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Plants of the Punjab. 



Cedrus Libani, 

 vai. Deodara, 

 Kelo, diar. 

 Conifers. 

 F. B. I. V. 653. 

 Himalaya, 4-12,000 ft 



Picea Morinda, 

 Himalayan Sprucej 



Ran. tos. 



CoNIFERiE. 



F. B. L V. 653. 

 Himalaya, 6-11,000 ft. 



Trees with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals none. 



Cone bearing. 



Leaves needle-like. 



large, bark greyish-or reddish-brown, thick, furrow- 

 ed vertically and cracked transversely, branches and 

 branchlets horizontal, tips nodding ; leaves 1-1^ in. long, 

 in dense clusters, short, slender, bluish-green, sheaths 

 very short, male catkin single, erect, 1 in. long, female 

 cones erect, 4-5 in. long, ovoid, scales soon falling off, 

 leaving a central spike, seeds | in. long, triangular, wing 

 triangular, | in. long. Timber excellent. 



large, bark rough, greyish-white, peeling in round 

 flakes about an inch, in-diam., branches horizontal, 

 branchlets slender, hanging down like tassels ; leaves 



1-1^ in. long, scattered, short, 4-sided, needle-like, 



Abies Webbiana, 

 var. Pindrow, 

 Himalayan Silver Fir, 



Tos, rai. 

 Conifers. 

 F. B. I. V. 654. 

 Himalaya, 7-12,000 ft 



dark green, stiff ; male catkins usually single, cylindric, 

 sessile, 1 in. long ; cones terminal, hanging down, blunt, 

 4-6 in. long, dark brown when ripe, scales with a thin 

 edge, seeds | in. long with the abruptly ended wing. 

 The wood is soft and used in making packing cases. 



large, bark dark brown or grey, fissured into long 

 narrow scales, branches horizontal, flat, branchlets 

 the same ; leaves 2-3 in. long, narrow, linear, very dark 

 green, foliage appears black at a distance ; male catkins 

 f in., sessile, clustered, stamens with 2 pockets, cones 

 always erect, 2-4 in. long, cylindrical, purple, scales 

 closely overlapping, seeds oblong with a wing abruptly 

 ended, |--1 in. long. The wood is soft and us'ed for 

 • shingles. 



Trees with Alternate Exstipulate Lobed Leaves. 

 Petals ununited. 



Marlea begonisefolia, 



Budanar, sialu, padlu 

 Cornace^. 

 F.B. Lii. 743. 

 Himalaya, l-6,(i00 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



medium siz^, bark smooth, grey, young parts vel- 

 vety ; leaves 3-10 in. long, from round to broad-oblong, 

 unequally sided, usually lobed like a maple ; flowers 

 ^ in. long, white, in axillary bunches, calyx minutely 

 6-toothed, petals | in. long, 6-8, strap-shaped, stamens 

 6-8 ; drupe ovoid, dark purple, -| in., crowned with the 

 calyx, stone n pulp, 2-celled. 



Trees with Alternate Exstipulate Compound Leaves. 

 Petals ununited. 



Cratseva leligiosa, 



J3arna. 



CATPARIDACE.a!;. 



F. B. L i. 172. 

 The Plains. 



medium size, bark grey, fairly smooth with long 

 horizontal wrinkles ; loaves of 3 leaflets, stalk 4-6 

 in. long, loaflets 3-6 by l|-3 in., ova^o; flowers 2-3 in. 

 diam., pale greenish-yellow to purplish, in level many- 

 flowored bunches, sepals 4, soon falling off, petals 4, 



