526 POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Bassia. 
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2. B. latifolia. Willd. 2842. Corom. pl. 1. No. 19. 
Leaves oblong. Calyx four-leaved. Stamina from 
twenty to thirty, within the gibbous tube of the corol, 
Madhaca, is the Sanscrit name. See Asiat. Res. 1. p. 
300. vol. ii. p. 301, and iv. p. 280. 
Mudhooka, Guroodshpoo, Madharama, st 
Mudhooshpootheela, Mudhoo. 
Mahwa, Muhooa, and Muhoola of the Bengalese. 
Teling. Ipie. 
A middling sized tree, a native of the inountainons 
parts of the Circars and of Bengal. Leaves deciduous dut- 
ing the cold season, and appearing again with the flowers 
in March and April. The seed ripens in July and August. 
Trunk straight but short, covered with smooth, ash- 
coloured bark. Branches very numerous, the lower ones 
spreading horizontally. Leaves alternate, petioled, crowd- 
ed about the extremities of the. branches, oblong, rigid, 
smooth above, somewhat whitish below, from four 
eight inches long, and from two to four broad. Peti- 
oles round, about an inch long. Stipules subulate, downy. 
Flowers numerous, crowded from the extremities of the 
branchlets, peduncled, at all times bowing, viz. bent with 
the mouth of the flower directly to the ground. Pedun 
eles about an inch long, round, thickened, covered with 
rust-coloured down. Calys as in the genus. Coral tube 
as inthe genus. Border from seven to fourteen-parted. 
Germ ovate, hairy, from six to eight-celled, with one: 
in each, attached to the upper end of the large axis. Ber- # 
ry, the size of a small apple. Seeds from one to four, Ve 
ry rarely more. Embryo erect, and without perisper™. 
This is a very useful tree. The wood is hard, ver 
strong, and proper for naves of wheel carriages, &¢- 
The flowers are eaten raw by the natives of the mou” 
tainous parts of the Circars, and by jackals. They have 
sweet spirituous taste. An ardent spirit is x ed from 
them by the hill people, which is strong and intoxieal' 
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