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TerMInaLiA Catappa. Broan Downy- 
LEAVED 'TERMINALIA. 
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Class and Order. 
Decanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord —Compreracen. Br. ) 
Generic Character. 
Flores abortu sepe polygami. Calycis limbus deciduus, 
campanulatus, 5-fidus, lobis acutis. Pet. o. Stam. 10, 
biserialia, calyee longiora. Ovarium biovulatum. Stylus 
filiformis, subacutus. Drupa calyce non coronata, sepius 
exsucca, indehiscens, I-sperma. Semen amygdaloideum. 
Cotyledones spiraliter convolutea.—Arbores aut frutices inter 
fropict. Folia alterna, sepe ad apices ramulorum conferta. 
Flores spicati, spicis racemosis vel paniculatis, in parte spice 
mferiore hermaphroditis, in superiore masculis. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Terminaria * Catappa ; foliis obovatis inferne attenuatis 
Si cordatis obscure biglandulosis subtus nervisque 
pubescenti-tomentosis. 
Termin aria Catappa. Linn. Mant. p. 128. Jacq. Ie. Rar. 
t.197. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 4. p. 967. Lam. Dict. v. 1. 
P. 348. De Cand. Prod. v. 3. p. 11. Spreng. Syst. 
Veget. ». 2. p. 359. 
AMARAM. Rheede, Hort. Mal. v. 4. p. 3 et 4. 
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Descr. This is described by all authors as a very large 
tree in its native soil, “ whose pyramidal form is erect 
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* So named from its many terminal branches and the numerous terminal 
Jeaves upon those branches. 
