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M.lo flowers in threes. — 



As then rwned, glabrous, stami- 



nodes usually eight . . . 3. D. Kanjilali. 

 Authors not awned, pubescent, sta- 

 mim des twelve . . . . 4. D. cordifolia. 

 Male flowers in dense axillary clus- 

 ters, anthers glabr. ns . . . 5. D. Chloroxylon. 

 Stamens many, in two rows, snboqual . 6. D. Embryopteris. 



1. D. tomentosa, Tloxb. Hort. Be»g. 40; Fl. Tnd.ii, 532; Boyle III. 

 262; F.B. I. Hi, 564; Watt E.D. ; Kanjddl For. Fl. Sch. Circ. 222; 

 Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 460; Prain Beng. Fl. 654; D. Melanoxylon, 

 Brandt! For. Fl. 294 (in part); Ind. Trees 433. D. exsculpta. Bucks 

 Ham. in Trans. Linn. Sac. xv, 110.— Vera. Tendu, mitha tendu, abnus. 



A medium-sized tree with often a very crooked trunk. Bark dark-grey 

 or blackish, exfoliating in rectangular scales. Young parts densely 

 clothed -with grey or rusty tomentum. Leaves alternate and sub- 

 opposite, 3-S in. or more in length, br< adly ovate from a rounded or cor- 

 date ba.'e, glabrous above ; the lower surface tomentose, becoming 

 glabrous or nearly so when mature, very coriaceous ; main lateral nerves 

 8-10, impressed on upper surface, prominent beneath; petiole i in. 

 Flowers 4-e-merous, white. Male flowers in short subsessile drcopir g 

 cymes. Calyx funnel-shaped, widened at the mcuth, teeth ovate, -jW 

 in. Corolla fulvous-lanate outside. Stamens 12-16, free, filaments glab- 

 rous, anthers mucronate. Fem. flowers solitary, shortly stalked, larger 

 than the males. Calyx 4-5-gonal. Staminod.es b-\Q or fewer, sometimes 

 connate in pairs. Ovary hairy, 4-8-celled ; styles 2-3. Fruit globose 

 1-H in. in diam, glabrous, smooth, yellow when ripe, pulp sweet. 

 Seeds 4-8, compressed, oblong, albumen ruminate. 



Siwalik range, chiefly on the southern slopes towards the Jumna, sub- 

 Himalayan tracts of Ivohilkhand, N. Ondh and Gorakhpur, also in 

 Bundelkhand and Merwara. Flowers in April, and the fruit ripens in 

 June. Distrib.: Fr. m Bengal and Chota Nagpnr to the Cent. Prov- 

 inces and southwards as far as the Godaveri, also in the Siwalik and 

 sub-Himalayan tracts tf the Punjab westwurds to the ttavi. The 

 heartwo d of old trees constitutes the fine black ebony of Northern 

 India, where, especially in the Bijnor district, it is largely utilized in 

 the manufacture of carved walking-sticks, picture frames and other 

 small articles. The fruit contains a sweetish astringent pulp, which is 

 much eaten ly the natives. 



2. D. montana, Boib.Cor. Hi, 37, t. 48; Fl. Ind. ii, 538; Eiernui 

 Trans. Cam 1 ,. Phil Soc. vii,220, Brand. For. Fl. 296 (in part) , Ind. Tre s 

 431 (in r art) : Watt E. D. (m part) ; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 454 (in 



