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1. TERMINALIA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 685. 
Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamo-dicecious. Calyx-tube ovoid or 
cylindrical, not angled, constricted but not prolonged above the ovary ; 
limb campanulate or cylindrical, 5-toothed, deciduous. Petals 0. Sta- 
mens 10, in2 rows. Ovules 2, rarely 3, pendulous from the top of the 
cell. Fruit ovoid and angled, or a 2-5-winged samara, 1-seeded. Seed 
ovoid or round, Cotyledons convolute.—Trees or shrubs, never climbing ; 
branches sometimes spinose. Leaves alternate, often crowded at the 
ends of the branches, sometimes pseudo-verticillate, entire. Flowers 
small, green or white, in long lax spikes. 
A large genus, distributed throughout the Tropics of the whole world, though few 
Species have a large area of distribution. 
A. Fruit 2-winged. 
I. Leaves fascicled at the end of the branches. ; 
Leaf-bearing branches spinose. . . . . . . . - + 1 Z.prunioides. 
Leaf-bearing branches not spinose. 
area ye broadly lanceolate or elliptic, acuminate; petioles 
DN AON a ee ee ee tes ae ee 
Leaves oblanceolate, narrowed into very short petioles 
I. Leaves scattered over the branches. 
a. Leaves thick and opaque. 
1, Fruit longer than broad. 
* Drupe compressed, with a longitudinal ridge. 
Leaves and branches glabrous. Fruit3-4in.log . . . . - 
Leaves and branches covered with a thick rust-coloured pubes- 
Bpcee RIN 2 lone as cans 
** Drupe not compressed, smooth. : 
Leaves ovate or elliptical; petioles 2 in. long. Wings of the fruit 
ample, membranous . Se ea Ce a eee 
Leaves obovate ; petioles 4 in. long. Wings of the fruit much 
reduced, thick and woody . . . : . %. *T. Catappa. 
. T. Brownii. 
. TL. sericea. 
Yo bo 
4. T. macroptera. 
5. T. avicennioides 
6. T. glaucescens. 
2. Fruit as broad as long or broader, peddling 6 Ge scutifera. 
B. Leaves thin and pellucid . . . . sce! ot 8, 2. eaneona. 
B. Samara 5-winged’ Nee . 10. T. glabra. 
Fruit ? . 11. 7 mollis. 
1. 'T. prunioides, Zaws. Branches giving off at right angles short 
stout spine-like shoots, which bear fascicles of leaves at their tips ;_ bark 
dark purple, deciduous. Leaves 1-2 in. long, obovate, glabrous above, 
covered beneath with long silky adpressed hairs. Flowers? ... Samara 
stalked, elliptic or oblong, 2 in. long, 14 in. broad; wings puckered at 
the margins, purple, glaucescent. 
Mozamb. Distr. Two specimens gathered by Dr. Kirk at Tette! 
yt Brownii, Fresen. in Mus. Senck. 1837, 152. Small tree ; 
bark ash-coloured. Leaves in large tufts at the tips of the branches, 
6 in. long, broadly lanceolate or elliptic, acuminate, glabrous above, 
puberulous beneath and on the petioles. Samara broadly lanceolate or 
elliptic, variable in size, 14-3 in. long, purplish-red, glaucescent.—T. 
confertifolia, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 263. 7. hemignosta, Steud. in Hb. 
Schimp, Abyss. 7, cycloptera, R. Br. in Salt. Herb. Abyss. 
