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XXVII. COMBRETACEAE 



by Mr. Pearson/ give some idea of the rate of growth in youth : the ages were 

 determined by ring-countings on the stumps of felled saplings. The measure- 

 ments are as follows : 



Anogeissus latifolia : rate of growth of natural saplings, Pancb 



Mahals, Bombay. 



Age. 

 years. 



4 

 5 

 o 



20 



Xo. of 

 plants. 



1 

 3 

 3 



Girth. 

 At base. 



34 in. 



At k'ft. 



8,11, 11, Hi, 



and 1 3 i in. 



Height. 



7 ft. 4 in. 

 8-10 ft. 

 2, 5, and 9 



,J 



Remarks. 



These measurements are of 

 dominant plants ; very small plants 

 of the same age were also met with. 



25, 25, 15, 26, 



and 20 ft. 



respectively 



The following table summarizes the available results of measurements in 

 coppice coupes : 



Anogeissus latifolia : rate of growth of coppice. 



Mean girth and height in different localities 



Gorakhpur, Tikri, 

 Dehra Dun U.P. 



(A. F. Broun, (C. M. McCrie, 

 1886). 1910). 



girth, height, girth, height. 



Gonda, Bhandara, N. Khandesh, 



m. 



ft. 



ni 



ro 



ft. 



7-25 2 



2. Anogeissus pendula, Edgew. Vern. Dhokra, Ajmer-Merwara ; Kardhai, 

 Central India. 



A small tree with a short usually crooked bole, readily distinguished from 

 A. latifolia by its smaller leaves and graceful slender drooping branches. In 

 exceptional cases the tree reaches a height of 30-40 ft. and a girth of 5 ft., 

 but ordinarily the height is about 20 ft. and the girth 2-3 ft., the stem branching 

 at a height of about 4-5 ft. 



The bole yields little or no timber, but poles cut from the branches are in 

 demand for building and other purposes. The leaves contain tannin, and the 

 tree has possibilities as a producer of sumach. In the dry regions in which it 

 occurs this is an important tree, not only as a source of timber and fuel, but 

 also for clothing dry tracts. 



Distribution and habitat. The tree has a decidedly limited distribu- 

 tion. It extends from the Aravalli hills in Rajputana to Bundelkhand, and 

 from the Kishengarh state and the Jhansi, Hamirpur, and Banda districts of 

 the United Provinces on the north to the Nerbudda in Nimar and the Panch 



1 Ind. Forester, xxxiii (1907), p. 234. 



