LyTllliAltlE.K. (.IIAXATE.E. MELASTOilACEJ-!. 409 



X X Petals none. 

 S. (Maxgum) Ai.ii.v, Ruiuiili. Sea-shoro of tlio Aiiilauians. 



Calyx in bud clliptirally oblong, acute, \\w tube at first obscurely, then strongly 

 6-8 anjjular. 



The loots of ;S acida and S. alba, and perhaps of other species also, send up from 

 out the mut, wherein they are ini])lanted, long spindle-shaped excrescences. These 

 arc of a firm close texture, almost devoid of fibrous structure, and can be cut into thin 

 slices and arc admirably adajited for insect boxes and setting boards, as the material 

 receives readily the finest piu. Doubtless they would serve many purjjoses for which 

 cork is used in Europe. 



S. GRiFFiTuri, Kz. Tegu and Tenasscrira. 



Ta-hpyoo (Kurz). 



Calyx in bud ovoid, obtuse, the tube terete. 



** Sfiffiiia Ia)\i/r, iiear/i/ 3 lines in diaineter, eonieallt/ uinhreUa-shaped . 



S. APETALA, Buch. I'rom Chittagoug to Tenasscrim. 



Kani-bala (Kurz). 



Calyx 4-lobed. Petals none. Leaves oblong to lanceolate. 



Wood red, strong, not hai'd. Good for building and other purposes. 



The tindicr of Za/jersfra-mirr, Crypleronin, and some others is valualile. Ifenna, 

 a reddish orange dye, is the lU'oduce of Zawsonia, and a similar dye is obtained from 

 the llowers of Woodford ia. 



Order GRANATEJE. 



Cah/r-hhes valvate. Petals 5 to 7, epigynous, imbricate in bud. Stamens many, 

 many-seriate. Oearij with 2 superimposed tiers of cells, upper tier with parietal, 

 lower with central plaeentatiou. Berry traversed by membranous septa. Seeds with 

 fleshy testa, exalbuminous. Coti/ledons convolute. Leaves sub-opposite, simple, 

 exstijiulate, not gland-dotted. Shrubs. 



PuxiCA, Linnaus. 



* P. fiRAXATrj[, L. Cultivated in Prome and Ava. 



Tha-lai. 



The Pomegranate is a native of Asia Jlinor, ranging to the Western Himalayas, 

 but cultivated in all tem])erate regions. The finest in India are imported from Kabul. 

 The fruit is mildly acidulous, and makes a pleasant sherbet. The bark and rind 

 possess considerable astringency, and are used in tanning, and in fine powder boiled 

 with milk for dj-sentery. The bark of the roots is anthelmintic, and given for tape- 

 worm. The fruit, in decorative art, is highly symbolical, on wliich subject sec 

 Pugin's Glussary of Eeclesiastieal Oniaments, Mytliologie des Planlcs, vol. ii. p. KUi, 

 and Inman, Aneicnt Faiths, vol. iv. p. CI 2. 



Order MELASTOMACEJS. 



Flowers regular, hermapluodife. Calyx-tube inclosing the ovary, and cither 

 cohering with its angles, leaving intermediate cavities, or entirely free or more or 

 less adnato to it. Zimb entire, or 3-G-lobed or toothed, usually imbricate in bud. 

 Petals 3-5, rarely 6, imbricate (usually contorted). Stamens usually twice as many, 

 sometimes only as many as jielals, and inserted with them, the filaments curved 

 down in the bud. Anthers 2-cellod, opening by 1 or 2 pores at the top, or very 

 rarely dehiscing longitudinally, the connective often variously extended or thickened. 

 Geary inclo.sed in tlie calyx-tube and adnate to it, or more or less free, with 2 to G 

 or rarely more cells, witli tlie placenta in the a.xis, or rarely 1-celled by the abortion 

 of the partitions. Style simple, with a minute stigma. Orules several, i-arely 2 

 only, to each placenta, anatropous. Z'ritit inclosed iu the calyx, or combined with 



