Plants of the Punjab. 



131 



Shrubs with Alternate Exstipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Feronia Elephantum, 



Picrasma 

 quassioides, 



Puthorin, tithu, 

 liala. 



Simarubace.e. 

 F. B. I. i. 520. 

 Himalaya, 

 3-5,000 'ft. 



Rhus parviflora, 

 Sumac, 



Tungla, tumra. 

 Anacardiace^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 9. 

 Himalaya, 

 2-5,000 ft. 



see Trees, Alternate, Exstipulate, Compound Leaves. 



large, branches spotted, stout, bark very bitter, 

 young parts velvety; leaves 10-18 in. long, leaflets 9-15, 

 2-4 in. long, sessile, ovate, lanceolate, long-pointed, toothed, 

 the lowest pair much the smallest ; flowers 4- in. across, 

 green in axillary branching recemes, calyx 4-5-lobed, 

 very small, petals 4-5, much larger than the calyx, leathery 

 and persistent in fruit, stamens 4-5, hairy at the base ; 

 fruit of 3-5 drupes, size of a pea, red or black, each one- 

 seeded, sometimes eaten. The bark, wood, and root are 

 very bitter, and might be used as a tonic instead of 

 Quassia. 



medium size, bark grey, smooth, young, rusty woolly ; 

 leaves of 3 leaflets, stalk 1-2 in., rusty woolly, leaflets 

 1-3 by |-2 in., the terminal one much the largest and 

 often narrowed into a margined stalk, ovate with a broad 

 tip, toothed, slightly hairy above, rusty woolly beneath ; 

 flowers -^ in. diam., yellow-green, in hairy terminal, often 

 leafy, branching racemes 12 in. long, calyx lobes 4-6, 

 ovate, hairy without, petals 4-6, twice as long as the calyx 

 lobes, oblong, stamens 4-10 ; drupe \ in. ovoid, shining 

 brown, seed one. The fruit [tantarik) is sold in the bazar 

 as substitute for tamarind. 



Rhus mysorensis, 



Dasarui, dasan. 

 Anacardiace^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 9. 

 The Plains. 

 N.-W. Frontier 

 Province. 

 Sulhman Range, 

 3-5,000 ft. 



small, branches springy, woody, often spinous, branch- 

 lets scurfy, leaves of 3 leaflets, stalk |-f in., scurfy, leaflets 

 |-1| in. long, terminal much the largest, all sessile, 

 scurfy beneath, tinged with red, flowers yV ^^- diam., in 

 slender scurfy axillary or terminal branching racemes ; 

 in other points Hke the last species. The bark is some- 

 times used for tanning. 



Petals united. 



Jasminum humlle, 



Chamhn , jai, shing. 



Oleace^. 



F. B. I. iii. 602. 



Himalaya, 



2-5,000 ft. 



Salt Range. 



Simla (Collett). 



Murree (Douie). 



small, smooth, branches angular, green ; leaves 2-4 



3 11 



4 ^4 



in., ovate, acute or 

 long, yellow, in ter- 



in. long, leaflets 2-10, 2-3 by 



blunt at both ends : flowers ^-| .^«„ 



mhial clusters, many, calyx teeth 5, jV in., triangular, 

 corolla united, lobes | by 4- in., flat, circular, 5, stamens 2 

 in the corolla tube ; berries 2-lobed or 1-lobed, oblong with 

 rounded ends, seeds one in each lobe. An aromatic 

 essential oil is obtained from the flowors by native 

 perfumers. 



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