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levissiin^ incurva, G-pollicans, coi-iacea et crassa, ovato-cymbiformis, laxJ; convoluta, apice obtusa, subcucullata, marginibiis rectis, 

 subimdulatis, extL atroviridis, opaca, intJis e viridiflavicans, minutim reticulata. Spadix erectus, cylindnciis, longitudine spatha?, 

 digituin medium crassus, omnin^ obtectus, basi semipollicari foemineus, indfe usque ad medium, per spatium 3-pollicare masculus exteriore, 

 dcnique parte 3-pollicari crassiore, clavato-oblonga, obtusa, dens^ obsita tuberculis verruciformibus, oblongis, obtusis, flavis, com- 

 pressis, spongiosis, parallelis, imequalibus, baud mult^m prominentibus, phn-ibus nunc confluentibus in cristulas parallelas, insequales. 

 OvARiA numerosa, majuscula, ovata, lajvia, foveola; basis spadicis subimmersa, seriebus 15 spiralitfer digesta, 1-locularia, 1-sperma; 

 ovidum ovatum, erectum, indusio moUi carnoso obtectum. Stylus cylindricus, pariim incurvus, ovario vix longior. Stigma carnosum, 

 Bubnutans, 3-lobum ; /oi/ triangulares, acuti, margine tumidi, subvalvatlm conniventes, sequales: 2 laterales, 1. superior. Anthers sessiles, 

 densissimJ^ aggregatee et confertai, 4 vel 5 stellatim fasciculata?, carnosa;, oblonga?, levitfer compressae, pallide flavicantes, vertice sub- 

 truncato, obtuso munita? glandula oblonga, transversali, pariim elevata, levit^r convexa, minute; punctulata, adque latera hujus poris 

 ufrinque duobus, oppositis, tumido-marginatis ; intiis 4-loculares, loculis angustissimis, tubulosis, geminatis, per paria oppositis, apice 

 dehiscentibus. Pollen eompositum e granulis magnis, ovatis. Fructus hand visus. 



Plate XCIX. Fig. 1. Inflorescence in a very young state. 2. Spadix, with spatha detached. 3.4.5. Fascicles of anthers^ 



(fig. 3. divided horizontally.) 6. Pistil. 7- The same enlarged. 8. Ovarium divided lengthways. 9. Tlie same divided 



horizontally. 



POLYGALA ARILLATA. Tab. 100. 



Fruticosa ; foliis oblongis, acuminatis, subtiis puberulis ; racemis solitariis, terminalibiis oppositifoliisque ; calyce 

 3-sepalo ; corolla 3-petala, petalo intermedio difformi, 3-lobo, lobo medio cucuUato, appendiculato ; capsula reni- 

 formi ; arillo magno. 



Polygala arillata, Hamilt. apiid Don. Prodr. Nepal, p. 199. 



Habitat in montibus Napalia?, florens mensibus Maji, Junii, fructus proferens Julio. In montibus Sillet vicinis, 

 De Slim. Nilghiry, Dom. Noton et R. Wight. * 



Frutex magnus, ramosus. Truncus crassitie brachii, ligno albo, levi, cortice cinereo, spongioso. Ramuli longi, cylindrici, pubescentes, 

 subscandentes. Folia alterna, patentia, membranacea, oblonga, acuminata, integerrima, basi acuta, 3 — 5- usque ad 8-pollicaria, ciliata, 

 supra glabra, opaca, subtiis pallida, costa gracili, elevata, nervisque alternis, intra marginem arcuato-anastomosantibus, puberulis, 

 reticulato-venosa ; tenella villosa. Petiolus teres, pubescens, |-pollicaris, supr^ profundi sulcatus. Stipul^e nuUfE. Racemi terminales 

 vel oppositifolii, latcralesve, solitarii, recurvati, brevoi pedunculati, cylindrico-oblongi, attenuati, 5-pollicares, folia ssepiCis a^quantes. 

 Pedunculus brevis, subcarnosus, teres, pubescens ; rachis irregulariter subflexuosa, pariim complanata, ad inscrtionem pedicellorum 

 tuberculata. Flores magni, flavi, alterni, subsecundi, inodori, insidentes pedicelUs brevibus, teretibus, subclavatis, carnosis, sufFultis 

 bracteoUs 2 lanceolatis, ciliatis, acutis, caducis. Calyx parvus, ovatus, 3-phyllus ; sepala obtusa, ciliata ; inferiora torsione pedicelli demfim 

 superiora, ovata; supcrius (in flore expanso inferius) istis dupl5 majus, cucullato-concavum, attenuato-acutum, basi gibbosum. Corolla 

 3-petala, calyce mult6 major, |-pollicaris ; petala 2 later alia (sepala interiora petaloidea) obovata, obtusa, basi attenuata, fer^ poUicaria, 

 patentiuscula ; tertimn (e tribus coalitis conflatum) dilForme, oblongo-ovatum, apice 3-lobum, lobis lateralibus o^tis, obtusis, intermedio 

 carinato, cucullato, dorso crista carnosa, lobulosa aucto. Stamina 8, cucuUo petali intermedii basi inserta eoque recondita ; Jila- 

 menta subulata, basi in phalanges duas connata ; antherce ovatse, apice obliqu^ 2-porse. Ovarium ovatum, levitfer compressum, laeve, 

 2-loculare, 2-sporum ; avuUs pendulis. Stylus clavatus, apice incurvo compressus. Stigma subinfundibuliforme, carnosum, deorstim in pro- 

 cessum oblongum, brevfe productum. Capsula reniformis, compressa, utrinque retusa, lateribus gibboso-convexa, ferfe pollicaris, purpurea, 

 coriacea, venis elevatis, notata, 2-locularis, utrinque 2-valvis. Semen solitariuin, globosum, atrum, pilis brevibus obsitum, magnitudine 

 grani piperis nigri, apice dissepiment! adfixum, pendulum, basi munitum arillo magno, carnoso, rugoso, crasso, aurantiaco. Embryo 

 minutus in basi perispermi magni, carnosi. 



The figure of Rumphius's Be.v Amaroris (Herb. Amb. vol. 2. tab. 41.) which is Lamarck's Soulamea amara, bears a 

 considerable affinity to this plant, although it belongs undoubtedly to a distinct genus. I am not quite sure whether 

 the plants from Sillet and the Nilghiry are identically the same with that from Nipal ; perhaps they may prove three 

 distinct species, although they are certainly very like each other. 



Plate C. Fig. 1. Flower dissected. 2. Interior petal. 3.4. Ovarium divided vertically and horizontally. 5. A small raceme 

 of capsules. 6. A capsule detached. 7. Seed, 8. Arillus detached. 9. Seed removed from its arillus. 10. The same 



divided vertically. 



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