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over the petioles of its leaves are glabrous, whereas in this the petioles are pubea- 

 ent. 



5. Terminalu fcktiuissima, Griff. Notul. IV, G85. A tall tree; young 

 branches as thick as a swan's quill, pnberulous, ratlier rough. Leaves 

 coriaceous, obovfjfte, minutely cuspidate, narrowed from above the middle 

 to the acute base ; upper surface quite glabrous, very shining when dry 

 the lower duller, glabrous except the sparsely rusty-pubescent midrib 

 and nerves; main nerves 7-9 pairs, spreading but curving upwards; 

 length 5-6-5 in., breadth 225-3"25 in. ; petiole about '8 in., terete. 

 Spikes solitary, axillary, nearly as long as the leaves, rusty-pubescent. 

 Fhmers nearly all hermaphrodite, about '2 in. in diam. ; their ovaries 

 elongate, clavate, rusty-tonientose, each with a linear bracteole. Calyx- 

 teeth sparsely hairy, the mouth rusty- villous inside. Briipe obovate- 

 ellipsoid, subacute, plano-convex, glabrous when ripe, 15 in. long. 

 Clarke in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 445. 



Malacca ; Griffith, Maingay 643| and 644. Distrib. Burma. 



6. Terminalia Catappa, Linn. Mant. II, 519. A tree 80-120 

 feet high ; young branches stout, puberulous, becoming glabrous, the 

 tips with large cicatrices. Leaves coriaceous, obovate or obovate- 

 oblong, with a much attenuate cordate and often bi-glandular base; the 

 petiole very short, stout, broad and channelled ; both surfaces glabrous ; 

 main nerves 8-12 pairs, spreading, not prominent when dry ; length 

 6-9 in., breadth 3*5-5 in., petiole *35 in. Spikes axillary, slender, 

 glabrous, shorter than the leaves. Flowers '2 in. in diam., each with a 

 small bracteole, those in the upper part of the raceme mostly male 

 and shortly pedicelled, those in the lower part hermaphrodite ; calyx- 

 tube containing the ovary, conical. Galyx glabrous outside, the mouth 

 villous inside. Ovary glabrous. Brupe ellipsoid, somewhat compressed, 

 keeled all round, pointed at the base, glabrous ; pericarp pulpy, endocarp 

 woody and very liard ; length 2 in., breadth 1*25 in. Willd. Sp. PI. IV, 

 967; Boxb. Hort. Beng. 33; Fl. Ind. II, 430; Lamk. III. t. 848 ; DC. 

 Prodr. Ill, 11 ; Wall. Cat. 3975 ; W. & A. Prodr. 313 ; Wight Ic. 172 ; 

 Bot. Mag. 3004 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. I, 599 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 18 ; 

 Kurz For. Fl. Brit. Burma, I, 454; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 11,444. 

 T. Catappa and T. Badamia, Tulasne in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. IV, Vol. VI, 

 92. T. moluccana, Lamk. Diet. I, 349, (not of Roxb.) ; DC. Prodr. III. 

 11 ; Willd. Sp. PI. IV, 96 ( excluding the synonym T. eglandtilosa, Roxb.) 

 T. procera, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 33 ; Fl. Ind. II, 249 ; Wall. Cat. 3974 ; 

 Kurz For. Flora Burma, I, 454. Terrtiinalia nov. spec. 168, Kurz in 

 Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1876, pt. II, p. 130. T. Myrohalana, Roth Nov. 

 Sp. 378. T. suhcordata, Willd. Sp. PI. IV, 968. T. intermedia, Spreng. 

 Syst. II, 359. Jnglans Catappa, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 703. Catappa do- 



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