NYCTANTHES ARBOR-TRISTIS. (Nat. order Jasmine®.) 



NyCTANTHES. Juss. — GEN. CHAR. Calyx tubular entire or obsoletely 5-6 crenated, corol-tube terete, limb 5-8 lobed, lobes obcordate 

 contorted in aestivation, antbera 2, sessile on tbe corol just witbiu the tube, stigma capitate glandular, capBule obovate or rounded compressed chartaceous, 

 2-celled, 2-valved, opening transversely from tbe apex, seed solitary in each cell erect from the base exalbunrnous, cotyledons orbicular, radicle in. 

 ferior. A small tree, leaves opposite simple, peduncles axillary and terminal few flowered, flowers fragrant. — Scabrita, Linn. Parilium, Gavin- 



NyCTANTHES AKBOR-TMSTIS. (Linn.) A small tree, trunk erect, bark scabrous, branches numerous spreading, the 

 young ones 4-sided, leaves opposite ovate or oblong to cordate acuminate entire or serrate, very scabrous, 3-5 nerved at the base, 3-5 

 inches long by 1-3 inches broad, petioles 2-5 lines long, peduncles axillary and terminal leafy furnished with several few-flowered urn- 

 bellets, flowers exquisitely fragrant, the tube orange colored and the limb white, opening at sunset and falling off at sun rise, involucre 

 to the umbellets 2-6 leaved. Eoxb. Fl. hid. 1. 86. 



This charming Utile tree is very abundant in the jungles about Jubbulpore and Central provinces, Godavery jungles, &c, but I never sav; 

 it wild in the south of this Presidency ; it is however io be met with cultivated in almost every r.ative garden , and about temples; the flowers 

 have a most delicious smell,- somewhat like honey, the orange tubes of the flowers dye a fine buff or orange color. The tree is culled Barjat in Bin. 

 doostanee and Kirsdru by the Gonds in the Godavery forests, and Sspala in Ceylon; it yields a hard useful v:ood, but of small size. Its San- 

 serif name is Sephalica, and it is often mentioned by the Sanscrit poets. 



Analysis. 



1. A flower. 



2. Ca'yx, ovary and style. 



3. Corol opened out, showing the 2 stamens sessile within the tub?, and 6 obcordate lt-bes (there are sometimes 5-8.) 



4. One of the lobes of the corol. 



5. Ovary cut vertically, showing the erect solitary ovules. 



6. The same cut transversely, showing the 2 cells. 



7. A fruit. 



8. The same cut vertically, showing the solitary erect seed, no albumen. 



9. Seed cut vertically, showing the embryo, 



10. The embryo with orbicular cotyledons and inferior radicle. 



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