The Forest Flora of North-West and Central India; A Handbook of the Indigenous Trees and Shrubs of Those Countries (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 edition. Excerpt: ...Tendu, dasaundu, lohari, N.W.P.; Bistend, Oudh; Makar tendi, Banda; Pasend, Bhurtpur; Temru, Meywar; Ambia, Banswara; Hddru, Panch Mehals; Kanehan, kadal (Forsyth), Pattewar, patwan (R Thompson), CP. A moderate-sized tree, pubescent or tomentose, rarely glabrate, often armed with spinescent branchlets. Leaves always alternate, varying in shape, oblong linear-oblong elliptic-or obovate-oblong, from a rounded ot cordate base, acuminate, 3-6 in. long, with 4-8 main lateral nerves on either side of midrib, and several smaller intermediate ones; petiole less than J in. long. Male flowers 2-6, sometimes more, in pedunculate, axillary or extra-axillary"bracteate cymes, peduncle somewhat longer than petiole. Calyx deeply 4-cleft, lobes ovate, obtuse, pubescent or glabrous and ciliate at the edges. Corolla urceolate with 4 short lobes. Stamens 16, glabrous, in two series, the 8 inner shorter, opposite to the outer stamens, and connate with them at the base; anthers longer than filaments, more or less cuspidate, somewhat exserted. Female flowers solitary, axillary, larger than male flowers, nodding, pedicels as long as, or somewhat longer than petiole, with 2 small bracts at the apex. Calyx deeply 4-cleft, lobes ovate, pubescent or glabrous. Staminodes 4, 8, or 12, in one series. Ovary glabrous, 8-celled, 1 ovule in each cell. Fruit globose, J-l in. diam., supported by the enlarged leathery calyx. Seeds 2-8, albumen not ruminated. Common, but not gregarious, in most parts of India, excepting Sindh and the northern part of the Panjab. In the sub-Himalayan tract tne Ravi is its northwestern limit. It is found in Harriana, in the plains to the west of Delhi, in the public forest (Ghunna) near Bhurtpur, and in the Qangrar forest between...