk I in. ; flowers ^-^ in. 

 long, yellow, silvery, bell-shaped above, stalked, fragrant, 

 sohtary or in clusters of 3, calyx of 4 triangular, 

 ovate teeth, soon falling off, stamens 4, on the mouth 

 of the calyx, alternating with the lobes ; fruit | in. long, 

 oblong, red, dry or fleshy, stone thick, bony. 



medium size, bark dark grey, nearly smooth with boil- 

 zontallinesof white dots, handsome tree; leaves 2-3 ia. 

 long, evergreen, dark green, shining, mar^n wavy, ovate ; 

 flowers, male nearly sessile in clusters (female stalked, in 

 pairs or sohtary), yellow, small, calyx 3-5-lobed, sta- 

 mens 3, female flowers calyx 5-6 lobed, styles 3 ; fruit 

 I in. long, ovoid, stone very hard, pointed, wrinkled, made 

 into necklaces ioifuHrs or infants. 



medium size, bark thin, dark grey, young branches 

 rusty ; leaves 3-5 in. long, velvety beneath with crimson 

 glands, stalk 2-3 in. long ; flowers in brown red spikes, 

 minute, calyx 3-lobed, stamens 20-30 on a central re- 

 ceptacle, no petals ; capsules \-\ in. diam., 3-lobed, 

 covered with crimson powder ; seeds round, y^ in. diam., 

 smooth, black. The crimson powder is called Kamda 

 and used as an orange dye and as a vermifuge. 



small, bark grey, corky, juice thick, milky, branches 

 thick, soft, branchlets leafy at the tips ; leaves 6-12 

 in. long, oblong, long- pointed, soft, smooth ; flowers 

 yellow green in long fleshy terminal spikes, male flowers 

 in circular clusters, calyx 2-lipped, deeply cleft, stamens 

 2, short, top scarlet, female flowers nearly sessile, soli- 

 tary, calyx 2-3- cleft, ovate, long-pointed, styles 3, short, 

 recurved ; capsule ovoid,^ in. long, obscurely lobed on a 

 fleshy spike. 



small, bark brownish-grey, rough, vertically wrinkled, 

 branchlets velvety ; leaves 3-7 in. by 1-2 in., leathery, 

 with aromatic dots beneath ; flowers in bracteate 

 cylindric catkin-like spikes, male flowers with 3-6 stamens 

 in axils of broad bracts, female with 2 styles in glan- 

 dular bracts ; fruit f in. long, ovoid, succulent, edible, 

 pulp of red spindle-shaped fibres, radiating from the 

 wrinkled nut. The bark is us^d as a stimulant, car- 

 minative and astringent. This tree is akin to Myrica 

 Gale, Sweet Gale of Britain. 



