462 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Terminalia. 



stamens, 5-lobed, villous. Ovary inferior, 1-celled ; ovules 2-3, 

 pendulous ; style subulate ; stigma small. Fruit ovoid, smooth 

 or angular or winged with 2-5 equal or unequal wings, indehisceiit. 

 Seed solitary, exalbuminous ; cotyledons convolute. 



Fruit not winged, ovoid or subcompressed : 



Flowers in simple spikes ; leaves clustered at the ends of the 

 branchlets, alternate, obtuse : 



Leaves green, thin, obovate, base cordate, petiole very short ; 

 fruit ellipsoid, more or less compressed, 2-ridged when dry, 



glabrous 1. Catappa. 



Leaves greyish-green, thick, broadly elliptic, cuneate at base, 

 petiole very long ; fruit subglobose, very faintly 5-ridged when 



dry, minutely brown-tomentose 2. bellerica. 



Leaves glaucous, thick, ovate, rounded or attenuate at base, 

 obtuse or emarginate at apex, petiole short ; fruit obovoid, very 



faintly 5-ridged when dry, glabrous 3, pallida . 



Flowers in simple spikes or short terminal panicles ; leaves not* 

 clustered at the ends of the branchlets, opposite or subopposite : 

 Fruit minutely brown-tomentose, ovoid or ellipsoid, faintly 5- 

 ridged when dry ; leaves coriaceous, ovate or ovate-oblong, 

 tawny -pubescent, up to 5 in. long by 3 in. broad, nerves irregular ; 

 spikes densely tawny-pubescent, as are the branchlets.... 4. Gella. 

 Fruit glabrous, shining : 



Leaves ovate elliptic or obovate, obtuse and usually apiculate 

 at apex, usually rounded at base, under surface glabrous to 

 tawny- villous, up to 7 in. long by 3-35 in. broad, nerves 

 regular, parallel ; spikes nearly glabrous ; fruit obovoid, faintly 



angled, up to 1'5 in. long, 1 in. in diam 5. Chebula. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate at apex, unequally 



attenuate or rounded at base, pubescent when young, glabrous 



when old, up to 4 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, nerves fairly regular ; 



spikes slender, rusty-puberulous ; fruit ovoid, covered with 



round spots, '75-l'25 in. long, '5 in. in diam. ...6. travancorensis. 



Fruit with 5 equal angles or wings ; flowers in panicles of spikes with 



linear bracteoles ; leaves often more or less crenate or serrate : 



Fruit with short hard angles or wings, usually notched near the 



top, the lines on the wings oblique and curving upwards ; leaves 



oblong or elliptic, usually crenulate ; bark smooth 7. Arjuna. 



Fruit with long thin papery wings, usually rounded at top, the 

 lines on the wings straight and horizontal. 



Fruit softly and minutely yellowish brown-velvety as are the 



