. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. Fig:. 236.—Pituli {Trewia ntidiflofa^ ^ Fig:. 237.—Pituli {Trewia nudiflora) J ?M, Male spike or catkin. s/, Stigma, y, Ovary, Tapioca {Manihot utilissima), a tall herbaceous plant with alternate large entire or digitate leaves and big tuberous roots, a native of South America, now largely cultivated in Bengal for its roots, which yield a kind of flour for making bread; swet-basanta {Acalypha indica) (fig. 238), a common erect annual weed of waste lands with the female flowers included in a cam- panulate green bract; the Indian Spurge {Euphorbia hypericifol

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. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. Fig:. 236.—Pituli {Trewia ntidiflofa^ ^ Fig:. 237.—Pituli {Trewia nudiflora) J ?M, Male spike or catkin. s/, Stigma, y, Ovary, Tapioca {Manihot utilissima), a tall herbaceous plant with alternate large entire or digitate leaves and big tuberous roots, a native of South America, now largely cultivated in Bengal for its roots, which yield a kind of flour for making bread; swet-basanta {Acalypha indica) (fig. 238), a common erect annual weed of waste lands with the female flowers included in a cam- panulate green bract; the Indian Spurge {Euphorbia hypericifolia, van indica), an annual weed with milky juice, small opposite simple leaves, and minute green- ish flowers in a cyathium; E. heterophylla Linn., an. 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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