ITLMUS INTEGRIFOLIA. (Nat. order Urticere.) 



UlMUS, Linn.— GEN. CHAR. Flowers hermatbrodite, or male and female, perianth membranaceous 4-8 parted, stamens 4 9, ovary ovoid 

 sometimes pedicelled 1-2 celled, ovules solitary in the cells pendulous anatropal, styles 2 divaricato-patent stigmatose on the inner face, fruit a compressed' 

 samara winged all round 1-seeded, seed inverse, embryo exalbuminous orthotropal ; radicle superior. Trees or shrubs, leaves alternate — Holoptelsea, Blanch, 



TJLMUS INTEGRIFOLIA. (Roxb,) A good sized tree, leaves ovate or ovato-cordate acute or obtuse entire glabrous 

 shining 3-5 inches long by l|-2 broad, stipules lanceolate caducous, flowers fascicled ; male, female and hermatbrodite mixed in the same 

 fascicles, perianth deeply 4-8 parted slightly hairy, segments oval caducous, stameus 5-9 scarcely longer than the perianth, ovary pedi- 

 celled oval compressed, styles 2 as long as the ovary, fruit flat winged all round ernargiaate at the apex. Roxb. PI, Coram, i. t. 78. 

 Holoptelaea integrifolia, Planch. Ann. des Scien. Nat. Set: iii. vol. x. p- 266. / fC, £ 



A timber tree common in many parts of this presidency and in Ceylon; it is a deciduous tree and generally flowers before the young 

 leares appear, and consequently when quite destitute of foliage, but it is sometimes found in flower when in full foliage as in the drawing. The wood 

 is strong and reddish in color, and much in use for building and for carts and a variety of purposes ; the tree is known by the Teligu names of 

 Nowlee and Pedda nowlee eragu ; in Tamil it is called Ayah, in Canarese Rdo bija, in Marattah (Bombay presidency ) Wawalee, and in Ceylon 

 Dada hirilla. 



Analysis. 



1. Flower bud. 



2. A male flower, 8 stamens, no ovary. 



3. Hermathrodite flower, 5 stamens, stipitate ovary and stiguiai. 

 i. Anthers, front and black view- 



5. Ovary and stigmas. 



6. Stigma, much magnified. 



7. Ovary cut vertically, 1 pendulous ovule. 



8. The suborbicular leafy fruit or capsule, (Drawn from living specimens.) 



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