Odina, OCTANDRIA TETRAGYNIA, 293 
OCTANDRIA TETRAGYNIA. 
‘ ODINA. R. 
PoLycamous. HERMAPHRODITE. Calyx four-tooth- 
ed. Corol four-petalled. Germ one-celled, ovula single, 
pendulous. Drupe superior, one-seeded. Embryo in-' 
verse, without perisperm. 
“Mat. Calyx and Corol, as in the Hermaphrodite. 
» O. wodier. R. 
‘+ Sang. Jeevula. 
Beng. Siyal. 
Teling. Gampina. 
Hind, Kushmulla, Kashmulla, Kimul, &c. 
It is a very large tree, a native of most mountainous 
parts of the coast, Bengal, &c. it is also frequently found 
in a cultivated. state, chiefly about Madras where the 
sides of the roads are lined with them. It srows readily 
from cuttings, which is I believe, the chief inducement 
for employing it ; for it is without leaves from the begin- 
ning of the year, till April or May, a season when shade 
is particularly wanted, for after that the weather, in ge- 
heral, becomes more clouded. Flowering time March and 
April, when it is perfectly naked of leaves. Nor could 
the flowers be any inducement to have it near the hous- 
€s; in short there is nothing in its favor, but its growing 
easily and quickly. | 
The following description is taken from the tree in its 
wild state amongst the Circar mountains, — 
Trunk straight to the branches, of no great height but 
Very thick. Bark pretty smooth, ash-coloured. Branches 
numerous, the lower spreading, the upper ones disposed in 
every direction. In a cultivated state it is generally prun- 
€d very close once in two or three years, which makes the a : 
ches shoot more erect, but takes ane from: : 
