COMBRETACEJE. 



142. T. citrina Roxb.fi. ind. ii. 435. DC.prodr. iii. 12. 

 Myrobalanus citrina Goerln. ii. t. 97. Forests of Bengal. 



Leaves somewhat opposite, short-petioled, from broad-lanceolate to 

 oblong, tapering less at the base than at the apex, entire, rather obtusely 

 acuminate, smooth and glossy on both sides, from 4 to 6 inches long 

 and from 2 to 3 broad ; when the plants are young the leaves are villous. 

 Panicles terminal, and from the inferior axils, composed of many, 

 simple, erect, slightly villous spikes. Flowers numerous, small, of a 

 dull yellow, all hermaphrodite. Bracts solitary, 1-flowered, subulate, 

 smooth. Calyx cup-shaped, 5-toothed, hairy on the inside, having 5 

 very hairy glands at the bottom round the base of the style. Filaments 

 10, alternately shorter, but all much longer than the calyx, and inserted 

 into its inside. Anthers oval. Ovary 1-celled, containing 2 ovules 

 attached to the top of the cell. Style shorter than the stamens, smooth ; 

 stigma acute. Drupe oblong-lanceolate, about 2 inches long and 2 in 

 circumference where thickest; while fresh obscurely 3-cornered, but 

 more clearly so when dry, of a dull orange yellow, and smooth. Nut 

 oblong, deeply 5-grooved, with the 5 angles sometimes sharp, some- 

 times rounded, 1-celled. Seed solitary, linear-lanceolate. Testa single, 

 thin, of a light brown. Fruit a common article in the Hindoo Materia 

 medica. Usually employed as a gentle purgative. 



143. T. alata Roth. nov. sp. 379. Pentaptera toraentosa 

 DC.prodr. iii. 14. Roxb. Fl. ind. ii. 440. T. tomentosa 

 W. and Arnott. prodr. i. 314. Various parts of India. 



Bark deeply cracked. Leaves nearly opposite, linear-oblong, obtuse, 

 somewhat cordate at the base, crenulate, pubescent, but finally glabrous 

 above, tomentose or pubescent beneath, with some thick stalked tur- 

 binate glands on the midrib near the base. Fruit glabrous. W. and A. 

 Bark astringent and febrifugal. 



144. T. moluccana Lam. diet. i. 349. Roxb.fi. ind. ii. 433. 

 DC.prodr. iii. 11. Mountainous countries north-east of Ben- 

 gal ; the Malayan Archipelago. 



Trunk straight, about 50 feet high. Branches horizontal. Bark 

 pretty smooth, and of a dark brown colour. Leaves alternate, short- 

 stalked, oblong, obtuse, entire, smooth on both sides, beautifully reticu- 

 lated with minute veins ; while young coloured and villous, from 2 to 

 12 inches long, and broad in proportion. Petioles scarcely i the length 

 of the leaves, round, smooth, without glands. Spikes axillary, solitary, 

 shorter than the leaves. Flowers numerous, of a dull yellowish-brown 

 colour, and rather offensive smell ; male towards the apex, and her- 

 maphrodite below. Calyx flat, with the apices of the 5 divisions revo- 

 lute, villous on the outside, and woolly within. Filaments 10, twice or 

 more longer than the calyx. Ovary and style in the male small and 

 abortive, in the hermaphrodite larger and longer. Drupe round-ob- 

 ovate, somewhat villous, size of a large nutmeg. Nut the shape of the 

 drupe, slightly 5-grooved from the apex to the base. Uses as in 

 T. belerica, for which it is substituted in India. 



145. T. latifolia Swartz fi. ind. occ. ii. 747. DC. prodr. 

 iii. 12. Woods in the northern mountains of Jamaica. 



Leaves alternate, obovate, narrowly wedge-shaped at the base, obtuse, 



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