Amygdalus, icosandria monogynia. 499 



ritius, in seed in the month of July. He says it is a tall, 

 stout tree. 



Stem smooth and straight, thirty feet without branches. 

 Branches diverging. The baik 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. 



PUNIC A. Schreh. 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. 



Arab. Rana, or Ruraan. 



Pers. Anar. 



Hind. Darim, also Anar. 



Sung. Darimba. 



Beng. Dah'm, or Daritn. 



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 Tfsnia, 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. Schreh. gen. n. 848. 



Calyx five clett. Petals five. Drupe superior, having 

 a shell perforated with pores. 



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