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EUPHORBIACE.E.EMBLICA.Flowers monoecious. Calyx 6-parted. $ . Stamens 3, combined.? . Styles 3> dichotomous. Fruit fleshy, 3-coccous, 6-seeded.A.de J.352. E. officinalis Gcertn. ii. 122. Phyllan thus EmblicaLinn.sp.pl.1393. Myrobalanus Emblica Bauh.pin. 44-5. Humph.vii. p. 1. t. 1.(Nilicamaram Rheede i. t. 38.) Most partsof India.Trunk generally crooked, when large as thick as a man's body.Branches thinly scattered in every direction ;male branches spreadingand drooping. Bark ash-coloured, scabrous. Leaves alternate, spreading,bifarious, pinnate, flower-bearing, 1-2 feet long, and about 1^-2inches broad leaflets ; very numerous, alternate, linear-obtuse, entire,smooth, about inches long, and broad ; petioles striated, round.Stipules small, withering. Flowers minute, greenish yellow.

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