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buds of this plant. Melaleuca Leucadendron (^g. 188) 

 is a native of the Malacca Islands. It appears to be 

 the plant from which the Cajuput oil of commerce is 

 chiefly obtained. It has been introduced as a garden 

 plant. Note its many^nerved leaves and innumerable 

 stamens collected into five bundles or groups. Species 

 of the Australian genus Eucalyptus are being suc- 

 cessfully cultivated all oyer India, and some of them 

 are gigantic timber trees. Allspice {Pimenta acris, 

 Wight), a West Indian 

 tree, is much cultivated 

 for its aromatic berries. 

 The flowers are mostly 

 protandrous and visited 

 by ants and bees. 



Nat. Order 9. Lyth- 

 racecB. — Trees or shrubs 

 or herbs often with 

 4 - angled branches. 



T , • • . Fisr. 18S. — Vertical Section of the Flower 



Leaves entire, opposite, aiMeiaieuca 



sometimes whorled. 



Flowers regular. Sepals connate in a calyx-tube 

 with 3 to 6 lobes, inferior. Petals as many as the 

 calyx-lobes, crumpled in the bud. Stamens few or 

 numerous, perigynous. Ovary superior, 2- to 6-celled. 

 Fruit dehiscent or indehiscent. Seeds numerous, 

 exalbuminous. Mostly tropical. 



The common plants are jarool {Lagerstraemia 

 Flos-RegincB), a timber tree; Lagerstroemia indica, 

 a shrub; mehdi or Henna or Indian Privet {La-w- 

 sonia alba), planted specially in hedges: the leaves 

 of this plant are used by the Mohammedans for dye- 

 ing their nails and beards red; dadmari {Ammania 

 baccifera) is a roadside weed; dalim or Pomegranate 

 {Punica Granatum) has a peculiar fruit which is an 



