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Fig. 10. A section of the unilocular ovary, showing its vermiform placenta : 



magn ificd. 



11. The free placenta removed, from whose apex 3 ovules are suspended, 



magnified. 



12. The fruit environed by the 5 much-enlarged divisions of the calyx ; 



13. The same divisions seen from within, each with its peculiar scale : both 



nat. size. 



14. One of the scales, magnified 4 diameters* 



15. A trans verse section of the same, showing it to be very thick, rugous, 



and convex outside, smooth and concave within, equally magnified. 



16. Fruit freed from the calyx, natural size. 



17. The same with half of the pericarp removed, to show the suspended seed; 



18. The suspended seed, removed : both nat. size. 



Plate IV. 



Fig. 1. A portion of a plant of Iodina rhombifolia. 



2. A many-flowered axillary inflorescence ; 



3. A flower in bud : both natural size. 



4. The calycle ; 



5. The calyx half-cleft into 5 divisions ; 



0. A longitudinal view, with half of the calyx removed, showing the petals 

 • and the alternate stamens ; 



7. The flower expanded, seen from above, showing the relative positions of 



the several parts ; 



8. A longitudinal section of the same, showing the 1 -celled ovary and free 



central erect placenta bearing 3 ovules suspended from its apex : 



all equally magnified. 



more 



10. Two of the 5 stamens, shown to be alternate with the petals ; 



11. Longitudinal section of the 1 -celled ovary, with the free central placenta; 



12. The placenta removed, showing 3 ovules suspended from its summit 



all magnified. 



Notes on the Maliwa Tree (Bassia latifolia). By E. Lock wood, 



Esq. Communicated by Thos. Christy, F.L.S. 



[Read February 21, 1878.J 



TJsefttl as are many of the plants found in the plains and forests 

 of Monghyr, undoubtedly there are none so useful as that which 

 demands our present attention — the Mahwa tree a member of 

 the Sapodilla family, the Bassia latifolia of botanists. This tree 

 may be called a fountain yielding food, wine, and oil to the in- 

 habitants of the country where it grows. 



Brandis, in his ' Indian Forest Flora/ says of this tree : — " It 

 attains 40-50 feet in height, with a short trunk 6-7 feet in girth, 



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