ALANGIACE^E. 



Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 39. 



ALANGIUM. 



Calyx 5-10-toothed. Petals 5-10. Stamens twice or more 

 times as many as the petals ; filaments very hairy towards the 

 base. Ovary 1-celled: ovule solitary. Drupe 1-seeded. Some of 

 the branches occasionally become spinescent. Young branches, 

 petioles, and nerves, puberulous. Leaves obtuse or acute, and 

 nearly equal at the base, reticulated on the under side with 

 transverse veins. W. and A. 



148. A. decapetalum Lam. diet. i. 174. DC. prodr. iii. 203. 



Alangi and Angolam Rheede. iv. t. 17 Stony mountains of 



Malabar. 



Leaves narrow, oblong, sometimes shortly and bluntly acuminated. 

 Petals 6-10. See next species. 



14-9. A. hexapetalum Lam. 1. c. DC. prodr. iii. 203. With 

 the last called Kara- Angolam and Namedou. 



Leaves elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, with a longish. sudden acumination. 

 Petals 6-7. Roots aromatic ; said by the Malays to have a purgative 

 hydragogue property. Royle. 



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