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Title: Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire
Identifier: CUbiodiversity690553 (find matches)
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Brandis, Dietrich, Sir, 1824-1907
Subjects: Trees
Publisher: London : A. Constable & Co. , Ltd
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Mann Library, Cornell
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8() Jti.^. bX Jl/iAiGUijiixGllj-dij (Ilerltiera I'ounded or slisjlitly cordate base, blade 5-10, petiole ^-; in. Panicles shorter than leaves, fl. pale greenish-pink, calyx \ in. long. Ripe carpels 1-3, 1W3 in., glabrous, shining, with a strong sharp keel.
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Fig 41.—Heritiera httorali!^, Dryander. J. Coast of Burma and the Andamans, coasts of the Peninbiila and Ceylon. PL B. S. Seashore withm the tiopics of the old world and Anbtralia. 2. H. Fomes, Bnch. (H, minor^ Eoxh.j Kiirz, P. Fl. i. 141). Simdriban, sea coast of Burma and the Malay Peninsula. Leaves narrowed towards the base, blade 4-6, petiole ; in., rxpe carpels obliquely compressed, slightly keeled. B. Inland species. 3. H. macrophylla, Wall.; Ivurz, P. PL i. 141; Bot. Mag. t. 7192. A large tree. Leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminate, bright silvery beneath, blade 7-14, petiole 2-4 in. Panicles large, half the length of leaves. FL pink. Pr. globose, I'ongh, with an abrupt^ flat beak. Khasi hills, Caohar, Manipur, Upper Tenasserim (Pierre, FL For. Oochinch. t. 204 reports it from the Delta of the Mekong river). 4. H. acuminata, Wall. Khasi hills Leaves lanceolate, long acuminate, blade S~5, petiole J-f m. FL white, ripe carpels globose I in., wing coriaceous, IJ in. long.
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