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‘sula. It grows very quickly from cuttings. In some of the South- 
ern districts it is called O-the-yin-poo-marum, the first part of 
‘which may have suggested the word Odina. Wodier seems another 
native name. (Wight.) 
GENUS VI. RHUS. 
Pentandria Trigymia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. From Roos, red, alluding to the colour of the leaves and 
fruit of soiie of the species. 
Gen. Cuan. Shrubs or trees with alternate leaves: flowers 
polygamous or bisexual: calyx 5-partite, persistent: petals 5, 
ovate, inserted under the margin of the disk : stamens 5, free : ovary 
sessile, 1-celled: ovule solitary: styles 3, distinct or combined: 
drupe with a bony, 1-celled nut: seed solitary. 
: (1) R. pécrrizws. (W. § A.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 172. 
Engrav. Burm. Zeyl. t. 45.—Wight’s Ill. I. t. 75. 
_- Spec. Cuar. Leaves unequally pinnated: rachis interruptedly 
winged: wings tapéring at the base, truncated at the apex: leat- 
lets narrow-oblong, tapering at the base, quite entire: panicles axil- 
lary, shorter than the leaves: branches angled, spreading horizon- 
tally: ovary ovate: styles shortly 3-cleft at the apex: flowers 
greenish-white. : 
Southern Provinces. ; 
(2) R. Mysorensts. (Heyne.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 172. 
Spec. Cuar. Branches often spinescent: petioles and panicles 
densely pubescent: leaves palmately trifoliate: leaflets obovate, 
sinuate-lobed,. villous beneath, terminal one much the largest, 
with a cuneate, tapering base: panicles terminal, or axillary in 
the upper leaves, much longer than the leaves: stigmas capitate : 
fruit globose. 
Mysore. 
GENUS VII. SPONDIAS. 
Decandria Pentagynia. Ser: Syst: 
Deriv. Greek name for a plum, which the fruit resembles, 
Gey. Cuan. Trees: calyx 5-cleft, deciduous: petals 5, insert 
ed under the margin of the disk: ovary free, sessile, 5-celled : ovule 
‘solitary : styles 5, short, distinct, somewhat distant at the base and 
eonniving upwards ; drupe fleshy: nut 5, from abortion 1~3-celleds 
