LV. fOMUJlKr.VCK.E, i7i» 



rior. Sylvat. t. 27; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 159; Talb. Trees, Bomb, 

 ed. 2, p. 162; Woodr. in Joura. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. GIJO ; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. G, part 4, p. 24. — Flowers : Apr. -May. 

 Vern. JJii-ihl ; JJiracl. 



Abundant along tbo line of tlie Gli;'i(s. Konkan: Sfoclcs], Gibson'., Law I Deccan : 

 table-land of IVIaiiablesbwar, Gr<ihum, C'oo/cel; Khandala, Graham. Kanaka: 

 abiindaiit on tiie luLorite of N. Kanara, Talbot. — Distuiu. Tbroughout tbe greater 

 part, of India : Cojlon. 



Tlio di'ied fruil forms tbe Ciiebulic Myrobalan of commerce, one of tbe most vabjable 

 of Indian tanning materials and a very important source of revenue to tbe Bombay 

 Forest Department. Tbe gross revenue obtained in tbe soutbern circle of the 

 Bombay Forest De])artment in 1893 from Cliebulic Myrobalans considerably exceeded 

 a lakb of rupees. See Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



3. Terminalia Arjuna, Wight cj- Am. Prodr. (1834) p. 314, in 

 te.vtu. A large tree reaching 80 ft. high, with a very tliick trunk and 

 liorizontally spreading branches ; bark thick, smooth, greenish-white, 

 flaking oil" in large tiat pieces. Leaves usually siibopposite, 4-G by 

 l4--24^ in., oblong or elHptic-oblong, obtuse or subacute, pale dull-greeu 

 above, pale brown beneath, shallowly crenate-serrate in the upper part 

 or sometimes throughout, base rounded or cordate, often unequal- sided ; 

 ma'n nerves arcuate, 10-15 pairs, veins reticulate, pellucid ; petioles 

 5-JI in. long, with 1 or usually 2 prominent glands at the top immedi- 

 ately below the leaves. Flowers sessile, in short axillary spikes or in 

 terminal panicles ; bracteoles linear-lanceolate, shorter than the flowers, 

 caducous. Cal3'^x glabrous, i in. long; mouth broadly campanulate ; 

 teeth triangular, jL. in. long. Ovary quite glabrous. Disk clothed 

 with yellowish or reddish hairs. Stamens much exserted. Drupe 

 1-2 in. long, ovoid- or obovoid-oblong, fibrous-woody, glabrous, dark- 

 brown, with 5 hard projecting wings striated with numerous curved 

 veins. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 447 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 91 ; Bedd. Flor. SyIva^. 

 t. 28 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 162 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1898) p. G36 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 4, p. 16. 

 Terminalia glabra, Wight & Am. Prodr. p. 314; Trim. Fl. Cevl. v. 2, 

 p. 160. Pentaptera Arjuna, Eoxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) p. 34; Fl. Ind. 

 V. 2, p. 438 ; Grab. Cat. p. 69. — Flowers : Apr.-May. Yebn. Kahu ; 

 Arjun ; Arjana-sddada. 



Konkan: Sfocksl; Matberan, Coo^y! Deccan: rare, Bahell ^- Gibso}i ; Mui Zilla, 

 Poona, Dahell ^- Gibson ; Koina valley, Cooke ! Gujarat : common in jungles soutb- 

 east of Siirat, Lau' ex Graham, Dahell tf- Gibson. S. M. Country : Belg:ium forests, 

 Dahell cf- Gibson. — Distrib. India (Sub-Himalayan tracts of tbe N.W. Provinces, 

 W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



Vab. angusttfolia, C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 447. 

 Branches drooping ; leaves much narrower, oblong, attenuated into the 

 petiole, sometimes very shortly acuminate at the apex. Terminalia 

 Berryi, Wight & Arn. Prodr. p. 314 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 92. Pentaptera 

 angustifolia, lloxb. Hort. Bang. (1814) p. 34; Fi. Ind. v. 2, p. 437 (not 

 Terminalia angustifoUa of Eoxb, cited on the same page) ; Grab. Cat. 

 p. 69. 



KoxKAN ; Stocks ! S. M. Country : banks of Kala naddi and Gatpraba rivers, Law 

 ex Graham, Dahell ^- Gibson. 



4. Terminalia tomentosa, Wight ^- Am. Prodr. (1834) p. 314 

 (not of Mart.). An erect-growing tree, reaching sometimes 80 ft. in 



