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Trewia

in botany, the typical genus of Trewiacea. Leaves opposite, en- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM, males in long, racemes, females axillary, solitary; males, sepals three to four, stamens many; females, calyx three to fourcleft, style four-cleft; drupe five-celled, each cell with a single seed. Known speproduced as manager of the Comedy ous tree, growing in the sub-Himalayas.

The wood is used for drums and agricultural implements. the Mighty" and there produced many group of Sclerodermi, with three genera, having the range of the family. The skin 1917. self taking leading parts. He died in ; dorsal, with from four to six spines; a pair of strong movable ventral spines joined to the pelvic bone. not interlace under and over, but cross genus of Triacanthina, with five species ranging from the Australian seas to the N. of China. T. brevirostris, from the Indian Ocean, is the most common. many, Sept. 15, 1834; was educated at Phyllorhininæ, with one species from Persia and another from East Africa. tory and became Professor of History at without a distinct at Heidelberg in 1867-1874. In the latter year he accepted the similar chair at the University of Berlin. He was the author tals. eyelids.

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