ANOGEISSUS ACUMINATUS. (Nat. ord. Combretacea.) 



For Gen. Char, see under " A. latifolius." 



ANOGEISSUS ACUMINATUS. {Roxb.) A lofty tree, but trunk seldom straight, up to 8 feet in girth, bark ash- 

 colored, branches very numerous, spreading with their extremities pendulous (like the Weeping Willow) the whole forming a most beauti- 

 ful lar^e regular top, leaves short petioled alternate without glands oval or oblong-lanceolate pointed entire, when young downy when 

 old smooth, about 2 to 3 J inches long and 1 to 1|- inch broad, peduncles axillary single simple with one head of flowers or occasionally 

 with a second branch. Wall L. n. 4014; — Conocarpus acuminatus, Roxb. Fl. hid. ii. 443. 



A valuable and very ornamental tree, abundant in the Northern Circars, particularly in the Gumsur country (in the plains) ; but I 

 have never observed it wild elsewhere in our Presidency. It is known by the Telugoo name of Parlchman. Dr. Brandts has found it in Birm'.ih, 

 inhere it is called Yoong. Its timber much resembles the preceding species, and has a purple heartwood ; it is much used for building purposes, 

 but will not stand exposure to water. The tree grows very ivell at Madras (there is a splendid specimen in the compound of the house known as 

 the Collector's at Sydapett), and I have lately given some attention to raising it from seed, but all the plants at present are very young. It is cer- 

 tainly one of the most ornamental trees in our Presidency, and I hope ere long it will be largely planted ; it is growing in the Calcutta Botanical 

 Gardens. 



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