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444 LViii. comeeetacej:'. (C.B.Clarke.) [Terminalia. 



flower, soon deciduous. Cdyx-tuhe produced aT^ove tlie ovary with a c^m- 

 panulate mouth, limb of 6 short valvate triangular lobes, deciduous. Petals 0. 

 Stamens 10 inserted on the calyx-tube ; epigynous disc within them densely 

 ■hairv. Ovary 1-celled, inferior ; style long, simple ; ovules 2 or 3, pendulous 

 from the summit of the cell. Fmit ovoid, very various in size, smooth or 

 angular or winged with 2-5 wings, indehiscent, coriaceous; Seed solitary, ex- 

 albuminous, cotyledons convolute.— Distbib. Species 80 : in the tropics oi 

 the whole world^ less numerous in America. 



T. angustifolia, Jacq. Hort. Vindob, t. 100 not of Roxb. ; leaves attenuated at 

 both ends lanceolate, with two glands at the apex of the petiole, fruit narrowly 

 2-winged. Willd. «p. P^. iv. 970 ; DC. Prodr. iii. 11; W. % A, Trodr.zn'.m: 

 Fl. Ind, Bat, i. pt. i, 599. T. Benzoin, Linn. ; Sprenq. Syst, ii. 358 ; Lamk. ■^'^^- ^' 

 349 ; Wall. Cat. 3976. Catappa Benzoin, Gaertn. Fruct. ii. 127, is included in m 

 Peninsula Flora of W. & A., but there is nothing to show that it has ever been touna 

 wild in the Deccan. — Disteib. Central Malayan Islands. 



Sect. I. Catappa (including Myrohdanus). Fruit not winged, ovoid 

 •or subcompressed, sometimes showing (especially when dry) two or five obscure 

 lines or ridges. 



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towards the ends of 

 but very narrow base 

 slightly compressed so 



Ind. ii. 430 ; Lamh. HI t. 848 ; DC. Prodr. iii. 11 ; Wall. Cat. '6\)70 ; rv. ^ 

 A.Pi'odr. 313; Wight Ic. 172; Bot. ilfa//, 3004 ; Miq. Fl. I^^-^^'^'r^l 

 699 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 18 ; Kurz For. Fl. Brit. Burma, i. 454. T. Catappa 

 and Badamia, Tulasne in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. iv. vol. vi. 92. T. moluccana,Xa/«A- 

 Diet. i. 349, not of Roxb.^, DC. Prodr. iii. 11; WUld. Sp. PI ^^^ ^ o^" 

 eluding the synonym T. er/landulosa, Roxb. T. Myrobalana, Both. Nov, A/?, o/ ^. 

 T, subcordata, Willd, Sp. PL iv. 968. T. intermedia, Sprenr;. Syst. ii. 3o9. My 

 lans Catappa, Lour. FL Cochinc. 703. Catappa domestica, litorea and syJvesuTs, 

 Humph. Herb. Amboin. i. t. GS; Badamia Oommersoni, Gaerin. Fruct. u. ^^ 

 BJieede Hort. Mai. iv. t. 3, 4. ' 



Wild in the lowlands of Malaya, and perhaps of the Transgangetic ^'^^^^^if' 

 largely planted in all India from the North- West Provinces to Ceylon and i^urm , 

 mostly at 0-1000 ft. alt.— Distrtb. Planted in nearly all tropical countries. 



Attains 80 ft., with branches in horizontal whorls. Leaves 6-S in., <i^*^^^{^V:^^ 

 the cold season, usually softly hairy when young, when adult hairy or giaor » 

 with two glandular depressions near the base of the midrib on the under side ^^^*^^ .^ 

 often obscure or wanting; petiole }-| in. Spikes (and innovations) grey ^^^^jl 

 tomentose or pilose, the upper flowers male, the lower hermaphrodite, the ^'''^.^^ ^g 

 nute. Calyx^teeth glabrous or nearly so within and without. Young ovary &'^^ ^^^ 

 or hairy, i^rwijf finally glabrous.— This species may generally be recognised vy 

 short petiole and the very narrow but cordate base of the leaf. 



2. T. procera, Bo.vb. Hort. Beny. 33 and FL Ind. ii. 249 j l^f'^'^f^Z 

 nate clustered towards the ends of the 'branches obovate attenuated ^^^^-^J 

 Bhovt petiole, spikes solitary axillary simple, fruit ellipsoid obscurely o-si j 

 not in the least compressed. Wall Cat. 3074 ; Kurz For. FL Bnt mr^ » 



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Andamaks; Roxburgh, Kurz. Nicobars; Kurz. . -.u tWb 



Attains 100 ft, with branches in horizontal whorls. Leaves 6-12 in., ^^ ^^^^ 

 glandular depressions near the base of the midrib on the under side vhicU ar« 



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