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IX. 



A Botanical and Economical Account of 

 Bassia Butyracea, or East India Butter 

 Tree. 



by w. roxburgh, m. d. 



BASSIA BUTYRACEA. 



Polyandria Monogynia. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



CALYX beneath, four or five leaved. Corol, 

 one petaled : Border about eight cleft. Berry 

 superior, with from one to five Seeds. 



Bassia Butyracea. Roxburgh. 



Calyx five-leaved; Stamens thirty or forty, 

 crowning the subcylindric tube of the Corol. 



Fuhvah, Phulwarah, or Phulwara, of the inha- 

 bitants of the Almoi^ak hills, where the tree is indi- 

 genous. Flowering time, in its native soil, the 

 month o^ January ; Seeds ripe in August. 



Trunk of the larger trees, strai^f^r and about 

 five or six feet in" circumference. Bark of the 

 young branches smooth, brown, and marked with 

 small ash-coloured specks. 



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