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India. Jumna totheGfodavery. Cultivated throughout India on account of its fragrant 8. 

 which open in the evening and drop at sunrise. Fl. more or less throughout the 

 generally during the rains. Often gregarious in dry places, coppices vigorously. I toe 



of the sperii-s t.i 1 m ployed wln-11 tin- necessity for utilizing the waste land- in the 



plains 'if Northern India comes to he recognized. 



'_'. FRAXINUS, Linn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 605. 



Trees, rarely shrubs, 1. opposite, imparipinnate, leaflets opposite. Fl. poly- 

 gamous or dioicous, in racemes or compact rounded panicles. Calyx cup-shaped 

 or wanting, petals 4 or 0, stigma bitid. Fr. indehisceut, winged at the end, 

 1-seeded. Albumen fleshy or somewhat' horny, embryo cylindric, radicle 

 superior. Species 40, northern temperate regions of both hemispheres. 



A. Petals 4, fl. appearing after the leaves. 



1. F. floribunda, Wall. PI. As. Rar. t. 277: Brandis F. Fl. t. 37. Vern. 

 Sum, Angu, Ango, X.W. Himal. 



A middle-sized or large deciduous tree, leaflets "2-4 pair, membranous, hairy 

 beneath while young, ovate-oblong, acuminate, serrate, blade 3-6, pet. \-\ in., 

 sec. n. 10-14 pair, prominent beneath. Fl. white, in large compound terminal 

 panicles. Petals linear-oblong, narrowed at both ends, 2-3 times the length 

 of calyx. Fr. oblauceolate, 1-1 A in. long, supported by the enlarged calyx. 



Afghanistan. Trans Indus territory. Himalaya. 5-9,000 ft., locally on rich soil 

 chiefly on or near limestone. Khasi hills. Shan Hills at 4,000 ft. Fl. April. May. 

 '2. F. Grifflthii, Clarke. Mishmee hills, leaflets coriaceous, entire. 



B. Petals 0, fl. appearing before the leaves. 



3. F. excelsior, Linn. X.W". Himalaya, basin of the Jhelam, Chenab andKavi rivers. 



l'i ixinua xanl boxj loides, Wall. 



I 9,000 it. Europe and Mountains oi Western Asia. A tall tree, leaflets sessile, or 

 nearly 30,2 I pair, base entire, upper pari slightly serrate. Fl. appearing before the 

 1. in short often Eosoicled racemes from above the scars of the previous year's 1., 



