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its leaves, which at that time change to a deep blood 

 red colour. 



2. Terminalia latifolia. Broad Leaf. 



Leaves alternate obovate obtuse glabrous 

 eglandulose, drupe flesh}' ovate cyrnbiform. 



Arbor maxima, forte prunifera, cortice cannabino, folio 

 longissimo latissimoque, Shane, II, 130. — Terminalia 

 latifolia, Swartz, Fl. Iwh Oca. 747. 



H A B. Manchester. North-Side 



F. L. May. 



A lofty forest-tree, 80-100 feet in height. Stem 

 straight, 40 CO feet before giving off a branch, 2-3 yards 

 in diameter ; bark thick, sulcated, a*h-coloured, coming 

 off in long peces : branches horizontal. Leaves in clus- 

 ters at the end of the branches, wedge-shaped at the base, 

 large, 8 10 inches long, and 4 broad near the point: pe- 

 tioles of moderate length, terete, thick. Racemes termi- 

 nal, produced from the axils of the leaves, and of the same 

 length, solitary, erect, many-flowered. Flowers crowded, 

 sessile, small, whitish, polygamous, $ Fls. occupying the 

 lower part of the raceme. Drupe large, ovate, acuminate, 

 cyrnbiform (with one side slightly compressed, the other 

 more convex) coriaceous, when ripe greenish-red, sweet: 

 nut very hard : kernel ovate, very white, with the taste 

 of the sweet almond. $ Fls. smaller, more numerous, 

 deciduous. Pistil O- 



This is a very common tree in certain districts. The 

 timber is valuable, and it splits readily into shingles, which 

 last from twelve to fifteen years. I have been informed 

 that the bark is adapted for tanning leather. 



3. Terminalia arbuscula, Dwarf Broad Leaf 



Leaves scattered ovalo-lanceolate entire short- 

 ly petiolate, younger leaves pubescent, after- 

 wards glabrous, spikes length of the leaves. 



Swartz, FL Ind. Occ. 750. 



H A B. Mountain districts, Northside. 



F.L. ? 



A shrub, an ell in height. Stem erect, very much 

 branched, smooth. Leaves situated principally at the 



