212. Quercus lenaeafolia, Roxb. Leaves short petioled, laneeolar,
entire, obtusely acuminated, firm and lucid. Spikes panided, terminal.
Nutsoval: cup in some completely covering the nut, in
others variously split and covering more or less ef its lower part only.
Roxb.
1. Male plant, flowering branch—2. Female fruit, bearing branch—
3. The nut cut vertically, showing the plicate cotyledons, and the
manner the integument of the seed enters between the folds—4. 1 wo
seed, “ so closely united as to seem a simple seed with a double
corculum at the apex.”
213. Quercus squamata, Roxb. Leaves broad, laneeolar, entire,
somewhat acuminate, coriaceous and glossy. Spikes axillary and
terminal, often compound, the terminal ones panicled, cups growing
together massy, rough and scaly, embracing slightly, the base of the
hemispherical, hard, glossy, nut. Roxb.
1. Male flowering branch—2. A male flower opened seen from
above—3. Female—A. fruit bearing branch—4. An acorn cut vertio02
Phaseolus Pulniensis, R. W. Root tuberous: stems procumbent
difluse, and with the leaves and elongated peduncles hairy : leaflets
ovate, lanceolate, acute : stipules small, lanceolate, attached by the
base • peduncles very long, ascending, curved, one-flowered. now
ers large : legume cylindrical, somewhat clavate, tapering towards
the point, hairy. , ,
Hab._Putney mountains, creeping among long grass at an elevation
of about 6000 feet. . ,
1. Plant, natural size-2. A dissected flower—3. Ovary divided
lengthwise, showing the ovules-4. Legume, natural m e -5 . A portion
opened to show the seed in situ—natural A ee ■
The same cut transversely-8. The same cut vertically-9.Cotyle-
dons and radicle, testa removed-t«7A the exceptions mentioned, all
more or less magnified.
203. Lablab vulgaris. Legiime broa.dly scimitar shaped gibbous
below the apex, and ending abruptly m a straight or recurved cuspidate
point, seeds longitudinally oval.
1 Flowering plant, natural size-2. A dissected fl°wer- 3 .A
leeume natural size—4. Portion of the same opened to show the
seed—5. A seed, natural size-6. The same, the testa partially re-
204. Zanthoxylon triphyllum-, Juss, Unarmed: . leaves opposite,
palmately 3-foliolatc; leaflets oval, oblong acumina ed somewha^
uneciual-Sided at the base, glabrous: peduncles axillary, longer tnan
Z ! “ « ;lr c o ‘"mb. 1 «K sprKdtak sower. ;
carpels 1-4, spreading, 1-seeded, seed globose, glossy black.
1. Flowering branch, natural size-2. A male 06*.—The specimens figured are not tnose aeserinea, nence some
moved to show the stamens and sterile ovary-3, tertiie no , dig a between the figure and description, but not enough I
l e ' S X T ' E M constitute them distinct »peo.es. unless the fruit prove
rppH natural size—8. A seed removed—9. Seed cut transversely,
embryoenclospd in albumen-10. Embryo detached-«*« the exceptions
'mentioned, all more or less magnified.
205 Monoceraferruginea, R. W. Arboreous: leaves coriaceous,
oval acute, at first villous, afterwards glabrous above, tomentose,
rustv coloured beneath, oval, acute at both ends : racemes axillary,
shorter than the leaves, many-flowered, flowers drooping, and with
tberachis clothed with rusty tomentum : sepals lanceolate: petals
involute on the margin, many-toothed, anthers glabrous, bristle
straight, drupe oval. .
fiteiUherries -Messrs. Munro and Gough. The specimen figured
was Communicated communicated by t>y Mr.wir. uougn.Gough. a Avery y e t.
distinct species nearly
«liiad fa M tuherculata. but quite distinct.
allied to M. tuherculata,1 Flowering branch, natural size—2. A flower—3. The same, the
sepals forcibly opened and the petals removed to show the stamens
_u Stamens—5. Ovary—6. Ovary cut vertically—7. Cut transversely—
8. A portion of the upper surface of the leaf—9. The under
Surface!
206. Jonesia Asoca, Roxb. Arboreous: leaflets 4-6 paim, lanceolate
racemes teiminal and axillary, cymose, stamens usually seven .
legume compressed, ovules, all except the terminal one often abort-
^ 1 . Flowering branch, natural size-2. A Ao^er spht °Pen, show-
J
anther, slightly magnified.
207 Mellettia rubigenosa. Young parts, petiols and racemes
cles bearin'* §-5 flowers, calyx minutely toothed: vexillum silky on
the outside with two large tomentose culosities on the inside at its
K e T ovary with 3 ovulfs: legume linear, lanceolate, pointed.
The specimen here figured was found at Courtallum, I have since
got fruit of apparently a different species from Goomsoor
1. Flowering branch—2. Flower dissected—3. Anthers—4. An
ovary split open—a« more or less magnified.
208. Crotalario obtecta, Graham. Suffruticose, erect, covered all
over with short dense tomentum: branches terate: stipules and
bracteas setaceous, minute : leaves oval, mucronate: racemes iter-
minal elongated; flowers numerous, approximated: bracteoles on
the middle of the petioles, setaceous: calyx deeply 5-cleft, densely
covered with rusty tomentum ; segments all distinct, linear, acuminated,
falcate: legumes sessile, oblong, rather broader upwards,
about 4 times as long as the calyx, densely tomentose, many-seeded.
1. Flowering branch, natural size-2. A dissected flower-3-4.
Anthers—5. Ovarv split open—6. Legume, natural size—7. A see ,
nolurol size- 8. Cut vertically-9. Cotyledons removed from the
testa—all with the exceptions mentioned, more or less magmjiea.
209. Desmodium conaestum, Wall. Shrubby: old branches glabrous
: young shoots obtusely triangular, clothed with whitish Pubescence
• leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, nearly glabrous,
except the white pubescent parallel nerves beneath: stipules
lanceolate, acuminate: peduncles axillary, sohtary, ?
shorter than the petiols: flowers numerous, somewhat umbelled.
calyx, segments broad, about equal: legumes compressed, slightly
pubescent, 4-6 jointed. ,
1 Flowering branch, natural size—2. A flower—3. A cluster of
fruit natural me—4. A legume split open-5. A seed—6. The same
cut lengthwise, showing the curved embryo—7. The cotyledons.
210 Butea parriflora, Roxb. Arboreous, twining: racemes,
panicled: pedicels 3-4 times shorter than the calyx: Aowera very
numerous : calyx, segments nearly as long as the tube, acuminated .
corolla glabrous, about twice the length of the calyx: vexillum
ovate, emarginate at the apex.
1. A flowering branch, natural size—2. A dissected flower—magnified.
211 Quercus semiserraia, Roxb. Leaves petioled, laneeolar firm
and lucid, anterior margins serrate; veins simple and parallel. Female
dowm in axillary pairs. Nuts oval, acuminate, smooth, of a
chesnut colour, base only, embraced by the saucer-shaped, thick,
belted, villous cup. Roxb.
1 Flowering branch, natural size—2. Female flower with its myo-
214. Euonymus crenulalus, Wall. Leaves elliptical, obtuse, short
petioled, crenulato-serrated towards the apex, coriaceous, convex
and bullate above : peduncles solitary, shorter than the leaves, once
or twice dichotomous, few flowered, petals 5 (or occasionlly 6)
orbicular; stamens very short; anthers opening transversely, margin
of the torus free: style very short, stigma blunt, somewhat um-
Dilic.ated: capsule turbinate, 5-celled, lobed at the apex: seed sohtary
in each cell, hilum truncate without an arillus—flowers purple.
Obs —The specimens figured are not those described, hence some
-----------tha fimira and description, but not enough I
them I
Hab. —Shevagherry hills.
1. Flowering branch, natural size-2. An expanded flower seen
from above—3. The same, the petals removed—4. A stamen—5. Ovary
cut transversely—6. Cut vertically, all magnified.
215. Euonymus Goughii, (R. W.) Shrubby, glabrous ramuli compressed:
leaves somewhat triple-nerved, shortly petioled, quite entire,
oblong-ovate, acute at both ends; acuminated : peduncles axillary,
short, 1-3 flowered, calyx scutellate, 5-lobed: petals5, orbicular,
fimbriated on the margin stamens 5, inserted on the disk,
connectivum of the anthers broad, cells placed transv rsely, dehiscing
lengthwise, ovary immersed in the disk, 5-celled, with 2 ovules
Hab.—JtiaO.—JJVVeesitlggKhKer/ritieeos——vGj.. Gough,— E“s1q-.
1 Flowering branch, natural size-2.Expanded flower-3 The
same, petals removed-4. A stamen-5. Ovary cut vertically—6. Cut
transversely.
216. Jambosa aquea, (D.C.) Leaves almost sessile, oblong, lanceolate
narrower, and somewhat cordate at the base: peduncles tennmal,
or from the upper axils 3-7 flowered, (flowers white) fruit turbinate,
flattened at both ends.
1. Flowering branch, natural size—2. A dissected flower.
217. Rotalafimbriata, (R. W.) Petals fimbriately divided on the
Hab._Mysore in paddy fields or on the borders of tanks,
Obs —The genera Ammannia fites<ra and Rotala appear to be very
in^erfectly separated by their present characters I propose anmnd-
in« them thus—All the species of Ammannia with an uneven nnmone
of our sub-genera of Ammannia, which I propose to elevate to
the rank of a genus.
Petals and stamens 3-5, ovary 3-celled, flowers axillary, soH^rjo--
____ _________4 ovarv 2-celled, flowers axillary. Ammannia.
______________ 4, ovarv 4-celled, flowers spiked. Mirkooa.
stun»!.» twice as many as the petals, ovary 4-eelled. peduncle»
axillary, 1-3 flowered.
218. Quercus ferox, Roxb. Leaves ovate-tancedate,
acute entire, glossy. Male spikes pointed; Flowers with a six-cleft
„„,1 twelve stamina. Cup an entire evalvular capsule, armed
with ’many compound thorns, hiding completely the sub-ovate
' T m«!« flowering branch-2. Male flower-3. Female spike-4.
Capsule opened, showing the enclosed nut.
or,o- Quercusfeneslrata, Roxb. Leaves petioled, laneeolar, entire,
SusTapex hid in the oblately spherical, muncated cup. Roxb.
1 Female flowering hraneh-2. Ovary exposed bv the removal of
nart of the calyx—3. Ovary cut vertically, two pendulous ovules m
S 0o i i 4 Cut transversely—5. A full grown acorn, the nut enclosed
teThe cup- 6 The same cut vertically-7. The nut removed
from the cu p -8. Cut vertically, showing the superior embryo.
220. Quercus lappacea, Roxb. LearM lanceolar. entire, mucli acu-
miwed downv underneath. Spikes axillary, solitary. Nut ovate,
“ us, slightly embraced by the inoffensive, echinate, saucer-
shaped cup.
1. Male flowering branch-2. Male flower-3. Ovary-4. Female
branch—5. Acorn cut verticallv.
321. Cme.cu, lurtiin.la, Roxb.
part crowded with male ones. Nuts turbinate, smooth; cup small,
1 Flowering branch—female flowers below, male above—2. Male
flower_3. Female hermaphrodite divided vertically—4. Ovary cut