. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. INCOMPLETE 259 lucre; bagh-anchrha {Ptsonta acu- leata) (fig. 224), a large straggling shrub, armed with recurved axillary spines. " It makes excellent im- penetrable fences, and when fairly caught in its trammels it is no easy matter to be extricated, the prickles being so numerous, strong, crooked, and ;—Roxburgh. The flowers of krishna-kali men- tioned above are autogamous, as the stamens and the style become rolled up together. Nat. Order 2. AmarantacecB.— Herbs or shrubs, erect or with climbing branches. Flowers her- maphrodite, sometim
. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. INCOMPLETE 259 lucre; bagh-anchrha {Ptsonta acu- leata) (fig. 224), a large straggling shrub, armed with recurved axillary spines. " It makes excellent im- penetrable fences, and when fairly caught in its trammels it is no easy matter to be extricated, the prickles being so numerous, strong, crooked, and ;—Roxburgh. The flowers of krishna-kali men- tioned above are autogamous, as the stamens and the style become rolled up together. Nat. Order 2. AmarantacecB.— Herbs or shrubs, erect or with climbing branches. Flowers her- maphrodite, sometimes unisexual, in simple or branched spikes or in heads (capitate). Bracts scarious or hyaline; bracteoles 2, scarious. Perianth inferior, dry, of 5 scarious persistent leaves. Stamens i to 5, opposite the perianth seg- ments. Ovary i-celled, superior. Fruit a mem- branous utricle, rarely berry. Seeds with black crustaceous shining testa, embryo horseshoe-shaped or annular, surrounding the floury albumen. Tropical and sub-trop- ical. Common plants:. Figf. 224.—Bagh-anchi'liii {Ptsonta actdeala). 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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