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P L A T E DCXVIIL
A N N E S L E A SPINOSA.
Armed Indian Water Lily.
CLASS XIIL ORDER VIL
POLYANDRIA POLYGYNTA. Many Stamens with many Styles or Stigmas.
G E N E R I C CHARACTER.
CALTX superus, perslstens, 4 phylliis. Pelala 30—40,
oblongo lanceolata, persistentia. Stamina 60—70,
i n c u r v a ; antherx subovatie. Styli nulli. Stigmata
; sulculi decern in apice cyathiformi germmis,
a d umbonem centralem decurrentes; inconspicui.
Germen 10-loculare, supra cyatliiforme atque ex
columella centrali protrusl umbouatum, margine
10-dentatum. Septa duplicia. Semina localis in
singulis 2, dissepimentis prope parietem alterne affixa,
obovata. Fructns: bacca subovata, calyce
persistente coronata, spinosissima, 10—20-sperma.
Semina matura non vidi.
Anneslea spinosa. Ruxburgh.
CALYX above, persistent, 4 leaved. Petals 30 to 40, oblong
lanced, persistent. Stamens 60 to 70, incurved,
anthers nearly ovate. Styles none. Stigmas : ten
inconspicuous channels in the cup-shaped lop of the
germen, running down towards the central knob.
Germen 10 celled, cup-shaped above, with the cent
r a l column rising like a knob in the middle; the
margin 10-toothed. Partitions double. Seeds two
in each cell, affixed to the partitions near the outer
angle one on each side, inversely ovate. Fruit : i
b e r r y nearly ovate, crowned with the persistent
calyx, exceeding thorny, 10- to 20-seeded. We havt
not seen the ripe seeds.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE.
1. A flower cut open.
it now raises Us numerous heads ™ it . thorny exterior ; the Nymphs and Naiads,
In vain we review the plants of its natural order tor ^ ' j^an for their mildness; Anneslea
Ny„phceece and Natades, are not \h e leaves are nearly orbicular, but sometimes
like the panther, seems to umt e the extremes of terocity the larpest being from six to eight
i'^i^tle e'xtended upon one -de ^«th a c o r r e ^ ^
feet in circumference; greeii on "P?" the i r under side purple, thinly scattered over with a very fine
curved thorn at each o P™='P ceUul a r ^ ' r anspa r ent , brown, branched veins, bearing innoxious
b r o w n pubescence, and reticuUted with^^^^^^^^^ ^ j comp a r tme n t s betweeit the
t h o r n s of the same form as those of the upper surface at t F 1 intersected by other minute veins nearly in
veins are irregular hexagons pent gons, a ^ „u n d , very porous,'and bristled with soft spines
t h e same manner The leaf-sta ks f®^ ^ hollow, of the mos? simple structure, and appear to b=
almost to where they rise from J^ ^ ^ f t h T p r a n t protruded. See Mirbel' s 'Anatomie Vegetale, fig. 24 It i,
formed by a continuance ^ t o rme u u j o ^ — ; ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ , f ¡t ^ u o o e r sur tace 01- tn• e •l e a v e s v u i a i micj l,,.,.»,...^. ...
only where they stand oti of f X,™^ ^ ^ „f the thorns in the genus Rosa, where they ate
and really formidable Very difTerent is t ^ nature and struc in the R. damascena, muscosa,
r n n p r s c c r e t i n g vesselsor abortions of such, indurated, ana may uè t i j . . , ,„
Ferox rXginoi , and many others, from the almost imperceptible
^ • TTI tKo npramnm echinatum, on the conti a ry, an
lauaiiy u.ii-cu ix, n.v ¿ \
j i e h a i r supporting viscous matter, down to the horny
ferox, rubiginosa, ana many oui»», ^^^^ and some Monsonix, the spines are mere indurated
l»a.^c^ecrlatit-ipnngr <th5UorDtu, .l es, and ™in inC the the A^s t r aga l ^ i maur ^ a c e u f pcLiun,S o whil_e in P r^u n S ^ n J i u_s , d ^C r^a taegus, Ononoisn a^ Ha i n/^; dr ^ lnGrle. mwsnt an ldt haen appear
oenedasr
tlinrns- and a ulant or Unouis spinoss
Sf the branches indurate ^m e d fronî indurated bracts, abortions of roots, leaves branches
t o b e o n l y o n e b r a n c h e d thor,^_ J ho™^^^^ as in the terrible Gleditschia, horrid with huge bunches of
peduncles, flowers, petioles .r è ^ All these and other similar parts of plants, their real nature and
three-forked thorns from the very "¡tate thrown together by I.inuieus under the denomination of
use often overlooked are in their ^ Camels, however, and asses and goats are observed
escape being browsed by the cattle, by becomin,
woody or growing out of the.r reach^ pr o b a b l y arisen from the very short time the blos-
T h e story of the Annes ea ""^venng rise to expand, and again gradually sink to .ipen their
soms remain above ; as, like those of l e • ¿¡r parent cells, phoeni x like, to perish in renovating their
eeds after the globules of fertilizing pollen 1 ave r t f rom P^™ ^ 'immeasurable chain. That it certainly
r a c e ; and by adding circle to circe served opr^^^^^^ at Whi t e Knights (where onr
flowers above water we can a.ser from ^e l ow ; which might have been owing to its artiiicia
drawing was taken last Sep eniber) that ' ' ^ ^ ^ ^„ y bottom of the water in the same Aquarium.) and
» ^ ' . - e that nature Has endowed it with the power of ;
p r o p a g a t i n g itself in both elements ^^^ ,, ,,t the T h e a - t h e CamUlia
W e h o p e y e t t o s e e i t s m a g n i f i c e i u f o h a g e m a n t i ^ Ou r water is not less temperate than our sky. The
- t h e Ta k lo- the V Ri g h t Hon. George Annesley, Viscount of Valeutia,
name Anneslea was p v e n by D r ^R" ^ " g >' aL about Chittagong, when on hts travels m India.
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