Balanites] 



XXVI. SDIARUBACE.E 



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yellowish white, moderately 

 hard: medullary rays short. 

 white, conspicuous in the 

 darker tissue : bark 3-ellow 

 or cinereous ; the roots 

 spread far and throw up 

 rootsuckers at a consider- 

 able distance from the 

 trunk, thorns sharp, often 

 leaf and fl. bearing. Branch- 

 lets, young leaves and in- 

 florescence pubescent, in 

 dry localities hoary-tomen- 

 tose. Fl. white or green, 

 fragrant, in lateral racemes 

 or fascicles. Drupe ovoid, 

 1&- 2 in. long. 5-grooved, 

 pulp bitter with an offensive 

 greasy smell, stone hard, 

 tubercled. 



Chiefly in the drier parts of 

 India and Burma, ns far north 

 a* Dflhi. I'liiiiimui in the open 

 country, particularly on stiff 

 clav soil. New leaves in 

 March, H. U.S. Thisspeci.s is 

 united with li. oegypliaca, 

 Ivlile. in En^Ii-r u. Prant] iii 

 I. :;:.:.. 



3. HARRISONIA, R. 

 Brown; Fl. Brit.Ind. i. 519 



spiny shrubs, leaves im- 

 paripinnate or 3-foliolate. 

 Fl. 4-6-merous, bisexual, 



in corymbose racemes. Stamens 8-12, hairy scales at the base of filaments. 

 ( (vary glob tse 4-5-celled. Species 4, tropical Africa, Asia and Australia. 



1. H. Bennetii, Honk. til. : Kurz, F. Fl. i. 203. Vein. Tabu, Burnt. 



A small deciduous tree, armed with short straight stipular prickles, young 

 shoots puberal ms. Leaves imparipinnate, the common petiole narrowly 

 winged, leaflets opposite, obliquely ovate. 1 in. lone;, tl. white, pentamorous, 

 corymbs at the ends of branches. Fruit globose. 'J-5-cellcd. ! in. diam. 



I»r\ forests of Upper and Lower Burma, tl. April. Malay Archipelago, South china. 

 A variety, possibly a distinct species, In Upper Burma, brancblets and Leaves grey- 

 pubescent, B. 5-7-merous, scales half the length of filaments. 2. H. Brownii, A. Juss., 

 Andamans, Philippines, North Australia, has 3-foliolate leaves, leaflets coarsely serrate, 

 t he terminal largest . tl. L-merous, 



Fio. 60. — Samadera in 



Goertn. 



I. AILANTHUS, Desf . ; Fl. Brit. [nd. i. 518. 



Large trees, w 1 soft, white, leaves pinnate, approximate at 'j lie ends 



of branches, Fl. polygamous, in large axillary panicles, calyx small. 



5-cleft, petals 5, spreading, valvate, th [ges bent inwards. £ : Stamens in. 



1 : Stamens 2-3. $ : Stamens o. Carfiels l-."> more or less distinet. Fruit 

 of i-.") tlar membranous linear-oblong carpels, the seed in the middle. Species 

 7, India. Malaya, China. Australia. 



I. A. excelsa, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. •_>.>: Wight, 111. t. iiT : Brandia, F. Fl. 58. 



