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weed of waste places ; Holmskioldia sanguinea, a tree 

 common in gardens in Calcutta, with beautiful scarlet 

 flowers, conspicuous for their scarlet-coloured persis- 

 tent gamosepalous ample bell-shaped truncate per- 

 sistent calyx; belati-mehdi {Duranta Plumieri), an 

 erect shrub, largely used as a hedge plant in gardens ; 



Figf, 219.— Gambhari 

 f^Gmelina arhorea) 



Fig. 220.— Bina {Avicennia officinalis) 



Avicennia officinalis (bina) (fig. 220), a common tree 

 in the Sunderban. The Order is closely allied to both 

 AcanthacecB and Labiates. From the former it differs 

 in having 4-celled ovary with i seed in each cell, or 

 2-celled ovary with 2 seeds in each cell; from the 

 latter in terminal style and drupaceous or berry-like 

 fruit. 



Nat. Order 24. Scrophulariacece. — Herbs or shrubs, 

 rarely parasitic. Leaves opposite or alternate or both. 

 Calyx, corolla, and stamens as in Acanthaceee and 

 Labiates, only corolla is sometimes personate, often 

 spurred. Ovary superior, 2-celled, with many seeds 



