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lucre ; bagh-anchrha {Ptsonta acu- 

 leata) (fig. 224), a large straggling 

 shrub, armed with recurved axillary 

 spines. " It makes excellent im- 

 penetrable fences, and when fairly 

 caught in its trammels it is no 

 easy matter to be extricated, the 

 prickles being so numerous, strong, 

 crooked, and sharp." — Roxburgh. 



The flowers of krishna-kali men- 

 tioned above are autogamous, as 

 the stamens and the style become 

 rolled up together. 



Nat. Order 2. AmarantacecB. — 

 Herbs or shrubs, erect or with 

 climbing branches. Flowers her- 

 maphrodite, sometimes 

 unisexual, in simple or 

 branched spikes or in heads 

 (capitate). Bracts scarious 

 or hyaline; bracteoles 2, 

 scarious. Perianth inferior, 

 dry, of 5 scarious persistent 

 leaves. Stamens i to 5, 

 opposite the perianth seg- 

 ments. Ovary i -celled, 

 superior. Fruit a mem- 

 branous utricle, rarely 

 berry. Seeds with black 

 crustaceous shining testa, 

 embryo horseshoe -shaped 

 or annular, surrounding 

 the floury albumen. 



Tropical and sub-trop- 

 ical. Common plants: 



Figf. 224. — Bagh-anchi'liii 

 {Ptsonta actdeala) 



Fig:. 225.— Apang {Ach^rmitbes aspeva 

 It, Staminodia. i>, 3eprJs, c, Bracts, 



