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St am. Anthers kidrey-shaped. 



Pisl. Genu roundish ; Style long, as the fila- 

 ments ; Stigma clubbed. 



Seed. A Nut with four opposite angles (two of them 

 sharp thorns) formed by the Calyx. 



Leaves. Those which float on the water are 

 rhomboidal ; the two upper sides unequally notched, 

 the two lower, right lines. Their petioles buoyed 

 up by spindle-shaped spongy substances, not blad- 

 ders. 



Root. Knotty, like coral. 



Uses, The fresh kernel, in sweetness and delicacy, 

 equals that of the filbert. A mucus, secreted by mi- 

 nute glands, covers the wet leaves, which are consi- 

 dered as cooling. 



Note. It seems to be the floating Trapa of Lin* 

 riicus. 



IV. P U T I C A R A J A. 

 Ten and One. 



Cal. Five-cleft. 



Cor. Five equal petals. 



Perk. A thorny legumen ; two seeds. 



Leaves. Oval, pinnated. 



Stem. Armed. 



Uses. The seeds are very bitter, and, perhaps, to- 

 nic ; since one of them, bruised and given in two 

 doses, will, as the Hindus assert, cure an intermittent 

 fever. 



V. MADHUCA. (See Vol. 1. page 300J 

 Many, not on the Receptacle, and One. 



Cal. Perianth four or five - leaved. 



