. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. CLASSIFICATION medica, C. Aurantium, and C. decummia or batabi- nebu), usually characterized by winged and jointed petioles (see fig. 29 (4)); bael or Wood-apple {^gle Marmelos), kath-bael or Elephant-apple (Feronia Elephantuvi), kamini-phul {Murraya exotica)^ and ash-shaorha {Glycosmis pentaphylld). The twigs of the last-named plant are largely used as a kind of tooth-brush all over northern India. Todalia aculeata (fig. 173) is a shrub found in Orissa and Khasi Hills, armed with pe- culiar spines. The seeds of nebu are often poly-embryonic. Nat. Order 31.
. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. CLASSIFICATION medica, C. Aurantium, and C. decummia or batabi- nebu), usually characterized by winged and jointed petioles (see fig. 29 (4)); bael or Wood-apple {^gle Marmelos), kath-bael or Elephant-apple (Feronia Elephantuvi), kamini-phul {Murraya exotica)^ and ash-shaorha {Glycosmis pentaphylld). The twigs of the last-named plant are largely used as a kind of tooth-brush all over northern India. Todalia aculeata (fig. 173) is a shrub found in Orissa and Khasi Hills, armed with pe- culiar spines. The seeds of nebu are often poly-embryonic. Nat. Order 31. Meliacece. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves alter- nate, usually pinnate, leaflets generally ob- lique at the base. Sti- pules o. Flowers re- gular, hermaphrodite or polygamo-dioecious. Disk annular or tubular. Calyx gamosepalous, entire, or 3- to 6-lobed. Petals 3 to 6. Stamens 4 to 12, the filaments cohering to form a columnar tube, at the mouth of which are in- serted the anthers, rarely free. Ovary 3- to 5-celled. Fruit various. Seeds, with or without albumen, sometimes arillate. The Order is mostly tropical. The common plants are ghorha-neem {Melia Azedarach), common or smaller neem {Melia Azadirachta), toon {Cedrela. Fig:. 173.—Kada todali {Todalia aculeata). 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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