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black. Ibid. 2. 128. The root of T. latifolia is given in Jamaica in diarrhoea. 
Ibid. Species of Terminalia and Pentaptera yield excellent timber. The 
kernels of T. Catappa, &c. are eaten as almonds, and are very palatable. A 
gum exudes from T. Bellerica and Combretum alternifolium. A milky juice is 
described as flowing from T. Benzoin, which being fragrant on drying, and 
resembling Benzoin, is used in churches in the Mauritius as a kind of incense. 
Royle, p. 210. 
GENERA. 
§ l.TERMINALIEiEjDC. 
Bucida, L. 
Buceras, P. Browne. 
Hudsonia, Robins. 
AgathisantheSjBlume. 
I’erminalia, L. 
Bahara, Hamilt. 
Catappa, Gsertn, 
Myrobalanus, Gaertn. 
Badamia, Gsertn. 
Pamea, Aubl. 
Tanibouca, Aubl. 
Fatrsea, Juss. 
Pentaptera, Roxb. 
Getonia, Roxb. 
Cahjcopteris, Lam, 
Chuncoa, Pav. 
Gimbernatia, R. et P. 
Ramatuella, H. B. K. 
Conocarpus, L. 
Rudbeckia, Adans. 
Andersonia, Roxb. 
Laguncularia, Gsertn. 
Sphenocarpus, Rich. 
Schousboea, Spreng. 
Guiera, Juss. 
Poivrea, Commers. 
Cristaria, Sonn. 
Gonocarpus, Hamilt. 
§ 2. COMBRETEiE, 
DC. 
Combretum, Loefl. 
^tia, Adans. 
Chrysostachys, Pohl. 
Cacoucia, Aubl. 
Schousbcea, Willd. 
Hambergera, Scop. 
Hambergia, Neck. 
Lumnitzera, Willd. 
Quisqualis, L, 
Ceratostachys, Bl. 
Bobua, DC. 
Pyrrbanthus, Jack. 
Sphalanthus, Jack. 
Order XXIV. ALANGIACE/E. 
Alangie.®, DC. Prodr. 3. 203. (1328) ; Bartl. Ord. Nat. p. 424. (1830) j Martius Con- 
spectus, No. 219. (1835). 
Essential Character. — Calyx superior, campanulate, 5- 10-toothed, Petals 5-10, 
linear, reflexed. Stamens long, exserted, 2 or 4 times as numerous as the petals ; filaments 
distinct, villous at the base ; anthers adnate, linear, 2-celled, turned inwards, often empty. 
Disk fleshy at the base of the limb of the calyx. Drupe oval, somewhat crowned by the 
calyx, fleshy, slightly ribbed, and downy ; nucleus 1 -celled, bony, with a foramen at the apex. 
Seed 1, or according to Rheede3, inverted, ovate; albumen fleshy, brittle; embryo straight; 
radicle long, ascending ; cotyledons flat, foliaceous, cordate-ovate. — Large Trees. Branches 
often spiny. Leaves alternate, without stipules, entire, without dots. Flowers fascicled, 
axillary. Fruit eatable. 
Affinities. “ Differ from Myrtacese in their more numerous petals, 
adnate anthers, 1- celled fruit, and pendulous albuminous seeds. Agree with 
Combretacese in the contracted tube of the calyx, 1- celled fruit, and pendulous 
seeds ; but differ in the number of the petals, adnate anthers, albuminous 
seeds, and flat cotyledons. The order disagrees entirely with Melastomacese 
and Onagracese, in the form of the anthers, and 1- celled fruit. It in some 
measure approaches Haloragese in the structure of the seed, but recedes from 
them in habit, 1- celled fruit, and single style.” DC. Prodr. 3. 203. Its most 
immediate relationship, next to Combretacese, is with Cornacese, to which 
Marlea approximates, and with Hamamelacese, whose long narrow petals are 
strikingly similar to those of Alangiacese. 
Geography. Common in the southern parts of India, whence they 
extend along the Malayan Peninsula to Cochinchina, northward along the 
forest-clad base of the Himalaya. Royle. 
Properties. Alangium decapetalum and hexapetalum are said by the 
Malays to have a purgative hydragogic property. Their roots are aromatic. 
They are said to afford good wood and edible fruit. Royle. 
GENERA. 
Alangium, Lam. Marlea, Roxb. 
Angolam, Adans. Stylidium, Lour. 
