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flowers as Rheede has described them; they were 

 yellow, with an aromatic fragrance. Others, with 

 similar leaves and prickles, were clearly polygamous, 

 and the flowers had the following character. 



MALE. 

 Cal. Perianth one -leaved, salver -form, downy; 



Border live-parted, with equal, oblong divisio7is. 

 Cor. Petals five, wedge-form, obtusely notched at 



the top ; four equal, erect, the fifth depressed. 

 St am. Filaments ten, awled, inserted in the calyx, 



villous, very unequal in length. Anthers oblong, 



furrowed, incumbent. 



HERMAPHRODITE. 



Calyx, Carol, Stamens, as before. 



Pist. Germ oblong, villous. Style cylindric, longer 

 than the filaments. Stigma simple. 



Per. and Seeds well described by Linnaeus. 



Flowers yellow ; the depressed petal variegated with red 

 specks. Bracts three-fold, roundish, pointed. Spikes 

 set with floral leaflets, lanced, four-fold, reflected. 



40. Sobha'njana*. 



Syn. S/gru, TicsJftia, Gandhaca, Acshi'va, Mo'chaea. 



Vulg. Sajjana, Moranga. 



Linn. Gnilandina Moringa. 



Cal. Perianth one-leaved. Tube short, unequal, 

 gibbous. Border five-parted. Divisions oblong- 

 lanced, subequal ; first deflected, then revolute ; 

 coloured below, white above. 



Cor. Petals five, inserted into the calyx, resembling 

 a boat-form flower. Wing-like, tivo, inverse- egged, 

 clawed, expanding. 



Aivning- 



