Flora Medica

COMBRETACEJE.142. T. citrina Roxb.fi. ind. ii. 435. iii.DC.prodr. 12.Myrobalanus citrina Goerln. ii. t. 97. Forests of Bengal.Leaves somewhat opposite, short-petioled, from broad-lanceolate tooblong, tapering less at the base than at the apex, entire, rather obtuselyacuminate, smooth and glossy on both sides, from 4 to 6 inches longand from 2 to 3 broad ;when the plants are young the leaves are villous.Panicles terminal, and from the inferior axils, composed of many,simple, erect, slightly villous spikes. Flowers numerous, small, of adull yellow, all hermaphrodite. Bracts solitary, 1-flowered, subulate,smooth. Calyx cup-shaped, 5-toothed, hairy on the inside, having 5very hairy glands at the bottom round the base of the style. Filaments10, alternately shorter, but all much longer than the calyx, and insertedinto its inside. Anthers oval. Ovary 1-celled, containing 2 ovulesattached to the top of the cell. Style shorter than the stamens, smooth ;stigma acute. Drupe oblong-lanceolate, about 2 inches long and 2 incircumference where thickest; while fresh obscurely 3-cornered, butmore clearly so when dry, of a dull orange yellow, and smooth. Nutoblong, deeply 5-grooved, with the 5 angles sometimes sharp, sometimesrounded, 1-celled. Seed solitary,linear-lanceolate. Testa single,thin, of a light brown. Fruit a common article in the Hindoo Materiamedica. Usually employed as a gentle purgative.143. T. alata Roth. nov. sp. 379. Pentaptera toraentosaiii.DC.prodr. 14. Roxb. Fl. ind. ii. 440. T. tomentosaW. and Arnott. prodr.i. 314. Various parts of India.Bark deeply cracked. Leaves nearly opposite, linear-oblong, obtuse,somewhat cordate at the base, crenulate, pubescent, but finally glabrousabove, tomentose or pubescent beneath, with some thick stalked turbinateglands on the midrib near the base. Fruit glabrous. W. and A.Bark astringent and febrifugal.144. T. moluccana Lam. diet. i. 349. Roxb.fi.ind. ii. 433.iii.DC.prodr. 11. Mountainous countries north-east of Bengalthe Malayan ;Archipelago.Trunk straight, about 50 feet high. Branches horizontal. Barkpretty smooth, and of a dark brown colour. Leaves alternate, shortstalked,oblong, obtuse, entire, smooth on both sides, beautifully reticulatedwith minute veins while ; young coloured and villous, from 2 to12 inches long, and broad in proportion.Petioles i scarcely the lengthof the leaves, round, smooth, without glands. Spikes axillary, solitary,shorter than the leaves. Flowers numerous, of a dull yellowish-browncolour, and rather offensive smell ;male towards the apex, and hermaphroditebelow. Calyx flat, with the apices of the 5 divisions revolute,villous on the outside, and woolly within. Filaments 10, twice ormore longer than the calyx. Ovary and stylein the male small andabortive, in the hermaphrodite larger and longer. Drupe round-obovate,somewhat villous, size of a large nutmeg. Nut the shape of thedrupe, slightly 5-grooved from the apex to the base. Uses as inT. belerica, for which it is substituted in India.145. T. latifolia Swartz ind. occ. ii. fi. 747. DC. prodr.iii. 12. Woods in the northern mountains of Jamaica.Leaves alternate, obovate, narrowly wedge-shaped at the base, obtuse,68