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lar, repand, downy undernealli. Petioles unarmed. Ra- 

 cemes terminal. 



Teiinf/. liadadum. 



An immensely large tree, a native of tlie inland mountains 

 in the Circars. Leaves deciduous. Flowering- time, &c. as in 

 the (ormer. 



Trunk erect, frequently of very great size. Branches 

 spreading, very lumierous, the larger as well as the trunk 

 without prickles and covered with thick b;irk, the inner 

 stratum of which is fibrous, the middle yellow, and farinace- 

 ous, the exterior a smooth, hard, yellow, firm crust, of ve- 

 getable gluten. Prickles strong, conical, very sharp, ex- 

 ceedingly numerous on the younger branches, covering them 

 almost entirely ; three of them, and generally they are the 

 largest, stand round the marks left by the insertions of the 

 leaves; these were the only stipules. Leaues alternate, ter- 

 nate, from twelve to eighteen inches long. Leaflets the pair 

 obliquely cordate; the odd onerhombic,all variously lobate- 

 sinuate, or notched ; above smooth, covered with soft, white 

 down underneath, from five to six inches each way ; while 

 young covered with nmch rust coloured down. Petioles 

 long, round, downy, without prickles. Glands as in E. su- 

 berosa. Stipules three-fold, strong, conical, &harp, perma- 

 nent, becoming prickles. Racemes terminal, erect, slender, 

 a little downy. Floicers three fold, spreading, otherwise in 

 every respect very much like those of E. suherosa. 



The wood of all these species is remarkably light, soft, and 

 spongy. It is generally employed, l)ut chiefly that of E. in- 

 f/icff, being the most common, by the people who make trunks, 

 paint, varnish, &c. to make trunks, toys, and other things that 

 are to be varnished; its numerous, large pores admit, and 

 retain their priming, or under coating better than almost 

 any other wood; besides it is not liable to warp, contract, 

 or split, and is, as before observed, exceedingly light. At the 

 village of Kundupilla, neai' Masulipatam, they are particu- 

 larly clevor at varnishing upon these sorts of wood. 



