10. Dtsoiylum. ] 30. ME LI ACE JE. [11. Amooba. 



10. Dysoxylum, Blame. 



Trees with large pinnate leaves and qnite entire leaflets. 

 Fls. panicled. Calyx 4-5-fid or sub-entire, deciduous. Petals 

 4-5 oblong valvate or slightly imbricate. St.-tube cylindrical, 

 mouth usually toothed or crenulate. Anthers oblong 6, 8 or 

 10. Disc long tubular. Ovary 3-4-celled. vales 2 in 

 each cell, superposed rarely solitary {e.g. D. Hamiltonii) 

 Capsule coriaceous 1-4-celled, loculicidal. Seeds arillate or 

 not, plumule sometimes hairy. 



1. D. procerum, Hie™. ? l 



A tall tree with light bark and very large pinnate leaves 

 3 ft. long crowded at the ends of the branches, leaflets 

 attaining 12-14" by 4" decreasing in size towards the base 

 of the leaf. 



Karampoda forest in deep valleys with running water. Young fruit 

 in April. 



Lflts. 5-9 pair, opposite, oblong acute or acuminate with oblique 

 usually rounded base, lower often only 4£" by 2f ' and somewhat reflexed, 

 sec. nerves 12-20 pair, distinct strong, straight then curved upwards to 

 near the margin. Bachis grey microscopically tomentose, with minute 

 scales and a few minute brown scales on the nerves beneath. Petiolule f- ''. 



Frt. (unripe) f tomentose in axillary panicles on short pedicels, 3 - 

 celled, 3-seeded. Calyx 3-nd, tomentose. 



11. Amoora, Roxb. 



Trees with large pinnate leaves and entire leaflets. Fls. 

 globose sometimes dioecious, panicled, or (A. llohituka) 

 female spicate. Calyx 3-5-fid or sepals nearly free. Pet. 

 3-5, concave, sometimes creuate. Anths. 6-10 included 



v N.B.— Only once found and the fruiting-specimen with' the remains 

 of the perianth; sent to Calcutta where it was identified with D. procerum, 

 bnt could not again be found on my visit. The species requires further 

 investigation as the above description, taken from field notes, points to 

 this tree being a species of Amoora rather than oiDysoxyhun. It, in fact, 

 closely resembles A. Wallichii, King., a tree whose range is much more 

 eitensive than is supposed, having been found by me both in the Bhotan 

 Duara aud Sikkim Terai] 



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