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its leaves, which at that time change to a deep blood 
red colour. 
2. Terminalia latifolia. Broad Leaf. 
Leaves alternate obovate obtuse glabrous 
eglandulose, drupe fleshy ovate cymbiform. 
Arbor maxima, forte prunifera, cortice cannabino, folio 
longissimo latissimoque, Sloane, II, 130. — Terminalia 
latifolia, Swartz, FI. Ind. Occ. 747. 
11 A B. Manchester. North-Side 
F. L, May. 
A lofty forest-tree, 80-100 feet in height. Stem 
straight, 40 CO feet before giving off a branch, 2-3 yards 
in diameter ; bark thick, sulcated, ash-coloured, coming 
off in long pieces: branches horizontal. Leaves in clus- 
ters at the end of the branches, wedge-shaped at the base, 
large, 8 10 inches long, and 4 broad near the point: pe- 
tioles of moderate length, terete, thick. Racemes termi- 
nal, produced from the axils of the leaves, and of the same 
length, solitary, erect, many-flowered. Flowers crowded, 
sessile, small, whitish, polygamous, g FIs. occupying the 
lower part of the raceme. Drupe large, ovate, acuminate, 
cymbiform (with one side slightly compressed, the other 
more convex) coriaceous, when ripe greenish-red, sweet: 
nut very hard : kernel ovate, very white, with the taste 
of the sweet almond. $ FIs. smaller, more numerous, 
deciduous. Pistil O- 
This is a very common tree in certain districts. The 
timber is valuable, and it splits readily into shingles, which 
last from twelve to fifteen years. I have been informed 
that the bark is adapted for tanning leather. 
3. Terminalia arbuscula, Dwarf Broad Leaf 
Leaves scattered ovato-lanceolate entire short- 
ly pefiolate, younger leaves pubescent, after- 
wards glabrous, spikes length of the leaves. 
Swartz, FI. Ind. Occ. 750. 
II A B. Mountain districts, Northside. 
F. L. ? 
A shrub, an ell in height. Stem erect, very much 
branched, smooth. Leaves situated principally at the 
