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Plants of the Punjab. 



Trees with Alternate Exstipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Rhus punjabensis, 



Titri, choklu, dor. 

 Anacardiace^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 10. 

 Himalaya, 3-8,000 ft. 

 Simla, Jaku, the Glen 

 (Collett). 



Rhus Wallichii, 



ArMiar, kamhal, rikhul. 

 Anacardiace^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 11. 

 Himalaya, 6-7,000 ft. 

 Simla, the Glen 

 (Collett). 



small, bark rough, dark grey, leaves aromatic, 

 young parts velvety ; leaves odd pinnate, 1^-18 in. 

 long, stalk not winged, leaflets 11-13, lateral sessile, 

 end one stalked, ovate, 2|-5 in., margin smooth or 

 toothed towards the tip ; flowers on broad branching 

 racemes much shorter than the leaves, flowers less than 

 j\j in. -diam., yellow-green, calyx, petals and stamens 

 as above ; drupe red. woolly, J in. diam. 



small, something like the walnut (Juglans regia), 

 bark smooth grey from which a black acrid varnish 

 exudes, all parts rusty woolly ; leaves odd pinnate, 

 12-18 in. long, leaflets 7-11, lateral sessile, end one 

 long-stalked, 3-9 in., abruptly pointed ; flowers j'-g in,, 

 in short branching racemes, calyx as above, petals 4-6, 

 yellow green with dark veins, stamens as the last ; fruit 

 ovoid, I in. long, brown, woolly at first, then smooth. 



Rhus succedanea, 



ArkJiol, hulashing, 

 lakhar. 



Anacardiace^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 12. 

 Himalaya, 3-6,000 ft. 

 Valleys near Simla 

 (Collett). 



Odina Wodier, 



Jhingan, kimlu, 



sulambra, 



Anagardiace^. 



F. B. I. ii. 29. 



The Plains to 5,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



Baluchistan 



(Hughes-Buller) . 



small, smooth everywhere ; leaves 6-18 in. long, 

 crowded at the ends of branch^^s, odd pinna'^e, leaflets 

 7-13, lateral shortly stalked, end one long-stalked, ovate, 

 long-pointed, smooth, shining ; flowers y^^ in. diam., 

 green-yellow, in drooping branching racemes shorter 

 than the leaves, calyx 5-fid, much shortt^r than the 

 petals, petals 5, stamens 5 ; drupe I in. diam., yellow, 

 round, smooth. 



medium size, trunk thick, branches fe '. , branchlets 

 thick, soft, bark grey, smooth at first, in age peeling 

 in round flakes, red inside ; leaves 12-18 in. long, few 

 at the end of branches, odd pinnate, leaflets 6-8, 3-6 

 in. long, oblong, ovate, long-pointed ; flowers ^^ in. diam., 

 greenish-yellow, in dense branching racemes at the ends 

 of the branches while leafless, male and female on 

 different branches or trees, calyx 4-cleft, petals 4, 

 in males stamens 8. in females styles 4, short, thick ; 

 drupe -I in. long, oblong, kidney-shaped, red when lipe, 

 stone hard. The bark is astringent, the wood is hard, 

 and oaten l)y white ants. 



Moringa pterygosperma, 

 Horse radish tree, 



Sainjna. 



MoRINGEiE. 



F. B. I. ii. 45. 



The Plains to 3,000 ft. 



medium size, bark cork}'-, wood sof, fruit is hot 

 lik horse radish ; leaves 12-24 in. long, usually o-pinnate, 

 stalk sheathing, pinnoe 8-12, leaflets 12-18, ^-f in. 

 long, unevenly ovate or with broad tip, linear glands 

 ai the base ; flower-! 1 in. diam,. white, scented, in axillary 

 spreading branched racemes with linear bracts, sepals 5, 



