310 



L. COMBRETACEiE 



[Tevminalia 



B. Fr. dry, winged, fl. regular, wings two equal. 



10. T. bialata, Stetidel : Knrz F, Fl. i. 456. Yern. Lebi^ Burm. 

 A large tree, 1. alternate, crowded at the ends of branclilets, perfectly glabrous, 

 oblanceolate, blade 6-9, petiole 3-4 in. long. Spikes simple, axillary, pubes- 

 cent, as long as leaves, bracts caducous, not longer than the buds, apex often 

 inflexed, the upper fl. c?? *^e l<^w®^' §■ i ^^^'^7 ^^^ ^^"^J^ densely pubescent 

 Wings broad, striate and softly pubescent, fruit with the wings 3-4 in. broad. 

 Tenasserim. Andamans. FL E. S, 11. T. pynfolia, Kurz. Lei7i^ Biirm. Pegu and 

 Teiiasserim. Often stunted, differs from 10 by shorter petioles, very slender spikes and 



smaller fruit, which, with 

 the wings, is 1-2 in. broad, 

 the seed portion being keeled 

 on one side. Merits careful 

 study in the Forest, as to 

 whether it really is a distinct 

 species. 



C. Fr. dry, winged, fl. 

 regular, wings 5, equal. 



12. T. tomentosa, W. 



et Arn. ; Wight Ic. 1. 193 ; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 17; 

 Brandis F. Fl. 225.— Syn. 

 T. crenulata^ Roth ; Karz 

 F. Fl. i. 458 ; T. coriacea, 

 W. et Arn. Vern. Sam, 

 Asaiua^ SaJ, Hind. ; Sadri^ 

 Hadrij Guzerat; Ain^ 

 Mar.; Mam, Gond', Matti, 

 Kari matti, Kan. ; Maddi^ 

 Kcdla maddi, Tel. : Karra 

 mar da, Tarn. ; Taukkyan, 

 Burm. 



A large tree, trunk tall, 

 regularly shaped, bark 

 rough, black, deeply- 

 cracked, heartwood hard, 

 dark purplish-brown, mot- 

 tled with darker streaks, 

 often nearly black. 

 Branchlets, inflorescence 

 and young 1. clothed with 

 short, rust-coloured pubes- 

 cence. Leaves hard, cor- 

 iaceous, elliptic- or ovate-, 

 sometimes obovate-oblong, 

 blade 5-9, petiole |~^ in. 

 long, nearly opposite, the 

 uppermost often alternate, 1-2 glands near base of midrib, underside when full 

 grown as a rule soft tomentose, rarely glabrous, sec. n. 10--20 pair. Fl. 

 bibexual, dull yellow, in erect terminal panicles, the lower branches in the 

 axils of leaves. Oalyx-limb a shallow cup, hairy within, segments 5, broad, 

 ovate, acute. Fr. l|-2 in. long with 5 coriaceous brown wings f-l in. broad 

 and marked with numerous horizontal lines running from the axis to the 

 edges, which are thin and irregularly crenulate. 



Subhimalayan tract from the Eavi eastwards, in places ascending to 4,000 ft. 

 Common throughout India (except in the arid region) and Burma, thrives best in 

 heavy clay-soil. F], H. S., B. S., fruit ripens Feb.- April of the ensuing year. Sheds 



Fia. 185- — Terminalia tomentosa, Wight & Arn. J. 



