Hand-Book of Indian Flora; Being a Guide to All the Flowering Plants Hitherto Described As Indigenous to the Continent of India
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Small shrubj armed with straight thorns : leaves pinnate, opposite i leaflets oblong, acuminated at both ends, entire : petioles unarmed ; panicles terlhinal of subaxillary : flowers small} greenish. Rochilcund and Oftdfe, flOWtting in the- hot season > 2ir (7) 25. BuDiiuNOA. (Dec.) tdent. Dec. prod. I. p. 728. Sifn. Fagara Budrunga, Roxl, Jt. tnd. I. p. 417. ^ Spec. Char. Tree, armed with small incurved prickles : leaves pinnate : leaflets 5-6 pair, ovate>lanceoIate, unequal-sided, entire, acu...minate : panicles contracted : petals and stamens 4 : carpel 1 t flowers small, greenish. Assam, flowering in March and April. The seeds have the fra- grance of lemon peel, and heing of a warm spicy nature are used medicinally by the natives. GENUS n. TODDALU. Pentandrla lllonogrynla. Sex: Sytti Deriv. The Malabar name latinized. Gen. Char. Flowers unisexual ; calyx 4-5-toothed : petals spreading. Male : stamens longer than the petals ; pistil rudi' mentary, 5-ang1ed. Female : filaments sterile, very short : ovary 1 , fleshy, 5-celled : ovules 2 : v stigma nearly sessile, 5-lobed : fruit fleshy, dotted : seed solitary in each cell : embryo curved.
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