480 I>V. CO.MBRETACE-i;. 



lieif^ht ; trunk straight ; hark rough, dee])ly cracked ; young parts more 

 or less clothed \\ith yellowish-brown pubescence. Leaves subopposite 

 or the uppermost alternate, hard, coriaceous, 3-8 by 2-3 in., ovate- 

 oblong or elliptic-oblong, rarely obovate, softly tomentose when young, 

 becoming more or less glabrous when mature, with 1-2 ghinds (which 

 are often turbinate or long-stalked) usually on the midrib but sometimes 

 absent, base often cordate ; main nerves arcuate, parallel, 10-20 pairs, 

 prominent ; petioles | in. long, pubescent when young, glabrous or 

 nearly so when old. Flowers hermaphrodite, dull-yellow, in axillary 

 fulvous-pubescent spikes or terminal panicles. Calyx hairy or glabrous 

 outside, i in. long ; mouth broadly campaniilate : teeth -jir in. long, 

 triangular, slightly hairy within ; bracteoles i in. long, linear-lanceolate, 

 hairy, caducous. Disk clothed with long fulvous hairs. Drupe ]|-2in. 

 long, with 5 broad, coriaceous, brown, glabrous wings striated with 

 numerous straight lines running liorizontally from the axis to the edges. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 2. p. 447 ; Wight, Icon. t. 195; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 17; 

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

 ( 1898) p. 036 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 4, p. 37. TerminaUu 

 ffJahra, var. iomcniosa, Dalz. & Gibs. p. 91. 2\ cremdata, W. & A. Prodr. 

 p. 314. T. coriacea, W. & A. Prodr. p. 315. Pentaptera tomentostty 

 Eoxb. Hort, Beng. p. 34 ; Grab. Cat. p. 69. — Flowers : Apr.-June. 

 Veen. Ain. 



Common throughout the Pnsitjency in mixed deeidiious forests. Konkan : SfocAsl, 

 Law I ; common in the j unfiles at the foot of the Ghats, DahcU if- Gihson. Deccan : 

 hills near Chattersinirlii (Poona district), Coo/iel; Gokak, liiiehie, 283!; Parghdt, 

 Stocks \ — 'D\sT\iu\. Throughout the moister regions of India; Cejlon. 



The well-known Ain tree, the timber of which is used for various purposes. Sleepers 

 of the wood were at one time largely used on the Bombay Eailways. The bark is 

 useful as a tan, but tlie fruit is i'ar inferior as a tanning material to Belleric and Chebulic 

 Myrobalans. See Watt, Diet. Econ. Protl. 1. c. 



5. Terminalia paniculata, Both, Nov. PL Sp. (1821) p. 383. A 

 large tree ; young parts ru.sty -tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, the upper 

 alternate, the lower subopposite, 4-9 by 1^3| in., oblong, acute or 

 aciuninate, nearly glabrous or with a few scattered hairs above (when 

 adult), pale-brown, more or less pubescent and finely reticulately veined 

 beneath, usually with 2 glands near the base of the midrib below, base 

 cordate or rounded, often inequilateral ; main nerves 10-15 pairs, 

 arcuate, parallel ; petioles g-g in. long, pubescent. Flowers sessile, in 

 slei.der sj)ikes forming compound panicles ; bracts at the forks i-i in. 

 long, ovate, acute, recurved; bracteoles -j^ iii- long, acuminate from a 

 triangular base, recurved. Calyx (free portion) yL iu. long, reddish- 

 brown, globose when in bud, afterwards cup-shaped ; teeth broadly 

 triangular, as long as the free portion of the calys-tube, glabrous or 

 nearly so outside, densely villous within. Disk densely clothed with 

 long yellowish-white hairs. Ovary densely and softly pubescent. Fruit 

 rusty-tomentose, \-)^ in. long, sessile, closely set in dense spreading 

 ])anicles, 3-winged, 2 of the wings much smaller than the other. Fl. 

 B. 1. v. 2, p. 4-18 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 92 ; Bedd. Flor. 8ylvat. t. 20 ; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 163; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb."Xat. v. 11 (1898) 

 ]). 636 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 4, p. 37. Pentaptera 

 fifiitmilatd, Roxb. Ilort. Beng. p. 34; Grab. Cat. p. 70. — Flowers: 

 Aug. -Sept. Yern. Kinjfil • Hoiud. 



