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Plants of the Punjab. 



Shrubs with Alternate Exstipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Petals none. 



Ricinus communis. 

 The Castor Oil 

 Plant, 



Arend, hedanjir, 

 harnauli. 

 Euphorbiace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 457. 

 The Plains. 



Glycosmis 

 pentaphylla, 



Ban nimhu, 2ootali, 

 girgitti. 



EUTACE^. 



F. B. I. i. 499. 

 The Plains to 

 5,000 ft. 



Murraya exotica, 



Marchula, juti, 

 bibsar. 



EUTACE-S;. 



F. B. 1. i. 502. 

 The Plains to 

 5,000 ft. 

 Sutlej Valley 

 /Collett). 

 Eawalpindi. 



Murraya Koenigii, 



Limonia acidissima, 



BeM. 



EUTACE^. 



F. B. I. i. 507. 



The Plains to 



4,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(CoUett). 



large, stem hollow, young shoots bluish-green ; 

 leaves 6-24 in. diam., green to red, round, 5-7 lobed, 

 lobes toothed, membranous, oblong to linear, sharp- or 

 long-pointed, stalk 4-12 in. long ; flowers | in. diam., 

 in terminal erect branching racemes, male and female 

 on different plants, male flower calyx membranous, 3-5 

 segments, petals none, stamens very many, female flower 

 calyx like a folding l^ract or spathe, soon falling off, ovary 

 3-celled, styles short or long, undivided or in 2 or 3 parts ; 

 capsule |-1 in. long, oblong, smooth or with tubercles, 

 seeds 3, oblong, spotted. The oil is used as a purgative, 

 also as a lubricant and an illuminant. The plant is culti- 

 vated and is probably indigenous, and not a mere escape. 



Shrubs with Alternate Exstipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



small, evergreen, smooth ; leaves of 8-5 leaflets, rarely 

 one, stalk stout, leaflets 4-9 in. long, ovate, lanceolate, 

 blunt or pointed, dark green, smooth ; flowers small, 

 white, scented, in erect, terminal or axillary, branched 

 racemes, calyx 4-5-lobed, lobes broad, petals 4-5, stamens 

 8-10 ; fruit | in. diam., round with a depression, white 

 or pink, pulp sweetish, edible. The twigs are used as 

 toothsticks. 



large, bark ash-coloured, smooth, young parts vel- 

 vety ; leaves 4-5 in. long, leaflets 3-7, 1-3 in. long, shortly 

 stalked, dark green, smooth, ovate, obhque at the base, 

 notched at the tip or pointed, gland dotted ; flowers 1 in. 

 long, white, scented, in short axillary or terminal clusters, 

 rarely sohtary, calyx 5-lobed, lobes minute, short-pointed,, 

 petals 5, lanceolate, stamens 10 ; berry |-| in. long, red, 

 ovoid, pointed at each end, wrinkled, 1-2-seeded. 



see Trees, Alternate, Exstipulate, Compoundo 



large, armed with long spines, smooth, bark white, 

 corky ; leaves 3-6 in. long, stalk with broad wings, 

 leaflets 5-9, ^-1| in. long, sessile, ovate, lanceolate, long- 

 pointed, gland dotted, toothed, tip notched ; flowers ^ in. 

 diam., white, scented, in short axillary, often leafy racemes, 

 calyx 4-lobed, persistent, petals 4, gland dotted, larger 

 than the calyx, stamens 8 ; berry | in. diam., round, yellow 

 turning to purple, acid, smooth, seeds 2-4. 



