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68 ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 
—— Bylineriaceae calyx persistent. Petals with the claws concavely vaulted, (concavo. 
fornicatis ) sometimes aborting. Anthers 2-celled. Seeds often albuminous. 
: ermanniaceae calyx Paes — 5. Anthers 2-celled extrorse, Albumen 
inacious and fleshy. Embryo curved. : 
pst ir aor nba aly pebelatent Petals flat. Stamens monadelphous, some definite 
multiple of the number of the petals. Anthers adnate, 2-celled extrorse.. Albumen fleshy. 
—— Malvaceae.— Calyx persistent. Stamens monadelphous. Anthers l-celled. Under 
this last the Bombaceae are arranged on account of their 1-celled anthers. 
o this class Von Martins adds Depterocarpeae, and Lindley Lythrariee, - In so large 
an assemblage presenting so few and so slight modifications of structure, it is not to be won- 
dered at that Botanists should have found it difficult to determine the limits of each of its 
subdivisions, since in truth the peculiarities of the above orders are scarcely greater than 
we meet with in sections of other orders, and yet, the varieties of habit met with in each are 
such as renders it in every way desirable that they should be distinguished ; while the number 
of species referable to each subdivision, makes it preferable to distinguish them under a sepa- 
rate name rather than to unite the whole under a single denomination. This has successfully 
accomplished, by classing them under one common name, and distributing the minor groups 
under so many others, 
shores of the Bay of Bengal, but totally unknown on the western, though our genera are all 
found on the other coast, and more or less copiously scattered all over India. 
Prorertizs AnD Usrs. Musilagenous and emollient properties are common to the whole 
of the Columniferae. The juice of the roots of Bombar ceiba, an American tree, ‘is said to be 
aperient, while the bark of the tree is emetic. Blume (medical plants of Java) states that the 
bark of the root of B. Malabarica is emetic, and is employed as such in Java. The Erioden- 
dron anfractuosum or Bombax pentandrum, produces a gum which is esteemed for its medi- 
cinal properties in this country, but being usually adminis 
is probably indebted to them for much of its supposed virtue. 
fabricate it into cloth, but hitherto without success, 
the committee of the Society of Arts, to whom some s 
quilting Lady’s muffs and boas, but thought, that fo 
or common cotton stuffs, the looseness of its textur 
while its extreme lightness supplied the other desi 
such a purpose. 
excessive perspiration. 
with a redish spongy pul 
8 a citron in shape, is filled 
and refreshing acidulous 
ping the seed, of which agreeable 
oyed as a cooling beverage in the fevers 
