1. Tebminalia.] 49. COMBRETACE&. [2. Anogbj*su8. 



worm which is reared on it. PI. May- June. Fr. Feby. -March. 

 Deciduous March-May. 



L. 5-9'' with 2 glands beneath near the base or on the short 

 peoiole, entire or the nerves excurrent as teeth. Petiole sometimes | v . 



The young ovaries are attacked by a cynips so that panicles of galls, 

 are very common on the tree and are sometimes mistaken for fruits. 



N. B.— The glabrous variety which is not uncommon in Ch. Nagpur 

 is sometimes diffioult to distinguish from T. arjuna in herbarium speci- 

 mens. The pubescent form has the leaves usually green beneath. I dX> 

 not remember in 0. N. the peculiar grey form common in the -Sub- 

 Himalayas. There may be differences in the timber between these 

 varieties. Hybrids occur between this and Arjuna. 



8. Anogeissus, Wall. 



Trees or shrubs with opp. or sub-opp. and alternate 

 entire petioled leaves and small greenish flowers in globose 

 axillary pednncled heads. Ovary inferior and hypanthinm 

 produced above it into a beak and then into a campannlate 

 5-lobed " calyx-tube. " Petals 0. St. 10 in two series adnate to 

 the campannlate tube. Disc crenate hairy at the base of 

 the tube. Ovules 2 pendulous. Fruits small indehiscent 

 compressed 2-winged beaked, in densely packed heads. 



Bark smooth pale. Old L. glabrous l£-3fc" . 1. latijoiu*. 



„ „ ., „ tomentose „ • var tnmenteed. 



Bark rough dark. Old I>. hairy beneath 



1-3" . . . • • . .2. acuminata. 

 Bark light. Old L. silky beneath 1-2" . . 3. sericea. 



1. A. latifolia, Wall. Hesel, K. t &; Dhaunta, Kharw. ; 

 Dhaura, H. 



An erect mod.-sized or large tree with whitish bark and 

 alt.'to opp. ovate or ell. leaves 2-4" long usually obtuse 

 both ends and becoming glabrous with age, Feduncles 

 mostly in short axillary racemes. 



Very common, especially on the drier hills, where it forms a large 

 proportion of the growing stock. Also frequent in second growth. Fls. 

 June-Sept. Fr. Dec.-Jany. Deo. Feby. -April. Leaves turn red or brown 

 in December. 



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