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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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(jrompJiandrd XXX.II. ICACIXACE^xj 151 1. GOMPHANDRA, A¥all.; "PI Brit. Ind. i. 585 (Stcmomcrus^ Blinne; Eag). u. Prantl iii. 5. 247;. Trees or bhrubSj PL bisexual ox^ polygamous, 4-5- sometimes 6-merous. Calyx cup-shaped, teeth short. Corolla campanulate, lobes acuminate, inflexed, midrib prominent on the inside. Stamens 5^ hypogynous, alternating with corolla lobes, filaments flat, as long as or longer than corolla, often papillose or hairy, anther cells distinct, pendulous from the filiform apex of the filament. Drupe surmounted by the remains of the disk, endocarp crustaceous. Embryo minute, albumen fleshy bi;)arfcite. Species 8-10, tropical Asia. 1. G. polymorpha, Wight Ic. t. 953.—Syn. G. coriacea, Wight; Bedd. PL Sylv. Manual t. 9. A shrub, glabrous except inflorescence, which is more or less papillose or puberulous. L. thinly coriaceous, most valuable in shape, cymes terminal or leaf-opposed, pedunculate, much longer than petiole. EL sometimes G-merous, polygamous, Webtern (ihatb from North Kanara soutliwardb, often forming the underwood in evergreen forebtb. Fl. Marcli-S'^pt. Ceylon. 2. Closely allied lb G. axillaris, WalL Khasi hills (not in llie Webtern Peninsula). L. membranous, cymes axillary, as long as or shorter than petiole. S G. comosa, King, South Andaman. Fl. 4-merous, connective and upper part of filaments densely coveied with long white glandiilar-pomted hairs. 4. G. penangiana, WalL (Hfemoymria j)enan<ji(fnus^ Miers; Knrz F. FL i. 238.) Tenas- serim, Malaj" Peniiibula. FL 4-nieroub, filaments witli a few white hairs at the back. 5. G. andamanlca, King (Apochjte^ andamanica^ Kurz). Andaman and Nicobar Islands. An evGigre^n tree, branchlets tawny-pnbsruloub. L. 5-8 in., filaments quite glabrous. Fr. 1 in. long. 2. MAPPIA, Jacq.; FL Brit. Ind. i. 388. Species 4, ti^opical Asia and America. 1. M. foetida, Miers, in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ii. vol. 9 (1852) p. 895, and Contributions to Botany, vol. i. p. 64 (simultaneous publications). Bedd. Fl, Sylv. t. 141. Verm, Kala gm(ra^ Kahjiir^ Ganera^ Mar.; Arali^ Tam. A small tree or large shrub, with strong smell, particularly the flowers. MedulL rays broad, prominent on a I'adial section. Young shoots and underside of leaves thinly pubescent. L. ovate, acuminate, base often unequal- sided, blade 2-8 in., petiole 1-2 in. FL yel- low in terminal corym- bose panicles, generally bisexual. Calyx hairy, 5-lobed. Petals free, hairy above. Stamens 5, hypogynous, alter- nating with petals, in- serted outside the cup- shaped disk. Ovary hairy, style terminal. Drupe oblong, obtuse, red, ^Yestern m. long.
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G-hats from Pia. 70.—Mappia foetida, Miers- IB'L, fr. J.

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