3 



CANSIERA SCANDENS. 



MENYANTHES CRIST ATA. 



4 



Anthers oval, within the calyx. 



Berry oblong, smooth, red, juicy, size of a pea, one-cell'd. 

 Seed single, shaped like the berry.* 



A large, woody, climbing shrub, a native of theCircar mountains 

 I know of no use this is applied to. 



104. 



CUSCUTA REFLEXA. 



Sitamapongonooloo of the Telingas. 



Stems, or Branches thread-form, succulent, twining, very ramous, 



leafless, smooth, yellow. 

 Racemes numerous. 

 Flowers white, short-pedicel'd. 

 Calyx 5-leaved: leaflets hearted, permanent. 

 Gorol : tube cylindric, mouth five-parted : divisions reflex. 

 Nectary : five bearded scales surround the germ, and are inserted 



into the bottom of the tube. 

 Filaments five, very short. 



Anthers oval, half appear above the mouth of the tube. 

 Style scarce any. 



Stigmas two, large, fleshy, expanding, pointed. 

 Capsule berry-like, circumcised, as in the genus. 



This plant is parasitical, and appears during the cold season. 



105. 



MENYANTHES CRISTATA. 



Antara-jamara of the Telingas 



Roots annual, fibrous. 



Leaves radical, petioled, hearted, with large, rounded, posterior 



lobes : lobes overlap a little ; margins waved, smooth, above 

 green, with a purplish tinge ; size very various, the larger are 

 from four to six inches long. 



Petiole round, length various ; on the upper side, about two inches 



below the leaf, there are tubercles which bear flowers, other 

 leaves, and roots ; the old leaf and the parent petiole decaying, 

 leaves a new plant, each petiole in succession doing the same. 



Peduncles many, from the above mentioned tubercles of the petiole, 



one-flower'd, and of length sufficient to raise the flowers a 

 little above the water, when expanded ; afterwards they bend 

 under water, and there ripen their seeds. 



Flowers pure white, about an inch in diameter. 



* Description by Dr. Koenig. 



Rami alterni, patentissimi, bifarii. 



Folia alterna, bifaria, patentissima vel reflexa, petiolata, ovato-oblonga, integerrima, glabra, 



subcarnosa, obscure viridia. Petioli breves. 

 Spica axillares, solitariae, simplices, foliis breviores, vix pollicares. Flores approximate 



patentes. Bractea solitariae, lanceolate, pilis adspersas, flore multo breviores. 



Calyx null us. 



Corolla monopetala, urceolata, viridis, pilis albicantibus adpressis tecta : Limbus quadripar- 



titus, patens, glaber, lutescens : lacinias ovatas, asquales. 

 Filamenta 4, basi corollas adnata, vix longitudine tubi. Anther a cordatae, ferruginese, parvae. 

 Nectaria 4, germini adpressa, oblonga, apice bidentata, carnosa, corolla dimidio breviora. 

 Germen oblongum. Stylus erectus, crassus, brevis. Stigma capitatum, planiusculum. 

 Bacca ovalis, glabra, aurantiaca, magnitudine fructus coffee. Semen unicum, ovale, osseum, 



tenue tamen. 



1 



Calyx five-leaved : leaflets broad-lanced, permanent. 



Corol one-petard : divisions of the border oblong, expanding, wit! 



broad membranaceous, waved, curl'd, ragged, margins; down 

 the middle of each there runs a ridge or wing, exactly similar 

 to half of one of the divisions : no hair on the flowers. 



Nectary triple: exterior: white, ramous filaments, crown the mouth 



of the tube of the corol, as in Nerium; middle: five beautiful 

 yellow, glandulous bodies, nearly fill the mouth of the tube, 

 standing alternately with the filaments; interior: five hairy 

 yellow bodies, surround the base of the germ. 



Filaments inserted into the tube of the corol near its base. 



Anthers oval. 



* 



Style short. 



Stigma two-cleft : segments large and lobed. 



Seeds a little compress'd, rugged. 



Receptacles opposite, running down the inside of the capsule 



fl 



not reaching the bottom with its roots. Flowering time the wet and 



cold season. 





106. 



CINCHONA EXCELSA. 



Bundaroo of the Telingas. 



Trunk straight, of considerable thickness and height. 

 Branches numerous, spreading. Bark of the trunk pretty thick: the 



exterior lamina grey, light, corky, cracks in various directions, 



i 



and frequently peels off; the middle coat is brown, of a fari- 

 naceous nature, and as thick as both the exterior and interior 

 coats ; the interior is white. The fresh bark is here described. 

 Leaves opposite, petioled, elliptic, entire, soft, downy, particularly 



the under side ; veins simple, and frequently opposite ; from 

 six to twelve inches long, and from three to five broad. Floral 

 leaves : the lower pair, or two of the ramifications of the pa- 

 nicle, are ornamented each with a pair of leaves in shape like 

 the rest, but much smaller, colour'd, bubbled. 



Petiole round, downy, two or three inches long. 



Stipules within the leaves, half lanced, sharp, saw'd, erect, falling. 



Panicle terminal, large, generally with the lower ramifications 



cross-arm'd. 



Flowers fascicled, small, greenish-white, exceedingly numerous, ex- 

 quisitely fragrant. 



Calyx above, five-tooth \L 



Corol one-petal'd, funnel-form, downy: tube long; border five- 

 parted : divisions oval, spreading, not half the length of the 



tub 



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Anthers one-third of them within the tube. 



G 



erm 



oval. 



th of the tub 



Stizma headed. 



ipsule oblong, crowned with the remains of the calyx, about as 

 thick as a field bean, but twice as long, four-striate, marked 



ab 



two-cell'd, two- 



valved, opening from the top, partition contrary. Receptacle 

 slender, angular, length of the capsule, affixed lengthwise to 

 the suture of the partition. 



Seeds from 6 to 12 in each cell, chesnut-colour'd, imbricate, oblong, 



compress'd, enlarged all round by a membranaceous jagged 

 wine, which at the base is snlit iin to the *ppc\ ittuAf 



