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COMBRETACEiE. III. TERMINALIA. 



from the tree similar to Benzoin. T. angustif olia, Pet. Th. 

 obs. pi. afr. austr. 19. Catappa Mauritiana, Gaertn. fil. 3. p. 

 207. exclusive of the synonyme of Aublet. 

 Mauritian Terminalia. Tree 40 to 50 feet. 



5 T. CATA'PPA (Lin. mant. 519.) leaves obovate, tapering to 

 the base, pubescent beneath ; glands small, situated at the base 

 of the leaves on the under surface at the sides of the middle 

 nerve. 1? . S. Native of the East Indies, and now cultivated 

 in many of the West India islands. Jacq. icon. rar. 1. 1. 1 97. Lam. 

 ill. t. 848. f. 1. Adamarum, Rhced. mal. 4. t. 3. and 4. Fruit 

 ovate-roundish, compressed. Leaves obtuse, and somewhat acu- 

 minated. Drupe about 3 inches long, egg-shaped, containing an 

 oblong kernel, which has the taste of an almond, and may be used 

 for the same purposes, but it does not contain so much oil. Within 

 the tropics the trees are commonly planted near houses in avenues, 

 and seats are placed under them, for the enjoyment of the close 

 extensive shade they afford. The timber is light and lasting, and 

 is useful for many purposes. The bark and leaves yield a black 

 pigment, with which the Indians dye their teeth, and Indian ink 

 is made. Blume describes his 7'. Catappa (bijdr. p. 640.) as 

 having the leaves cordate at the base, obsoletely crenulated, gla- 

 brous, and rather pubescent on the mid-rib beneath. 



Far. ft, subcordata (Willd. spec. 4. p. 968.) leaves obovate, 

 rather cordate at the base, obtuse, pubescent beneath, or gla- 

 brous in the adult state ; glands small, situated at the base of 

 leaves beneath, at the sides of the middle nerve. Jj . S. Na- 

 tive of the West Indies, but only perhaps cultivated there. 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 113. T. intermedia, 

 Bert, ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 359. Hardly distinct from the 

 species. 



Catappa Terminalia. Clt. 1778. Tree 20 to40 feet. 



6 T. MOLLUCA'NA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 349.) leaves obovate, 

 obtuse at the base, and biglandular, quite entire, glabrous on 

 both surfaces in the adult state, standing on short petioles. Jj . S. 

 Native of the Moluccas and East Indies. Catappa, Rumph. amb. 

 1. p. 174. t. 68. This species differs from T. Catappa in the 

 flowers being usually double the size, in the disk being large and 

 villous, and in the drupe being larger and hardly crested. 



Molucca Terminalia. Clt. 1804. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



7 T. GLABRA'TA (Forst. prod. p. 389. pi. escul. p. 52.) leaves 

 obovate, cuneated at the base, quite entire, glabrous on both 

 surfaces ; petioles longish, pubescent. ^ . S. Native of the 

 Friendly and Society Islands. Spreng. antiq. bot. t. 2. Accord- 

 ing to Forster, this species differs from T. Catappa in the leaves 

 being glabrous beneath, and not above half the size, and in the 

 nut being very much smaller, oval, less furrowed, never margi- 

 nate, but acute, compressed, and membranous, and as if it was 

 appendiculated at the apex. In the South Sea islands this tree is 

 cultivated near the huts and in the burial-places. In the lan- 

 guage of Otaheite it is named Aunira or e-Tara-iriande-Tara- 

 heimi, and is accounted sacred to their idols. The wood is 

 used in building boats, and in making drums, benches, &c. The 

 kernels a.'e eaten and have the flavour of almonds. 



Smooth Terminalia. Tree 30 to 50 feet. 



8 T. JANUARE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 3. p. 11.) leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, quite entire, or crenately repand ; peduncles lateral, 

 few-flowered ; drupe compressed, quadrangular, winged. Tj . S. 

 Native of Brazil, on Mount Cercovado, near Rio Janeiro. Ca- 

 tappa Braziliensis, Raddi, quar. piant. add. p. 26. f. 6. in act. soc. 

 ital. 1820. vol. 18. p. 414. but not T. Braziliensis of Spreng. 

 Perhaps a species of Combretum. 



Rio Janeiro Terminalia. Tree 6 to 10 feet. 



9 T. FAGIFOLIA (Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 42. t. 29.) leaves in fas- 

 cicles, ovate, or oval-oblong, acutish, mucronate, glandless, 

 clothed with silky villi on both surfaces ; spikes naked at the 

 base, axillary, crowded with flowers, shorter than the leaves ; 



drupe large, furnished with 2 wings. Jj . S. Native of Brazil, 

 in the province of Minas Geraes, where it is called Caxapora, 

 de Gentio. Nectary fleshy, plicately 5-lobed at the base of the 

 style. 



Beach-leaved Terminalia. Tree 1 to 30 feet. 



10 T. LANCEOLA'TA (Mart. I.e.) leaves in fascicles, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, acutish, mucronate, clothed with silky pubescence. ^ S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Bahia. Said to be like the 

 preceding, but the branches are slenderer, epidermis thinner, 

 and the leaves are lanceolate, green, and tapering more to the 

 base. 



Lanceolate-leaved Terminalia. Shrub 8 to 10 feet. 



11 T. ARGE'NTEA (Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 43.) leaves opposite, 

 ovate, acuminated, pubescent above, and shining and silky be- 

 neath. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Bahia, at 

 Villa do Rio da Contas. A yellow resinous juice flows from 

 this tree, which is used instead of gamboge by the inhabitants. 



Silvery Terminalia. Tree. 



12 T. SERI'CEA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 243.) leaves oblong, 

 acuminated, quite entire, glandless, clothed with silky silvery 



FIG. 88. 



down ; flowers disposed in dense 

 heads. Ij . S. Native of Brazil, 

 in the provinces of Minas Geraes 

 and Goyaz. Drupe winged. 



Silky Terminalia. Tr. 20 ft. 



13 T. AUSTRALIS (St. Hil. fl. 

 bras. 2. p. 240. t. 128.) leaves 

 lanceolate, tapering into the pe- 

 tiole at the base, acute, quite en- 

 tire, glandless, smoothish; flowers 

 corymbose, on long peduncles. 

 ^ . S. Native of Brazil, in 

 the province of Minas Geraes. 

 Flowers yellowish. Drupe winged 

 on each side. (f. 88.) 



Southern Terminalia. Tree. 

 8 to 10 feet. 



SECT. II. MYROBA'LANUS (^upo/3a\avoe, a name under which 

 Dioscorides speaks of an Egyptian tree, whose fruit yields a 

 perfumed liquor, from pvpov, myron, perfume, and /SaXuroc, 

 balanos, a. nut). D. C. prod. 3. p. 12. Myrobalanus and Ba- 

 damia, Gaertn. fruct. 2. p. 90. t. 97. Myrobalanus, Lam. ill. 

 t. 849. Drupe ovate or a little compressed, dry or baccate, 

 containing a roundish, angularly-furrowed putamen. 



14 T. OBOVA'TA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2, p. 241.) leaves obovate- 

 oblong, narrowed into the petiole at the base, mucronulate, quite 

 entire, glandless, smoothish ; flowers corymbose, on long pedun- 

 cles. 1? . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, 

 on the mountains called Serra Negra, where it is called Coras- 

 cos. Drupe ovoid, attenuated at both ends. 



Ofeouate-leaved Terminalia. Tree 20 feet. 



1ST. ADAMA'NTUM (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 241.) leaves ob- 

 long, narrowed at the base, rounded at the apex, and mucro- 

 nulate, quite entire, glandless, pubescent ; spikes naked at the 

 base, but dense-flowered above the middle. T? . S. Native of 

 Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, in the Distrito Diamantes. 



Adamant Terminalia. Tree. 



16 T. LATIFOLIA (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 747.) leaves alter- 

 nate, obovate, tapering to the base, obtuse, and almost en- 

 tire, glabrous on both surfaces, glandless. fj . S. Native of 

 Jamaica, in all the great inland woods. Racemes length of 

 leaves. Drupe ovate, acuminated, boat-shaped, fleshy, coria- 

 ceous. Nerves of young leaves as well as the petioles covered 

 with very short velvety down. Calyxes pubescent. 



Far, (3, dichotoma (Meyer, esseq. 177.) flowers woolly, fj . S. 

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