Flowers small, grEGnish-yellow, male and female mixed.
Calyx and Carol as in llie two last species.
Xcdmy : the saucer-form part, as in the former, and also a cup-form
interior pan, as if sitting on the other ; it is divided to near
tlie base, into five segments, divisions narrowing towards the
point, e.xtreraities three-tooth'd.
S/ameii as in tlie former.
Calyx and Coral as in the male.
JVeclary bellied, surrounds entirely the germ, leaving only a small
opening for the styles to pass, and is ihere five-tooch'd.
Germ egg'd. Slyles two, two-cleft. Stigmas simple,
globular, size of a pea, succulent, black.
Seeds two, as in the former.
This species is a tree considerably larger than any of the former ;
The bark is u strong astringent. The wood is dark-coloiu'd,
hard and durable; the leaves are eaten greedily by cattle, and are
said to destroy worms in their bowels.
I t baric : if sometimes met \ aller state, it is very
thinly branched.
T/ioriis single, very large, straight, strong and sharp; they often
bear leaves and flowers, so that their base then appears as a
part of abranchlet.
Leaves alternate on young shoots, and fascicled on the old, tvvlcefeathcr'd,
2-S inches long. Fealkers e-12 pair, about an inch
long. minnte, 12-20 pair.
Slijmles awl'd.
Pcduncle axillary, short, generally single, bowing, ending in a
bowing, cylindric spike of neuter and hermaphrodite corollets.
KERjiAi'HiiODirii COROLLETS round the extremity of the spike.
Calyx and Carol as in the genus.
Stavic!is\0, distinct, inserted into thebottomof the tube of the corollet.
Anthers oblong, and crowned with a gland, as in Adenanthera.
Stigma large.
Legume linear, compress'd, smooth, about three inches long, and
one quarter broad, generally curved.
Seeds lO-IJ.
Calyx and Carol as in the hermaphrodite, but the filamaiis i
near, petal-like, rose-colour'd, and without anthers, as
173. CLUYTIA SCANDENS.
Doonkyboora of the Telingas.
Trtnik scarce any. Bark rust-colour'd.
Branches long, climbing, with their extremities flower-bearing and
pendulous.
Leaves alternate, short-petioled, two-faced, oval, intire, below
downy, size various.
Slijmles half-lauced, length of the petiole,
Floujcrs smaW, yellowish-green, axillary, crowded, sessile, or on intempted
leafy, terminal, or axillary, spikes; generafly male on
one branch, and female on another.
exactly as in Cluytia patula, except that here the petals are
notch'd at their extremities.
Calyx and Coral as in the male.
A'ectaiy double, as inCluytia spinosa, and in every respect the saine.
Germ above, egg'd, hid in the inner nectary. Styles two, two-de ft.
Sligmas simple.
Bmy oblong, j uicy, smooth, size of a large Frcnch bean, and when
ripe it is of a rusty-black colour.
Seeds two.
A large woody climbing species, common on banks of rivers and
watercourses; flowers in November and December.
i h i s species i
The wood of il
ness of the tree, i
1 native of forests and low barren lands,
s remarkably hard, but, on account of the si
is of little use.
174. MIMOSA CINEREA.
Linn, sjicc. plani. 1505.
Yeltoor of the Telingas.
In genera!, a low, irregular, rigid, ugly shrub, with a white
175. MIMOSA CATECHU.
Li?m. siip.pl. 4 39.
Poda:l-Maun of the Telingas.
Trunk in general ill-shaped, covered with rusty• colour'd, crack'd
Bark, which is particularly red within ; remarkably adstringent,
and .somewhat bitter.
5)i!7!<;/iejspread irregularly.
Thonis stipulary, small, most slightly recurved.
Leaves alternate, twice-feather'd, 5-12 inches long- Feathers
8-16 pair, opposite, about two inches long. Leaflets ivxmerous,
often 40 pair, minute. The common petiole has
sometimes a few recurved prickles on it. Glands, a single
large targeted one on the upper side of the common petiole,
just below the lower pair of feathers, and one or two (not
targeted) between the last pair or two.
Stipules awl'd, falling.
Píí/uTic/« axillary, 2-1, short, each supporting a single cylindric
spike of yellow corollets.
Filaments numerous, united into one body, just at tlie base,
ii^am« straight, smooth, pointed; S-! inches long, and less than
one broad.
Seeds 5-6.
A large tree, chiefly a native of the mountainous parts of the coast.
The wood is good, and applied to various uses; but the natives
have no idea of extracting from it, or any other, the extract called
Catechu (Terra Japónica). Yet, I believe there are many trees of
this genus, just as fit to yield the extract as the Mimosa catechu.
176. JUSTICIA MONTANA,
Stems many, striated, jointed, smooth, leaning on the ground, and
rooting at the joints. Young shoots four-sided.
Leaves opposite, petioled, oval, pointed, declining, running down
the petiole, fiom three to four inches long, and about two
broad.
Spikei many, terminal, erect, slender. Peduncle four-sided.
.Brac^fj opposite, decu.ssatcd, linear, acute, hairy, one-flowered;
bracteols two to each of the bractes, pressing laterally the
calyx, like the large exterior one, but much smaller.
Flowers opposite, decussated, of a very pale blue.
A small straggli igjointed under-shn
ing the cold season.
o f t i
179. GRATIOLA GRANDIFLORA.
Linn. spec, plant, edit. Willdenaiu \.p. 105.
Stems several, annual, creeping, four-Nided, smooth ; six to twelve
inchcs long.
Leaves opposite, ses.silc, oblong, sliai'p-saw'd, pointed, smooth.
Pedmicle axillary, about half the length of the leaf, erect,
onc-flowcr'd,
Flowers light-blue.
Corol: tube cylindric ; upper lip entire ; under lip broad, threeparted.
Stamens: the two fertile filaments lodge under the upper lip,
approach archwisc; sterii filaments rest on the under lip
and adhere to it; they are yellow and curved- Anthers twin,
united by pair.s,
Capsule lancccl, longer than the calyx.
177. JUSTICIA PULCHELLA.
Eranth
dchellum. Andrew's bol. reposil. I. 8
A r c of moist places ; flowering during the wet and cold
Stems many, erect, or nearly so, 2-3 feet high.
Branches round; young shoots four-sided, smooth.
Leaves as in the former, but much larger, being from six to nine
inches long, and from three to four broad. They are of a
much deeper and brighter green.
Spikes as in the former, but larger.
Bractes disposed as in the former, but much larger; broad, ciliatcd,
and stand much nearer one another.
Flowers large, numerous, of a deep bright blue.
A very beautiful flowering shrub; a native of dry, uncultivated,
shady places; flowers during the cold season.
178. GRA710LA MONNIERIA.
Linn. spec, plant. 24.
Sambrany-Tshittoo of the Telingas.
Stems several, annual, creeping, round, jointed, very ramous,
smooth, succulent.
Leaves opposite, sessile, in verse-egg'd, wedge-form, or oblono-,
smooth, entire, obtuse, fleshy, dotted with minute spot.s.
Peduncles axillary, alternate, solitary, round, smooth, shorter than
the leaf, onc-flowered.
Flowers blue. Bractes two, a a, awl'd, press on the calyx laterally.
Calyx five-leaved, the exterior three leaflets, bU, large, oblong;
the two interior, cc, small, linear; all arc concave, smooth,
pointed, and permanent.
Corol: tube bcli'd, short; border five-parted, nearly equal.
Filaments four, two-])o\vers.
Anthers two, cleft at the base, blue.
Stigma large, somewhat two-lob'd.
Capsule egg'd, two-cell'd, tvvo-valv'd.
Seeds numerous.
A native of moist places, borders of brooks, and the like.
Flowering time the wet and cold seasons.
The expressed juice is, by the natives, mixed with petroleum,
and applied externally for rheumatic pains.
180. UTRICULARIA .STELLARIS.
Linn, suj/jd. 86. Vahl symh. \.p. 5-
Natsoo of the Telingas.
Root conferva-like, floating in the water. I bavc always found
small utriculi adhering to its filaments.
Scape sub-erect, simple, raceme-like, above the verticil of bladders,
•which rest on the surface of the water.
Grows in sweet water ; appears and flowers during the rains.
Pedda Pane
R O T T B O E L L I A CORYMBOSA.
Linn.suppl. lU,
)ocoo of the Telingas.
Culmi many, straight, mostly naked, as the sheaths of the leaves
are short, and cover but little of them; round and smooth,
from three to five feet high, very firm and not piped.
Leaves few, from .six to twelve inches long, margins sometimes
fringed with a few hairs; sheaths short and smooth.
Spikes terminal, and from the exterior axills, several, pedunclcd.
Peduncles thread-form, bowing, or erect, jointed near the base, and
there bracted ; there are bcside.s, chaffy, thread-form bractes
at the insertions of the peduncles.
Flowers alternate in two ro\vs, one on each side of the spikes,
two-flowered, two-valved.
Corol: one hermaphrodite within, and one male without; each
has two valves, but sometimes there is only an hermaphrodite
floret, which has then three valves.
A native of low, rich, pasture ground ; gro :t tufts.