PEGIA, R. W.
Gen. Char. Flowers bisexual, calyx small, 5-lobefl, pereistent.
Petals 5', roundish, stamens inserted beneath the margin of the disk,
alternately shorter, disk annular, fleshy, embracing the ovary and
style, stigma simple, berry globose, 1 -seeded—Leaves unequally
P TheSimple leaves of my plant seem to indicate that.itis erroneously
referred to this of the peculiar fruit, erecgt eseneuds,, bbeuint gI unusual in tthhiisfo orrddee?r. *
236. P. ? ColebrooMana, R. W. Arboreous, leaves coriaceous,_ alternate,
simple, oblong or obovat», quite entue, acute, or ending in a
short abrupt acumen, parallelly veined, glabrous, racemes axmary,
or from the scars of fallen leaves, much shorter than the leaves,
manv-flowered. Fruit superior, globose, pointed with the persist-
eat i e .lt, style sad capitate sti-mat perecatp cmtatmaj tetw.en
its laminae numerous small cells, the base bound by a nn0. Seed
one, erect, cotyledons thick, fleshy, radicle inferior.
Hab.—Shevagerry Hills. • ,
1. Branch with mature fruit-2 A fruit cut transversely, showing
the thick fleshy cotyledons-3. Out verbally,.seed erect, radicle at
the base—4. A seed, the lobes separated to show the radicle and
plumule—5. A single lobe, with the radicle at the base—all more or
less magnified.
237. Buchanania lanceolata, R. W. Leaves lanceolate, acute, or
acuminate, quite entire, glabrous, congested towards the summits of
the young shoots: panicles pubescent, erecL terminal and axillary
from the summits of the branches, contracted: flowers small, numerous,
capitate on the ends of the short lateral divisions of the
panicle.
Malabar near Quilon.
I have not seen the fruit. The leaves are so like those of Mangtfera
indica that the same teims serve to characterize both.
1 Flowering branch—natural size—2. A flower—3. The same,
petals removed—4. Stamens—5. Ovary surrounded by the crenately
10-lobed disk—6. Ovary cut vertically, the ovule lepresented erect,
but perhaps erroneously—7. A diagram of the petals.
238. Ehisophora mucronata, Lin. (R. Candelaria, W. and A. Prod.)
Leaves oval, long-cuspidate, segments of the calyx triangularly
T A flowering branch-natural size-2. An expanded flower seen
from above, sepals and petals 4, stamens 8—3. A flower after blooming
the 8 thick reflexed bodies, the bodies of the withers after
shedding their pollen, the thinner ones at the b/se . the withered
valve wliich closed tne pollemferous cells—4. Anthers before and
after dehiscence, showing the very peculiar formation of the anther
_g, A fruit after germination has considerably advanced—aw, except
the last, more or less magnified.
239. (A) Bruiniiera Rheedii, Blumcl (B. gymnorrhiza. W. and A.
Prod 1 Leaves oval, oblong, acuminate at both ends; calyx about
12-cleft, lacinea at length erect, or incurved, petals somewhat villous
at the base, otherwise glabrous, segments acute, two-bristled at the
points with a fifth bristle in the fork.
1 Flowering branch—natural size-2. A flower, the calyx removed
> show the petals—petal-4 Stamens—5.rhe mi.____ .... noiltf cVmwin r the polls at the base of the style
240. C. Candolima, Am. Leaves obovate or obovale, very obtuse,
petals, glabrous on the margin, with 1-2 or 3 capitate bristles on the
apex.
1. Flowering branch—natural size—2. At the period of expansion—
3. A flower, sepals removed to show the petals—4. The same, petals
removed—5. Stamens—6. Ovary cut transversely—7. Vertically—«.
A fruit germinating—9. The same cut vertically to show the seed-
10. Cut transversely—11. The radicle cut transversely—all more or less
magnified.
6. The
—7. Thi.
commenced.
1. A leaf bearing branch—2. A branch in flower—3. A flower—4’
The same cut vertically, showing the position of the stamens, the
disk covering the tube of the calyx, the style and stigma, and the
cell of the ovary, with the central column free at the base, and apparently
furnished with pendulous ovules—5. The column and ovules
removed from the ovareal cell-6. Stamens-7 A branch covered
with fruit—8. An immature fruit cut vertically, the solitary seed pendulous—
9. The same cut transversely.
I am indebted to that meritorious officer Mr. Apothecary Bertie for
the drawing from which this figure is taken, and also tor the« flowers
and fruit from which the analysis were made, and to whom I proffer
my thauks for this favour.
The following generic character and description were drawn up by
Dr. Arnott and published in the journal of Zoo.ogy and Botany,
No. 12.
SCLEROPYRUM, (Santalacese.)
«« Flores abortu dioici ? MASC-'Periantfiwm ehracteolati
lac.iniis patentibus: tubus turbinatus, intus ai
tectus. Petala nulla. Stamina 5, sepahs oppoi
ginem perianthiumque inserts, bilamenta plar-
breviora, apice bifida, se:
ferente. Ovarium, (abortivum J j aisc
fere sotidnm,) columella centrali cai
apice libera instructum. Stylus
lobis erectis ineequalibur
: palis paullo
Hum antice
■nto u troque i
ium, unilocular«-, (nunc
lylindrica e basi loculi r "
inicùs crassus.
duobus majoribus,
3-4-lobura,
"lores (fide
Rheidei) ut in mare at tubo pÿrifôntii..Fructus drupaceus, py n-
formis, monospermus, laciniis perianth» marcescentibus et d.sco
coronatus. Semen sphoericum, hilo prone basin. Albumen carnosum.
Embryo axilis, gracilis, semine dimimo brevior. Radzcula supera.
Arbor CRheedeo teste) spinosa. Ramuli teretes, glabri. Folia glabra, lucida ex ovatis obtusis in ovaha lanceolata, penninermu, fnwervis p5aw?n*
s itu s ’ vrominulis secus coslam decurrentibus, ad axillae nervorum epomiles.
Filamenta apice injra fissuram torso, | §
medium, villis albis pawns instructie, urupa oasi m peuu.eu.u.ut, uicuch*
eras» uni ^^mnußtto Am — Spharocarya Wallichiana, Wight et Am.
Pvf ' PhU Joarn (1832) xv.p. 180; Wight, Cat. «. 948.-Idu-mulli.
Éheà.H, M k iv. 1.18, (fem.)-Tiri-itti-.gamH, Rheed. H. Mal. vu. t.
30, (mas.) -
s—3. A detached petal—«, stamens—a. i ne ovary—
vertically, showing cells style
cut transversely—8. A fruit after germination has
immenceu.
(B) Bruguiera eriopetala, W.and A. Leaves oval, oblong, acuminate
at both ends: calyx about 10-cleft, the edges of the petals from
the base to the apex densely clothed with silvery hairs; segments
somewhat obtuse, one-bristled at the apex, with a longer one in the
f° l A full grown flower-2-3. Back and front views of a petal, show-
in -its ciliate margins, the single bristle on each division, and the
longer one in the folk—all more or less magnified.
CERIOP8, (Am.)
Ren Chau. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5, emarginate, before expan-
oi.tn .,’mhracin" two stamens. Stamens 10, erect: antheis cordato-
ovate much shorter than the filaments. Ovary half adherent, 3-
eelled with two ovules in each cell: stigma simple: Fruit somewhat
ovate ’ crowned near the base, with the reflexed segments of the
calyx’. (For a fuller generic character see Annals of Nat. History, 1
p. 363—and Illus. Inu. Bot. No. 13.)
and*tdtho^h the central column of the ovarium was slightly i
sated at the apex, I could perceive no trace whatever of ovaies. i
therefore consider them as unisexual, in which I am confirmed by
Rheede who says of hisTiri-itti-Cann<, “ fructus nulli: mins ldu-
m. ulli?,. or, the friu. c. tiferous plant, no stamens are figured. but they are described- probatb_il y .tth—ey na.rne .aKbaorrttiiuvae , iltthhpeoeddee ffiigguurreess tthhee ffeemmaallee
i ' t h o n the Sr.ntrf.«. but not the mate
them. On my specimen there are none whatever, but it^is the mere
tteerrminiinnaatiiioonn oo f a jy ounAg branch. Rheedise jsilaoyfst vo ftr ethee : mthaele ftohramt eirt aisp a- »?tbVtïiinta (hot it fan lofty t t ^ tha to r a a
nears to mé quite a misconception on his part The figures he ..«o
given theone of the male flower, the other of the fruit, are faithful.
It anoears to me that Rheed : Hort : Mai : 7 tab. 30, quoted by my
friend figure of the male plant has no connection with his genus
onrr eevvee?n? oorrdneerr , but is a srp ecmieosu onft aEinn-ibraenhga,e wwhhicichh a dbiovuinddess tohne Pthee-
nSnsufaeabut in Malabar descends nearly “to the plains. Its deep
oianee coloured flowers render it a striking object. The leaves cor-
Ü with the figure, util *re Hack, lleshy, tndgl.brou»,
or even polished above.
Erratum. , L.
For the observations under italttarj&itorota tab. 211, substitute the
following. Kimrnn
I ’ptopose antending then, as " " “ K S S
cnMuie go to the t " “ r
flnribunda comeheie^ and last.j tnosc b . - 4-valved
6 petals, 8 or 12 stamens,, i W^ mv]annia/ochndra comes
B»“ "y
j w ihr ”? dt!vLx
sinuses furnished trith oecetaOry teeth-.
" “r a ^ t e i e f l . taithout
tar ’f.-lw 1 or «-cleft, with accessory teeth t petal«*™ * •
242. Dalbergia tamarindefolia, (Roxb.) Leaflets from 12 to 16
pairs, linear, oblong: racemes lateral, short, ovate, dense: filaments
nine in one body; anthers ’2-lohed: legumes swelled, scabrous,
where the single seed is lodged. A climbing shrub—climbs up and
over large trees.
1. Flowering branch, as copied from Roxburgh’s drawing—2. A
dissected flower—3. A legume.
243. Dalbergia stipulata, (Roxb. Mss. D. stipulaeea, FI. Ind. 3 p.
233.) Shrubby: leaflets from 8 to 12 pairs, alternate, linear, oblong:
stipules and feracteas oblong falcate: panicles axillary and terminal,
filaments 10 in two equal bodies. Flowers small, blue.
1. Flowering branch, as copied from Roxburgh’s drawing—2. A
dissected flower—3. The bractea and bracteoles. .
244. Dalbergia robusta, (Roxb.) This.spccies is omitted in the FI,
Ind:—D.C. gives the following character from specimens communicated
by Dr. Wallieh. It differs a little from the figure. “ Leaflets 7-9,
oval, or obovate, obtuse, sub-mUcronulate, minutely pubescent:
racemes spiciform, longer than the leaves, pedicels aggregated”—
Flowers small, numerous, stamens monadelpnous, with a dorsal fissure
fruit unknown.
1. Flowering branch, as eo.p.ie.d from Roxburgh’s drawing—2. A
dissected flower—3. Ovary cut longitudinally—4. A legume.
245. Sophora robusta, (Roxb.) Ormosia 1 sp. R. W. There is no
account ef this plant in Roxburgh’s Flora Indica, it appears however
to be a species of Ormosia, the other species of which genus
are from South America. Whether or not this is an Indian plant I
am unable to say.
1. Flowering "branch, as copied from Roxburgh’s figure—2. A dissected
flower—3. A legume—4. A seed cut transversely—5. Cut vertically,
to show the form and position of the radicle.
246. Pterocarpus dalbergioides, (Itoxb.) Leaves pinnate; leaflets
about 9, alternate, ovate, lanceolate, smooth: panicle terminal: stamens
10 in two equal portions. Andaman red wood—a very large tree
lb feet in circumference. Flowers pure yellow delightfully fragrant.—
Roxb.
1. Flowering branch—2. A dissected flower—3. A legume—4. The
same opened to show the two seed.
247. Erythrina ovalifotia, (Roxb.) Arboreous; armed: leaves ter-
nate, oval; petioles armed: racemes terminal, horizontal: banner
obcordate. Two umbilicate glands on the petiols at the insertion of the
leaflets, flowers dark red.—Roxb.
1. Flowering branch, as copied from Roxburgh’s drawing—2. A
dissected flower—3. A legume partly open to show the seed.
248. Cyamopsispsoraleoides, (D.C.) Dolichos fabseformis. (Linn.)
1. The upper portion of a plant bearing both flowers and fruit-2.
Column of stamens monadclphous—3. The petals detached—4. Stamens,
anthers pointed—5. Ovary split Open, many-seeded—6. Portion
of a legume opened to show the seed in situ—7. The same cut
transversely—8. A seed cut transversely-9. Cut vertically, showing
the cotyledons and incurved radicle-10. Cotyledons removed from
the testa.
249. Phaseolus psoraleoides, (W. & A.) Erect or twining, young
shoots and rigid peduncles beset with short rigid adpiessed hairs:
leaves trifoliolate, membranous, glabrous above, sprinkled with silky
hairs beneath, leaflets ovate or lanceolate, acute: stipules sessile,
erect, acute: racemes 5-8 times longer than the leaves, Auriferous,
part elongated ; peduncle very long, stout, terete : pedicels in pairs :
bracteas and bracteoles subulate, setaceous longer than the calyx,
caducous : calyx 5-toothed: keel circinate : legumes pendulous,
nearly straight, slightly compressed, long linear, many-seeded,
pubescent. Seeds compressed, slightly truncated at both ends—Stem
twining when growing in good soil and supported by bushes—flowers
deep brownish purple.
1. Top of a flowering plant, natural size—2. A dissected flower—3.
An anther—4. Top of the style and stigma—5. The ovary cut lengthwise—
6. A mature pod after dehiscence, natural size--!. A seed.
250. Alysicarpuspubescens, (Law. Mss). —Herbaceous, erect, stems
terete, hairy, leaves short petioled, linear lanceolate, acute, 3-nei ved,
glabrous above, pubescent beneath, racemes terminal, spicate, flowers
subsessile, calyx 4-parted to the base, segments lanceolate, acute,
clothed with long silky hairs, the upper one slightly bifid at the
apex, legume terete, much contracted between the seeds, reticulated
anti corrugated on the sides, glabrous.—Belgaum common—Law.
This species is allied to A. longifolius, but quite distinct.
A flowering plant, natural size.-2. A dissected flower, calyx
forcibly opened and the petals removed to show the ovary and sta-
mens--3. Stamens—4 Anthers before the expansion of the flower,
back and front views much roagnified-5. The petals detached—6.
Ovary cut longitudinal'y-7. Legume in situ-8. A seed-9-10-11,
llie same dissected. All more or less magnified.
251. Alysicarpus longifolius, (W. & A.) Herbaceous, erect, branched,
stems terete, glabrous: leaves short petioled, linear lanceolate,
somewhat obtuse, slightly cordate at the base, glabrous above, a little
pubescent beneath: stipules large, longer than the petiols, racemes
spike-like, very long, pedicels short, approximated: calyx 4-c.left,
to near the base ; segments erect, overlapping at the edges, oblon«*,
striated, hairy, ciliated, upper one shortly bifid, legume slightly contracted
between the seeds, reticulated, "pubescent 5-6 seeded, about
twice the length of the calyx.
c .Not unfrequent in black cotton soils in the Ceded Districts and
1. Flowering branch-2. A dissected flower, calyx split open to
show the ovary and stamens-3. Petals-4. Stamens detached-5. An-
thers—0. Ovary opened-7. Legume, natural size-8. The same split
open—9. A seed-*-10. The same cut transverselv-11. Cut vertically,
showing the curved radicle-12. Cotyledons and radicle, testa removed,
all more or less magnified.
252. Cassia bacillus, (Roxb.) Leaflets from 10 to 12 pairs, oblong
or oval, obtuse: stipules crescent-shaped, adnate : racemes terminal,
on short lateral branches: the three lower filaments with an oval
swelling near the middle—(Roxb.) Rumph- Amb: 2 t. 23-Arho-
reous, calyx of 5 dull redish ovate leaflets, petals of a lovely pink or
rGoasses icuosl;o uRr,o sxebe.d albuminous, when in flower the most beautiful of
Obs.—I have found it quite impossible to reduce this and a few
opltahteerss ewaicthh.out ruining the figure. They therefore must stand for two
A flowering branch—2.'A portion of an ovary split lengthwise—
*. A legume—4. A portion cut lengthwise, to show the partitions—5.
A portion with a seed in situ.
253. Cassia alata, (Linn.ï Shrubby, branches spreading, irregularly
angled, glabrous: leaflets 8-14 pairs, obovate, oblong, very obtuse,
mucronate, glabrous, or very nearly so on both sides, the lower
pair close to the branch and at a distance from the next pair: petiol
triangular and the rachis without glands: stipules lanceolate, pointed,
rigid, persistent: racemes terminal: legumes long, enlarged on
each side with a broad crenulated wing, flowers yellow.
1. A leaf and raceme, natural size—2. A flower, the petals removed—
3. The petals--4. One of the larger anthers—5-6. The small anthers—
7. Tne ovary—8. A transverse section of the legume with a
seed in situ—9. A portion of a legume cut lengthwise.
A CEO carpus, R. W.
Gen. Char.—Calyx subcoriaceous, ebracteolate, campanulate, 5-
cleft, segments erect, the superior and inferior a little larger. Torus
covering the tube. Petals oblong, subcoriaceous, about equal, sessile
long persistent, inserted on the mouth of the calyx and a little
longer than «its lobes: {estivation subimbricate, stamens alternate
with the petals, filaments broad at the base, subulate, two or three
times longer than the petals, straight, anthers oscillatory, ovary long,
stipitate, (stipe free) oblong linear, falcate, pointed with the short
incurved acute style, many (about 15) ovuled, legume unknown.
A large tree leaves unequally pinnate, leaflets 3-4 pair, pale beneath,
flowers scarlet—Courlallum.
See Illustrations of Indian Botany, p. 198.
254. A. fraxinifolius, Am.
_ 1. Flowering branch, natural size—2. A flower, about the natural
size— 3. The same split open to show the insertion of the petals and
stamens—4. A petal—5. Anthers- 6. Ovary cut lengthwise—7. The
same cut transversely, obtusely 4-angled—8. A young legume—9. A
leaf.
Sphcerocarya, Wall.
Gen. Char.—Calyx 5-par ted: petals 5 minute, alternating with 5
stamens: 5 minute fimbriated scales between the stamens and sepals,
ovary without a disk, style undivided, drupe inferior but smooth,
globose, without a suture.—Wall.
A showy tree with cinereous coloured bark, alternate, exstipulate
leaves, small inconspicuous greenish flowers, and pear-shaped drupaceous
fruit.
255. S. edulis, Wall.
1. Flowering branch, natural size—2. A flower seen from above—3.
The same from behind--4 Dissected—5. A detached sepal with its
fimbriated scale—6. An anther—7. The ovary—8. The same cut vertically,
showing the ovule supported on a spiral poilosperm-9. A full
grown frnit--10-ll. Sections of the same showing the nuti'w situ—12.
A nut—13. The same cut vertically, showing thé minute embryo in
the apex of the seed.
I have copied this figure from Wallich’s Tentamen Flor: Nepa-
lensis as a suitable companion to ScleropyrumWalliehianum, tab. 241.
Polyodontia, Blume.
Gen. Char.—Calyx inferior, campanulate, 6-toothed, deciduous:
petals 6, minute, inserted on the margin of the calyx; stamens numerous,
12-18, about equal, inserted with the petals : ovary free, 1-
cfclled, with 2 pendulous ovules: style one; stigma peltate: drupe
reniform, dry, 1-seeded: embryo exaibuminous, inverse.
256. P. ? Ceylanica, (R. W.) Leaves from elliptic, very obtuse at
both ends to sub-orbicular, glabrous, when dry, of a rusty brown
colour beneath, racemes axillary, solitary, (always ?) about the length
of the leaves, covered with snort appressed hairs; flowers small,
petals 5, reflexed, externally, very hairy round the margin.
■ Ceylon in forests above Rumbady.
1. Flowering branch, natural size—2. A flower—3. The same dissected
to show the position of the ovary—4. A petal seen from within—
5. The same from without—6. Stamens- -7. Stigma— 8. Ovary cut
vertically, showing the pendulous ovules—9. Cut transversely--i0. A
young fruit—11. Tne same cut transversely, seed solitary, aÜ more or
less magnified.
257. A. Amelelia indica, (D.C.' Procumbent: leaves obovate, opposite:
spikes axillary: flowers sessile, solitary in the axils of the
obovate bracteas, bracteoles subulate, membranaceous, shorter than
the tube of the calyx: stamens about equalling the calyx.
1. A flowering plant, natural size—2. A flower—3. The same cut
open to show the ovary in situ--4. Stamens—5. A portion of the
rachis showing the relative position of the flowers and bracteas—6.
The ovary cut vertically—7. Cut transversely—8. A ripe capsule after
dehiscence—9. A seed—10. The same cut transversely—11. The embryo—
12. A detached leaf of the most usual form, all more or less
magnified.
257. B. Ameletia tenuis, (R. W.) Stems somewhat procumbent at
the base, afterwards erect, most slender: leaves opposite, orbicular,
spikes terminal, flowers solitary, longish pedicelled from the axil of
a linear bractea; bracteoles large; stamens included, stylo projecting,
capsule ovate, 2-valved.
1. Flowering plant, natural size--2. A flower—3. Cut open to show
the ovary, stamens and petals—4. Stamens—5. Stigma—6. Rachis and
flowers in situ—1. A capsule dehiscing—8. The same split in two,
showing the eentral placenta.
258. Ameletia rotundifolia, (R.W.) Stems diffuse, procumbent;
branches erect: leaves orbicular, opposite, sessile: spikes congested
near the extremities of the branches: flowers solitary, in the
axils of the sessile suborbicular or broad ovate cordate, pointed
bracteas; bracteoles very minute: stamens much longer than the
calyx: capsule 4-valved.
1 ■ A plant, natural size—2. A flower with its bractea and brac-
tioles—3. The same dissected—4. Stamens—5-6. Ovary cut vertically
and transversely—7. A capsule—8. The same dehiscing—9. A
seed, all more or less magnified.
259 Nes-»a triflora, Kunth.
1. Plant, natural size—2. A cyme—3. A flower after the fall of the
petals—4. A flower split open, showing the insertion of the petals
and stamens and the free ovary—5. Stamens—6-7. The ovary cut
vertically and transversely, 3-valved, 3-celled.
Obs.—The analysis are taken from one of the lateral flowers, the
centre ones being too far advanced—the centre one has a 4-lobed
calyx and 4-valved capsule.
260. A. Rotala verticeUaris, (Linn.) Calyx 3-5 lobed, petals and
stamens 3-5 : leaves linear lanceolate, vertieelled.
1. Plant, natural size—2. A flower—3. The same split open, stamens,
petals, and lobes of the calyx 3; style short—4. Stamens -5-6.
Ovary cut vertically and transversely, 3-celled—7-8. Capsule dehiscing,
and the valves opened, 3-valved—9. A seed.
260. B. Rotala Roxburghiana, (R. W.) Ammannia pentane!ra,
(Roxb.) Calyx5-lobed: petals and stamens 5: leaves opposite.
1. Plant, natural size—2. A flower with its bracteas—3. The same
split open—4. A capsule dehiscing, 3-valved. All more or less magnified.