478 IT. COMBIlETACE.i: 



Fruit not winged. 



Leaves alternate, clustered at the ends of tlie branches ; 



flowers at top of spike male 1. T. ht>lh>rv-a. 



Loaves opposite, not clustered ; flowers all hermaphrodite ... 2. T. chebuta. 

 Frtiit equally u-winged. 



Veins of the wings curving upwards 3, T. Arjuna. 



Veins of the wings straight, horizontal 4. T. tomentosa. 



Fruit unequallj 3-wingcd 5. T. paniculata, 



1. Terminalia bellerica, lloxb. Cor. PI. v. 2 (1798) p. 54, t. 1&8, 

 A large haiulsome free 40-60 ft. high. Leaves collected about the 

 extreiiiities of the branches, alternate, coriaceous, 4-8 by 3-6 in., 

 broadly elliptic or elliptic-obo\ate, rounded or rarely subacute or shortly 

 acuminate at the apex, both surfaces puberulous when young, glabrous 

 and reticulate when old, the margins entire, pellucid, base narrowed ; 

 main nerves 6-8 pairs, spreading, prominent, the midrib prominent ou 

 both sides ; petioles lj-4 in. long, without glands at the apex. Flowers 

 pale greenisli-yellow, \\ith an offensive odor, iu axillary slender spikes 

 longer than the petioles but shoi'ter than the leaves, those in the upper 

 ])art of the spike male, very shortly pedicelled, those in the lower park 

 hermaphrodite, sessile. Calyx pubescent outside, densely villous within, 

 the teeth bi'oadly triangular, acute. Drupe |-1 in. in diam., suddenly 

 narrowed into a very short stalk, clothed with minute pale tomentum, 

 obscurely angled when dried. 



lioxburgh (/. c.) describes and figures the plant with 2 glands at the 

 apex of the petiole, but none of the specimens that I have seen possess 

 these, while Wight & Arnott and Erandis have failed to find them in 

 specimens of their collection. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 445 ;. Grab. Cat. p. 69 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 01 ; AVight, lllustr. t. 91 ; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 19; 

 "Wight & Arn. Prodr. p. .'^13 {exclud. syn.) ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 159 ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 162 ; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 

 (1898) p. 636 ; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 4, p. 18.— Flowers : 

 Feb.-iVJay. Vern. Beluula ; Hdd. 



In deciduous mixed forests throughout the Presidency. Konkan : Sfecks\. Law] ; 

 along the foot of the Gh;Us, Graham ; Malabar Hill (Bombay), Graham ; Devale, 

 Woodrow. Dec t'AN : Cooke ! S. M. Country : Belgaum, lUtchle, KK)4 ?— DisTun?. 

 Throughout India, except Sind and the desert regit^n of the West ; Ceylon, Malaya. 



The fruit is one of tho.se ex^jorted from India under the name of Myruhalun and is 

 used for dyeing. The Myrobalans from tiie next species, T. ckehula, are by far the 

 most important of any exported from India. See Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



2. Terminalia chebula, Retz. Ohs. fasc. 5 (1789) p. 31 . A moderate- 

 sized, much-branched tree. Leaves 2k-'Q by l|-3 in., not clustered, 

 alternate or subopiiosite, elliptic-oblong, acute, penniuerved, clothed 

 when young with silky hairs, glabrous or nearly so when mature, 

 rounded or cordate at the base; petioles .^-1 in. long, pubescent, usually 

 with 2 glands near their summit. Flowers all hermaphrodite, in 

 terminal (often panicled) spikes ; bracteoles exceeding the flowers, 

 linear, acute, hairy, conspicuous among the buds but soon deciduous. 

 Calyx campanulate, g in. long, flat at the base, expanding a little 

 towards the mouth, glabrous outside, hairy within ; teeth 5, short, 

 sometimes obscure. Drupe pendulous, |-1| in. long, ellipsoid or 

 obovoid from a broad base, glabrous, more or less 5-ribbed when dry, 

 yellowish-green ; stone oblong, bonv,' verv thick, obscurely angled. 

 Fl. B. 1. V. 2, p. 446 ; Grab. Cat. p. '69 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 91 ; Bedd. 



