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Trees. Leaves 1-5-foliolate ; leaflets opposite, quite entire, pale beneath. 

 ^ ^^^<^i^ axillary and terminal ; flowers small hermaphrodite. Calys sfiort, 

 ?-ncl or -partite, imbricated. Fetais 5, ovate-oblong, spreading, slightly 

 mbncated or subvalvate. Filarnenh 10 or 8, linear or subukte, free or 

 th^fir^ "^ ^ ^^^^ ^ anthers terminal or inserted in the nolcli'at the apex of 

 l 1^ 1 •^^*' '^^^^ usually annular, fleshy. C^mry. short, 2-3-celled, im- 

 oeclded in the disk, style rather short; stigma turbiuate-capitate, 2-3- 

 aentate ; ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit baccate, shortly tomentose, inde- 



iscent, 1- rarely 2-celled and -seeded ; seed inclosed in a fleshy aril, exal- 

 j ^^^^^s.— DisTBiB. Genus of about 10 species limited to India and the 



"Ulan Archipelago. Occasionally, according to Kurz, the petals are in- 

 creased to 8 and the stamens to 15. ' ' ' 



Imperfect specimens from Silhet (Wallich, n. 8113), with sLort spicate inflorescence 

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ii T- ' ""'J 'it/iu (oiaiii, IS sum lo uinur iruiu me uii'iciuiciiLnmcu uj it^ uilose anlhers J 



^^ilurzin Journ, Asiat. Soc. Beng.xxxix. ii. 72 (1870) unites it with W.villosa, Wall 



oECT. I. Euwalsura. Filameuts ]inedi,T. . 



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Leaflets solitary. 



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ok T' ^'^rduerl, Thwaites Fnum. 61 ; leaflet solitary elliptic-oblong 

 P^.-^^y. acuminate glabrous whitish beneath, base obtusely narrowed. 



bifi^ short articulated to the longer petiole, filaments free hairy apex 

 - ?^» ^^thers between the teeth of the filaments, fruit obovoid ellipsoidal 

 TOate base narrow. Btdd. Anal Gen. Ivl 



J^ylon; in the Central province; alt. 2-4000 ft.^ ' .= '• ^^^ ' ''\ ■- ^' \ 



U;. "t.*''*^^ ^f 10-12 fc. leaflets 3-3 by lJ-24 in.; netiolule ^V-i in- J'^^tol 



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Petals somewhat imbricated, Ftniit 1 in. long, covered with a short tomenttim. 



Leaflets 3-5. 



:.^?.^ents connate halfway or more. 







acL^' *^l>ulata, ^iern; leaflets 3 ovate- or elliptic-oblong obtusely 

 Harm J sliining above glaucous beneath quite glabrous, base somewhat 

 tub*. 1^ u' P^^icles scarcely equalling the leaves, calyx partite, staniinal 

 Jobei&^ous outside thinly pubescent inside equally 10-lobed at apex, 

 iP^m receiving the apiculate anthers within the notches. 



£]'' ^IM^LAYA and Khasia Mrs., ITerh. Griffith. 

 ll^{(* ^^'^ .petioles rough with lenticular specks. Leaves 8-15 m.; leaflets 3-9 by 

 "• ;. petioluies i-J in., or the terminal ones longer. Flowers i in. long. 



late fJf ' *®"»ata, Hoxb. Ilm-L Bmg.^0) M. hid. ii 389 ; leaflets 3 lanceo- 

 at U ^°^.f'r oblong obtuse glabrous and shining whitish beneath obtuse 



partifo^' f^iUary panicles shorter than the leaves, flowers milk-white, calyx 

 rm; J ^^^"^inaltube thinlv pubescent on both sides 10-fid halfway, free 



^rtirm 7 A. ^^"^ ^^^oe tliinJy pubescent on oorn siut;s lu-uu uan^vcY, nee 

 £.^u ot filament alternately notched and* shorter," anthers apiculate. 

 Ccu aJ''?^j (^^n. Ivi' ^ Cfr. Xylocarpus t ^ AntUa; if6. Ham. ; Wall. 



^ liillv^^^'^^' at Sheikpura; Western Penikstoa; mthe Godaverj- forests and m 

 J ^stncta of the ^fortheru division of the Madras rresidency, Beddome, 



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