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Plants of the Punjab. 



Trees with Alternate Exstipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



^gle Marmelos, 



Bel. 



Eutace^. 



F. B. I. i. 516. 



The Plains to 4,000 ft. 



Baluchistan 



(Hughes-Buller). 



Ailanthus excelsa, 



Arua, mahanikha. 



SlMARUBACE^. 



F. B.I. i. 518. 



The Plains, Delhi Dist. 



Boswellia serrata, 



Solar, sallii. 



Burserace^. 



F. B. I. i. 528. 



Base of the Himalaya, 



east of the Sutlej 



river. 



Melia Azadirachta, 

 or Azadirachta indica, 



Nim. 



Meliace^. 



F. B. I. i. 544. 



The Plains to 5,000 ft. 



Baluchistan (Stocks). 



Melia Azedarach, 

 Persian Lilac, 



Bakain. 



Meliacb^. 



F. B. I. 534. 



The Plains to 5.000 ft. 



Baluchistan (Stocks). 



medium size, spinous, bark grey, corky ; leaves 3|-6| 

 in. long, leaflets 3-5, lateral sessile, terminal one stalked, 

 2-4 by 1-1 1 in. ; flowers greenish- white, in bunches 1 in. 

 diam., sweet scented, calyx 4-5-toothed, flat, velvety, 

 petals 4-5, spreading, stamens many ; fruit 2-7 in. diam., 

 round with grey woody rind, pulp orange-coloured, 

 sweet, seed-; many, in gulnmy pulp. The pulp of the 

 fruit cures dysentery. 



large ; leaves one foot or more long, with an un- 

 equal number of leaflets, leaflets numerous, on long 

 stalks unequal at the base, hairy ; flowers small, yellow- 

 ish, in long bunches, calyx small, 5-cleft, petals 5, spread- 

 ing, edges inverted, stamens 10 in male flowers, stamens 

 2-3 in 2-sexed flowers, none in female flowers, styles 

 2-5, united ; fruit of 1-5 long membranous red-twisted 

 wings, 2 by I in. long, each with one seed. 



medium size, crown spreading flat, bark reddish- 

 yellow or greenish-grey, peeling off in thin flakes, a clear 

 gum exudes which burns with a pleasant odour ; leaves 

 crowded at the ends of branches with unequal leaflets, 

 leaflets 8-15 pairs besides the end one, 2-3 in. long, short 

 toothed, tip usually rounded ; flowers small, white, in 

 racemes, calyx small, 5-7-cleft, petals 5-7, stamens 

 10-12 ; drupe | in. long, 3 -angled, splitting into 3 portions, 

 1 bony sed in each, surrounded by the woody disk. 



large, evergreen ; leave spinnate, 8-10 in. long, crowd- 

 ed at the ends of branches, leaflets 9-15, smooth, lance- 

 olate, toothed, 1-3 by |-1| in. ; flowers ^-^ in. long, 

 white, sweet scented, in long-stalked branching racemes, 

 shorter than the leaves, calyx 4-5-cleft, small, petals 

 5, stamens 10, united into a tube ; fruit oblong, |-f in. 

 long, smooth, greenish-yellow, one-seeded. The bark 

 is a febrifuge, and the oil from the seeds is an insecti- 

 cide. The leaves are used to keep moths from clothes. 



medium size, bark smooth, dark grey ; leaves bi- 

 pinnate or tripinnate, 9-18 in. long, pinnae usually oppo- 

 site, leaflets 3-7 on each pinnae, ovate, long-pointed ; 

 flowers |-f in. long, lilac, sweet scented in branching 

 racemes, calyx segments 5-6, short, petals 5-6, linear, 

 stamen; 10-12, united into a purple tube; fruit | in. 

 diam., yellow, round, wrinkled, 5-seeded. The seeds are 

 used as beads. The plant s properties are much the 

 same as those of tho last species. 



