1. Terminals.] 49. COMBTtETACEM. 



II. L. not clustered at the ends of the twigs, petioled. 

 Spikes panicled. 



Fr. glabrous ellipsoid, 5-angled when dry. L. alt. 

 to opp . . . 3. Chebula. 



B. Fr. with 6 (-4) snb-equal wings. Spikes panicled'. 

 Petioles very short or L. sub-sessile. 



Bark pale. L. glabrous, smaller ell.,larger oblong 4. Arjuno*.., 



Bark dark. L. tome ntose beneath ell. or ovate . 5. tomentosa. 



Bark dark. L. very large oblong tomentose beneath, and bark dark, 

 L. ell. or ovate glabrous beneath are varieties of tomentosa. 



1. T. Catappa, L. Badam, Beng. The Indian Almond. 



Frequently planted, but the tree does not succeed well in Ch. Nag., 

 the climate is not sufficiently humid. 



2. T. belerica, Roxb. Lupung, K. ; Lopong, 8. ; Behra 

 Bahera, Kharw, H. ; Bohera, Beng. The Beleric Myraboian. 



A large tree with broadly ell. or obovate leaves clustered 

 at the ends of the branchleta (they may be alt. and distant 

 on some branches) on petioles 1-2|" long and solitary axillary 

 spikes 4-6" long of small greenish-white or -yellow fls. T \- \'' 

 diam. Fr. f" diam. grey-tomentose, only showing faint 

 furrows when quite dry, u«nally pyriform. 



Rather common, chiefly in the valley forests. Fls. Feby.-May. Fr. 

 Jany.- April. Dec. Jany.-Feby. 



Trunk usually straight and tall. L. with cuneate base and acute at 

 rounded tip, 3-8'' long generally dotted above, eglandular. 



The fruifs have scarcely any market value in Singbhum, their sale 

 in Calcutta only just covers the cost 'of export. The kernels are eaten, 

 but are said to produce vertigo if taken in-excess, they are a favourite 

 food of monkeys and cattle. " It yields a gum which is eaten by the 

 Santals," Camp. 



3. T. Chebula, Retz. Rola, K. ; Rol S< ; Hadra, Oraon ; 

 Hara, Hari-taki (the fruit), H., Beng. The Chebulic Myra- 

 boian. 



A small or mod.-sized tree with a rounded crown, 

 usually sub-opposite ovate or elliptic entire leaves 4 V by 2 4" 

 to 1\' by 4" and whitish flowers in spikes from the upper 



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