Odina. octandria tetragynia. 293 



OCTANDRIA TETRAGYNIA. 



ODINA. R. 



Polygamous. Hermaphrodite, CaZ^/x four- tooth- 

 ed. Coro/ four-petalled. Gen« one-celled, outf?a single, 

 pendulous. Drupe superior, one-seeded. Embryo in- 

 verse, without perisperm, 



Male. Calyx and Corol, as in the Hermaphrodite. 



O. wodier. R. 

 Sang. Jeevwla. 

 Beng. Jiyal. 

 Teling. Gampina. 



Hind. KMshmwlla, Kashmwlla, Kiinwl, &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 grows 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- 

 neral, 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- 

 es ; 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- 

 ed very close once in two or three years, which makes the 

 branches shoot more erect, but takes away from the na- 



