74 JOURNAL, BOMB A Y NA TUBAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XIX. 



Trees with Alternate Exstipulatr Simple Leaves. 



Petals None. 



longfX- small ; branches long, slender, thorny when young, 



wood scented, leaves 4-9 by l|-2 in., shining, 

 leathery, toothed, long pointed; flowers | in. diam.. 

 yellow, female flowers clustered usually in short 



racemes only ^ in. long scattered along the branches. 



Low bills to 5,000 ft. , „ i . i • i j. 



„ ,, r, • ,/^ , male flowers many clustered in long racemes, stamens 

 Sntle] Vallev Sum (Col- -^ " 



many, longer than the sepals, sepals 4-5, ovate, petals 



none; berry dry, smooth, ^ in. diam., red or black, 



2-8 seeded. 



folium, 



Chirunda. 



BlXACE^. 



F. B. I. i. 194 



lett). 



Terminalia Catappa, 

 The Indian Almond, 



Jiinglibadani. 

 Combretace^. 

 F B. I. ii. 444. 



The Plains. 



Terminalia iselerica, 



Bahera. 

 Combretace^. 

 F.B.I, ii.445. 

 The Plains. 



Terminalia Cliebvila, 



Harh^ hararh. 

 Comretace^. 

 F. B. I.ii. U^. 



The Plains. 



Terminalia Arjuna, 



Arjun. 



COMBBETACE^. 

 F. B. I.ii. 447. 



The Plains. 



large ; trunk buttressed, leaves turn crimson before 

 falling, branches in horizontal circles ; leaves 6-8 in. 

 long, stalk short, base of leaves very narrow, flowers 

 in spikes, calyx teeth 5, smooth, stamens 10, protruding, 

 no petals ; fruit 1-li in., fleshy compressed show- 

 ing two ridges, not velvety, stone one, kernel edible. 



large ; bark uneven bluish or ashy-grey with longi- 

 tudinal furrows, leaves crowded towards the ends of 

 branches, 3-6 in. long, stalk 1-3 in, long, flowers 

 in spikes, very small, no petals, pale white or greenish- 

 yellow with an unpleasant smell, calyx with 5 teeth 

 soon falling, stamens 10, far protruding ; fruit 1 in. 

 long, fleshy velvety, when dry shows five ridges ; seed 

 bony thick. Fruit called Myrobolan and used for 

 tanning and as a purgative. 



large ; bark dark brown, young parts covered with 

 rusty brown hairs ; leaves nearly opposite, 3-6 in. 

 long, ovate, short pointed ; flowers L in. diam., 

 dull white in clustered spikes, strong scented, no 

 petals, calyx teeth 5. hairy within, stamens 10 far 

 protruding, fruit 1-2 in. long, fleshy, smooth, five- 

 ribbed when dry, nut rough with grooved surface, 

 kernel edible ; the fruit of this tree is called Al yro- 

 bolan and used for tanning and as a purgative. 



large ; trunk buttressed, bark smooth grey ; young 

 parts covered with rusty down, leaves nearly opposite, 

 5-8 in. long, oblong, short pointed ; flowers dull 

 yellow in branching spikes, no petals, calyx teeth 5, 

 smooth, broad ; fruit 1-2 in. long with 5-7 hard 

 leathery narrow wings. 



