Balanites] 



XXVI. SIMAEUBACEiE 



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yellowish whitej moderately 

 hard; medullary i^ays short, 

 white, conspicuous in the 

 darker tissue ; bark yellow 

 or cinereous ; the roots 

 spread far and throw up 

 rootsuckers at a consider- 

 able distance from the 

 tmink, thorns sharp, often 

 leaf and fl. bearing. Branch- 

 lets, young leaves and in- 

 florescence pubescent, in 

 dry localities hoary- tomen- 

 tose. FL white or green, 

 fragrant, in lateral racemes 

 or fascicles. Drupe ovoid, 

 11-2 in. long, 5-grooved, 

 pulp bitter with an offensive 

 greasy smell, stone hard, 

 tubercled. 



Chiefly in the drier parts of 

 India and Burma, ab far north 

 as Delhi, common in the open 

 country, particularly on stiS 

 clay soil. New leaves in 

 March, fl. H.S. This species is 

 united with B. mgyptiaca^ 

 Delile, in Engler u. Prantl iii 

 4. 355. 



3. HARRISONIA, R. 



Brown; FL Brit. Ind. i. 519 



Spiny shrubs, leaves im- 

 paripinnate or 3-foliolate. 

 FL 4-6-merous, bisexual, 

 in corymbose racemes. Stamens 8-12, hairy scales at the base of filaments. 

 Ovary globose 4~5-celled. Species 4, tropical Africa, Asia and Australia. 



1. H. Bennetii, Hook. fil. ; Kurz, F. FL L 203. Vern. TaUi, Burm. 



A small deciduous tree, armed with short straight stipular prickles, young 

 shoots p^^berulous. Leaves imparipinnate, the common petiole narrowly 

 winged, leaflets opposite, obliquely ovate, 1 in. long, fl. white, pentamerous^ 

 corymbs at the ends of branches. Fruit globose, 2-5-celled, \ in. diam. 



Dry forebts of Upper and Lower Burma, fl. April. Malay Archipelago, South China, 

 A variety, pobsibly a distinct species, in Upper Burma, hranchlets and leaves grey- 

 pubescent, fl. 5~7-merous, scales half the length of filaments. 2. H. Brownii, A. Juss., 

 Andamaub, Philippines, North Australia, has 3-foliolate leaves, leaflets coarsely serrate^ 

 the terminal largest, fl. 4-merous. 



Fig. 60. — Samadera indica, Gaertn. \. 



4 AILANTHUS, Desf. ; FL Brit. Ind. L 518. 



Large trees, wood soft, white, leaves pinnate, approximate at the ends 

 of branches. FL polygamous, in large axillary panicles, calyx small, 

 5-cleft, petals 5, spreading, valvate, the edges bent inwards. S : Stamens 10. 

 ^ : Stamens 2-3. ? : Stamens 0. Carpels 1-5 more or less distinct. Fruit 

 of 1-5 flat membranous linear-oblong carpels, the seed in the middle. Species 

 7, India, Malaya, China, Australia. 



1. A. excelsa, Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 23 : Wight, 111. t. 67 ; Brandis, F. FL 58. 



