277. AMOMUM SUBULATUM.
Leaves lanceolar, smoolh- Spikes obovaie. ecliinated with the
long snbtilate points of the bracies, cdyx, ami upper segmei.t of
ihc exterior border of the corol. ii/> oblong. CrfiMruncate,
undivided
OBSERVATIONS.
A native of tlic lower r.mge of the Marmgh mountains skirting
the plains of Bengal on the north, where i: grows on tl>e borders
of the rills of w^ter between the hills. Flowering time, it. the
Bownic Garden at Calcutta, March and April ; and the seed ripen
during the rains.
^ DE S C R I P T I O N .
Root tuberous, creeping at a small distance under the surface of
ihe soil, as in the genus and amply furnished with numerous,
strong fibres ; colour a dull reddish purple on
the outside, with the interior substance itself considerably
bright,
•ns ei ect,
fin-cr.
about 3 or 4 feet high, and about a Siems s thick as the little
,v-lar
¿ i a i - « f e w . b i f a r i o u s , p 3 i e i
on both sides : about
central, hid by the si
,val, wi t h a shor t actite point, smooth
nehes long, by 4 broad.
. sheaths of the lenves, few-flowered,
:ession; all pure white, except the
p u . p l e lip.
Corol nearly as in rotunda and angustifoha, the upper two segments
of the inner border are obtusely lanceolate, as in the latter ;
the up or nectarium of a deep variegated purple colour, the
shape cuneate-obcordate, and divided from the apex nearly
half the whole length, into two, long, cmarginate lobes.
Filami^Us short. Anther 2-lobed, and crowned with a large laci-
ZeflMiahernate, bifarious, sessile on their sheaths,
lar, finely accuininate, deep green, and smooth on both sides ;
12-15 inches long, by 3-1 broad.
Shcnlhs smooth, margins coloured, and rising above the mouth
into an emargioate stipule.
spikes radical, compact, a litde elevated above the soil, obovate,
size of a goose-egg, echinate with the long, subulate, pale
yellow points of the bractes, inner calyx, and upper segment
of the exterior border of the coiol.
numerous, the exterior imbricated upward, obovate. dark
red, smooth, long subulate pointed, one-flowered ; the inner,
or in/erioT calyx spathiform, opening on one side.
Flowers large, yellow.
Cal7/x superior. S-cleft. Segments subulate, and greatly longer than
the tube of the corol.
Corol: exterior border of three, nearly equal segments, the upper
one ends subulate. Lip oblong, often emarginate ; margins
a little ctirled ; deeper yellow than the exterior segments.
Filament fiat, kc. Jnthers 2-i<>bcd, and crowned with entire crest.
Gem 3-celled, with raanv cvula in each, attached to the thicker
partitions a little removed from the axis. Style, Stigma and
.Kectarialscales of Kcenig, as in the genus.
Germ 3-celled, &c.: n the genu
DALRYMPELEA.'
P E N T A N D R I A MONOGYNIA.
N A T U R A L ORDER, RHAMNI. Jus
G E N E R I C CHARACTER.
inte with the sti
278. K-uEMPFERIA OVALIFOLIA.
Leaves oval. Spikes central. Crest of the anthers laciniate.
OBSERVATIONS.
A native of the peninsula of Malacca, and from thence sent by
Major Farquhar to the Botanic Garden at CdaUta, where they
blossom in J u l y . It is an intermediate species, both with r-S|)ect
to size and habh. between K. galanga and roiunda, and ought to be
placed between them in the system.
DESCRIPTION.
Root tuberous, as in the other species, and about biennial.
Stems very short, I may say scarce any.
Calyx S-lcaved. Petals five, akernnte with
superior. 3-celled, cells many-seeded.
Berry S-celled. Seeds few, nuciform. E,
and furnished with albumen.
L memory of the late Alexander Dalrymple, Esq. author of the
ental Repertory, f^c. ^c.
279. DALRYMFELEA POMIFERA.
unky-j
OBSERVATIONS.
eiacular name in Silliel. where it is a native,
re tree. Flowering in March; and the seed
ind October.
; : fro
to be a larg
ripen in September,:
DESCRIPTION.
Taung s/mots rather succulent, round, and perfectly smooth.
Leaves opposite, unequally pinnate, andsom
ten to twenty inches long. Leajiets as far as three or four
pair, and a terminal one, the pairs opposite, all are more or
less pcttolate, oblong, obtusely-.serrate, acumtnate, smooth:
5-6 long, by 2-3 broad.
Petioles and peliolets round and smooth.
i'.«,c/«terminal,spreadtnsmuch.fullybroadertl>anlong;prttnary
branches, decussate; partial altertiate, with the small, yellowish
whi t e flowers crowded round their extremities, ever y part
the prin.a.y branches of th. paniclc opposite, &c as m
the Rubiace^, the rest solitary under each div.siou and sttb-
Calyx inferior, B-leaved ; lea/lels rather unequal, and oval.
Petals five, oblong, obtuse, spreading. Mctary acetabuliform.
Filaments Ry^, alternate, with the petals and shorter than them,
inserted under the nectary. Anthers ovate.
Germ superior, 3-lobcd, indeed almost separable, 3-celled ; ovules
• TLrpiiiin, Vt^Unal Choix iU Planlct. 31. H. C.
77 ILRYMPELEA POMIFERA. MLI.UCI1BÍ1A EDULIS. 78
about eight in each cell, widely attached to the axis. Style
length of the germ, 3-grooved. Sligma S-lobed.
J f r r y . drupaceous, has the appearancc of a pome, of a roundish
3-iobeci form, very fleshy, when ripe yellow, and almost
smooth, size of a large medlar, S-celled.
Seeds, several in each cell, shape various, the most common
roundish reniform, and considerably compressed, attached to
the partition, /«/igumwi single, thick, and of great hardness,
in fact a perfect nut, exterior surface brown and highly
polished.
Perisperm conform to the seed.
iwi-^^/o obliquely-inferior. Cotyledvns zoidiie. 3-nerved. Radicle
oval, obliquely centrifugal.
WILLUGHBEIA.
NATURAL ORDER APOCINEyE Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx 5-toothed. Corol liypocraterifotm. Stigma capitate. Germ
one-cclled ; ovules many, attached to two opposite parietal
receptacles. Bizrj» one-celled. W j few, nidulent. Embryo
without albumen.
280. WILLUGHBEIA EDULIS.
Shrubby, scandent. ¿ea&ejopposite, oblong, acuminate. Floiuers
in small axillary fascicles. Berries ve.y large, from oval to spherical.
OBSERVATIONS.
Latti-Am the vernacular name in Chittagong, Silhel, &c. where
•and fruit early tl whole year.
DESCRIPTION.
Bark of the trunk atid large branches, of
half an inch thick, inwardly dark brc
taste somewhat astringent.
Leaves opposite, short-pet ided, oblong, at
ed; veins simple, and parallel: let
broad-
Peduncles axillary and lerminal, solitary, short, each supponi
a few middling-sized, pale pink coloured, short-pedicel
5. for II fasci
Bractes solitary at the base of each pedicel, ovate.
Cn/yA-one-leaved, 5-loothed; «^««»¡¿j ovate, subciliate.
Coro/one-petalled,infundibuliform: TjiAsgibbous near the middle,
where the stamina are lodged, a little hairy on the inside:
Border of five, sublanceolate, smooth, expanding .segments,
which are imbricated in the bud.
Filame,its short, inserted into the tube of the corol, a little above
its base. Anthers subsngittate, but do not adhere to each
other, on cach side a polliniferous groove.
Gfrmsuperior, ovate, smooth, one-celled; ovules many, attached to
two opposit e parietal receptacles. -S/yeshort. ^¿i^/weonical,
and closely embraced by the anthers.
Berry size of a large lemon, subovate, covered with a thick, friable,
pretty smooth, brownish yellow cortex, (me-celled.
Seeds many.nidulent in a soft yellowish pulp, which is intermixed
with softer cottony fibres, size of a small garden bean, shape
various. Integuments two ; exterior rather fleshy, and seems
to furnish the soft fibies with which the pul p is intermixed ;
interior thin and friable.
Albumen none.
Embryo: Cotyledons conform to the seed. firm, straw-colour with
a tin2.e of pink ; while fresh, if wounded, a quantity of milk
exudes, which soon becomes bad caoutchouc. Radicle
roundish.
OBSERVATIONS.
Every part of the plant, on being wounded, discharges copiously,
a very pure white viscid juice ; which is soon, by exposure
to the open air, changed into an indifferent kind of elastic rubber,
or caoutchouc. The fruit is eaten by the natives wher e it grows,
and by them reckoned good.
2S1. ECHITES GRANDIFLORA.
Scandent. ¿fflwjcaneate-oblong. ^/«cjterminal.andaxillary.
Leaflets ofthecalyxlanceolar,waved,and coloured. Coro^campanulate.
Follicles linear.
OBSERVATIONS.
A native of the hilly parts of Chittagong and Silhct, where it
blossoms during the dry season and the seed take nearly one year
DESCRIPTION.
0 npen.
dd plants, above
irface tubercled ;
ninate, entire, polishh
3-5 inches, by 1-2
Stem and large branches ligneou.s, and scandent to a very great
extent; young shoots VWIOMS.
Leaves opposite, short-petiolcd, from oblong-cuneiform to obovateoblong,
entire, apex rounded with a short point, void of
pubescence, but hard: 6-8 inches long, by 2-5 broad.
Cymes axillary, becoming lateral, short, few-ilowered. all the parts
thereof clothed with ferruginous down.
Flojoers very large, equalling those of Solandra grandijiora, pale
greenish-yellow.
Bractes oblong, coloured, and veined.
Calyxio the base divided into five, long, lanceolate, waved, acute,
coloured, veined segmmts.
Corol campanuiate. Border expands about iive inches, and is
divided into iive, oval, waved, rather acuminate broad
segments.
Stavdna: Filaments five, nearly as long as the corol, ascending in
a gentle curve, smooth, inserted into the base of the bell of
the corol. Anthers sagittate, sides firmly united, forming
a conical cover for the stigm<t to which they cohere.
Germ a-lobed. hairy, 2-ceIled: ooii/« numerous, attached to ajugi -
form receptacle in each cell, rising from the partition. Style
length of the stamina. Sligma large, clammy.
horizontal, linear, obtuse, pretty smooth, thick as the little
finger; points rather inciirved, and obtuse; 6-10 inches
long.
Seeds numerous, imbricated, oblong, compressed, brown, comose.
Coma very ample, I have rarely seen so large, points to the
apex of the follicle.