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182- Diospjnros toinentosa, Roxb. ^ " Dioacous, all the lea- 

 der parts very rfowny: leaves opposite and alternate, oval, entire; 

 male — peduncles 3-tio\vered, calj^x and corolla j^ibbous, 4-toothed ; 

 stamens 12, on a receptacle : female— solitary with the calyx, and 

 corolla, 5-parted ; berry as far as 5 -seeded." llo.xb, 



1, Flowering branch — 2. A flower dissected and corolla removed 

 to show the stamens— 3. Corolla split open— Co^tied from Roxburgh's 

 Jigitre. 



183. Diospyros toraentosa, Roxb. J — 1. Flowering branch— 3. A 



flower dissected, corolla removed and calyx split open to show the 

 ovavy — 3. Corolla— 4-5. Full i];rosvn fniit seen in dilFL'rent ])ositions 

 to show the enlarged calyx— 6. Fruit cut transversely — Cjpit'd from 

 Hoxhurgh^s figure. 



184. Ixora stricta, Roxb. " Sbrnbby, strai'^ht : leaves subsessilo, 

 oblong: corymbs dense, compound hemispheric : lacinea; of the 

 corolla round sprt^adin^ : anthers bristle pointed." Roxb. 



1. Flowerinn branch — 2. A corolla split open, to show the infe- 

 rior ovary, style and stigma— 3. A fruit— 4. The same cut trans- 

 versely— Co/yz'^t^/m/n Roxburgh's drawirig. 



185. Ixora barbata, Roxb. *' Tube of the corolla long; mouth 

 bearded: leaves opposite, short petioled, oblong, entire, smooth, 

 shining ; floral leaves, round, cordate, sessile : panicles open." 

 Roxb. 



1. Flowering branch— S. A flower, the corolla split open— 3. A 

 fruit— 4. The same cut trausvciscly— Oopzed froj}i Roxburgh's draw 





186. Ixora (Pavetta Sm.) tomentosa, Roxb. " Shrubby: leaves 

 obloncr, ventricose, entire, tomentose : panicles lax, sub-globular, 

 tomentose ■ style twice the length of the corol : stigraa entire : bcr- 



Ties globular." 



0^.s\— This is a species of Pavetta, which is distinguished from 



Ixora by the length of the stv^e, 



1. Ailowerin*' branch— 3.' The flower showinir the style au^ stig- 

 ma twice the len-tb of the corolla- 3. .\ fruit— 4. The same cut 

 tiBLXiSvaxseXy —Copied from Roxburgh's draicvig, 



187. Rubia Mungista, Roxb. '' Perennial, scandent : leaves four- 

 fold, long-petioled, cordate, acute from 5 to 7 nerved, hispid : corol 

 flat, 5-parted, pentandrouH." Roxb. 



1. Flowerimr branch— 2-3. Flowers seen.from above and from be- 

 low— 4. Sti'^ma side and front views— 5. Fruit cut iransversel\'— 5. 

 A seed— 7. The same cut to show the ambvyo— Copied J roni Rox- 

 burgh's drawing. 



188. Biospvros rbenuiri, Kon. " Leaves short petioled, alttn-nate, 

 bifarions, oblong, entire, polished : male flowers sub-racemed. with 

 about 3rl anthers : hermaphrodite, solitar}-, oetandrous ; style sin- 

 tie: stigma 4-eleft," Roxb. o n n 



I. Male— flowering branch— 2, Receptacle and calyx— 3. Corolla 

 and stamens— 4. Detached stamens-3. Female, flowering branch--.G. 

 Dissected flower, calyx, ovary, and cleft stigma— 7, Corolla with 

 attached stamons-8. A full grown fruit-0. The same cut trans- 

 versely- 10. The same seen from above umbilicate— 11. A seed— iv. 

 The same cut transversely— Co/)zed//o?» Roxburgh's draining. 



189. Diospyros ramiflora, Roxb. " Arboreous, leaves lanceolate, 

 glossy : hermaphrodite and male flowers in fascicles from the large 



woody branches: calyx and corol from 5 to 6-parted, style from 5 to 

 6-clert, berrv with 10 or 30 seeds." Roxb. 



1. A flow('rin<- branch with 2 fascicles of flowers— 2. A younger 

 •branch and leaves— 3. Calvx and ovary— 4. Corolla and stamens—.>. 

 A full grown fruit seen 'from b.low— 6. Seen Irom above— 7. Cut 

 transversely— S, A seed— Co/^ied from Roxburgh's draicing, 



190. Rhopala excelsa, Roxb. " Leaves alternate, short petioled. 

 cuneate-oblong, obtuse pointed smooth, with a few large blunt ser- 

 ratures near the apex : racemes axillary and terminal, as long as the 

 leaves, downy : nectaral scales 4. distinct and naked, hoxb. 



1. Flowering branch-2. Flowers, one dissected to show the nec- 

 taral scales and insertion of the '^^tamens into thepetaiS-^. Ovary, 

 style and stigma removed-4. Ovary cut vertically— 5. Ihe same 

 divided transversely— Cq/;z*£?<i/roM Roxburgh's drawing. 



191. Rhopala rohusta, Roxb. *' Leaves alternate, sessile, oune- 

 ate, oblong, remotely serrulate: racemes axillary, and below the 

 leaves smooth : nectary a smooth 4-toothed cup." Roxb. 



1. Flowering brinch-3. A dissected flower, showing the ovary 

 ■insHu, embraced bv the nectarial cup-3. The ovarv cut vertically 

 «4. The same cut transversely, showing the two collateral ovules— 

 Copied from Roxburgh's dratmng^ 



19.>. Xanthochymus dulcis. Rioxb. "" Polygamous leaves, oppo- 

 site, oblong : flower? fascicled, lat^^ral : corols globular: fruit oval, 

 obtuse, from one to 5-seeded." Roxb. 



1. Flowering branch— 2. A hermaphrodite fertile floA%er-3. A 

 male one- 4. A fascicle of stamer,s-5. An anther-5. The ovary 

 detached, stigma radiate— 7. The same cut vertically-8. Gut trans- 

 v^rselv-9. A full grown fruit-10. The s:ime cut vertically and 

 transversely— U. A germinating sced~12 The same cut longitudi- 

 Tiallv. sbo'win(? the embryo traversing the aXbnmen-'Co pied from 

 Roxhurgh's drawing, 



193. Spcrmacoce l^vis, Roxb. *' Biennial, straight, round, 

 smooth : leaves subsessile. laneeolar, corymbs t^rm'^-^w anthers 

 hid in the bearded mouth of the infundibnliform corol. Roxb.^ 



1, Flowering branch— 3. A corolla split open, glabrous within— 3. 

 Ovary, calyx, style and stigma-4-5. Ovary cut transversely and 

 vertieallv— 6. The mature fruit enclosed in the calyx—.. The same 

 cut transversely, 2'Siieded^Copied from Roxburgh's figure. 



A de. ached seed— 12. Tiie. 

 the position of the radicle 

 cotyledons and radicle — all 



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, 194. Alangum decapetalum. " Loaves narrow, oblong, sornc- 

 tiraes shoitly and bluntly acuminated: petals G-10/* \V. and A. 

 Prod, 



1. A flowering branch— 2. Ovary, calj-x, style and stigma, after 

 the fall of the petals and stamens— 3. An anther— 4. A fruit cut 

 transversely. 



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195. Terminalia tomentosa, W. and A. Pentaplera, Roxb, D.C, and 

 Wall. " Rack deeply cracked, leaves nearly opposite, linear, ob- 

 long, obtuse, somewhat cordate at the base, crenulate, pubescent, 

 but Anally glabrous above, tomentose or pubescent beneath, with 

 some thick stalked turbinate glands on the midrib near ihe b ise — 

 fruit glabrous." W. and A, Prod, 



L Flowering branch— 2. A ilower side view— 3. The same seen 

 from abovo^4. Calyx and ovary cut vertically, ovary witli two pen- 

 dulous ovules, cal3X clothed within with hair — 5. Ovary cut trans- 

 versely, 1-celled, with two collateral ovules— 6. A full giowu fruit— 



7. Cut transversely, both natural size. 



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. 196. Pterolobium lacerans, Brown. ** Shrubbv, scandent, pinnat 

 4'S pair : leailets 4-S pair, oval, obtuse, or emarginate : j^etiols with 

 usually 2-ret;urved prickles on the under side between each pair of 

 pinniE and one incurved (.toe on the upper : racemes l;ix in the axiis 

 of the upper leaves, pedicels slender." W. and A. Prod. 



1. Flowering branch— 2. A flower — 3. A stamen^4. Anthers — Ti. 

 Ovary, style, stigma and :» ])etal — fj. Ovary cut verticiUly, 1 -celled, 

 with one pendulous ovule — 7. A full grown legume with its wing— 



8. The same cut vortically, the shrivelled ovule showing that the 

 seed has aborted though the legume has continued to grow— a// more 

 or less magnffiedn 



197. nibiscus surattensis, Linn. *' Stem herbaceous, and as well 

 as the petiols and pedicels rough with small recurved ]>rickh's ; sti- 

 pules half cordate, broad, foliaceous : leaves palinately o-5-lobed, on' 



long petiols, pedicels elongated, shorter t^_^an the petiols : leaves of 



the itivolucel linear, incurved, furni.-hed on thinr liach about the 



middle with an oblong, foliaceous, spreading appenduge." W. and A. 

 Prod. 



1. A flowering branch— 2. Colu nn of stamens and ovarr. stvle 

 and stigma, separated, to show that the column is formed by the 

 union of tlie fllaments into a tube— 3. Anthers l-celled — 1. A stigma 

 — 5. Ovary in situ, the calyx and inVolucel opened and turned back— 

 C-7. Ovary cut vertically and transversely— 8. A full L^ro^vn fruit 

 surrounded by the calyx— 9. The same detached— 10. Two valves 

 separated, showing the seed m A'^Vw—il. 



same, the testa partly removed to. show 

 and cotjiedous,— IS. Embryo-roliaceous, 



more or less md-^nified, 



198. Tn^a dulcis, (WiUd.> Arboreous, extreme brnnches pendu- 

 lous, armed with short straight stipulary thorns : leaves bigeminate, 

 (pinna: and leaflets eueh one pair) leaflets .oblong, very unequal-sided, 

 obtuse, with a gland between the pinna; and between the pairs of 

 leaflets, peiiols shorter than the leaflets ; flowers capitate ; heads' 

 shortly peduncled, racemose, the racemes panicled, legumes large, 

 twisted, seeds glabrous and smooth, imbedded in a firm pulp. 



1. Fioweringbranch— ?zrt/«m/52*2e— 2. A flower— 3. The same split 

 open, showing the podicelled ovary— 4. Ovary detached — 5-6. O^.ti/ 

 cut transversely and longitudinally — 7. A full j^rown legume much 

 twisted— 8. The seed pulp with the seed enclosed— 9. The pulp open- 

 ed to show the seed I'tt ^//w— 10. A seed — 11. Cut transversely— 12. 

 The lobes sepanited, showing the radicle and plumule at the small 

 end — 13. The radicle detached — all niore or less magnified. 



199. Rothia trifoliata, Pers. — ^1, A \i\^rv\.~natural size — 2. A de- 

 tached flower— 3. The same, the petals removed showing the sta- 

 Ttiens monadelphous— 4. Anthers —5. The ovary cut longitudinally— 

 6. Petals detacJied and separately represented— 7. A pod laid open, 

 showing the seed — 8, A detached seed — 9. The testa partially re- 

 moved to show the position of the radicle— 10, Cotyledons and radi- 

 cle — all more or less magtiijied, 



200. Crotolaria verrucosa, Linn. " Herbaceous, erect, much 

 branched, young parts muiutely pubescent, stalks and racemes 

 acutely 8-4' angled : stipnles cuufite, transverse, recurved : leaves 

 ovate, suddenly and shortly acuminated at the base, at }on^th nearly 

 quite glabrous on both sides : racemes terminal, and leaf opposed, 

 many-dowered: bracteas small, subulate, reflexed: pedicels rather 



sliorter than the calyx, bracteoles very minute, setaceous about the 

 middle of the ppdicel : calyx smaller than the corolla, ^^Ujhtly 

 pubescent, legnme cylindrical, oblong, sessile, softly pube*ent, 

 many-seeded." W. and A. Prod. 



1. Flowering branch — natural size — 2. A dissected flower — 3. The 

 Ovary cut longitudinally — 4. A nearly mature pod opened— 5. A 

 seed— 6. The same cut transversely— a// more or less magnified, 



201. Mndecca palmata. " Leaves from cordate acuminated, (on 



young plants) to palmately 3-5 lobed, glabrous, with two flat glands 

 at the base and one below, each sinus between the lobes : stipules 

 hardening and horn-like : male and female flowers both with 5 short 

 abortive filaments, placed within the gibbosities of the calyx tube, 

 capsule globular." W. and A. Prod, 



1. Flowering branch (female)— 2. A male flower— 3*4. The sta- 

 mens, filaments united below into a conical tube with an abortive 

 ovary in the centre--5. An anther— 6. Calyx (female) laid open, 

 showing the hairy linear ciliated petals and abortive filaments— 7. 

 The SQ.vnQ in situ, calyx open to show the ovary— 8, An abortive 

 filament"9. Ovary split open— 10. A fruit after dehiscence— 11. A 

 seed enclosed in its arilIuS"12. Seed detached— 13. Cut vertically-, 

 showine; the embryo enclosed in its albumen- -14. Tire same cut 

 vertically, showing the embryo in «7^i--15. Embryo removed— a^^ 

 more or less magnijied. 



