. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. PI (r()bj)ti'ilium] XX. m coaiselv toothed. Fl small, calyx I in., cap- sulf^ 2-8 in. long, verru- cohp -wlien yonng. 5. P. glabrescens, "Wight et Arn. ( Tatta Polavu, TlnnevelliGrhats. Leayps entire, oboyate, shortly acuminate, Made 5-8, petiole ^,-1 in., calyx i in. long, captoule 4-5 in., ^\\t\\ 5 sharp raided ridges, (). P. rubigino- sum, Hevne; Bedcl. tlOli. Verii. CliIn na pola r u, Tam. ; MaJavuram, Thoda


. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. PI (r()bj)ti'ilium] XX. m coaiselv toothed. Fl small, calyx I in., cap- sulf^ 2-8 in. long, verru- cohp -wlien yonng. 5. P. glabrescens, "Wight et Arn. ( Tatta Polavu, TlnnevelliGrhats. Leayps entire, oboyate, shortly acuminate, Made 5-8, petiole ^,-1 in., calyx i in. long, captoule 4-5 in., ^\\t\\ 5 sharp raided ridges, (). P. rubigino- sum, Hevne; Bedcl. tlOli. Verii. CliIn na pola r u, Tam. ; MaJavuram, ThodaU, Mai. A tall tree, branch- letBj under side of leaves and inflores- cence red-brown or tawny pnbe&cent. Leaves 1-3 in., very oblique, the npper lialf niucli larger, rounded at base. FL solitary, axillaiy, sepals linear, 2 in. long. Capsule cylindric pentagonal, 2 in. Fj(». 44.—Pteios|ernnini Heyneanuni, AVall. "Fl. brancdi and coppice shoot. .}. Webt hide of the Peninsula, in evergreen forests, from]\[alahar southwards, ascending to 8,000 ft. Fl. September-January, B. Eastern species. 7. P. acerifolium, Willd.; Wight le. t. (kM ; Brandis, E. FL Yern. Hat i pa Ha, Xep.; Tatmg peticim^ Bunn. A tall evergreen tree, bark smooth grey, thin, heartwood red. Branchlets and infloi'escence clothed with ferruginous tomentuni. Leaves large from obovate to orbicular, often peltate, sinuately lobed, glabrous above, grey- tomentose beneath, blade H-15, petiole 4-12 in. Calyx segments linear, up to 5 in. long, petals pm-e white. Capsule brown-tomentose, pentagonal, 2~G in. long. Seeds numerous, ^vith large brown membi'anous wings. The capsule is believed to take more than 12 months to ripen. Foot of Himalaya, from the Jumna eastward, in Silckim ascending to 4,000 ft. Khasi hills, Manipur, Chittagong, Burma. Fl. H. S. 8. P. aceroides, Wall. Tenas- serim and Andamans. Fl. December-February. Leaves oblong or obovate-ohlong, not lobed, petiole \ in. Fl. solitary or in 3-


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