444 DECANDRIA DiGYNiA. Triantliema. 



sally esteemed for almost every economical purpose. 

 Towards the centre it is of a chocolate colour, and is 

 then exceedingly durable. For house and ship building-, 

 the natives reckon it superior to every other sort. Pen- 

 taptera tomentosa, and teak expected. 



The vrood of Paunchinau 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 it is unfit 

 for the Marine yard, but equally fit for house building 

 when it can be obtained straight,which is seldom the case. 



DECAXDRIA DIGYXIA. 



TRIANTHEMA. Schreb. gen. n. 762. 



Ca/yx two leaved, or none. Coro^ five-cleft, or five- 

 petalled, daggered under the top. Capsule inferior, cir- 

 cumcised. 



1. T. crystallina. 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, pentandroiis, monogyuous. Seed solitary. 



Teling. Kooka-pal koora. 



A native of Coromandel. It flowers during the rainy 

 and cold season. 



2. T. decandra. Willd. 2. C36. 



Prostrate. Leaves elliptic. Peduncles many-flowered. 

 Stamina from eleven to twelve. Styles two. Capsules four- 

 seeded. 



Teling. Telia galgeroo. 



Hind. Gada-bwni. 



Zaliia Decandra. Birm. Ind. 110. t. 31 ./. 3. 



A common weed in gardens in most parts of India, and 

 in flower and seed great part of the year. 



