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40. COM BRET AGEiB, 



[Anoo eiitK 



3. ANOGEISSUS, Wall. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, entire. Flowers small^ 

 bisexual, in globose heads on slender peduncles. Calyx-tube com- 

 |,ressed, 2-winged at the base, long attenuated above the ovary ; 

 limb small, deciduous. Petals 0. Stamens 10 in two series ; filaments 

 exserted ; anthers small, cordate^ versatile. Ovary inferior, 



1- celled ovules 2^ pendulous from the top of the cell. Fruit smalT, 



2- winged, in dense, globose heads. Seed 1 ; cotyledons convolute. 



A. latifolia. Wall. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 1. 15 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 450 ; Brandis. 

 For. Fl. 227. Gonocarpus latifolia, DC. ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 91. 

 Dindal, dinduga, K. ; Dhaura, dandua^ dliaori, M. ; Babria, Vern. 



From the Himalayas to Ceylon, very common throughout the presi- 

 dency, usually in dry forests, sometimes gregarious. Fl. May-June. Fr. 

 Nov.-Feb. A large or moderate sized, deciduous tree. Bark white, scaly, 

 smooth, exfoliating in irregular scales ; inner bark purple, compact- 

 Sapwood yellowish : heartwood small, dark brown, very hard. Pores small, 

 numerous, often divided, included in light tissue. Medullary rays very 

 fine and numerous, uniform, equidistant. Annual rings visible, marked 

 by rings of darker tissue. Weighs about 60 lbs. to the cub. ft. Used for 

 furniture, carts, agricultural implements, ship building, &c. The timber 

 is not durable, except when kept dry^ is liable to warp and split in season- 

 ing, but is much in demand ; is converted into charcoal. The stems, 

 yield an excellent haid gum employed in cloth printing. 



4. LUMNITZERA, Willd. 



Trees or shrubs, growing in salt marshes along with mangroves^. 

 Leaves fleshy, simple, alternate, clustered towards the ends of the 

 branches. Flowers in racemes. Calyx-tube elongate, braeteolate ;; 

 limb bell-shaped, 5-lobed, persistent. Petals 5, spreading. 

 Stamens 5-10 ; anthers cordate. Ovary 1-celled ; ovules 2-5, pen- 

 dulous. Fruit woody, obtusely angular, 1-seeded. 



L. racemosa, Willd. ; DC. Prod. IIL 22 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 452 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 90 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 103 ; Brandis For. Fl. 



Coasts of India, Ceylon, Tropical Africa and the tropics generally in 

 mangrove swamps. South Konkan, along salt-water creeks and back- 

 waters. Fl. Mch.-Apl. . A small tree or large shrub. Wcod said to be- 

 strong and durable, used for fuel. 



5. COMBRETUM, Lmn. 



Shrubs, usually climbing. Leaves opposite, seldom alternate^, 

 simple. Flowers polygaaio-dieecious,. often in panicled spikes or 

 racemes, braeteolate. Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary, limb 4-5 

 divided^ segments valvate. Petals 4-5 or 0. Stamens as many or 

 twice as many as calyx-segments. Ovary inferior, 1-celled ; ovules- 

 2-5, pendulous. Fruit 4-5-winged or angled. Seed 1 j cotyledons 

 plaited, flat or convoluted. 



