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CLASSIFICATION 



connate scale-leaves at each of the joints or nodes, 

 and resembling the branches of Equisetums, hence 

 the name. This jhau is a quite different plant from 

 the dwarf shrubby jhau (Taviarix) of sand-banks. 



Nat. Order \o.—Sahcacece includes the Willow 

 {Salix) and Poplar {Populus) of Europe. Salix tetra- 

 sperma (fig. 242) is a small tree met with here and 



there. 



Nat. Order 11. 

 — Santalacece in- 

 cludes chandan or 

 Sandal - wood tree 

 (Santalum album), 

 which is a root- 

 parasite, sucking 

 its food from the 

 roots of its hosts, 

 though not wholly 

 dependent on them 

 (though the growth 

 is certainly affected 

 in the absence of 

 the host plants). 



Nat. Order 12.— 

 Balanophoracece is 

 a family of leafless parasites, of which Balanophora 

 dioica (fig. 243) is met with in the Khasi Hills. 



Nat. Order 13. — Myristicacece includes jay-phal 

 or Nutmeg tree {Myristica fr'agrans), the seeds of 

 which are the Nutmeg or jayphal of commerce, and 

 the laciniated scarlet aril of the seed is the jaitri or 

 Mace of commerce (see fig. 124). 



Nat. Order 14. — Lauracece includes dalchini or 

 Cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum zeylanicuni), in which 

 valvular dehiscence of the anthers, a character of the 



Fig. 242. — Pani-jom {Salix ietraspermct) 



