73G MONOECiA CYNANDRiA. Briedelict. 



spiked. Petals rouiul, curled, clawed. JVectary in (he mule 

 llowers double. Berries two-sided. 



Cluytia spinosa, Roxb. Corom. pi. ii. ..V. 172. 



Telhif). Kora man. 



This is a tree of considerable size, a native of the Circar 

 mountains, as well as of various parts of Bengal, where it blos- 

 soms during- the rainy season, chiefly in July, and the seeds 

 ripen in December. 



7^; HwA; straight. fi«/A: scabrous. 5r«McAes disposed as in 

 the last. Thorns a few over the larger branches, large and 

 strong. Leaves also disposed in the same manner, oblong, 

 pointed, entire, firm, smooth, with many parallel protuberant 

 veins running from the centre to the circumference, about 

 five inches long, and two and a half broad. Spikes axillary or 

 terminal, glomerate; flowers collected in bundles leaving the 

 interstices naked. Floxvers small, of a greenish yellow, male 

 and female mixed. Male calyx and corol as in the two last 

 species. Mectary double, the exterior saucer-shaped and the 

 interior cup-shaped, sitting on the exterior, or that which is 

 saucer-shaped, and divided to near the base, into five seg- 

 ments ; divisions narrowing towards the point, with the ex- 

 tremities three-toothed. Stamens ; Jilaments five, inserted into 

 in erect column. Female calyx and corol as in the male. 

 J^ectary gibbous, surrounding the germ entirely, and leav- 

 ing only a small opening for the styles to pass, and there 

 five-toothed. Ger?n ovate. Styles two, two-c\eft. Stigmas 

 simple. Berry globular, of the size of a pea, succulent, 

 black. Seeds tAvo. 



The bark is a strong astringent. The wood dark coloured, 

 hard and durable. Cattle eat the leaves greedily ; they are 

 said to destroy worms in their bowels, 



4. B. scandens. Willd. iv. p. 979. 



Shrubby, scandent. Leaves oblong, downy underneath. 

 Pe/a/5 roundish, crenulate, clawed. 



Cluytia scandens. Roxb. Corom. pi. ii. N. 173. 



