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nut, ol'a yellowish colour. Nucleus conform to the cavity of 

 the nut. Perisperm amygdAhne. Emhi-jjo, Sec. as in Geertuer. 

 The kernels taste very much like fresh Walnuts, and are 

 reckoned wholesome; they yield by expression a large por- 

 tion of very pure, palatable oil. 



JUGLANS. Schreb. gen. N. 1446. 



Male calyx a one-leaved scale. Corol none. Stigmas 

 eighteen. Female calyx four-cleft, superior. Corol none. 

 Styles two. Germ semi-superior, one-celled, one-seeded ; at- 

 tachment inferior. Nut semi-quadrilocular, two-valved, one- 

 seeded. Embryo inverse, with little or no perisperm. 



1 . J. regia. Willd. iv. 455. 



Leaflets about nine, ovate-oblong, sub-serrate, nearly 

 equal. Fruit globular. 



Beng, Akroot. 



Arab. Jown, or Shejir Jown. 



Sans. Ukshodw, also KundnrsXa. 



A native of the mountainous countries immediately to the 

 north and north-east of Hindoostan, on the plains of Bengal, 

 it grows pretty well, but is not fruitful there. 



2. J. plerococca. Roxb. 



Leaflets from three to thirteen, lanceolate, smooth. Pa- 

 nicles axillary and terminal. J^Tnts unequally but amply 

 winged. 



BoIms, the vernacular name in Silhet, where it is indige- 

 nous in the vast forests, which cover the hills to the north and 

 east of that province; and grows to be a tree of consider- 

 able magnitude. The wood is of a light colour, and used by 

 Turners. The bark thick, dark brown, possessing much tan- 

 nin, and is reckoned by the natives, the best they are acquaint- 

 ed with for tanning. Flowering time May. 



Branchlets scabrous, with little elevated, white specks. 



