EXPLANATION OF PLATES,
VOL. II PART II.
417- Castakea Indica (Roxb. Nikon, sibheetee)
Leaves, obló'i ir, acutt n u t TOMHtt -s<lrati, j olisljpdl abóvé
hoary, undérnèaith: Amants subterminai pauicled: Tflow- j
ers polygamous Roxb. FI. Ind. 3 p: 643 *
1 Flowering branch — 2 a male flower,seen from above
ÉJ-3!Ëeiltnapluotliti flower, bowing Ih t i]\ \ xurrouuile d
by its scaly. involucre — 4 tin same t ut vt rtic dly —5
ovary cut tra sversejj—6 a fruit the spines removed
from the.'.front aspect—7 t hint w tli mi nuts m the
same capéiitle—8 a fruit with emu nut.'rtul cut vertically
to shew the inferior attachment it the seed 9 i - i t d
cut teansy11 ely— 10 cut vertically she n u tin cm n o
—I i; embryo detached!
4 IS 1 lit i km v Pti11 nr111 m (DC ) stem erect - I 1-}
! pules free Horn the petiole and from each o th e r: l;e ivi x
long-petioled, pinnately trifoKólaté leaflets éjiijjtïcrob.-.
lonjjun'ot.- t ut h« ir itli glabrous d ve t rn n d < ne
*?L'P laigest all unis! I th j i t 1 t | i if r 1
leavies bifolit late) llu odd out abt rtive t < lateral ones
orbicular .in I In at fa i hhi, tin pi n .It è ndi.ig.ii^a ['bristle
nearly is long is tin lateral Jc flets 11 vers iggi ited
"pelicels short brat tot lts cadti u 1 gun :s 2- or
sometimes 3:jointed gla róus on the side s, villous on
the Sutures.—W. i n 1 4 £ i >d 1. p >; 230 - |
1. Flowering branch- 2 floral U nt-s forcibly ope tied
to show tin flowers— 5 a Legume—4 a seed—5 and 6
the same slightly magnified.
419. Dicekma biab.ticoi.atdm (DC.) diffuse: stipules
free from tb p petiole, .bnt.cdhmng together to near
then ape s leaves short petioled, palmately Uifoliobui
leaflets, nearly equal in size, without partial stipules,'
’oboeate qijlnn" obtuse, nearly glabrous: floral-leaves
abortive flowers 1 4 togi tin r in the axils of stipules,
and forming naked ra ernes legumes 2-jomle d, t lotli-d
® t h expressed han-s—W. and A Pród» Ivpagé 230. ■
■ p k ^ hH lo iig tapering root full length with a single
.‘flowering branch.
1; 420. jÉöiftSAMiAi BimiPTicA (Wall, Galedupa elliptica
Itoxb M S S and Id Ind 8 p *42? "J fining It ifl< ts.
Opposite from four to five pairs, cupeate oblong: racemes
paniclctl, axillmv partial peduncles from-2 to 5 flowerbed
: \ calyx bowl-shaped almost entire: banner with 2
scales at the base : legume elliptic. Roxb. 1 1. ind. 1 egg
native of Amboyna and Malay Islands,
ef; 1 'Flowering branch—2 legume opened showing the
‘sèed.
421. Crotalaria TRIF0I.TASTRUM (Willd.) suflruti-
cose ; stems s o eral, wood)', erect oi ascending branches
long and nearly simple, straight and twiggy, tomentose:
stipules minute, setaceous : leaves rather distant,strife-'
lignite . loDg-petioled; leaflets cnneate„obcordaie, shorter
than the petiole, (from half an inch to an ineli long);
upper side glabrous; under paler, sprinkled with minute
adpressed hairs: racemes terminal, elongated (3-5, inches
/hibg), many flowered, with occasionally a few-flowered
peduncle in thé axils o f the upper leaves; flowers distan
t (pretty large) : bracteas subulate.—W. and A . Prod.
I. page 1$1.
1 b ra n c h with flowers and fruit—2 a flower—3 and 4
the same, dissected—5 oval anthers Of the longer series
of .stamens—6 subulate anthers of the scoffer—7 ovary
cut opart to show the position of the ovules—8 legume
opened showing the seed.
422. Aurtonia scholaris (K. B. Echites scholaris
Roxb.) leaves 5—7 in a whorl obovale oblong obtuse
ribbed'and ha ving the veins approximating the margin:
cymes on short peduncles corolla a little bearded:
follicles very long—G. Don, Diet. 4 p. 86.
„ 1 Flowering branch—2 a dissected flower.
423: E'chites parviflora (Roxb.) leaves lanceolate;
panicles terminal and axillary, braebiate ; tube of corolla
gibbons towards the* b a se ; segments of the limb linear,
falcate—G. Don, Diety. 4 p. 75;
1 1 It wt ring branch—2 Corolla tube opened to show
the position of the stamens.
424. Aganosma acuminata, (G. Don—EcMles acuminata
Roxb) leaves from oblong to broad-lanceolate,
acuminated, glabrous ; panicles axillary, longer than the
leaves, trichotoinous, diffuse: segments of corolla linear,
tab a ft. ilirli d - G. Don Diety. 4 p. 77.
|1 ||1 Flowering branch—2 .'calyx1 opened to show the
ovary,afid style—3 corolla detached, tube opened to show
the stamens—4 ovary cut transversely—5 follicles—6 a
seed’, coma next the hilum—7 seed cut longitudinally.
425. Aganosma mabginata (G. Don. Echites mar-
ginata Roxb ) leaves, lanceolate, smooth, having the tops
of the veins forming a waved line within the margin of
the leaf; panicles terminal, lax, corymbose, at first sub-
truhotomous and then ti cbotomous, glabrous; segments
tit enroll i linear, falcate; nectary annular. G. Don. Diet.
1 Flowering branch—2 calyx dissected to show the
ovary—3 'corolla dissected to show the stamens—4 ovary
transversely,
- 426. • Cabissa Carandas (Linn.) subarboreous: leaves
t ovate, mucronate, or elliptic, obtuse, glabrous; spines
often 2-turked.<:*corymbs termiqp.lrdnd axillary, few-flow-
ert d » cells of tiuit 4 ct t ucu— (« Don. l. e, p. 104.
1 A branch' bearing flowers aridfruit-~2- calyx and ova-
'’rySr-3 corolla' dissected.
Cariss a‘diffusa (Roxb.) shrub diffuse, spiny,
with dichotomous branches leaves almost sessile, roundish
prate, cordate, mucranate, polished corymbs ter-
iiuinal, rarely axillary, many flowered; cells of berry
2-seeded—G. Dori.'x c.1 p. 104.
1 Flowering branch—2 calyx dissected showing the
ovary-- 3, ‘corol [Jr' tiissor ted—4 a stamen—5 a berry—6
cut transversely 2 seeded—7 cut longitudinally.
428^2 H untebia Cobymbosa (Roxb.) leaves oblong,
laut elite, obtuse, pointtd, glabrous : corymbs terminal,
decussate : lobes of calyx ovate—G. Don. 1 c. p. 105.
I 1 lowering branch-—2: dissected flower—3 fruit, one
cut tnlusi ersely.
429. Valiabis P ergulana (Burm—Echites hircosa,
Roxb.). leaves ovate, elliptic, acutp, glabrous; corymbs
axillary, wichotomous, downy : segments o f corolla
rouUdiSh. G».r'Don;_l£e; p. 79.
Flowering braiieh—2 calyx and ovary—3 dissected)
flower and stamens—4 ovary—3 ovary cut transversely.