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Young branchlets 4-cornered ; fruiting calyx bladdery, inflated . 7. grandis. 
Young branchlets 6-8-angular or rather furrowed; fruiting calyx 
- ovoid, tightly embracing the nut . : : . . TL. Hamiltoniana. 
H1s.—Common all over Burma from Ava and Martaban down to Upper 
Tenasserim, especially in the mixed forests, but_also in all other deciduous 
inks up to 3,000 ft. elevation.—Fl. begin. of R.S.; Fr. Nov.-Jan.—l.—8S 
=o 8. 
RemMARrxKs.—Wood pale brown, the heartwood darker-coloured, rather light, 
rather close-grained, very hard, but easy to work, strong and durable, while fresh 
rather oily, takes fine polish. ©'=40- ak-weight—=190-289 pd. The 
teak is the best timber for ship and honse-building, house-carpentry. . A good oil 
is obtained in Hindustan, used as a substitute for linseed-oil in gil yiel 
ed for dyeing 
2. T. Hamilt ; 
(30—40 4+ 8—15 +3—4), the younger parts all shortly and densely 
tomentose, the branchlets 6-8-angular-furrowed ; leaves often ter- 
tomentose pedicels 1-2 lin. long, dichotomously corym and 
orming a tomentose panicle at the end of the branchlets ; calyx 
wny or yellowish floccose-tomentose, in fruit about 4 lin. long, 
ovoid, closely enclosing the small tomentose nut. 
Has.—Not unfrequent in the mixed forests of Prome and Ava.—Fl. 
July ; Fr. Nov.-J as 
REMARKs.—Wood uniformly pale brown, heavy, streaked, close-grained, and 
finely fibrous, takes fine polish. 
