Plants of the Punjah. 



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Trees with Alternate Exstipulatb Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. - _ 



linear-lanceolate, reflexed, petals 5, narrow at the base, 

 broad at the tip, stamens 5 with anthers, 5 without ; 

 capsule 9-18 by | in., cylindrical, hanging down, 9- 

 ribbed, beaked, seeds many in pits, 3-angled, winged 

 at the angles. The young root is like horse radish. 

 Oil from the seeds is an excellent lubricant, Ben 

 Oil. 



Spondias Mangifera, 

 The Hog-plum tree, 



Ambara, hahamh. 



ANACARDIACEiB. 



F. B. I. ii 42. 



The Plains to 5,000 ft. 



small, bark smooth, grey, aromatic ; leaves 12-18 in. 

 long, odd pinnate, leaflets 9-11, opposite, 3-9 by l|-4 

 in., smooth ; flowers J in. diam., greenish- white, in ter- 

 minal branching spreading racemes, calyx 5-cleft, petals 

 5, stamens 8-10 ; drupe l|-2 in. long, yellow, smooth, 

 flesh acid, astringent, edible, stone fibrous, pitted within, 

 seeds 1-3, usually one perfect. The ripe fruit is a useful 

 antiscorbutic. 



" Juglans regia, 

 Walnut, 



Akhrot, charmaghz, 

 starga. 



JUGLANDE^. 



F. B. I. V. 595. 

 Himalaya, 3-10,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan (Boissier). 



large, aromatic, shoots velvety, bark grey, fissured 

 vertically ; leaves 6-15 in. long, odd pinnate, woolly 

 when young, leaflets 5-13, opposite, 3-8 by 2-4 in., lateral 

 nearly sessile, end one shortly stalked ; flowers very small, 

 green, male and female on the same tree on spikes, males 

 in pendulous catkins, calyx 5-lobed, stamens 15-20, 

 females 1-3 clustered, calyx 4-toothed, petals 4, linear, 

 lobed, styles 2, short recurved ; fruit 2 in. long, ovoid, 

 green with yellow dots, skin leathery, very aromatic, 

 nut 1-1| in. long, ribbed, shell thick, 2-valved, seed 

 corrugated, 2-lobed. The wood is very good for making 

 into furniture. From the ^eeds excellent oil for culinary 

 and illuminating purposes is expressed. The bark is a 

 vermifuge and used for staining. 



Phoenix sylvestris, 

 Date Palm, 



Khajur. 



PalmAe. 



F. B. I. vi. 425. 



The Plains to 3.000 ft. 



large, trunk covered with the remains of old leaf 

 stalks, unbranched ; leaves, 4-8 ft. long, form a crown 

 on the summit of old trees, pinnate, leaflets 9-18 in. 

 long, |-f in. broad, thick, folded at first, sessile ; flowers, 

 male on a compact spike in a broad spathe, female on 

 a spike 2-2| ft., branching, male and female with 3 

 sepals and petals ; fruit 1-1| in. long, yellow reddish- 

 brown when ripe, sweet, stones 1 in. long, deeply grooved 

 on one side, widely cultivated, leaflets used for matting 

 and cordage. 



