Teeminalia.] COMBBETACEJE. 335 



1, TERMINAIilA, Linn, ; Pi. Brit. Ind. ii, 443. 



Large trees. Leaves alternate or subopposite, exstipulate, entire or 

 slightly crenulate, often with glands on the petiole or near the base of 

 the midrib beneath. Flowers small, spicate, hermaphrodite or the 

 upper flowers of spikes roale ; a narrow bract at the base of each 

 flower, soon deciduous. Calyx-tuhe produced above the ovarj with 

 a campanulate mouth, limb of 5 f-hort valvate triangular lobes, deci- 

 duous. Petals 0. Stamens 10, inserted on the calyx-tube ; epi- 

 gynoiis disk within them densely hairy. Ovary 1-celled, inferior ; 

 style long, simple ; ovules 2 or 3, pendulous from the summit of the 

 cell. Fruit ovoid, very variable in size, smooth or angular or with 

 2-5 wings, indehiscent, coriaceous. tSeed solitary, exalbuminous. 

 — Species about 105, irjhabiting the tropics of the whole world. 



Fruit fleshy, ovoid, without wings. 

 Leaves long-petiole d, fruit tomentose, not 

 ribbed 1. T. heUrica. 



Petioles less than 1 in., fruit glabrovis, more 

 or less ribbed 2. T. Chehula. 



Fruit coriaceous, distinctly winged. 

 Leaves all subopposite, wings of fruit narrow 8. T. glabra. 



Leaves subopposite or the upper alternate, 

 wings of fruit broad . . , 4. T. tomentosa. 



1. T. belerica. Bosoh. Hort Beng. 83 ; Got. PI. t. 198 ; Fl. Ind. it, 481 ; 



W. ^ A. Prod. 813 ; Boyle III. 210 ; I). Sf G. Bomb. Fl. 91 ; Brand. For. Fl. 



222 ; F. B. I. ii, 445 ; Watt F. D. T. eglandulosa, Boxb. Herb. T. moluccana, 



Boxb. ; Fl. Ind. ii, 432. — Vern. Behera. 



A large deciduous tree with thick dark-grey bark. Leaves 3-8 in. long, 

 alternate, crowded towards the ends of the branchlets, broadly elliptic 

 or obovate, subacvite or acuminate, often unequal at the base, coriace- 

 ous, glabrous when mature, papillose on upper surface, pale beneath, 

 petioles long, rarely glandular at the apex, hipihes 3-6 in. long, axillary 

 or from the axils of fallen leaves, slender, interrupted ; bracts linear, 

 caducous. Flowers about ^ in, across, the males usually on upper part 

 of spike, sessile, greenish-yellow, foetid, Calyir-teeth triangular, woolly 

 inside. Stamens much exserted. Brujpe globose or ovoid, grey-tomen- 

 tose, obscurely angled when dry, 



A common forest tree within the area, also much planted Distrib. 

 Plains and lower hills throughout India, except in the western desert 

 tracts, extending to Ceylon and the Malay Penins. Flowers April- June, 

 and the fruit ripens during the cold-season. The fruit constitutes one 

 of the myrobalans of commerce ; it is used in dyeing and tanning, and 

 is largely exported. Native ink is prepared from it, and it is also used 



