444 DECANDRIA DIGYNIA. Trianthema. 
sally esteemed for almost every economical purpose. 
‘Towards the centre it is of a chocolate colour, andis — 
then exceedingly durable. For house and ship building, 
the natives reckon it superior to every other sort, Pen-— 
taptera tomentosa, and teak expected. 
The wood of Paunchinan is exceedingly like, and fully 
-as strong, and as durable, if kept dry, as the former, but 
exposed to the water, it soon decays ; of course itis unfit 
for the Marine yard, but equally fit for house building 
when it can be obtained straight,which i8 seldom the case. 
DECANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
TRIANTHEMA. Schreb. gen. n. 762. 
Calyx two leaved, or none. Corol five-cleft, or five- 
petalled, daggered under the top. Capsule inferior, Ci! 
cumcised. 
_1. T. erystallina, Willd. 2. 635. 
Perennial. Stems filiform, prostrate, in fact cespitose, 
dotted with crystalline specks. Leaves opposite, broad- 
lanceolate. Flowers single, or in pairs in the forks of the 
branchlets, pentandrous, monogynous. Seed solitary: 
_ Teling. Kooka-pal koora. : 
A native of Coromandel. It flowers during the rainy 
and cold season. te? 
2. T. decandra. Wilid. 2. €36. 
_ Prostrate. Leaves elliptic. Peduncles many-owerd 
Stamina from eleven to twelve. Styles two. Capsules sao 
_ Teling. Tella galgeroo. 
Hind. Gada-buni. ye. 
Zallia Decandra, Birm. Ind. 110. t. 31. f. 3. 
A common weed in gardens in most parts sta : 
: ne year. 
