341. Pimpinella C.VSD0I.E4XA (W. &. A.) peren;- ,
erect, slightly branched, and the petioles
densely pubescent or shortly villous: leaves very pubescent,
on both sides, hard and firm,' cartilagiuously tooth-
ed i -radical andlowei < auhne ones rt lutorm-cordate, enr
lir e ; middlecaulineoti.es tripartite, the segments cut
ajad sometimes lobed; upper oneB small dowh
to the sheath umbels with manyj(l(kl»>', very pubescent
rays: leavi*«. of ths involucre 1 h, nibul iti decidu-
ojiijimuih -li irei than the rays; of theinvolucel somewhat
permanent, abont the length of the rays: styles’a t
length reflexed fmit <1< n ily covend with small granu-
lft tube tics —W ■&. \ Ir< d p 3t9
1 'An entire plant, natural, size—2, an unexpanded flower
__3 n flower the pi tals removed, to show the disk and insertion
ot the nu«hers--4 a petal, hack view hairy on the
mid-rib—5 stamens—6 ovary-Mv the same m t verticiillj,
'ovuleh pendulous—8 a full grown, fruit—9 the,same, the
mericarps separated and 'showing the hifid carpophore—
§|lj®iOTencarp cut vertically—IC’the same cut transversely,
showing the vitta.
,-.842. H eraclei w rin cT tw (11 W ) stem branched,
glabrous towards the*base; the endsof^tBe branches
petioles and top of the peduncle s haiij leave» pedate j,
leaflets ovate Jdpnte*,'doubly serrated, th e middle’ one
sometimes 3-lobted, all slightly pubescent on both sides:
leaflet- of the involueel luicai-lance »1 ite c d v r 5-tooth- j
ed, teeth lanceolate enlarging with the’ fruiti: flowers of
the centre of the umbeflets equal petaled, male or sterile,
those of rfte circumference unequal-petaled, bi-sexual
and fertile.
i ’i'Alpine jungles Shevagherrv, flowering in September.
This species differs; so widelyiia .some points, from the
other species of,v the genus, as to render its removal
to form th e type of a ne%, genus, not improbable—
for the present, however, I prefer retaining it here.
1 Flowering branch, natural size—2 a fertile flower side
view—3 same front view—4 a sterile flower—5 stamens
—-6 ovary and petal—7 an immature fruit—8;cut transversely—
9 the same cut vertically showing the half grown
seed. ;
343. Lobaktucs elasticus (Dcsr.) glabrous, efleho-
tomous: branches terete1 ■ leaves sc-sjlc, oblong or ovate
lanceolate, usually attenuated with a blunt point at the
apex and Ocute a t the base, thick and coriaceous,'ob-
scurely 5-nerved ; two of the lateral nerves from the base,
the other two from the mid-rib below the m iddle: flowers
sessile or nearly so, fascicled around the knots of the
branches : ovary with a solitary adpre-sed bractea a t its
base ljmb ot th e c a l'\ entire, cup-shape el e oiolU''in-'
fundibulifbrm, 5-cleft, one o f the fissures deeper than the
oth ers; segments long,narrow-linear, elastieail|y ntvolute:
limb before expansion tumid at the base, then tapering
and forming a long sharp beak as long as th tula, an-,,,
thers oblong-linear: fruit ovoid,--W. & A. Prod. p. 386.
1 Flowering branch—2 a dissected flower—3 ovary,.'
style and stigma—4 ovary out vertically.
344. SptASUM bubrum (Roxb.: Nees.) annual, ra-
mous, diffuse stem angular, with the angles and ribs of
/ the leaves denticulated : leaves ovate-oblong, attenuated
a t the base and apex, repandly toothed, fructiferous pedicels,
divaricated, shorter than thé slender common pe-
'}* dunde (pollen yellow.)—Nees. Lin. Trans.
Obs. The angles of the stem are much more evident
in thé dried than the recent Specimen from • which this
drawing was made, the dentieulations mentioned in the
character are not seen in the drawing, they consist-of
; minute cartilaginous points or piickles.
1 Flowering branch—2 a flower—8 the same split open
to show the insertion o f the stamens—4 stamens—S ovary
—6; cut vertically—7 a fruit cut transversely.
345. Sol ahum torvum (Swartz.) shrubby, prickles
small, (sometimes wanting) recurved, tomen lose a t the
base : leaves in pairs sub-cordate, Ovate, sinuated and
lobed, or angular, tomentose, having the mid rib prickly:
peduncles extra-foliaceous, corymbose many-flowered,
and like the calyx are unarmed, segments of the calyx
ovate acuminated.—Nees Lin. Trans,
OU. This drawing is imperfect in not representing
the tomentum with which i have always observed the
plant more or less clothed. The prickles in this species
are usually very few and. minute.
1 1 Flowering branch—2 a flower cut open to show the
stamens—3 ovary and calyx—4 a fruit cut transversely.
Solanum indicum (Lin.)» shrubby, armed:
p rickles of the stem compressed, recurved: leaves soli-
tary or twin, öi^iong’ or ovate, tomentose, discoloured,
sinuately lobed, or pinnatifid, unequal a t the_ base, racemes
interfoliaceous, sub-cymose, calyx prickly with
straight-linear reflexed segments: berries globose, corolla
quipqoifid.—Nees Lin. Trans.
1 -Flowering branqh—2 stamens—3 calyx and ovary—
4, a Berry cut transversely.
847. Porana volubilis (Lin.) suflruticose, twining:
leaves cordate, acuminated, glabrous; panicles mauy-flow-
efed: sepals ovate,; obtuse, glabrous, equal: corolla
5-éiéft, longer than the calyx.—G. Bon, Biet. p. 4.
Obs. The character of the genus Porana, (of which I
believe this is; the type) is to have a 1-celled .ovary, but
in this species I .have ascertained beyond all doubt, that
it is 2-celled, with 2 erect ovules in each. I f the other
species have 1-eelled ovaries then this must he removed
from th e genus.
1 Flowering branch—2 a flower, both natural size—3
stam e n s-^ cfipolla split open—5 Calyx and ovary showing
the style divided, nearly to the base—6 the ovary cut
transversely—7 cut vertically.
348. Hfterostemma takgorensis (W.& A.) twining
glabrous; leaves broadly ovate or oblong, short acuminated
obtuse or cordate at the base; peduncles shorter
than the leaves, few-flowered: leaflets of the crown
spreading, broad truncate,furnished within with a tongueshaped
process, follicles devaricate, slender, glabrous,
hookqd at the point. — Wight’s Contrib. p. 42.
1 A flowering branch,natural size—2 a detached flower
sfiéhtlv magrafiedr-% the same more magnified—i corolla
and calyx removed, the stamens thrown back to
sho w the pollen masses in situ—5 pollen masses detached.
349. - G.ymnima stlvestsb (Brown) twining, clothed
with soft down on every part except the upper surfaces
of.the leaves from oval attenuated at the base and apex,
to ovate or cordate, acute peduncles equal in length to
the petiols.: umbels twin, sub-capitate, many-flowered?
flowers small: stigma bluntly conical, much longer than
the stamens: follicles slender, attenuated, glabrous,—
Wight’s Contrib. p. 44.
A widely distributed plant in India and Ceylon, and, I
now think, identical with the much older species O laeti.-
ferum, regarding which I learn no plant possessing the
lactiferous properties attributed to it, is now found in the
islaila.v
1 Flowering branch—2 a detached flower slightly mag-
nified-7-3 a .dissected flower, viz. calyx and Ovary—the;
corolla split .open showing double lines of hairs decumbent
from the divisions«-and the stamens and stigma detached
from the ovary—4 pollen masses—5 an ovary cut
.vertically.