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TETRANTHERA APETALA. 



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146. 



STREPTIUM ASPERUM 



Obeera of the Telingas. 



Stem woody, perennial, short, irregular. 



Branches opposite, exactly four-sided, rough. The height of the 



whole plant is from two to four feet. 



ered with stiff- 



hairs, from one to three inches long, and from one to two 



broad. 

 Petiole channel'd, rough. 

 Raceme terminal, or in the cleft of the exterior branchlets, erect, 



very long, rachis four-sided, rough. 

 Bractes solitary, one-flower'd. 



Flowers, towards the bottom of the raceme, remote; above approxi- 

 mated, small, white. 

 Perianth one-leaved, oblong, bellied, five-angled, five-groov'd, five- 



tooth'd, covered with stiff, white hairs, permanent, closing, 



and enlarging with the fruit, which it entirely covers. 

 Corol one-petal'd : tube cylindric, rather longer than the calyx, 



twisted near the apex, a little curved ; border five-parted : 



divisions inverse-egg'd, equal. 

 Filaments four, in the upper bent part of the tube : two longer, and 



two shorter. Anthers round, two-lobed, approach by pairs. 

 Germ above, four-lobed. Style length of the tube. Stigma large, 



two-lipp'd : the upper very short, the under long, broad, 



recurv'd. 

 Drupe dry, two-lobed, hid in the withered, inflated, closed calyx, 



nut-like, laterally hedge-hog'd : each lobe two-partible. 

 Seeds, one in each division of the nut, oblong, tapering towards 



each end, a little bent. 



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I have only found it in the vicinity of Samulcottah on the ter- 

 races of old walls of pagodas ; flowers during the wet and cold 

 seasons. While young it is a fair looking plant. 



I have not found it put to any use. 



147. 



TETRANTHERA APETALA. 1 



Narra Alaghy of the Telingas. 



Leaves scatter'd near the extremities of the branchlets, petioled, oval, 



obtuse, smooth, above shining, from three to five inches long, 

 and from two to three broad. Petiole three quarters of an inch 

 long, round, smooth. 



Stipules none. 



Peduncle solitary, axillary, length of the petiole, three-or four-cleft. 



Xectarial glands from six to sixteen, short-pedicel'd, oval, targeted, 



alternate with the filaments, but three times shorter. 



Pistil none. 



FEMALE TREE. 



Umbellets and Involucre as in the male. 



Corol none. 



Hairy Jilaments as in the male, but instead of anthers are oblong 



white glands. 

 JVectarial glands as in the male. 

 Germ above, globular. Style twice the length of the filaments. 



Stigma torn. 



black when ripe, almost dry, one-cell'd 

 : on the club'd oediceL as on a cun. lik< 



the acorn. 

 Seed one, globular. 



This grows to a middle sized tree ; a native of the mountainous 

 parts of the Circars. Flowers in June. 



148. 



TETRANTHERA MONOPETALA 



Narra Mamady of the Telingas. 



Trunk 



Bark dark-greenish, rust colour, smooth. 

 te, short-petioled, oblong, entire, above ni 



below somewhat downy, from four to six inches long, and 





from two to three broad. 



Peduncles axillary, numerous, short, undivided. 



Bracte, a small rusty-colour'd, downy one, at the insertion of each 



peduncle. 



MALE TREE. 



fi 



leaves oval, 



concave, falling. Pedicels clubb'd, woolly. Perianth none. 



tub 



divisions oblong, downy. 



Filaments from eight to ten, longer than the corol, inserted into the 



mouth of the tube, alternately with the nectarial glands. 

 JVectarial glands as in the former. 

 Pistil : the rudiment of one only. 



FEMALE TREE. 



Involucre, Corol, and JVectarial glands, as in the male. 

 Filaments minute, number very uncertain, and without 

 Berry and Seed as in the former. 



th 



antners 



This is also a middle sized tree ; a native of vallies. Flowering 



time the hot season. 



The bark of this species is used, by the hill people, in substance, 

 Pedicels rather shorter than the peduncles, clubb'd, each sup- for the cure of diarrhoeas ; its taste is mildly astringent, with a con- 



porting a small head, or umbellet of minute florets. 

 Bracte, a small one at the insertion of each pedicel. 



siderable degree of a balsamic sweetness. 

 Wood 



MALE TREE. 



Involucre four-leaved, containing 



from eight 



to twelve pedicel'd 



florets : leaves orbicular, concave, falling. Perianth none. 



Corol none. 



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Filaments from ten to sixteen, hairy, erect, united near the base 



149. 



b 



MIMOSA ARABICA 



Lamarck encyclop. 1. p. 19. 



Anthers 



Nella (or black) Tooma of the Telingas. 



* Differs from Tetranthera kurifolia, Jacqu. kort. Sc/toenbnmn. i. p. 59. tab. i\ 3. in h*v- Trunk in general crooked ; Bark scabrous, and cracked; is 



OUt- 



ing no petals. 

 VOL* II. 



wardly of a dark rust-colour. 



