464 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Terminalia. 



is the Bellerie inyrabolain used in tanning, but of less 

 value than that of T. Chebula. Vern. Hind. Bahera ; Ur. 

 Thara ; Tel:, Tarn. Tani ; Mai. Thani. 



3. TERMINALIA PALLIDA, Brand. Ind. Trees, 308. 



Deccan, in dry deciduous forest, in Cuddapah, Kurnool, 

 K Arcot and Chingleput, chiefly on rocky hills, up to 

 2,000 ft, 



A small subevergreen tree with glaucous leaves, glabrous 

 flowers and fruit similar in character and uses to that of 

 T. Chebula. Yern. Tel. Telia karaka. 



4. TERMINALIA GELLA, Dalz. in Hook. Journ. Bot. iii. 27 ; 

 Bedd. Fl. ciii. 



Deccan, Ramandrug Hills of Bellary, Nandidrug in Mysore ; 

 W. Ghats, in the lower E. Nilgiris, Pulneys and Ayanialai 

 Hills, up to 3,000 ft. 



A tree, probably of large size, with large velvety fruit, 

 dense spikes and coriaceous leaves, the petioles '5-1 in. 

 long, with two glands at apex below the blade. 



5. TERMINALIA CHEBULA, Retz; Roxb. Cor. Pl.t. 197; F.B.I, 

 ii. 446 in part ; Brand. For. Fl. t. 29. 



N". Circars and Deccan, in deciduous forests ; W. Coast and 

 W. Ghats, on dry slopes up to 3,000 ft. The Myrabolam 

 tree. 



A large tree in good soil, a small one in dry rocky places 

 and at high elevations, the leaves usually tawny-pubescent 

 with short petioles up to '5 in. long, bearing 2 glands below 

 the blades, the fruit very variable in size and shape. These 

 fruits, Ciiebulic myrabolams, give a valuable tanning 

 material and a yellow dye. Bark dark brown ; wood 

 brownish- grey, very hard, used in building and for agri- 

 cultural work. Yern. Hind. Harra ; Ur. Karedha ; Tel. 

 Karaka; Tarn. Kadakai. 



Yar. tomentella, C, B. Clarke in F. B. I. ii. 446. Under surface 

 of leaves villous beneath with reddish hairs. 

 K Circars, in the hills of Ganjam and Godavari. 



6. TERMINALIA TRAVANCORENSIS, W. & A. 314. T. angustifolia, 

 Roxb. ; F. B. I. ii. 449 ; Bourd. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. 

 Soc. xii. 351, t. 4. 



W. Ghats, evergreen forests of Travancore, up to 2,000 ft. 

 (Bourdillon). 



