Amygdalus. ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 499 
ritius, in seed in the month of July. Hesaysit is a fall, 
stout tree. ‘ 
Stem smooth and straight, thirty feet without ticectiin 
Branches diverging. The bark very tenacious, thick, en- 
tire; surface whitish, red within, bitter and astringent, 
The wood-cutters strip young shoots of the bark to bun- 
dle up their wood, Leaves about the ends of the branches 
on all sides, crowded, lanceolar, entire, smooth, with 
mid-rib red, sessile. 
PUNICA. Schreb. gen. n. 847. 
’ Calyx five-cleft. Petals five. Pome inferior, many- 
celled, many-seeded, " 
P. granatum. Willd. 2. 981. Asiat. Res. xi, 175, 
Arboreous, Leaves lanceolate. seed ; 
Arab. Rana, or Ruman, — : : 
- Pers. Anar. 
Hind. Darim, also Anar. 
Sung. Darimba. 
Beng. Dalim, or Darim. 
Gool-anar is the Hindee name of the double flowered 
variety ; both are common in gardens throughout India. | 
A decoction of the bark of the root, has been found a 
sovereign remedy for the Tenia, or Tape-worm. For the 
knowledge of this valuable discovery, we are indebted to: 
Mr. Alexander Colvin, and Mr. Home of Calcutta. See - 
Dr. Fleming’s Account thereof in the 11th vol, of the 
' Asiat. Res. above quoted. 
AMYGDALUS. Schreb. gen. n. 848. 
Calyx five-cleft, Petals five. Drupe superior, res ae 
a a shell ai with pores. 
— Kkka 
