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phical Journal, vol. 1. p. 379. “The natives of the country consider the whole plant as poisonous, especially the 
seeds and root. All the green parts possess a disagreeable narcotic smell, which is perceptible on their being rubbed 
and is very like that of a Datura. The number and relative position of the leaves and the parts of the flower vag 
in an extraordinary manner, of which I know of no parallel instance. Mr. Royle has communicated to me a scale 
of these variations, founded on his own observations, which I subjoin. He adds, that the fleshy root has a faint 
nauseous smell and taste; the stem and berries, when bruised, a narcotic one; and that they probably possess the 
medicinal properties ascribed to Paris quadrifolia in a still greater degree. My excellent friend found the plant on 
the mountain called Mussuree, at an elevation of about 6000 feet, and in a mean temperature of 59” Fahrenheit, 
flowering in April. Paris incompleta of Marschal a Bieberstein is probably quite a distinct species. 
Variation in the number of parts observed in different individuals by Mr. Royle :— 
Leaves. Involucres. Perianths. Stamens. 
Stigmas. 
RA EA 
9 5 4 12 5 
9 7 7 14 7 
9 6 6 12 6 
8 4 4 9 4 
8 3 3 8 3 
7 4 4 8 4 
Y AN P E 4 EX x mr 7 4 
Plate CXXVI. Fig. 1. Flower, the involucre being removed. 2. Pistil. 3. The same, divided horizontally. 4. The 
same, divided vertically. 5. Fruit, having the withered parts of the flower attached. 6. The same, burst open. 7. 8. The same, 
divided horizontally and vertically. 9. A fascicle of seeds attached to part of the placenta. 10. A separate seed. — 11. The same, 
opened, showing the situation of the embryo. 
STERCULIA comosa. Tab. 127. 
Forus maximis, ovato-cordatis, longè petiolatis, acuminatis, extrorsüm levitér trilobis, 9-nerviis, subtüs glaucis, 
pubescentibus ; cymis nutantibus, axillaribus, paniculatis ; perianthii campanulati lobis oblongis, liberis. 
Crescit in sylvis Amboynæ. In Hortum Calcuttensem a Dom. Mackenzie introducta, uhi floret mense Martii. 
AnBon procera, valdè ramosa et comosa. Truncus robustus. RAMULI crassi, cylindrici foliaque glaberrima, epidermide cinerea. Forra 
amplissima, ad apicem ramulorum approximata, patentissima, ovato-cordata, acuminata, extrorsüm leviter triloba, lobis obtusis vel acutis, 
parüm sinuata, sinu basis acuto et satis profundo, coriacea, suprà nitida, subtòs glaucescentia, puberula, 7—9-nervia, nervis crassis, 
ramosis, transverse et parallelè venosa, palmaria, pedalia, quin sesquipedalia. Perroxus cylindricus, glaber, basi parüm intumescens, apice 
ad divisuram in nervos plano-dilatatus, 5—12-pollicaris. PanicuLa terminalis, maxima, foliosa, constans cymis axillaribus, nutantibus, 
laxis, oblongis, ramosis, foliis parüm brevioribus. Prpuncuur teretes, carnosi, stellato-pubescentes. Frores parvi, purpurascentes, 
pedicellati, odorati. PERIANTHIUM campanulatum, 5-fidum, intüs villosulum ; lobi oblongi, patuli, acutiusculi, liberi. STAMINA 10, bre- 
vissima, basin ovarii ambientia. OvARIUM globosum, glabrum, vertice obsoletè 5-sulcatum, pedicellatum. SryLus brevis, carnosus, 
incurvus. STIGMATA 5, teretia. 
This is a truly noble and stately tree, abounding with very large and dense foliage, and producing in the beginning 
of the hot weather enormously large drooping panicles of small, purple, sweetly-scented flowers. 
Plate CXXVII. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. 3. The same, opened. 4. Stamens and pistil. 
DELPHINIUM ALTISSIMUM. Tab. 128. 
Rapice subtuberosá, perenni; caule elongato, gracili, superne subramoso ; foliis longè petiolatis, palmatim 5-lobis, 
subtus argenteis, pilosulis, lobis apice inciso-trifidis, grosse dentatis, caulinis remotissimis, subsessilibus, lineari- 
3-partitis; petalis calyce dimidió brevioribus, pilosis, inferioribus bilobis ; calcare recto, adscendente, pedicellum 
æquante, interiore 2-phyllo ; capsulis 3, cylindraceis, pilosulis. 
Crescit in sylvis montanis Napaliæ, florens fructiferumque sub pluviis. 
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Vor. II. 
