LAGERSTRjEMIA PARYIFLORA. (Nat, ord. Lyfchraiiea.) 



F»r Gen. Char, see under " L. RegkiEe." 



LiAGERSTR^EMPA PARVIFLORA. (Roxb.) A large tree, bark whitish, leaves oblong oval or ovate acute or obtuse, 

 pale beneath and sometimes minutely downy, glabrous above, 1-2 inches long by f to 1 inch broad, peduncles glabrous axillary as 

 long or longer than the leaves, ,3-6 flowered towards the apex, flowers white small, calyx subglabrous not furrowed ; petals shortly 

 unguiculate, six outer stamens longer than the others, capsule oblong a little more than an inch long, very like an acorn, 3-4 celled. 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 505. 



A handsome tree, very common in the Northern Circars and on the Nullay Mallays (Kurnool District), but also met with (though 

 rarely) on the western side of the Presidency, at I have seen trees in the Seegoor forests, found also in Bengal, Bombay, and Birmah, called Chinangi 

 in Teligoo, Naneh and Bondareh in Bombay, and Bdkti, Dhaura or Dhau in the Bijnoor forests, Tsambela.y in Birmah.. The wood is whitish or 

 light brown, close-grained, straight, fibred and elastic ; it is much used for buildinj purposes, beams and rafters, and for boa,t timber, ploughs, 

 axe-handles, <Bc.,- and in Meerut it is in great request for buggy shafts. 



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