ON SELECT INDIAN PLANTS. 589 



Per. Capsule egged, five-celled, woody, gaping ac 

 the base. Receptacle five-angled. 



Seeds imbricated, winged. 



Leaves feathered, scarce ever with an odd one -, pairs 

 from six to twelve; petioles, gibbous at their inser- 

 tion, channelled on one side, convex and smooth? 

 on the other. Stipules thick, short, roundish ; 

 leaflets oblong -lanced, pointed, waved, veined, 

 nerve on one side. Panicles large, diffuse, con- 

 sisting of compound racemes. Nectaries yielding 

 a fine yellow dye. Wood light, in colour like Ma* 

 hagoni, 



44. Nichula : 



Svn. Amhuja, Ijjala. 



Vulg. Hijala, Bad? a, Jyitli. 



Cal. Perianth one-leaved, belled, fleshy, downy, 

 coloured, permanent, five-parted 3 divisions erect, 

 pointed. 



Cor. Five-petaled; petals egged, short pointed, re- 

 volute, downy within and without. 



Stam. Filaments ten, five mostly shorter ; inserted 

 in the bell of the calyx ; awled, villous. Anthers 

 erect, oblong, furrowed. 1 



Pist. Germ egg-oblong, very villous. Style thread- 

 form, curved. Stigma headed, with five obtuse 

 corners. 



Per. Drupe subglobular. 



Nut scabrous, convex on one side, angled on the 

 other. 



Leaves feathered ; pairs, from five to nine ; leaflets 

 oblong, daggered, notched. Calvx pale pink. Curol 



Vol. IV. U darker 



