EXPLANATION OF PLATES.
380. Mucuna utilis (Wall. MSS.) the prineipal difference of this
species, it indeed a species and M. prurila consists in the hairs of its
legumes being oppressed and almost silky not erect rigid and stinging.
In all other respects they sufficiently agree the dowers in both
are purple the greater size of vation in which state only it is kthnios wisn .probably attributable to culti1
Raceme natural size—2 a dissected flower—3 stamens showing the
alternate long and round anthers-4 round anthers—5 long ones—
6 ovary—7 the same opened—8 cluster of pods—9 portion of a legume
opened—10 a seed—11 the same cut longitudinally—12 transversely—
13 the cotyledons testa removed—14 embryo.
281. Bupleurumplantaginifolium (R.W.) perennial, erect: stems
terate, naked towards the base: leaves congested towards the apex
of the stem, remote on the branches, somewhat imbricating at the
base, petioled, spathulate, about 11 nerved, the middle one much
larger : general umbel with 8-10 rays; partial with 10-14 flowers:
leaflets of the involucre and involucel, 5-6 obovate, cuniate or oblong,
decurrent on the stem, forming acute angles: fruit, prominent -
ly ribbed interstices with single large vittse.
Obs. In the accompanying figure,' the transverse section of the
seed is not well represented. The plant attains the height of from
7 to 11 feet. °
Hab. Elk. 1
for the spec!_____
1 A flowering branch—2 a partil—3 a flower fruit view-4 the same
side-view—5 anthers—6 a petal—7 ovary—commissure of a sinple
raericarp—9 mature fruit the mericarps separating suspended from
the carpophore--10 a fruit before the separation of the mericarps
but badly represented- 1 1 cut transversely bad—12 the mericarp cut
vertically showing the embryo. The seed, the testa removed I had
not an opportunity of checking the dissections of this figure until
ttohois laotred aern.d the artist was not then conversant with the structure of
282. Zizyphus g labrat a (Heyne:) unarmed: leaves ovate-oblon»
or obovate, obtuse, crenate-serrated, blabrous, coriaceous; stipules
both caducous: cymes scarcely longer than the petioles: ovary
2-celled: styles 2, nearly distinct: drupe turbinate: nut hard and
thick, obovate, rugose, flattened, 1-2-celled.
I Flowering branch, natural size—2 expanded flower—3 stamens—
4 ovary immersed in the disk cut vertically- 5 ovary cut transversely
2-celled all more or less magnified. 3
283. JVomismia nummularia (W. & A.) petioles longer the leaves •
leaflets cuneate-obovate, broader than long, retuse; racemes few-
flowered, lax, much shorter than the petioles, usually on the young
shoots: calyx-segments (except the lowest) about half the length of
the corolla: legume strongly wrinkled with a few parellel transverse
slightly branched nerves, with reticulating connecting veins, terminated
by the straight mucro-like base of the style, 1-seeded
1 Portion of a plant natural size—2-3-dissected flower-4 united
filaments—5 anthers-6 ovary cut open l-seeded-7 mature pod
opened—8 cotyledons testa removed all more or less magnified.
284. ^ Urana hamosa (Wall.) shrubby, diffuse ; young parts clothed
with short hooked hairs leaves simple and trifoliolate; leaflets elliptic
or roundish, sometimes emarginate, glabrous above, softly pubescent
beneath: racemes axillary and terminal, hispidly hairy before
expansion of the flowers oblong or cone-like and imbricated with
bracteas, m fruit becoming much elongated and lax; baacteas caducous,
ovate with along subulate point, nairy; pedicels shortly hairy,
incurved at the apex calyx shortly hairy, short, not longer than the
first joint of the fruit; upper tip 2-toothed: segments of the lower
one ovate-acummated: legume 2-6-jointed, pubescent.
Ro1x bFulorgwhe’rsi ndgra wbrianng.ch-2 dissected flower-3 legume—copied from
285. Lourea vespertilionis (Desv.) lateral leaflets none, or small,
obliquely cuneate at the base and truncated at the apex; terminal
one tiansverse, about 10 times broader than long, tipped with a spiny
bcroivstelree,d 2 o-lbotubseed.; lobes divaricating, oblong-lanceolate, falcately re1
Flowering branch—3 dissected flower—3 ovary—4 legume—5 seed
—copied from Roxburgh’s drawing.
i 2,w p *w*«rthria viscida (W. & A.) diffuse, prostrate; lateral
leaflets obliquely ovate, terminal one rhomboid-ovate, pubescent on
the upper surface, when old shortly villous on the under: racemes
fliolinfgoermr t,h ealno nbgroaatedd. : bracteas subulate: legumes 3-4-seeded, 3-4 times
1 A branch in flower and fruit—2 a flower—3 stamens and ovary—
4 calyx—5 stamens 6 anthers—7 legumes opened—8 seed cut longitudinally—
9 the same testa removed.
287. Cleomeaspera (Koen.) herbaceous, glabrous, rough with mi
nute scattered prickles on both the stem and leaves: leaves trifoliolate;
leaflets oblong, many times longer than the petiole: stamens 6:
silicma terete, torulose, glabrous, attenuated at the base, but quite
use;s slielaef,l eatcsu ombitnuasete od rw siltihgh tthlye ascuubtuel.a te style: torus incons1picuous.-
1 Flant natural size.
288. Trianthemaobcordata (Roxb.) perennial; stems diffuse, prostrate,
slightly pubescent on the upper side : leaves, one of each pair
larger and obovate or obcordate, the other smaller and oblong: flowers
solitary, sessile, nearly concealed within the broad sheath of the
petioles: stamens 15-20: style simple: capsule 6-8-seeded; lid con-
cave with two spreading teeth, nearly quite closed at the bottom,
nut-Uke, and including one seed. ’
É S $t$ natural size—2 a dissected flower—3 ovary—4 the same cut
vertically—5 the capsule after Uetriscence—6-7-8 a dissected seed.
ginate at the base, obtuse, mucronate, sprinkled with a short scabrous
pubescence : racemes terminal, conical-oblong, dense very
i f 1® ' pedicels shortish, incurved at the apex, and with the ca?vx
densely bearded: upper lip of the calyx short, the segments ovate-
setaceous . legume 2-jomted; j•ot^icnt.sse oSrI?b?icaut3la re-loovnagtaet,e dp oalnisdf lesdu.bulate-
1 A flowering branch—2 flower—3 legume. 1
0 , , :■) perenmal, diffuse, the (tDenod°edri apAlalnotpse celuortoteidde ws iRtho sxmb.a llf lh. oInodk.
ed bristles; leaves ternate leaflets oval obtuse racemes S i c a t e d
and resembling a flozees tail from the hairying of the cXx tra c ts
and incurved pedicels which bend the two jointed legume^against
therachis the upper lip of the moneste and two toothed. JtaSL
1 A flowering branch 2-3 dissected calyx and legume.
. f f - Vesmodiumtrijlm iDC.) procumbent, diffuse: leaves
| « a<* 5 leaflets orbicular, obovate, or obcordate, more or less
vsfefxiiitUeiu^ymn ooiL°1ifa^tkPd veidlnS, tnl^1:Ud^e-fflloSyCaer^iOeSdie•’ lacna,clyexo-lsaeteg mJ peendtsu ncalceusm axinilalaterdy:,
mu-md tumidX 7hihnn J)i*S.Caw '■ Ityte.bent acutely near the sumjoints
truncated at both ends. ° ’ e 0Q tüe otber •
f..l93p 1>es™0di um Wmue-angulaturn Hedysarum quinque angula-
f“ “ f 0*?' ,hcrbaceous diffuse 5 seeded hispid : leave ternate!
ipeatfirrOe?di^.a lie«gdu0m'VeQsy hi i- sSptild? Uslelexs -j.ocionrtdeadt en:o tcrahceedm oens bnouthm meraorugisn: s.f lRowoxebrs.
■ 1“ our prodromus we have united this with tab. 298—H au.
nculatum R. Desmodinm diffusum D. C. and I believe correctly as
however Roxburgh thinks that they “ differ specificaüy in 'th f
(tWhis h*e dHneds criilblaepse a4s poef rethnen il,aela ftlheatst. iansd aenpneunadle) ntI ogfi vteh ebiort hdtuirgautrieosn-*-
ttuumm .' BR oxburgh ssapneScui.lfaicre n oamn et.b e plate substitute quin’qu e an°gula-
Vanadium, gyrans (DC.) suffrutescent, erect, twiggy; branch,
t ® a o s ^ d . S l a b r o u s : leaves petioled,\rif<flf?lateS-
° b ?“s or oblong-lanceolate; obtuse at both ends, glab-
'®“s„ above> adpressed-pubescent beneath; the lateral pair very
t ^ b r k n S e! a^ lary and terminal numerous towards the top of
cord it! n n n ;,l fo™.‘us together a large panicle: bracteas broadly
e' co.ncave> before expansion densely imbricated over the
?allv aiandddC^Sd iiffC ?dUe1l e:ffftl:0 Tleegi'us msheo fflrlat-tp, epduibceeslcleedn:t , ssttirgamigah et loonngihaete du lpapteer. margin, crenated on the lower, 10-12-jointed. 8 " *
A branch in flower and fruit copied from Roxbugh’s figureleavM
• caP.iialaJ.w - & A-) petioles above the length of the
i a 1 Üets„nearly orbicular with a cuneate base: rhemes pe-
id aole<V many-flo wered, longer than the leaves, with a slender leaf-
mmlifdlddilAe ooffS tt°hhmee pWeHdautn calbeo; rtbhTe® f lyo°ruifnefgo suhs opootr tsipornin agti fnigrs ftr soomm eawbohuatt lathxe
soon becoming very flexuose twisted up and resembling ^ * ^ « 1“ :
fnioowweerr bDuuedl ddSurHinng? n|e«stHivvat^ioante: * vfe0xriTllulmg an ostb s0tlr1iphe0d0:k eledg uPmoien tm taor ktehdé
lholokfed Pbase oWf the stylle, l2-lsee dteradn. sverse veins, termmated b3y cthnee
aissecied—4 stamens—o anthers—6 ovary two seeded—7 a legume—
b the same opened seed iWfa-9 a seed detached—10 the cotyledons
or^essm^nified1-11 °ne cotyledon shewing the embryo— all moré
*glUabh.r'onu.»sT o?ra ,pituhbf mesac ednet? aonnd ™the ( buinpnp.e)r asnidneu:a ll:e satveems se ldliifpftuicse, , opbrotusstrea toer
acute, petioled, one of each pair a little larger than the other • flowers
several, pedicelled on a short peduncle, accompanied with scari-
ose bracteas and bracteoles: sepals membranaceous on the margin "
stamens 10-12 : style bipartite : capsule 4-seeded, with a spurious
dissepiment; lid slightly 2-lobed at the apex, nearly closed Pbelow
nut-Uke, and containing 2 seeds. *
1 Flowering branch natural size-2 a flower forcibly expanded—
d ovary-4 stamen-5 ovary cut transversely-6 ovary cut vertically
—7 a capsule cut vertically—8 cut transversely—9 a seed 10 the same
aibumenlCaUy shewinf> tbe embry° curved round the farinacous
297. Ormacacpum sennoides (DC.) young shoots, petioles, peduncles,
and calyx, covered with soft glutinous hairs: leaves unequally
pinnated; leaflets>alternate, 4-6 pair, obovate, retuse, slightly mu
cronutate: calyx evidently bilabiate: stamens equally diadelphous
prickly wartaSUme2"5' J°mted: j oints 8triated> armed with minute
“ d frai‘- s ““““ “ ïower'
298. Desmodinm diffusum (DC.) herbaceous, procumbent, diffuse
branched -. branches 4-5-angled, hispidly pubescent: leaves trifoli-
date ; leaflets oval, pubescent on bothsides: stipules large, foliace-
ous, auncled and stem-clasping: racemes terminating every branch
very long: bracteas small1, lanceolate, 2-3 together: flowessin pairé
or threes: legumes ascending or nearly erect, 5-6-jointed. notched
on both sutures, hispid with short hooked hairs; joints orbicular
tumid in the middle when mature : seeds oval, compressed, with thé
hilum at one of the narrow ends.
1 braooh m flower end frait-fl n disputed aowet-J a legume-
copied from Roxburgh’s drawing. 6