752V CrotaiAria noTONi i (W. and A.:) suffruti-
cose, erect : branches divaricating, shortish, tomentose:
stipules narrow-subulate : leaves slightly approximated,
trifoliolate^Tong-petioled; ■ leaflets cuneate-obovate,
scarcely retuse, mucronate, rather longer than the
petiole (from a half to an inch long* and one-third of an
inch broad) ; upper side glabrous; under paler,
sprinkled with minute adpressed hairs; racemes terminal
or. leaf-opposed, shortish (2-3 inches long), many-
flowered: flowers approximated (pretty, large): bracteas
linear.—W. and A. Prod. p. 192.
* Neilgherries near Kotergherry, August.
1 Flowering branch—2 detached flower—3 dissected
flower—4 stamens showing the elongated form of the
anthers of the shorter series—5 stamens of the longer
series with their round anthers—6 ovary cut lengthwise
with 2 ovules—7 legume full grown 1-seeded—8 seed—9
cut longitudinally shewing the cotyledons and radical—
—10 Embryo detached.
753. Canavaija gladiata (D. C. :) perennial,
twining, glabrous: leaflets cordate-ovate, rather acute :
legumes 5-10 times for more) longer than broad.—W.
and A. Prod, 1 p. 253
A common plant in hedges and thickets much cultivated
for the beams which are used as a potherb.
754. Atylosia candollii (W. and A. :) erect:
branches straight, twiggy; young parts villous with
fulvous hairs : leaflets oval; upper side even, pubescent
; under reticulated, shortly tomentose, villous
on the nerves and margin : stipules lanceolate, acumi-P
nated, spreading: peduncles 2-flowered, longish:
calyx villous ; segments lanceolate-acuminated, curved
upwards, lowest one about half the length of the keel :
spurs of the vexillum introflexed, slightly callous :
legumes villous.— W. and A. Prod. p. 257.
Neilgherries, where it is most abundant from an elevation
of about 5500 feet to the top. It seems to be -in
flower at all seasons, flowers yellow.
1 Flowering branch—2 dissected flower—3 stamens—
4 dissected ovary—5 dissected legume—6 detached seed
showing the carunculus—7 seed cut transversely—8
embryo detached.
755. Phaseobus bunatos (Linn.:) biennial, usually
twining, glabrous or pubescent : leaflets ovate,
acuminated : stipules minute, reflexed, caducous : ra cemes
shorter than the leaves, pednncled, the florifer-
ous part elongated : pedicels in pairs : bracteoles marrow,
small, shorter than the calyx, adpressed, caducous:
legumes pendulous, scimitar-shaped, long-mucronate,
not torulose, glabrous, 2-4-seeded : seeds oblong, compressed.—
W. and A. Prod. I p.214.
Much cultivated but seldom if ever found in a truly
wild state. A large podded variety of this is the well
known “ Duffeti Bean” of India, said to have been introduced
by Dr.Duffenfrom theMauritius, whence the name.
756. Desmanthus triqttitrus (Willd. :) bi-triennial,
prostrate: stem compressed, triquetrous below :
leaves bipinnated ; pinnae 2-3 pair ; leaflets 10-12
pair : stipules subulate : peduncles axillary, solitary,
naked or with 2 caducous; bracteas about the middle :
flowers globular-headed ; 5-petaled, decandrous ; legumes
stalked, linear-oblong, equal-sided, 4-6-seeded.
—'W. and A. Prod. 1 p. 2740.
Found in wet pasture ground near the coast flowering
during the, rains. The specimen here figured was gathere
d at Madras. 1
1 A small plant natural size—2 a fertile flower—3
dissected’' flower—4 stamehs—5 dissected ovary-—6 a
pod nearly mature—7 a dissected seed—8 embryo detached—
9 a sterile flower—10 a pair of leaflets to show,
their form and cells.
757. Cassia (Senna) obtusa (Roxb.: ) perennial,
herbaceous, diffuse, procumbent, branches glabrous :
leaflets 4-6 pair, obtuse, mucronate, unequal at the
base, glabrous : petioles and rachis without glands :
stipules lanceeolate-subulate, tapering, spreading, persistent
: racemes axillary, few-flowered, much shorter
than the leaves : pedicels without bracteas, legumes
lunate, broad, thin, obtuse ; valves protuberant and
slightly angled but scarcely crested at - the seeds.—W.
and A. Prod. 1 p. 288.
Frequent in pastures and cultivated grounds all over
the Southern provinces of India. Is much used by the
natives as a substitute for Senna.
758. Bryonia mysorensts (Klein, in herb. Madr.!)
stems glabrous, smooth : tendrils simple : leaves cor-?
date, repand-toothed, usually 5-angled or lobed; slightly
scabrous: male flowers in a simple or proliferous
umbel at the apex of a long slender peduncle ; female
very shortly peduncled, solitary, often in the same axils
with the males, rarely several umbellate at the
apex of a long peduncle : calyx-tube and ovary narrow-
oval : berry longish-oval, glabrous, copiously marked
before maturity with small shallow pits : seeds smooth,
surrounded with a zone, quite flat on the sides.—W.
and A. Prod. p. 1 345.
Mysore, Neilgherries, &c. climbing among hedges
and bushes. Between this and B . Hookeriana, extended
and more careful observation has satisfied me there is
no difference, nothing being more common than to find
both forms on the same plant ar even on the same branch.
1 Flowering branch—2 male flower—3 same dissected—
4 stamens—5 female flower—6 same dissected—7
umbel of fertile flowers—8 ovary cut vertically—9 ovary
cut transversely—10 a berry nearly mature cut transversely.
(759) Gardenia latifolia. (A it:) arboreous, unarmed
: leaves opposite or in threes, very shortly pe-
tioled, oval or obovate, glabrous, with a small hairy
gland in the axils of the nerves on the under side : flowers
terminal, solitary, very shortly pedicelled (pedicels
scarcely a line long) : limb of the calyx campanulate,
irregularly divided, hirsute on the inside: corolla hypo-
crateri-form; tube ;long, hirsute on the outside; limb
about 9-cleft, the divisions obliquely obovate, about
half the length of the tube, hirsute towards the one
margin on the outside : stigma clavate, thick and fleshy,
bipartite, segments bifid : berry even, nearly globose,
crowned with the whole limb of the calyx ; nut thin,
brittle and bony, with 4 parietal receptacles.—W. and
A. Prod. 1 p. 395.
Found in thickets and subalpine jungles in the Carnatic
especially near the coast but not common so far as
I have had an opportunity of observing.
760 Hydrophylax maritima (Linn. :). Linn. ƒ.
suppl. 126'; DC.prod. 4.p.576 ; Spr. syst. 1.p. 410 ;
Roxb. Cor. 3. t. 233; Jl. Ind. 1. p. 373 ;• (ed. Wall.)
1. p. 380 i Wall. ! L. n. 6205 ; Wight ! cat. n. 1369.
—Sarrissus anceps, Gairtn.fr. 1 .p . 118. t. 25.—W. and
A. Prod. 1 p. 441.
Salt sandy soils near the sea beach in which it
spreads extensively binding the sand.