PORANA .
Gm. plant, idit. SJmb. n. 236.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Col,, rivo4eavi.l, in il>e fruit larger. Con! one-peolled, campaniilaie.
clovti,. ffigmuglobular. mperlor, e.urre,
(iiic-cellcd, oite-valved, one-seeded.
2.M. PORANA PANICULATA.
Shrubby, icandcni. /.«•« exacily cordate, entire, hoary.
Pmdcki terminal turd axillary. Three urtlie leaflets of the Calyx
Increase with the capsule Into large, scarlose wings.
DESCRIPTION.
Skm ivoudy, dividing into trumeroui, very long, (many fathoms,)
.eantlent, stout, woody brands.: «hid, extend over .he
largest trees, ruins, or whatever else they tneet ,yith t tl.c.r
extremities drooping beautifully. Bark of the ivoody-paris
ash-eolourcd, of the young shoots clothed with whitish, soft
i , « o u cordate entire, hne-pointcd, villous on both sides, but particularly
so, and heavy, underneath , from one to four inchcs
each way.
Pa„kl„ terminal, and from the exterior axils, pendulous, or
drooping.
Flowers very numerous, small, pure white.
five-lcaved, tlowny , leaBets unequal, but all greatly shorter
than the corol.
Carol one-petalled, c.impauulate ; margin five-lebed.
I'ilamed, five, inserted into the bottom of the tube of the eorol.
A i f a n linear, half hid,
short very little cloven in this specics. Sligmu round.
Cap,.I, superior, ovate, cue-celled, one valved, brittle, villous,
siM of a small pea, surrounded by the reraatnrng calyx ;
three of the five leaBets thereof, arc now scarlose, and enlarged
into .as many oblong lanceolate wings, two or three
times longer than the capsule itself; the other two continue
of their original length, but contracted in breaddi, in short
inform.
Sad solitary afhxed, to the base of the capsule.
OBSERVATIONS.
A native of tbe interior parts oiJitngal; and particularly plenty
upon the ruin, of Gour, and the Raj.m.hl hills. Flowering time
the cold season, seed ripe in March.
A large plant, 30-40 feet long, covering a mango tree, is now
in full blossom before mc, and in this state it is certamly one ol
the luostheautiful objects I have yet seen in India t the long ,»ndulous
extremities of the branches, wltb their numerous panicles
of sinall, pure white flowers, and hoary leaves, render it a very
charming sight. P.ra.a M i l , Burm.Jl. ind. p.Sl.LH.f.-
S P E R M A D I C T Y O N .
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Capsal, inferior, one-celled, five-valved. Seid, flve, latticearilled.
Carol funnel-shaped. Slif^aat flve-cleft.
236. SPERMADICTYON SUAVEOLENS.
Shrubby. L^auc, opposite, elliptic, Flaaim in terminal umbelllibrm
heads.
DESCRIPTION,
i i™ erect, shrubby. Bramh; opposite, cross-armed, ascentllng,
Barl of the llgireous parts ash-eoloured, with dark purpltsli
specks
L,av,. opposite, shorl-petioled, from elliptic tol.nceolate, smooth,
entire ; length from three to six inches,
» • / „ / o , or rather connecting membranes, broad, ensiform.
sessile In terminal corymblform heads, on short trrchotomoos
bnnchlet. t numerous, pure white, and delightfully
fragrant.
Braola ensiform, villous, several surrounding each tascicle, or
head of flowers, as well as intermixed amongst them.
Calas above, five-cleft, permanent i division. subiJatc.
Carol one peialled, funnel-shaped. Tube .lender, widening a
little towards the month. Border of five, spreading, obloirg
filaJZ"'lZ'.\-e,y short, inserted into the tube of the corol a
little within Its mouth. AHor, half erect, linear.
Gm, beneath, oval. as long as the tube of the corol. Slis-a
C » / , „ i o b t a g , hairy, one-celled, flvc-valved, opening from the
M i l v t one for each valve of the capsule, black, compressed,
enveloped in a dry, latticed aril.
OBSERVATIONS.
This charming fragrant shrub, was found wild on the
hill, by Mr. William Roxburgh, and by him introduced rnto the
Botanic Garden at Calcutta, where it blossoms dnr.ug the eeld
EXPLANATION OF THE FIGURE,?.
Fig. 1. Part of a branch, with two br.nchlcts i natural .ríe.
® The calyx, and pistil, magtrlfied. a. The flve .tigma.
much magnified.
3. The corol, with ll.c .stamens laid open, and magniEed-
The capsi.le, raiher larger ilian natural.
5. Section ol tl.e same, more magnified.
R. A seed in its dry latticed atil.
7. A section of the same.
e BOI garden. nailer
p i r t l ' ^ F r u c h l l o w e r growih ; and though "be.utilul, is by no
means so conspicuously so as P- paniculaia. Dr. Buchanan has
found a third annual species in JVepaid.
237. MORINDA ANGUSTIFOLIA.
Shrubby, erect, leaves opposite to each other, or toa ;
anceoiate, búllate. F/cwers solitary, short-pcduncled
Jistinct, succulent, four-seeded.
33 MORINDA ANGUSTirOLIA.
DESCRIPTION.
Tnini straight, with few erect branches. JJnri light, ash-coloured.
Height of the whole plant when six years old only about
seven feet.
Lcaues opposite, or single when a pcduncle occupifs tbe place of
the other (as in M.citrifoiia and lalifolia,] subsessile, recurved,
lanceolate, búllate, smooth, shining, entire, length
about si.x inches, and less than two in breadth.
Sl.ijmleso\>\^os\ie, subcorddte, inter foliacé o iis, remaining long after
their respective leaves drop.
Peduudes solitary, short, seemingly terminal when they begin to
blossom, but soon after the branchlet shoots out from between
each pedunclc. and its respective opposite leaf.
Hccuh solitary, globular, many {from 50 to 100) flowered.
floruer-s pure white, in siïe and shape like those of the common
Cr.DRELA ÏOONA. 34
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Calyx only an almost entire marginal md the base of the
tube of the corol.
Coro/iunnel-fihaped.
Filaments very short, inserted rather below the middle of the tube
of the corol. JiMcrslmezi, hid in the middle of the tube.
Slignatxert, two-lobed.
Berries in general distinct, but a small proportion of them only
comes to perfection; sessile, obovate, size of a large pea,
succulent; deep shining black, with very dark coloured
pulp.
Seeds four, each two-celled, with the inner cell larger and empty.
OBSERVATIONS.
This elegant shrub was found at Chiltagong by Dr. Buchanan,
and from thence sent to the Botanic Garden at Calcutta in 1793.
where it blossotns in .March, and the seeds ripen in .May. Its root
is used to dye with iu like manner as that of M. citrifo'lia.
REFERENCES,
Fig. 1. A flower opened lengthways, rather magnified.
2. The receptacle with all the germs abortive, but two.
3. Section of a berry.
4- One of the seed, these three of the natural .size.
6. Transverse section ofa seed: a the seed: b the empty cell.
6. Perpendicular section of the same. These two are
magnified.
238. CF.DRELA TOONA.
Lenjteh from 6 to 12 pair, opposite, obliquely ovate-lanceolate,
acuic, entire. Piandes (crrainai. FUameiits inserted into live
glands which cmbrace the sessile germ.
Cuvcraca, Aaiallc resca}xL ^. j>. 2S1. and 6. 3 5 2.
Toon, Tunna, Tun, or Tuni of the ilindoos and Bengalese.
DESCRIPTION.
Trimh erect, often of a very large size, and height, though I have
only seen small tiees iu the vicinity of Calcutta. Bark
smooth and gi'ay. Branches numerous, forming a large shady
head.
Lcnvrs alternate, abruptly-pinnate, drooping, from 12 to IS
inches long. Leajleis from C to 12 pair, opposite, or nearly
so, short-petiole ted, obliquely broad, lanceohtte, tapering to a
long sharp point, margin slightly waved, smooth on both
sides; length from two to six inches.
Peliohs. and Peiwlets round and smooth.
Stipules none.
Panicifs terminal, about as long as the leaves, drooping: composed
of numerous, smooth, diverging, subdivided ramifications.
Brades minute, deciduous.
Flowers numerous, sm.dl, white, and possess a sweet fragrance,
like that of fresh honey.
Calyx, five-parted, expanding.
Corol, pelais five, oblong, keeled on the back, margins ciliate.
apexes incurved over the stamina.
Xedanj, five, large, hairy, orange coloured glands round the
base of the germ.
Filameuti five, erect, shorter than the petals, inserted into the
five glands of the nectary. Anthers sagittate, bent in toward
the stigma.
Pistil, Germ oblong. Style length of the stamina. Stigma peltate,
five-sided.
Capsule oblong, rather larger than a field bean, five-celled, fivevalved,
valves opening from the ape.^, and fall off with the
seeds when they are ripe.
Seeds several in each cell, imbricated ; both ends, and outer edge
enlarged by a thin membranaceous wing ; their insertion on
the inner edges of the upper end of the five angles of the
receptacle.
OBSERV.-VTIONS.
A large, beautiful, timber tree ; a native of Bengal. Leaves
deciduous, about the beginning of the cool season; and appear
again, with the Howers, in February ; and the seeds are ripe in
May and June.
The wood of this tree is very like mahogany, but lighter, and
not so close in the grain. It is much used for furniture, and for
various other purposes. The bark is powerfully astringent, and
though not bitter, it has been found a good medicine in the cure
of remitting and intermitting fevers; particularly when joined
M'itli a small portion of the powdered seed oïGuUandinaBmdnccella,
[Culkaletchie of the Bengalese,) which is a very powerful bitter.
EXPLANATION OF THE FIGURES.
Fig. I. A flower in its natural state of expansion, magnified.
2. The same with the petals removed, which shows the
nectarial glands, &c.
3. The capsule, natural size.
. The
hibi iiing one cell (on the left] with the .seeds, and
:her empty, which exposes one of the five sides of
sertions of the seeds.
. A seed. The last two are magnified.
239. ASCLEPIAS TINGENS.
Shrubby, twining, smooth. Leaves cordate. Umbels subaxillary,
proliferous. Corol, salver-shaped ; inside of the tube with
five double ciliated ridges. Stigma globular, half hid.