540 COMBBETACE^. [Anogeissus. 



W. Sf A. Prod. 316 ; D. Sf G. Bomb. Fl. 9i.— Vern. Bdkli, dhauri, dhao 

 ■iBtindelkhand). 



A tree with smooth greyish-green bark. Young parts rnsty-puhescent. 

 Leaves 2-4 in. long, broadly elliptic, obtuse at both ends, usually glabrous 

 when old ; lateral nerves -S-ll pairs, prominent beneath and with many 

 anastomosing branchlets. Flower-heads 5-|- in. in diam., fascicled or in 

 short axillary racemes. 'Rv^q fruit nearly orbicular, glabrous, shining. 



Abundant in all the forest tracts within the area. Distrib. Punjab 

 as far west as the Eavi, ascending to 3,000 ft. on the Himalaya, and 

 through C. and S. India to Ceylon. Flowers May and June. The tree is 

 leafless during the greater part of the dry season. The gum is employed 

 by calico-printers as well as for tanning, and the leaves which yield a 

 black dye are also used in tanning. The strong tough elastic wood is 

 much used for axe-handles and for the axles of native carts. 



3. A. sericea, Brand, in Ind. For. xxv (1899), 287. A. acuminata, Wall. 

 i%n part); Brand. For. Fl. 228; F. B. I. ii, 450; Watt J5. D.— Vera. 

 Dhaukra (Merwara). 



A moderate- sized tree. Branches stiff, not pendulous, silky. Leaves 

 1-3 in. long, elliptic, shortly acuminate or acute, or sometimes obtuse, 

 clothed with long silky hairs beneath ; lateral nerves 4-6 pairs ; petioles 

 about i in. Flower-heads f in. in diam, ; pedv/acles long, often branched, 

 frequently bearing numerous leafy bracts. Fruit tomentose ; wings 

 broader than long, jagged. 



Kheri Dist. in Oudh (Duthie's collector), Bundelkhand (Edgeworth and 

 Vicary), Saugor Dist, in C. Prov. (Jerdon), Merwara (Lowrie and Duthie). 

 Distrib. Pachmarhi Hills (Brandis and Duthie), Gujarat (Dalzell). 



Tar. nummularia. — A. nummularia, King 2Tss. in Herb. Calc. — Leaves 

 much smaller, shortly stalked, renif orm, retuse or emarginate ; mucro- 

 nate, grey-tomentose beneath; veins inconspicuous above, prominent 

 beneath. Pedimcles exceeding the leaves, often branched. Flower- 

 heads rather smaller, — Merwara (Lowrie and Duthie), Eajputana (King). 

 Flowers Nov,-Feb. This may prove to be a distinct species. 



^uisqxialis indica, L. (Eangoon-creeper) is found in many gardens of 

 Upper India. It is a handsome scandent shrub with flowers white turn- 

 ing to bright-red. It is a native of Burma and the Malay Peninsula. 



XLIX.-MYRTACE^ 



Teees or shrubs, rarely herbs. Leaves opposite, seldom alternate 

 or whorled, petioled, simple, usually entire, 3-nerved or pinnate-veined 

 and usually with an intramarginal nerve, generally coriaceous and 

 dotted with pellucid glands. Stipules if present small and deciduous. 



