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' Lofty trees. Leaves very large, alternate, unequally pinnate. -^^^^ 

 small, polygamous, bracteolate, in terminal or axillary panicles, y^y^ 

 5-fid ; lobes equal, imbricate. Petals 5, valvate. Buk lO-lobed. btamem 

 10 (in the hermaphrodite flowers 2-3) ; filaments short or filiform, witnouii 

 scales. Ovary 2-5-partite; styles connate; ovules I in each cell, semi- 

 ahatropous. Fruit of 1-5 1-seeded samaras ; wing very large, membranous. 

 vSe^ pendulous, sparingly albuminous.— Distrib, India, China, Austral^, 

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A. GLANDULOSA, Des/. ; Da Prodr. ii. 89 ; leaves pubescent or suj)- 

 glabrous, leaflets very coarsely toothed at the base, filaments elOTgaie 

 Brandts For. Flor. 68. 



. . Northern India, probably introduced. — ^Distrib, China, . ,, ' -V' „ ^j, 



A lofty tree. Lmmn often exceeding 1 ft. ; leaflets very numerous, ^^^^^^^ ^i ' 

 uallv bv the midrib. T^al^r T^finpath Flmnprsi Rmall. in much-branched panicic- 



3 anther. Fmit of abou^J 

 Seed near the centre ol tne 



equally by the midrib, paler beneath. Flowers small, in ™"ch-branchea p»" "^ 

 Filaments filiform, exserted, several times exceeding tbf> anther. Fmit ot a _ ^ 

 membranous linear-oblong samaras, about 1^ by ^ in, 

 Bamara. about i bv -rV in. 



leaves 



st 1. A. excelsa, RoxK C<yr. PI L t 23 ; Fl. Ind. ii. Pv^^O; le^^ 



glandular-hairy, leaflets very coarsely toothed, filaments ^^^hjji]\ 

 large red twisted. DC. Prodr. il 89: W. & A.^Prodr. 150; TFi^/^ ^-..^ 

 t 67; Graft. Cat. £(mh. PL 37: halz. & Gibs. Bomb. FL 46; |«'^- 



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Cat 8481 ; Brandts Far. Flpr. 58. -n tbb 



N. W. India (probably introduced); Behab, and Wkstern PENiNStJLA.— Dktbib. 

 Queensland (var. imherhijlora). • - - . , * ^^^y 



. \^ A tree 60-80 ft. Leaves 1 ft. or more ; leaflets very numerous, on '^^^P^ , |„ jarce 

 unequal at the base. Flowers larger than in A. glandulosa, on longish F^'^f V'n^jg*j, 

 lax often very much-branched panicles. Petals ovate-lanceolate, comrnonly r 

 Filaments half the length of the anther. Samara larger than in A. gl^'^dulosa, ^^^ 



by 4 in., strongly veined, blunt or pointed at both ends, cop] 



twisted at the base. , r " y 



y, . 2. A. malabartea, DC. Prodr. iL 89 ; leaflets almost entire n^ry 



glabrous on long petioles very unequal at the base, filaments ^^^ -^ 

 samara large rounded. W, d: A, Prodr. 150 ; Wight Jc. t. 1604; ^J;Tr; 

 £nu7n. 69 ; Grak Cat. Bomb, PI. 37 ; Balz'. dc Gibs. Bcymb. Fl. 46 ;>£f«««- -^ ' 

 Sylv. t. 122 ; Brandu For. Flw. 58.— Eheede Hart, Mai vl t. 15. ^ ^^ 



> Westebn Peninbtjla, in Canara, Sec. ; Ceylon, near Colombo, and distnc 



Seven Corles.— Distrib. Cochin China. ' I r u rieW^i 



A lofty tree. Leaves very large ; leaflets distant, coriaceous, much ligwer ^^^^^^ 



■ the two Bides very uneanal, margin often thickened and wavy. Flowers »a ^"^ •. j^n the 

 but rather larger, and _^me«i« very slender, exserted, m.ariy times loneer , j_ 

 , anther. SaTiuura broadly linear, 2^ by 9 in,, reddish, not twisted, rounded 



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^ Larger or smaller glabrous trees. Leaves 



in peduncled axillary or terminal umbels. 

 bricate. '^ - ' - 



i^foz^rer^bermapbroi^te 



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imbricate. 



uiii^te. jrtioLs .i-o, muca longer ttian calyx, conaceous, aih^-— ^^at 

 large, corneal Stamens 8-10, included in the corolla, with a ^"^f^r" jess 

 the base. Carpels 4-6, distinct, free ; styles free at the base, more ^^ ^ 5 

 united above, stigmas acute ; ovules solitary, pendulous. ^'^Z^ ^ig. 

 large dry compressed 1-seeded drupes, each with a narrow unuaiei*** 

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