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tree {Castanea) of Europe. 

 Be tula ediilis is the 

 bhurya - patra of the 

 Himalayas, its bark peels 

 off in horizontal plates or 

 flakes. Quercus spicata 

 (fig. 241) is a kind of 

 Oak found in Assam and 

 Chittagong. 



Nat. Order 9. — Casiia- 

 rinacece includes jhau or 

 Beef- wood tree (Casua- 

 rina equisetifolia), a big 

 tree planted usually in 

 avenues; the tree has a 

 striking resemblance to 

 the Pine tree, and is practically leafless; the fibrous, 



Fig-. 240. — Bolas {Engelhardtia sptcatit) 

 b. Persistent bracts. 



F!g. 241.— Chota-chakma (Qiiercus sulcata), a kind of oak 

 f\ Fruit (acorn). 



grooved, jointed, green, so-called leaves are really 

 jointed branches (cladodes) bearing a whorl of minute 



