52. COPMACEM. 



sometimes capitate. Sepals 4-10 superior or calyx-limb 

 truncate, persistent. Petals 4-10 or 0. -St. epigynous 1-3- 

 times as many as the petals. Epigynous disc usually conspic- 

 uous. Ovary inferior 1-4 celled. Style 1. Stigma capitate 

 or. branched. Ovule 1 in each cell pendulous (rarely 2-3). 

 Fruit generally a berry or drupe. Albumen copions fleshy 

 and embryo large with flat cotyledons. The endocarp, 

 sometimes infolded as a plate into the seed. 



I., alt. St. 2-3-times as many as the petals. Ovary 1-celled. 1. Alangium. 



1. Alanginin, Lamk. 



1. A. Lamarckii, Thwaites. Ankol, K. ; Dhela, S. 

 Kharw. ; Kumri, Mai Pali. ; Akar-kanta, Beng. 



A small bushy tree attaining 25 ft. usually thorny, with 

 oblong or elliptic leaves 3-6" by 1-2" pubescent when young, 

 moderate-sized white flowers in axillary fascicles or from 

 leafless axils. Petals 5.10. Stamens 20-30. Fr. §-§" ellip- 

 soid, black, succulent, with bony endocarp,. crowned by the 

 calyx, appearing ribbed when dried. Albumen not ruminate. 



A. very common tree in waste ground and on the hills. Fls. March- 

 May. Fr. June- July. More or less leafless at the time of flowering. 

 New leaves appear May- June. 



L. with unequal base, first pair of sec. n. at or near the base, upper 

 surface with pubescent nerves, beneath sparsely hairy and with gland 

 pits, or tufts of hairs in the axils of the sec. nerves. Sec. n. about 6 prs., 

 tertiaries more or less parallel. Petiole £ v . Calyx-limb minutely toothed. 

 Anthers very long and slender. Disc hirsute. Cotyledons flat with 3- 

 nerved base. 



The fruit is eaten. The bark and root are used in jaundice. The 

 wood is strong. 



Fam. 53. 0L4CACEE. 



Trees, shrubs, undershrubs or climbers, sometimes root 

 parasites, with alt., simple, exstipulate entire leaves often 

 several -nerved at the base. Fls. regular, 1-2-sexual or 

 dioecious. Calyx (hypanthium) small, 4-6- toothed, or 



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