EXPLANATION OF PLATES.
YOL. in .—PART I
737. Salicoenia indica (Vahl. Roxb.) Perennial,
diffuse ; joints gibbous : spikes cylindrical,^flowers hid.
—Roxb. FI. lnd. 1 p. 85.
Very abundant on the sea coast at various Stations
in the Northern Circafs. I have also met with both
species further South, but not so abundant. Floral
joints very short: flowers inconspicuous opposite threefold,
hid by the upper margin of the next floral leaf
below: calyx a flask-like fleshy substance with a slit for the
style, in this species I have never been able to discover
even the rudiments of a stamen.—Roxb.
1 A flowering branch—■2 a floral joint with 3 flowers
—3 female flower magnified and cut vertically to show
the ovary—4 a detached flower natural size—Seed detached
enveloped in its persistent calyx.
738. SaliCornia brachiata (Roxb.)Pirennial erect:
branches numerous, dicussate, joints clubbed : spikes
cylindrical : flowers conspicuous.—Roxb. FI. Ind. 1. 84.
Native*- of the sea coast. Roxburgh suggests that
this species should be compared .with S. herbacea, others
have referred it with doubt to S. fruticosg..
1 Portion of a flowering plant full sized—2 floral joint
with 6 flowers three uncovered and three above in situ
—3 a flower detached showing the position of the stamen
and.pvary —4 ovary natural size—5 seed enclosed
in the capsule or persistent calyx.
739. CoEchoru.s acutakgulus (Lam.) annual :
leaves ovate: peduncles opposite to the leaves, 1-2-flow-
ered : capsules prismatical, straight, glabrous, stout,
about 10 times longer than broad, 6-angled with 2-3 of
the angles winged, 3*celled, truncate with 3-5 divaricating
entire or bifid horns : seeds numerous in each cell,
with the transverse septa nearly obsolete.—W. and A-.
Prod. 1 p. 73.
-»Common in pastures and cultivated grounds by the
banks of ditches &c.
1 Portion of a plant bearing flowers and fruit—2 a
flower showing the subulate bracteas—3 a flower fully expanded
showing the stamens—4 the same partially dissected
to show the ovary and style—5 detached stamens
—6 ovary cut transversely ovules surrounded by pulp
•—7 cut longitudinally— 8 a nearly mature capsule cut
transversely—9 a seed—10 the same cut vertically—11
embryo and radicle detached, all except the first magnified.
740. Vitis (Cissos) mtjricata (Wall. :) unisexual,
glabrous except the densely pubescent inflorescence:
stem woody ; brances terete, with a rugulose, muricated
bark: leaves petioled, trifoliolate ; leaflets stalked,-
firm and somewhat coriaceous, distantly serrated (the
serratures shallow, tipped with a hardened gland),
oblong, acuminated ; late’ral ones broader, unequal-
sided : umbels shortly peduncled, with -bracteas at the
base of the peduncle,^axillary, not so long as the petiole,
twice compound, with 3-5 primary branches : petals
distinct : style very short, thick : stigma large, capitate,
somewhat lobed : fruit globose (about the size of
a cherry), 2-4-seeded.— W. and A. Prod. p. 1 128.
Found not unfrequent in snbalpine jungles climbing
among bushes to a great extent.
1 Portion of a flowering branch—2 a flower magnified
—3 a cluster of immature fruit—4 a berry cut transversely
magnified.
741. Impatiens cuspldata(W. and A.) herbaceous
erect glabrous^ . sparingly ramous : leaves alternate,
long pet.ioled, mgmbranacibus, oblong lanceolate attenuated
at both ends,^serrated ; nerves beneath sprinkled
with tawny hairs : pedicels axillary, slender, shorter
than the leaves, solitary or in pairs, when in fruit, erect :
lateral sepals small subulate pointed, upper one deeply
obcordate subcuniate,'furnished on the back with , a projecting
horn-like àppëndage;-lower one cuspidate at the
apex, terminating below in along, slender, straight spur,
gibbous at the point : pétais two-lqbed, upper ones large
slightly bifid; lower vertical* (pointing to the earth)
cuspidate, capsule glabrous, oblong, attenuated at both
ends : seeds ovate, reticulated; reticulations hairy. R.
W. Arnott, Comp. Bot. Mag. i.p. 221.
Neilgherries, in moist woods near Kotergherry. This
species is allied in some points to,I. Lesehenaullii, as well
as to I. latifolia, but is readily distinguished from both by
the form of the flowers, the straight spur, and the reticulated
seed.
742. Impatiens dasysperma (R. W .) herbaceous,
erect, unbranched : leaves petioled, alternate, ovate-
lanceolate acute, hairy; above, glabrous beneath, cre-
nate-serrated ; petiols glanduliferous : pedicels“ axillary,
solitary or paired, erect, scarcely half the length of
the leaves : flowers rather small: upper sepal obcordate
cuniate, cuspidate; lateral ones minute : lobes of the
petals nearly equal scarcely half the length of the slender
curved hairy spur ; capsule glabrous ovate many
seeded : seeds hairy. JR. W. Madras Journal. ■
Courtallum in dense jungles flo.wering.. August and
September.
1 A flowering plant natural size—2 a detached
flower—3 ovary stamens and spur—4 sfamens detached
—5 ovary and lateral sepals—6 ovary cut vertically—7
ovary cut transversely—8 a mature seed natural size—
9 the same magnified—10 seed cut transversely.
743. Impatiens albida (R. W.) suffruticose erect,
ramous, branches terete, marked with numerous scars of
fallen leaves; leaves ovate lanceolate pointed, slightly
serrated, attenuated at the base, tomentose : pedicels
solitary, as long as the leaves glabrous : upper sepal large,
broadly emar,gihate villous above; lower one tomentose :
spur slender tapering curved, nearly twice the length of
the flowers : lateral sepals .corda te acuminated : petals
deeply two-lobed, the upper lobe's larger : ovary hairy ,*
ovules few. R- W. Madras Journal.
Courtallum rare, growing at an elevation of between
2500 and 3000 feet among rocky . clifts in exposed
situations. I have since found it on the Pulney mountains,
on the rocky banks of a stieam, but so much more
luxuriant that it did not seem to be the same plant.
Flowers pure white.
1 Flowering branch natural size—2 detached flower
—3 stamens ovary and sepals—4 stamens—5 ovary detached—
6 the same cut vertically.