. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. CALYCIFLOR^ 217 2 whorls inserted on the tube or Hmbs of the superior calyx. Ovary inferior, i-celled. Fruit indehiscent, drupaceous or leathery. Seed solitary, exalbuminous. Chiefly tropical. The common plants are deshi- badam or Country Almond (Terminalia Catappa); the kernel of its nut is edible, and the thick pericarp is full of air-chambers; this makes the fruits light and impervious to water, so that they are disseminated through the agency of running water without any harm to the germinating power of the enclosed seeds. Bats also help in the distribu
. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. CALYCIFLOR^ 217 2 whorls inserted on the tube or Hmbs of the superior calyx. Ovary inferior, i-celled. Fruit indehiscent, drupaceous or leathery. Seed solitary, exalbuminous. Chiefly tropical. The common plants are deshi- badam or Country Almond (Terminalia Catappa); the kernel of its nut is edible, and the thick pericarp is full of air-chambers; this makes the fruits light and impervious to water, so that they are disseminated through the agency of running water without any harm to the germinating power of the enclosed seeds. Bats also help in the distribution of the fruits. Bairha {Ter- minal ia belerica) and hari- taki or Myrobolan {Termin- alia Chebula) yield fruits with abundant tannin; arjun {Terminalia Arjiina) and ashan {Terminalia tomeii- tosa) are both timber trees with 5-angled fruits; Ano- geissus latifolia is a big tree of Orissa with a cluster of winged fruits (fig. 186); Rangoon Creeper {Quisqualis indica and Q. mala- barica) is a common ornamental garden climber. In the last species the blades fall off when mature, leaving behind the petioles, which grow into rigid spines. Nat. Order 8. MyrtacecB.—Trees or shrubs, rarely herbs. Leaves usually opposite, simple, entire, with a sub-marginal vein (see fig. 36), coriaceous, and gland-dotted. Flowers regular. Sepals connate, superior, limbs 4 to 5. Petals epigynous, 4 to 5, imbricate. Stamens numerous, epigynous, free or polyadelphous {Melaleuca). Ovary inferior, i- to 2-celled. Fruit usually tipped by the calyx limbs,. Fig-. iS6.—Anogeissus latifoHa. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bose, G. C. London, Blackie & Son Ltd.
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