CLASS VII. 
HEPTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
PISONIA. Schreb. gen. n. 1603. 
Calyx campanulate, five-toothed. Corol none. Seed 
solitary, involved in the enlarged, bacciform calyx. Eni- 
bryo erect, a embracing a central perisperm. 
1.P. aculeata, Willd. 2. 283. Geert. Sem. 1. 367. t. 76. 
~ Dioecous, shrubby, scandent. Thorns axillary, recurv- 
ed. Leaves oblong. Panicles axillary. | 
Beng. Baghachura. 
“<— Tam, Karu-indu. 
~Tragularia horrida, of Konig. M. S. 8. 
~-Teling. Kunki-pootri, 
_ A very common, strong, large, straggling shrub. 
- Trunk scarcely to be distingaished. Bark smooth, 
dark-olive-coloured. ranches numerous, nearly oppo- 
_ Site, decussate, horizontal, extending far; young parts 
downy. Thorns axillary, solitary, recurved, very sharp, 
and strong. Leaves sub-opposite, petioled, oval, obtuse. 
a little downy. Flowers collected on smail, rigid, ter- 
minal, and axillary panicles. 
Main. Calyx, bell-shaped, five-toothed, five-angled, 
Somewhat scabrous. Corol none. Filaments seven 
Sreight, twice the length of the calyx, inserted into a 
leshy receptacle, which surrounds the base of the abor- Se a: 
tive germ. Anthers eae: Germ lancetlales be 
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