15 



FICUS COMOSA 



JUSTICIA ACAULIS 



16 



th 



>per p 



female florets (there are no hermaphrodite that I could find), 



three-leaved. 



Filaments single. 

 Anthers two-lob'd. 

 Style long, slender. 



aflets 



6 



fil 



I observed, that a hood over the rudiments of the young filament, 

 fell off as soon as they increased in size. 



This is a pretty large tree ; a native of the Circar mountains 



126. 



AMOMUM ROSEUM. 



from six to twelve inches long. 



y, woolly 



sp 



cated from top to bottom, with small, rigid, pointed bractes ; 

 the superior bractes embrace each a flower, and two 



small 



lateral bractes. 

 Flowers small, white. 



Calyx five-leaved, the superior leaflet by much the largest. 

 Corol: tube cylindric, recurved; upper lip vaulted; under, broad, 



three-parted : divisions two-parted. 

 Capsule conical, eight-seeded. 

 Seeds kidney-form. 



Grows on pasture ground, generally under the shade of trees 

 Flowering time, the wet and cold seasons. 



1 Bumacatchicay of the Telingas 



Roots perennial, horizontal, jointed and white, with many large 



fibres. 



Stems several, if they can be so called, for they are only composed 



of the sheaths of the leaves, involved in but few large, long 

 sheaths, about two or three feet high, leaves included. 



Leaves somewhat petioled, two-fac'd, lanced, acute, bending to one 



side, smooth, finely veined, about twelve inches long, and 

 three or four broad. 



Spike remote from the leafy stems, just appearing above the ground ; 



when in flower, imbricated with lax-lanc'd, reddish, one- 

 flower'd bractes. 



Flowers; colour, a mixture of red and yellow. 



Bractes: besides the exterior one, already mentioned, there is an 



interior one, which stands within between the flower and the 

 rachis ; it is linear, with an obtuse notch'd apex. 



Calyx one-leav'd, tubular, above, membranous: mouth tooth'd. 



Corol one-petal'd, irregular. Tube cylindric, erect, considerably 



longer than the bractes. Border double: exterior three-parted , 

 the two approximated divisions are above ; they are linear, 





d 



the lower division 



d 



all are of a bright red colour. Interior single, broad, obtuse, re- 



fl 



der. 





Filament opposite to the inner border of the corol, and projecting 



curved out over it ; above the anthers it ends in a long, pro- 

 jecting, acute, recurved horn. 



Anthers two, near the base of the filament, separated by 



for the style. 



Style rather longer than the horn of the filament ; its 



braced by two awl'd bodies. (Nectary?) 



Stigma perforated and ciliated. 



b 



A native of moist vallies. Flowering time, the rainy season. 





127. 



JUSTICIA ACAULIS 



Linn, sup pi. 8 4. 



Nella-meera of the Telingas. 



Roots perennial. 



Stem none. 



Leaves radical, spread close on the ground, sessile, wedge-form, or 



128. 



GRATIOLA HYSSOPIOIDES 



Linn. mant. 17 4. 



129. 



GRATIOLA JUNCEA 



Stem erect, almost simple, round, jointed, smooth ; from six to 



twelve inches high. 

 Leaves opposite, stem-clasping, lanced, obtuse, entire. Floral-leaves 



minute, triangular. 

 Peduncles axillary, solitary, one-flower'd. 

 Flowers rose-colour, small. 

 Anthers twin, but do not unite. 

 Sterile filaments in this species stand between the fertile, and are 



very small. 

 Capsule globular. 



Like the former, delights in a wet situation. Appears and 



flowers during the rains. 



130. 



HIPPOCRATEA INDICA 



Linn. spec, plant, edit. Willdenow, 1. p. 193 



Tendrils simple, woody. 



Leaves opposite, short-petioled, oval, saw'd, smooth, shining; about 



two inches long. 

 Panicles axillary, opposite, peduncled, about as long as the leaves, 



two-fork'd. 

 Flowers exceeding numerous, very small, of a rusty-yellow colour. 

 Bractes minute. 

 Petals linear-oblong. 

 Germ three-lob'd. 

 Style shorter than the stamens. 



Capsules from one to three, oblong, one-cell'd, one-valved. 

 Seeds two, broad- wing'd, affixed to the bottom of the capsule by the 



apex of the wing. 



A large twining shrub; a native of forests, hills, and wild unin- 

 habited places. Flowers about the beginning of the hot season. 



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