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BERGIA AQUATICA 



24 



parted 



divisions lanced, permanent. 



144. 



Petals five, lanced, spreading, larger than the calyx, withering. 



Stamens ten, spreading, length of the calyx. 



Capsule nearly globular, five-lob'd, five-cell'd, five-valved. 



the centre. 



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A succulent, spongy, herbaceous, annual plant, growing in wet 

 places, or floating on sweet water. 



143. 



JLGLE MARMELOS 



Gorrea in Act. Soc. Linn. 5. p. 222 



Crateva Marmelos. Linn. spec, plant. 637. 



Maredoo of the Telingas. 



Trunk pretty erect. Bark ash-colour'd. 



Branches thin and irregular. 



Thorns axillary, in pairs, single, very sharp and strong; but some- 



times wanting. 

 Leaves three'd. Leafl< 



or broad-lanced, attenuated to a 



blunt point, crenulated, differing much in size ; but the exte- 

 rior one is always the largest. 



Panicles as in Feronia, but the flowers are much larger and white ; 



all are hermaphrodite, at least I have not found any other. 



Calyx and Corol as in Feronia. 



Filaments about forty, short. Anthers linear, erect. 



Pistil as in Feronia. 



Berry considerably larger than in Feronia, smoother, shell much 



harder, from ten to fifteen-cell'd ; cells contain, besides the 

 seeds, a large quantity of an exceedingly tenacious transparent 

 gluten, which on drying becomes very hard, but continues 

 transparent ; when fresh it may be drawn out into threads of 

 one or two yards in length, and so fine as to be scarcely per- 

 ceptible to the naked eye. Seeds from six to ten in each cell, 

 oblong, a little compress'd, woolly. 



This grows to a pretty large tree. It is a native of the moun- 

 tainous parts of the Coast, but met with sometimes also in the low 

 lands. Flowers during the hot season. 



From the rind of the fruit, the Dutch, on the island of Ceylon, 

 prepare a perfume. 



The wood is of a light chocolate colour, much variegated with 

 darker coloured veins ; is hard, durable, and used for a variety of 



purposes. 



The fruit, delicious to the taste, and exquisitely fragrant, is not 

 only nutritious, but possesses a laxative and aperient quality, con- 

 firmed by experience, which renders it particularly serviceable in 

 habitual costiveness. The mucus of the seed makes a very good 

 cement for some purposes. 



* Description by Dr. Koenig. 



Calyx monophyllus, campanulatus, quinquepartitus : lacinias rotundatae, coriaceae, glabrae, 



ciliatae, corolla multo breviores. 

 Petala oblonga, acuta, patentia, extus punctata, viridia; intus albicantia, staminibus longiora. 

 Filamenta 3 2 ad 3 6, receptaculo germini adproximato adnata, basi interdum in phalanges 



coalita, compress iuscula, glabra, alba. Anther a lineares, acutae. 

 Germen superum, oblongum, glabrum. Stylus crassus, brevis. Stigma ovale, sulcis plurimis 



obsolete notatum, magnum, virens. 

 Bacca globosa, utrinque parum depressa, cortice interiori duro, in loculamenta 12 ad 16, 



intra pulpam luteam, divisa. Semina plurima, ovata, compressiuscula, villosa, 



* 



cinereo-albicantia. 



BIGNONIA SPATHACEA 



Linn, suppl. 283. 



Woady of the Telingas. 



Trunk, as also the branches, very irregular both in size and shape. 



Bark light-ash-colour'd ; young shoots covered with whitish 



down. 

 Leaves opposite, feathered with an odd one, about six inches long. 



Leaflets opposite, from two to three pair, nearly orbicular, 



intire, downy : from one to two inches long, and about as 



broad. 

 Raceme terminal, erect, as long as the leaves, few-flower'd. 

 Flowers white, pretty large. 



Calyx, a spath, two-thirds open on the convex side. 

 Tube of the Corol longer than the calyx, cylindric ; border flat : 



divisions equal, oblong. 

 Nectary, a dark -purple, fleshy ring surrounds the base of the 



germ. 



Stamens : there is a fifth sterile filament. Anthers oval. 



Stigma two-lobed. 



Silique linear, about a foot long, pendulous, twisted in various 



forms. 



This is a small, ill-looking, thin tree, a native of most of the 

 forests over the Coast ; flowers during the hot season. 



145. 



BIGNONIA QUADRILOCULARIS 



Trunk straight, and of considerable height. Bark grey, with a few 

 - scabrous spots. 



Branches numerous, spreading, forming a large shady head. 



Leaves about the extremities of the branchlets, generally three-fold, 



feather'd with an odd one, from twelve to twenty-four inches 

 long. Leaflets from four to five pair, opposite, oblong, saw'd, 

 acute, smooth. 



Panicle terminal, erect, large, dense, many-flower'd, very downy. 



Flowers large, rose-colour'd, delightfully fragrant. 



Calyx generally two-parted, with the upper lip two-cleft, very 



downy. 



Corol: border five-parted: divisions equal, with their margins ele- 



gantly waved. 

 Stamens: here is also a fifth sterile filament. Anthers double. 

 Nectary as in Bignonia spathacea. 

 Stigma two-cleft. 



Silique erect, straight, linear, pointed, pretty smooth ; twelve inches 



long, two broad, and half an inch thick, four-cell'd, two- 

 valved ; the dissepimentum is enlarged in the middle of each 

 side, with a sharp ridge, which touches the sides of the valves, 

 dividing each of the usual cells into two ; into these ridges 

 the seeds are affixed. 



This is a large tree, a native of the Circar mountains ; flowers 

 during the beginning of the hot season. 



The wood is employed for many purposes by the natives. 



