

No, XIII.— EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



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042. Dalhergia iamarinde folia, fRoxh.) LeaflHs from 12 to 16 

 pairs, linear, oblon}^: lacemes lateral, sliort. o\aU', Ut»nse: iilamenU 

 nine in one body ; anthers 2-lul>e(t : legiimi-s swelled, scabrous, 

 "where the siu^jlc seed is lodj;ed. A climbing shrubs-climbs ui> and 

 over large frees. 



1. Floworini^ branch, as copied from Roxburgh's drawing — 2. A 

 dissected tlower — 3. A legume. 



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243. Dalhergia sfipniafa, (RoxK Mss. D. stipnlacea, F1. Ind. 3 p. 

 233.) Slirubby : leaflets from 8 to 12 pairs, alternate, linear, oblonjj ; 

 stipules and 'braeteas oblonfi: fhlcate: panicles axillary and terminal, 

 filaments 10 in two equal bodies. Flowers small, htue. 



I. Floweriui; branch, as copied from Roxburgh's drawing;— 2. A 

 dissected flower— 3, The bractea and bracteoles. 



244. Dalhergia rohnsia, (Roxb.) Tliis species is omHted in the Fl. 

 Ind :— D.C. sives the f.dlowing character from specimens communi- 

 cated by Dr. Wallich. It iliflers a little from the iii:nre. " Lonflt'ts7-9, 

 oval, or obovale, obtuse, sub-mncronulate, minutely pul>escent : 

 lacemes spiciform, longer than tlie leaves, pedicels ast^ref^atoil'* — 

 Flowers small, numerous, stamens monadelphous, with a dorsal lU- 



sure fi^ult unkuown, 



I. Flowering brancb, as copied from Roxhuriih's drawing— 3. A 

 dissected flower— 3. Ovary cut longitudinally— 4. A legume. 



245. Sophora rohusla, (Roxb.^ Ormosia ? sp. R. W. There is no 



;*ount (ftf this r-laut in Roxbur<jh's Flora Indica, it appears how- 



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account (ftf this riant in Roxbur<jh's Flora Indica, it ap] 



«fver to be a s;)eci^*s of Ormiisia, tbe otber species of which c:<'nus 



are from South America. Whether or not this is au Indian plant I 



am unable to say. 



I. Fiowerinj? "branch, as copied from Roxbur^h*s fi:;ure— 2. A dis- 

 sected flower— 3. A legume — 4. A seed cut traiiFVtr^iely— 5. Cut ver- 

 ticalh'. to show the forn and position of the radicle. 



246. Plcrorarpus dal'^er^'iotles. { Hoxb.) Leaves pinnate ; leaflets 

 nbout 9. alt'^rnatc, ovate, lanceolate, smooth : panicle ttnniual : sta- 

 mens 10 in two equal pi)iti = tus. Andaman re i wooi —a very lari'e tree 

 l^feei in circuinj'erence. Flowers pure yeHow deli^Iit/ally fragrani,^ 



Roxb. 



1. Flowering branch— 3. A dissected Sower— 3. A legume— 4. The 



same opened to show the two seed. 



247. Ertilhrha omlifoUa, (Roxb.) Arboreous; armed; Icarr-s ter- 

 jiato, oval; p<»tioles armfd : ract-mes terminal, hoii^ontul^ banner 

 obcurdale. Ttco umhih'vaie glands on the petio!s at the inseiUon of the 

 leajlels, flowers darl re'f.— ^o\h. 



I, Flovv.Miui; branrh, as copied from Roxburgh's drawing — 2. A 

 ^lissected flower— 3. A legume partly open to show the seed. 



248 Cf/amop^is psoraffioiles, (D.C.) D'tlichos fabseformis. (Linn.) 

 1. Tlie upper portion of a pbmt bearinij both fl )Wtrs and fruit-2. 

 Column of stamens T/ionnilclphous— 3. The petals detachi'd- 4. Sta- 

 mens, anthers pointed— 5. Ovary split open, many-seeded— 6. Por- 

 tion of a legume opened t'> show the seed it? situ— 1. The same cut 

 trausversi'ly— 8. A seed cut fransverseU- -9. Cut vertically, showing: 

 the cotyledons and incurved radicle- iO. Cotyledons removed from 



the te^fa, 



249. Phnseoftts psnraleonlejt, fW. Sc A. ) Erect or twining, young 

 shoots and ri-rid peduncles beset with short rijiirl adpiessed hairs : 

 leaves trifoliolate, membr.mous, irlaTavjus above, sprinkled with silKy 

 hairs benoath, leaQets ovate or lar.cp.>labs acute: stlpuh*'* sessile, 

 erect, acute: racemes 5-8 tim>*s Ionizer than the leaves, florir-rous, 

 part elongated ; peduncle very Ioul;, sttmt, terete : pedicels in pairs : 

 bractciis aovl bracteobs su'nilate,''setaceous longer than the calyx, 

 caducous: cah'x 5-t ot'^ed • lu*el circin^te : leiiumis pendulous, 

 nearlv straiLiht, sHirhtlv compressed, long linear, many-seeded, 

 pubescent. Seed-; (•omi)ressed. s i^hlly truncated at both end?— Stem 

 twining when growing in good soil and supported by bushes 



deep brownish purple. 



1. Top of a flowering phint. nntHraUize—l. A dissected flower— 3. 



An anther— 4. Top of the style and sti','ma— 5. The ovary cut length- 



%vise— 6. A mature pjd a^ttr'dehisceuce, Tiatural size—I . A seed. 



SiO. Ah/xirarpus puhpscens, (Law. Mss>.. -Herbaceous, erect, stems 

 terete, hairy, leaves short o.-tioled, UueaJ lanceolatr, acute, 3-ne'vcd, 

 glabrous a>Mve. pube-it-e. it beneath, ra/omes tr^rminal, spicate, flo ve- 

 ers subsos<;ile, 'niU'X 4-')art!'d to the bar^e, sci^meuts Ianceola^e. aru^p, 

 cl)th.ol with bm^ slk'v hairs, the upr>er one slishtly hifld at t^ie 

 apex, ]■ ^urn.' ter.-ie, mnrh contracted bf^tween the set-d-*, r»-liculat.d 

 and cofrngited on tbe siib»s, glabrous.— Iblgaum common—Law. 

 This species is allied to A. longifolins, but qnife distinct. 



1. A (lowering plant, natural siz** '2 A di->sect.-d flower, calyx 

 forcibty op.'ued and the petals removed to show t!ie ovarv and sta- 

 mens-*3, Siam'ns.-4 Anthers btfire th'- expansion of the flower, 

 back and front vitws much mairuifii.'d--5. The petals detache(l--6. 

 Ovary cut longitndinal'y--7. Letfume in Sffu—^. A seed— 9-10-11. 

 The saine dissected. AU' f/wre or U>ss mngivjied, 



25L Ahfsicfirpus JovuifoHus, (W. & A.) Herbaceous, erect, br.anch- 

 ed, stems "terete, glabr .us : lenvts s'lort pefol -d, linear lanceolatj". 

 S traewhat obtuse, slightly eo'.Iate at the lusc, glabrO'is above, a httle 



flo\vers 



stnate 1, hairy, ciliated, upper one shortly bidd. legume sh-htly con- 

 tracted between tbe seeds, reticulated, pubi scent 5-6 seeded, about 



twice the length of the calyx. 



Not uufrequcnt in black cotton soils in the Ceded Districts and 



Circais. " , ,-^ * 



I. Flowering branch-2. A dissected flower, ealyx split open to 

 show the ovary and stamens--3. Pftals--4. Stanieu'^ detached--j. An- 

 therS"6. Ovary opened--7. Lei^ume, natural size-S. The same split 

 open--9. A seed— 10. The same cut transvcrscly-ll- Cut vertically, 

 showing the curved radicle -12. Cotyledons and radicle, testa re- 

 moved, a// more or less inagnijied. 



2^. Oapsia haciVus, (Hoxb.) Leaflets from 10 to 12 pairs, oblong 

 or oval, ohtus^: stipules crescent-shaped, adnate : racemes terminal, 

 on short lateral branches: the three lower filaments with an oval 

 swelling near the middle— ,Iloxb.) Rumph- Amb: 2 t. 22"Arho- 

 reous, ealyx of 5 dull redish ovate ieaflot*, petals of a lovely pink or 

 rose colour, seei albuminous, when in flower (he m jst beautiful of 



Cassius. Roxb. 

 Oes.— I have found it quite impossible to reduce this and a few 



others without ruining the figure. Tlu*y therefore must sUnd for two 



plates ench. . 



K A flowering branch— 2. Aportionof an ovary sphf lengthwise— 



3. A legume— 4. A portion cut lengthwise, to shosv the partitiuas—S. 

 A portioa with a se«d in uitu. 



253. Cattiaalatay (Linn.> Shrubby, branches spreading, irregu- 

 larly angled, glabrous: leaflets 8-14 pairs, ubovate, oblong, very ob- 

 tuse, mucronate, glabrous, or very nearly so i>a both tiidt>, the louer 

 pair close to the brancdi and iit a distance from the next pair ; pctiol 

 iriant^ular and the lachis without glands: stipules Innccolate, point- 



'ed, ngid, persistent : racemes terminal: legume* long, eulurged on 

 each side with a broad urtMiulated wim:, flowers j'clluu. 



1. \ leaf and raceme, natural size— 2. A flower, ibe pftals reiuov- 

 ed--3. Tbf i)ctais-.4. One of the larger anthers— 5-*i, The small an- 

 theib— 7. The ovary--8. A transverse section t)f ihe legume with a 

 seed in ii/a— 9. A portion of a le-ume cut lengthwise. 



ACROCARPLS, U. VV. 



Obn. CHAR."Calyx subcoriaceous, ebratleolate, campanulatp, 5- 

 cleft, segments erect, the superior ano inferLoc a little iar^'er. Toius 

 covering the tube. PetaU oblong, suljcoriaci-ous, about equal, M'ssile 

 long persisteut, iu>eited on the moolh of the calyx and a litUc 

 longer than it» lobes: wstivatum sidumhricate, aiamens aUornate 

 with the petals, filaments brt>ad at the ha**?, snbnlat**, two or Ihu^e 

 times longer than the petals, straight, anthers oscillatory, ovary long, 

 stipitate, (stipe free) oblong linear, falcate, pointed with tbe hhoit 

 incurved acute st>^e, many (about 15) ovuled, legume unknown. 



A larsie tree leaves unequally pinuatCj leaflets 3-4 pair, pale be- 

 neath, flowers scarlet— Cbuna////m. 



See Illustrations of Xndlan Botany, p. 198. 



254. A.frajrinifolius, Ara. 



1. Flowering branch, natural size"'2. A flower, Orbtml the naiural 

 siz€"3. The siime splir open to show the insertion of the pi-tals and 

 8tamens--4. A petai--5. Autlieis- 6. Ovary cut lenglhwLsc--7. The 

 same cut transversely, obtusely 4-angled— 8. A young legnmc-*9. A 

 leaf. , 



fiPTItEROr ATIYA, Wall. 



Gen. CifAR.--Calyx 5-parted: petals 5 minute, altemating with 5 

 stamens: 5 minute flmbriaied s *ales Ix'twcen the stamens aud:iepals» 

 ovary without a disk, style undivided, drupe inferior but smooth, 

 globose, without a autuie.— Wall. 



A showy tree with ciriereons colon*ed bark, alternate. e\<tipuIato 

 leaves, Small inconspicuous greenish rtawers, and pear-shaped dru- 

 paceous fruit. 



255. S.€lulif, Wall. 



1. Flowering branch, natural size '^2. A flower S'^en from above--3. 



The same fiom behind-.4 Dissecte-U-S. A deta.hed »*'pal with its 

 fimbriated seale--6. An anther— 7. The ovary--8. The -i.ime cut ver- 

 tically, showln"^ the ovuh* supported on a spiral podnsp<'rm--9. A full 

 grown fruit-- 10- 11. Sections of the sum*' showiui"- the nulfn tiiU'-l-i, 

 A nut— 13. The .»atne cut vertically, showing the minute embr5-o in 

 the apex of the ssci-d. 



I have copied this- fi^'Ure from WuUich's Tentamnn Flor ^ Nrpa- 

 lensis as a -uitable compa-iion to Scle:opyru:n\Vdllichianu!n, tab. 241. 



PoLYODONTiA. Blume, 

 Gen. CHAU.--Calyx inferior, campannlate, 6-toothed, deciduous: 

 petals 6, minute, inserted on the margin of the calyx: stamens nu- 

 merous*, 12-18, about equal, inserted witli the (N>tals : ovary free, 1- 

 ctllel, with 2 pendulous ovules: style one; stigma peltate: drupe 

 reniform, dry, l-st-eded: embryo exalbuminons, inverse. 



25G. P. ? Cef/lnnica, (R.W.) Leaver from elliptic, vory obtnse at 

 both en'ls to sub-orbi«~ular, glabrous, when diy, of » rusty brouri 

 colour l>e»ealh, raeemos axillary, solitary, (always ]) about the length 

 of the leaves, covere<I with short ap in-s^ed hairs; dowers small, 

 petals 5, reflexed, exter.ia'ly, v^ry hairy round the ma-^gin. 



Ceylon in for^sls a^'nr Uuui^nhf. 



1. Flowt-rinij branch, natura* sirfl—2, A flowei--3. The same dis- 

 sected to show th" jrosition of th » ovHry--4. A iictal seen from with- 

 in--5. The satne from vvithout--6. Stamens- -7. Stigma.-8. Ovary cut 

 vertically, showinij the pendulous ovul-s— 9. Cut trari3ve:seiy--iO. A 

 youn.f friiit--ll. The same cut transversely, seed solitary, aU itwre or 

 less magnified. 



257. A. jitneleiia indica, fO.C.^ ProcuTnhent : leaves obovate, oppo- 

 site: spikes aKillarrt flowers sessilM, solitary in the axils of the 

 ohovate brncteap, bracteoles subuUte, m^-mhranaceous, shorter thaa 

 th«» tube of the calyx : stamens about equ Uling the ealyx. 



1. A flowering plant, natural sizp—-l A dower--3. The same cut 

 opf-n to show tiie ovary tnsitu-4.. Stamens--5. A oorti-m of the 

 raehis showing the r^latiTe position of the flowprs ^nd bractea9"6. 

 The ovary cut VPrtically--7. Cut transversely— 8. A ripe capstile after 

 riehiscfnce--9. A sevd--10. The same cut transversely— 11. The em- 

 bryo— 12. A detached leaf of the most usual form, all ?no re or less 

 magnified. 



257. B. Ameletia tenuis, (R. W.) Stems somewhat procumbent at 

 the base, afterwards erect, most slender: leaves opposite, orbicular, 

 spikes tv-rminal. flowers sjtitary, loogish pedicelled from tbe axil of 

 a linear bract 'a; bracte -les Ur^e ; stamens included, style project- 

 ing, capsule ovate, 2-Talved. 



1, Flowering plant, na/w?a/«/-«— 2. A flower— 3. Cut open to show 

 the ovary, stam-ns and petals--4. Stamens—S. Su^iiia"6. Ra<'his and 

 floweis m ii7a--7. A capsule dehiscing—8. The same split in two, 

 showing the central placenta. 



258. Ameletia totHn-lifoHa, (R W.) Stems diffuse, procumbent; 

 branches erect : leaves orbirular, opposite, scssiie : spikes congest- 

 ed near the extremities of the branches : flowers solitary, in the 

 axils of the sessile suborbicular or bri*ad ovat** cordate, pointfd 

 bracteas; bracteoles very mumte: siameos much longer than the 



caljx : capsule 4-valved. 



1. A plant, natural sise—^. A flower with its braf-tea and brac- 

 tioles — 3. The same dissected— 4. Stamens— 5-6. Ovary cut verti- 

 cally and transversely— 7. A capsule— 8. The same dthischig- 9. A 

 seed, all more or lesn magnified, 



259 Nes^a triflura. TCunth. 



1. Plant. nnt:fral sfse—'i. A cym^*— 3. A flower after the fall of the 

 petals— 4. A dower split open, showing the insertion of thp pt*tal» 

 and stamens and *he free ovary— 5. Stamens— 6-7. The ovary cut 

 vertically -ind transveisely, 3-valved, 3-ceLled. 



Obs.— Tbe analysis are taken from one of the lateral flowers, the 

 centre ones being too far advanced— the centre one has a 4 lobed 

 calyx and 4-vaived capsule. 



260. A. Rolala verticellaris, (Linn ) Calyx 3-5 lobed, petals and 

 stamens 3-5 : leaves linear lar ciolate, veitifvdled. 



1. Plant, natural size-'Z. A flower— 3. The same sid't open, sta- 

 mens, petals, and lobes of the calyx 3; style short — 4. S[ameo3-5-6, 

 Ovary cut vertically and transv-'r-ely, S-celitfl—T-S. Capsule dehis- 

 cing, and the valves opened, 3-valvcU— 9. A sc^ed, 



2€0, R. Ttotala Roxhxtrghinna, fR. W.) Aramannia pentandra, 

 (Roxb.) Calyx 5-lobed : petals and stamens 5 : leaves opposite. 

 I, Plant, natural si ze-'t. A flower with its brait-.-as— 3. Tbe sane 



eplit open— 4. A capsule dehiscing, 3»vaived, AU more or les^ magnified. 



