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CLASSIFICATION 



Fig. 205. — Malati i^Aganosnia caryophyllata) 



hypocrateriform, lobes spreading, and twisted in bud- 

 Stamens usually 5, epipetalous. Carpels usually 2,, 

 superior, free in the region of the ovary but united! 



in the region ot the: 

 style and stigma ;: 

 stigma often thickened! 

 and dumb-bell-shaped.. 

 Fruit a pair of follicles, 

 or a pair of drupes^ 

 or berries, sometimes, 

 single by abortion. 

 Seeds often winged or 

 tipped by a crown of 

 long silky hair (coma), usually albuminous. 



The Order is chiefly tropical. Common plants: 

 (i) karabi {Nerium odorum), a garden shrub; (2). 



tagar (Tabernce- 

 viontanacoronarid),. 

 a cultivated garden^ 

 shrub ; (3) kalika- 

 phul or haldi- 

 karabi {Thivetia 

 nerifolia), common 

 in gardens and 

 also as garden-es- 

 capes; (4) malati 

 {Aganosma caryo- 

 phyllata) (fig. 205), 

 a large climber 

 often planted in 

 gardens for its 

 handsome fragrant flowers; (5) karancha {Carissa 

 Carandas), a spinous shrub cultivated for its acid 

 berries ; (6) kat-charapa {Plumeria acutifolid), a small- 

 sized tree of our gardens; (7) nayan-tara (Vinca 



l''ig. 206. — Nayan-tara (Vincu rosea) 

 a, Stigma. 5, Fi-ee ovaries. 



