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13. V. peduncularis, Wall.—Syn. Vlfex alata^ Eoxb. ; Kurz R El. ii. 

 272. Vern. Boruna, Beng. ; Osai^ Ass.; Kijetyo, Pazin-nyo.Bwcm, 



A middle-sized or large deciduous tree, wood hard, close-grained. Youngest 

 shoots minutely grey pubescent, brancUets, petioles and 1. glabrous. Leaflets 

 3, membranouSj lanceolate, 5-7, in., tbe lateral on petiolules up to f in. long, 

 common petiole channelled and narrowly marginate, in young plants and 

 coppice sboots often broadly winged. Shining resinous glands usually on the 

 underside of 1., on calyx and corolla. Cymes in a lax pedunculate thyrsus, up 

 to 10 in. long, ramifications slender, pedicels as long as calyx. El. yellowish- 

 or greenish-white, corolla \ in, long, lower lip longer than tube. 



Subliimalayaii tract from Nepal eastwards. Assam, Kliasi hills. Cachar, Chitta- 

 gong. From the Rajmalial bills throngli Cliutia Nagpur to Orissa and the Oircars. 

 Burma. Upper and Lower, common. Fl. March-June. 



14. V. glabrata, R. Brown. — Syn. Y. Leucoxylon^ Kurz E. EL 273. 

 Vern. Goda^ Beng. ; Tauksha^ Burm. 



A large deciduous tree, wood grey, handsome. Youngest shoots slightly 

 pubescent, L almost glabrous, leaflets 5, blade 3-7 in., petiolules of the lateral 

 up to 1 in. long, underside without resinous glands. Cymes pedunculate, 

 dichotomous, lax corymbiform, calyx usually glabrous in the lower, hairy in 

 the upper part, corolla \--\ in. long, white and purple. Er. succulent \ in. 

 long. 



Assam. Garo liills, Cachar, Ea-sterii Bengal and Chittagong. Andam.ans. Burma, 

 Upper and Lower. FL April, May. Malay Penius. and Archip. New Guinea. North 

 Australia. 15. V. vestita, Wall. Assam, Kha&i hills. Upper Bu^rma, Yunnan, 

 Malay Peninsula and Archip. A shrub or small tree, branchlets, petioles, underside 

 of leaflet b and inflorescence pubescent or woolly with long soft hairs. Leaflets 3, 

 acuminate, 4-6 in,, the lateral on petiolules up to J in. long. Cymes shorter than 

 petioles, peduncles up to J in. long, shining resinous glands on calyx, corolla and under- 

 side of 1., corolla J-J in., tube 2-3 times longer than cal3'x, fr. \; in. diam. Specimens 

 coll. in bud on the "hills between Yunzalin and Sal ween 3,000 ft. (D. B. March 1880) 

 have leaflets 8-9 in. long, densely grey tomentose beneath, no resinous glands but 

 black dots on the underside. * 



Hymenopyramis, bracMata, Wall. Dry districts of the Irawadi valley, Upper Burma. 

 An extensively scandent shi-ub, branches and underside of 1. grey-tomentose. Fl. 

 white in compact cymes arranged in a large pyramidal thyrsus. Capsule small, 4- 

 valved in the greatly enlarged acutely 4-winged membranous almost entirely closed 

 calvx. 



a. TECTONA, Linn. fil. ; El. Brit. Ind. iv. 570. 



Deciduous trees with angular branchlets, young shootSj inflorescence and 

 leaves clothed with stellate tomentuni. L. large, opposite or ternate, entire. EL 

 small; in large terminal erect trichotomons panicles, bracts small, narrow, calyx 

 oanipanulate, shortly 5- or 6-lobed, enlarged in fruit, corolla-tube short, limb 

 spreading, equally 5- or 6-lobed, anthers exserted. Ovary 4-celled, style 

 shortly 2-4-fid. Er. 4-celled, endocarp bony, enclosed in the calyx. ^ Embryo 

 enclosed in a thin layer of endosperm. Species 3, one in the Philippines. 



1. T. grandis, Linn. fil. ; Eoxb. Oor. PL t 6 ; Bedd. EL Sylv. t. 250 ; 

 Brandis E. EL t. 44. The Teak tree. Sans. Saka ; Pers. Saj, Sal Vern. 

 Sagmi^ Sagon, Hind. ; Saguan^ Rajp. ; Sdg^ Sag wan , Mar. ; Teka^ Gond ; 

 Ti'kit^ Tel. ; Tegu^ Kan. ; TMkku^ Tarn. ; Kyun^ Burm. 



A large tree, heartwood golden yellow when fresh cut, turning brown, oily to 

 tbe touch, with a strong scent, moderately hard, does not warp or split, extremely 

 durable, weight 45 lb. per cub. ft., annual rings marked by a naiTOw belt of 

 vessels. Branchlets quadrangular and channelled, with large quadrangular pith. 

 L. elliptic or obovate, upperside rough, underside clothed with dense stellate, 

 grey or tawny tomentum, blade 12-24 in., narrowed into petiole 1-1|- in., of 

 seedlings and coppice shoots tbe 1. often 2-3 ft. long. EL wbite, panicles 



