Plants oj the Punjab. 



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Trees with Alternate Exstjpulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



long-stalked, stamens many on a short column sur- 

 rounding a long thread with ovary above ; fruit a many- 

 seeded, ovoid, berry. 1-2 in. diam., rind rough with white 

 dots, seeds J in. long, nearly smooth, kidney-shaped, 

 black in pulp. The bark is an antipyretic and sedative, 

 the fresh leaves "are rubefacient and vesicant. 



Averrhoa Carambola, 



Khamrah. 

 Geraniace^. 

 p. B. I. i. 439. 

 The Plains. 



small ; leaves pinnate with a terminal leaflet, leaf 

 stalk stout, velvety, leaflets 2-5 pairs, ovate, l|-3 in. 

 long, smooth, long-pointed ; flowers small, variegated, 

 white and purple, sepals and petals 5 of each, stamens 

 10 ; fruit yellow, fleshy, 3 in. long, oblong, acutely 4-5 

 ridged, edike, seeds 2-5 in each cell, each seed surround- 

 ed by a fleshy appendage (aril). Cultivated. 



Averrhoa Bilimbi, 



Bilimbi. 

 Geraniace^. 

 F. B. I. i. 439. 

 The Plains. 



small, same as the last, but leaflets 5-12 pairs, 

 oblong, velvety beneath, fruit mth rounded lobes and 

 seeds without the fleshy appendage. Cultivated. 



Murraya exotica, 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Exstipulate, Compound. 



Murraya KcBnigii, 



Gandalu, gandanim. 



Rutace-^. 



F. B. I. i. 503. 



The Plains to 5,000 ft. 



small, strong scented tree with brown bark, 

 asually velvety or woolly : leaves 6-12 in. long, leaflets 

 9-25, 1-1| in. long, alternate ; flowers h in. long, white, 

 in terminal flat-topped branching racemes, sepals 5, 

 petals 5, dotted, stamens 10 ; fruit ovoid, | in. diam.. 

 black, wrinkled, seeds embedded in a gummy substance. 

 The leaves are stomachic and used to flavour curries. 



Limonia acidissima, 



see Shrubs, Alternate, Exstipulate, Compound. 



Feronia Elephantum, 

 Elephant or Wood 

 apple, 



BiliH; kat-hd. 



RuTACEiE. 



F. B. I. i. 510. 



The Plains to 1,500 ft. 



Gurgaon. 



llohtak. 



medium si/-e, spinous, bark blackish-grey, wrinkled 

 and with shallow longitudinal furrows ; leaves smelling 

 of anise-d, with an odd number of leaflets, leaflets 

 5-7, opposite toothed, gland dotted ; flowers | in. 

 diam., reddish-green in loose clusters, calyx 5-tooth- 

 ed, soon falling off. petals 4-5, stamens 10-12 : fruit 

 wilh woody rind, round, grey, rough, 2i- in. diam., 

 edible, seeds oblong, buried in pulp. This tree is often 

 found shrubl)y on the sides of roads. The gum is used, 

 the fruit eaten and is usefnl in dysentery. 



