Jie 
567. A. Decareratum. w. & a. 1005, A. hexapetalum. w. & a. 1006, 
Rox. Flora. 2. ¢.°502. Kheed. Mal, 4. ¢. 17 and 4. ¢. 26. 
Ankool.—A small tree: when young the branchlets frequently end in 
blunt spines; leaves oblong lanceolate, much resembling those of a tree 
known to the natives by the name of Gowlee, and which is probably the 
Grewia salvifolia of Liunaeus.—Flowers in March and April; whitish; petals 
linear, reflexed. 
Elephanta, opposite the entrance of the Caves: near Cawasjee Patel’s tank, 
Bombay;—common in Guzerat. (Dr. Gibson.) 
The number of petals varies on the same tree 6,8 or 10. There is only one 
species in the neighbourhood of Bombay, and hexapetalum or decapetalum 
are equally applicable as a trivial name, 
The fruit is eaten by the natives: the taste is somewhat astringent like 
that of Syzygiumjambolanum. (Mr. Law.) 
. ORDER 58.. MYRTACE. w. & a. prod. 1. p. 826.. 
THe Myrtce Tribe. Lind. nat. syst. p, 63. 
270. SONNERATIA. L, Icosandria Monogynia. ; 
Named by the younger Linnaeus in memory of Sennerat the voyager. 
Lam. ¢t. 420. Gaert. ¢. 78, 
568. S.Acipa. w,& a. 1008. Rox. Flora. 2. p. 506. Rheed. Mal. 3. t. 40. 
A small tree, with drooping branches and oval, oblong, thick veinless leaves: 
flowers at the beginning of the rains.—In the salt marsh oa the Salsette side 
of Sion Causeway, growing in a line by the road side. This is rathera 
pretty tree. 
Itis probably identical with the ‘‘ Z’ewar” noticed by Dr. Heddle in his Mss. 
Report on Scinde, as being a better substitute for coal in Steamers, than any 
ether kind of wood. The supply is stated to be inexhaustible in the Delta 
of the Indus. 
569. S. APETALA. w. & a. 1009. Rox. Flora. 2. p, 506. 
A shrub; grows in the salt marsh by the road side leading from Bombay 
to Sewree. It requires examination, and seems a very doubtful species. 
271. PUNICA. Tourn. [cosandria Monogynia. 
Punicus—Carthaginian: it is a native of the north of Africa, Lam. ¢. 
415. Gaert. t. 38. 
570. P. Granatum. w. & a. 1010. Rox. Flora. 2. p. 499. Ainslie Mat. 
Ind. 1. p. 322 and 2. p 157. Bot, Mag. ¢, 1832, 
The Pomegranate tree: common in gardens: cultivated more as an orna- 
mental plant than for the sake of the fruit, which is of very inferior quality 
te that brought from Muscat and Persia, for sale. 
‘* Nor, on its slender twigs 
Low-bending, be the full pomegranate scorned.” 
Thomson’s Seasons. 
272. PSIDIUM. tL. Icosandria Monogynia. 
From psidion, the Greek name of the pomgranate; root psix—a crumb; 
name given in allusion to the number of seeds. Lam. ¢. 416. Gaert.¢, 38. 
571. P. Pyrirerum. w. &. a. 1012. Rheed. Mal. 3. t. 34. Rumph. Amb. 
4. ¢.47.—common white pear-shaped Guaya:—in gardens every where. 
572, P.. PomireRuM. w. & a. 1013. Rheed. Mal. 3. ¢. 35. Rumph. Amb. 1. 
@. 48. 
Round fruited Guava. The one isa mere variety of the other, and the 
@wo speciesought to be united. The West Indies and South America are 
