. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. 272 CLASSIFICATION connate scale-leaves at each of the joints or nodes, and resembling the branches of Equisetums, hence the name. This jhau is a quite different plant from the dwarf shrubby jhau (Taviarix) of sand-banks. Nat. Order \o.—Sahcacece includes the Willow {Salix) and Poplar {Populus) of Europe. Salix tetra- sperma (fig. 242) is a small tree met with here and there. Nat. Order 11. — Santalacece in- cludes chandan or Sandal - wood tree (Santalum album), which is a root- parasite, sucking its food from the roots of its hosts, though not wholly depen
. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. 272 CLASSIFICATION connate scale-leaves at each of the joints or nodes, and resembling the branches of Equisetums, hence the name. This jhau is a quite different plant from the dwarf shrubby jhau (Taviarix) of sand-banks. Nat. Order \o.—Sahcacece includes the Willow {Salix) and Poplar {Populus) of Europe. Salix tetra- sperma (fig. 242) is a small tree met with here and there. Nat. Order 11. — Santalacece in- cludes chandan or Sandal - wood tree (Santalum album), which is a root- parasite, sucking its food from the roots of its hosts, though not wholly dependent on them (though the growth is certainly affected in the absence of the host plants). Nat. Order 12.— Balanophoracece is a family of leafless parasites, of which Balanophora dioica (fig. 243) is met with in the Khasi Hills. Nat. Order 13.—Myristicacece includes jay-phal or Nutmeg tree {Myristica fr'agrans), the seeds of which are the Nutmeg or jayphal of commerce, and the laciniated scarlet aril of the seed is the jaitri or Mace of commerce (see fig. 124). Nat. Order 14.—Lauracece includes dalchini or Cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum zeylanicuni), in which valvular dehiscence of the anthers, a character of the. Fig. 242.—Pani-jom {Salix ietraspermct). 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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