1, Holoptelba.J 63. ULMACF^J. [2. Tbema. 



y- Twigs very pubescent hiding the lenticels. L. rather coriaceous 

 3-4 v lonsr, base distinctly cordate, beneath tomentose with 

 stout raised nerves and tip very obtuse or with very obtuse 

 short ousp. Petiole3 &-§*' stout. It has somewhat the faeies 

 of a Cordia, from which, however, the L. can at once be 

 distinguished by the nerves looping within the margin, while 

 in Cordia they run into the. margin* or are excurrent. 



Eastern Palamau °ud Western Hazaribagh. 



o". The shrubby form of the Palamau hills has not been collected in 

 mature leaf. It has a very white bark, and some of the 

 twigs have circular raised lenticels. The young leaves are 

 very tomentose. 



2. Trema, Lour. 



Usually small trees -with the leaves serrate, 3-7-basal* 

 nerved and often oblique, small green flowers in axillary 

 cymes, and fruit a small drupe seated on the persistent calyx. 

 Fls. dioecious, monoecious or polygamous, 4-5-merous. Ovary 

 1-celled, 1-ovuled. Style 2-fid. Fruit a small ovoid drupe. 



L. silky beneath, base oblique. Twigs ad- 



pressed-pubescent. Cymes lax . L orientalis. 



L. tomentose beneath or silky, base oblique. 



Twigs with spreading pubescence, cymes 



aense Var. amboinensis. 



I*. scabrid beneath, base sub-regular . . 2. politoria. 



1. T. OrientaliS, Bl. Roronga, K. ; Jhawar, S. ; Rukni, 

 Kharw. ; Kokoara, jrfal. Pah. 



A fast-growing tree attaining 35 ft. marked with stipular 

 scars, with bifarioas ovate or ovate-lanceolate caudate leaves 

 3-6" long, mostly very oblique at the base, more or less white 

 or silvery beneath with silky hairs and scabrid or not above. 

 Panicles usually much branched and ultimately longer than 

 the petioles. 



Throughout the area, chiefly in moist valleys, jels., Fr. Nov.-April. 

 Var. «* = T. amboinensis, Bl. There are two specimens so named from 

 C. N. in the CaL Herb., one from Manbhum, and one from Parasnath 



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