. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. THALAMIFLOR^ 177 flower serve to attract insects. The 5 imbricate sepals grow along witii the fruit, of which they form the edible part. D. scabrella (fig. 147) and D. aurea are kinds of chalta that grow wild in the forests of E. Bengal and Assam. Nat. Order 3. Anonacece.—Trees or shrubs, some- times climbers, with naked buds. Leaves al- ternate, entire, exstipu- late. Flowers with tri- merous perianth. Sepals 3, valvate. Petals thick- ish, 6 in 2 whorls, val- vate. Stamens free and close set on an elongated thalamus. Carpels many, free, mostly packed to- g
. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. THALAMIFLOR^ 177 flower serve to attract insects. The 5 imbricate sepals grow along witii the fruit, of which they form the edible part. D. scabrella (fig. 147) and D. aurea are kinds of chalta that grow wild in the forests of E. Bengal and Assam. Nat. Order 3. Anonacece.—Trees or shrubs, some- times climbers, with naked buds. Leaves al- ternate, entire, exstipu- late. Flowers with tri- merous perianth. Sepals 3, valvate. Petals thick- ish, 6 in 2 whorls, val- vate. Stamens free and close set on an elongated thalamus. Carpels many, free, mostly packed to- gether on the prolonged thalamus, style o. Ovules I or more, anatropous. Fruit of a number of i to many-seeded free indehis- cent carpels; rarely, as in A nana, the carpels are confluent. Seeds large, with ruminated or marbled albumen. This is a tropical order, represented by the follow- ing well-known plants, namely, ata or Custard-apple {Anona squamosa), nona or Bastard-apple (Anona reticulata), debdaru {Polyalthia longifolia), and kan- tali-champa {Artabotiys odoratissima), climbing by the help of recurved hooks on the peduncles of the flowers. It has sometimes straight spines also, which are modified branches. The pulpy fruits of ata are (0 946) 13. Figr, T47.—Dillenia scabrella, a kind of wild Chalta. 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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