. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. Tr Mania] LI. MYETACE.^ 829 1. T. burmanica, Griff. ; Knrz F. Fl. i. 474 Yeim. Taungyo-pijizln^1jO-\VQT^ Taung-tliahye Upper Burma. A middle-sized tree, young shoots silky pubescent, 1. 2~B in. long, oblanceo- late, petiole short, hairy. Calyx \ in. across, capsule \ in. diam., protruding far lieyond the calyx-tube. Pegu, Martaban. Tenasserim, ascending to 3,500 ft Upper Burma. PL March, April. 2. T. merguensis, Guff. Tenasserim. Malay Penni&am
. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. Tr Mania] LI. MYETACE.^ 829 1. T. burmanica, Griff. ; Knrz F. Fl. i. 474 Yeim. Taungyo-pijizln^1jO-\VQT^ Taung-tliahye Upper Burma. A middle-sized tree, young shoots silky pubescent, 1. 2~B in. long, oblanceo- late, petiole short, hairy. Calyx \ in. across, capsule \ in. diam., protruding far lieyond the calyx-tube. Pegu, Martaban. Tenasserim, ascending to 3,500 ft Upper Burma. PL March, April. 2. T. merguensis, Guff. Tenasserim. Malay Penni&ula, Borneo. L. glabrous, rigidly coriaceoiLs, oblanceolate, obtuse or obtusely acuminate, blade 3-5 in., narrowed into a very slioit petiole. Cymes pubescent, calyx X- in. across, pubescent on both surfaces, capsule \ in. Pig. 138.—Tritstania burmanica, Griff. J, Melaleuca Leucadendron, Linn. Mergui, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. Australia. A middle-sized tree, bark pale, peeling off in papery layers, branches slender, pendulous. L. alternate, coriaceous, lanceolate, more or less oblique, 2-5 in. long, ta|)ering into a short petiole,with 8-7 distinct longitudinal nerves. PL yellowisli-wbite sessile in erect axillary spikes 2-6 in. long, tbe racbis generally prolonged and leaf-bearing. Stamens numerous, tbe filaments united at their base into 5 bundles inserted opposite to the petals. Ovary half-inferior enclosed in the calyx-tube. Capsule loculicidally 3-valved, Yields tbe Cajuput oil of commerce. L BARRINGTONIA, Porst.; M. Brit. Ind. iL 506. Trees as a rule evergreen, 1. alternate, not gland-dotted. PL in spikes or racemes, bracts usually deciduous. Calyx-tube enclosing the 2- or ^-celled ovary, not produced beyond it. Petals 4, raiely 5, more or less adnate at the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resembl
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