329. Flemingia stricta (Roxb.) shrubby, erect: 

 stems numerous, with few erect branches ; branches tri- 

 angular : leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets broadly lanceolate, 

 acuminated, glabrous ; under side minutely black dotted, 

 the nerves numerous and densely pubescent: petiole 

 channelled, with a short margin : stipules large, a little 

 shorter than the petiole, lanceolate-acuminated, concave, 

 sheathing, deciduous: racemes speciform, solitary, the 

 length of the petioles or sometimes longer, peduncled : 

 bracteas lanceolate-subulate, acuminated, longer than 

 the flowers, caducous : legume without glands, nearly 

 glabrous. — W. & A. Prod. p. 241. 



1 Flowering branch national size — 2 a flower— 3 the pe- 

 tals detached and separately represented — 4 stamens and 

 ovary, the calyx divided and thrown back to bring them 

 into view — 5 anthers — 6 and 7 legume opened, showing 

 the position of the seed— 8 a seed— y the same, part of 

 the testa removed to show the radicle — 10 cotyledons. 



330, Indigofera glandulosa (Roxb.) suffruticose 

 diffuse, young parts softly pubescent or villous : leaves 

 petioled, trifoliolate; leaflets oblong obovate, rather long- 

 er than the petioles, under side more hairy and glandu- 

 lar dotted : stipules setaceous : racemes sessile, oval, 

 dense, many-flowered, scarcely so long as the petiole : 

 calyx segments short-subulate : legumes oval about twice 

 as long as broad, hairy, 4-angled; angles slightly winged 

 and toothed : seeds 2, ovate and truncated at one end. — 

 W. & A. Prod. p. 199. 



1 A branch wiih flower and fruit — 2 a dissecte i flower 



-5 



3 a legume natural size 



4 



the same magnified 

 split open to show the position of the seed and the trans- 

 verse septum between. — Copied from Roxburgh's draw- 

 ing. 



331. In 



a paucifolia (Delile. I. akge.vtia 

 Roxb.) shrubby, erect, much branched, all hoary with 

 short adpressed whitish pubescence ; branches terete : 

 leaves pinnated ; leaflets 1 -5, alternate, obloug-lanceo- 



*sile, 



late, the terminal the largest : racemes solitary, , 



somewhat spiked, longer than the leaves, many-flowered : 

 flowers very small: calyx segments short and acute: le- 

 gumes linear, slightly compressed, torulose, pendulous, 

 and curved upwards, 5- 8 seeded : seeds reniform, flat- 

 tish, shining. — W. & A. Prod. p. 201. 



1 A branch with flowers and fruit natural size — 2 the 

 keel showing the spur on each side magnified. 



332. Indigofera aspalathoides (Vahl.) shrubby, 

 erect, young parts whitish with adpressed hairs : branches 

 slender, numerous, spreading in every direction : leaves 

 sessile, digitately 3-5-foliolate ; leaflets narrow- cuneate, 

 small, the upper surface glabrous, under with a few scat- 

 tered hairs: peduncles solitary, 1- flowered, about the 

 length of the leaves : flowers very small ; corolla soon 

 deciduous : legumes cylindrical, pointed, straight, nearly 

 glabrous, 4-6-seeded.— W. & A. Prod. p. 199. 



1 A branch natural size 



the spur— 3 a legume. 



2 keel of the corolla showing 



333. Indigofera uniflora (Ham.) perennial ; stems 

 prostrate, slender, long, coloured : leaves sessile, pinnately 

 3-5 foliolate ; leaflets narrow, cuneate-oblong, acute, up- 

 per side glabrous, under sprinkled with a few white hairs : 

 peduncles solitary, filiform, 1 -flowered, twice the length 

 of the leaves : flowers small : legumes linear-oblong, te- 

 rete, straight-pointed, nearly glabrous, nearly 4 times as 

 long as broad, about 3-seeded.— W. & A. Prod. p. 199. 



1 Branch natural size — 2 keel— 3 peduncle and calyx 

 4 legume— 5 a leaf and flower magnified. 



334. Sanicula elata (Ham.) stem dichotomous at 

 the apex: leaves 3 -partite or ternate, glabrous; seg- 

 ments sessile, ovate, acute, lobed and serrated, cuneate 

 at the base, the lateral ones often bipartite : umbels usu- 

 ally 3- fid, few-flowered : flowers polygamous, the males 

 pedicelled. - W. & A. Prod. p. S67. 



I Plant natural size -2 a detached flower and ovary 

 showing the hooked prickles with which the mericarps 

 are clothed — 3 the corolla detached but erroneously re- 

 presented with a pedicel — 4-o a detached jjetal showing 

 its long inflated point— 6 stamens — 7 ovary cut vertically 



showing the pendulous ovules — 8 cut transversely— 1) a 

 detached mericarp and seed. 



835. Pimp™ ella involucrata (W. & A.) stem erect, 



dichotomous, glaucous: leaves ternate; segments cut 

 and pinnated, or sometimes entire in the upper leaves ; 

 lobes in the lower leaves linear-oblong and short, in the 

 upper oblong-linear and elongated : umbels with 6-8 rays; 

 leaflets of the involucre and involuc- 1 few (about 6,) 

 subulate, entire, much shorter than the rays : styles re- 

 flexed : fruit slightly ribbed, minutely muricated all over. 

 W. & A Prod. p. 36.9. 



1 Portion of a plant natural size— 2 an expanded flower 

 3 a detached petal— 4 stamens back and front views— 

 5 ovary cut vertically— 6 mericarps not yet mature— 7 

 mericarps about separating and showing the bifid carpo- 

 phore — 8 the same cut transversely— 9 a mericarp cut 

 vertically, showing the minute embryo at the apex of the 

 large albumen— 10 embryo detached— 11 a leaf. 



336. Exacum pedunculare (Linn.) (E. carinatum 

 and E. sulcatum Roxb.) stem erect, ramous, 4-sided : 

 leaves lanceolate, corymbs nearly naked (not leafy) co- 

 rolla 4 cleft, segments oval, capsule globose -flowers 

 smallish, blue or yellow. 



1 Plant natural size— 2 corolla and stamens — 3 ovary, 

 style and stigma — 4 capsule cut transversely. 



337. 



(Sp 



what hispid: leaves ovate/ oblong,' slightly serrated: 

 verticellasters solitary, large, globose, densely many- flow- 

 ered : braetiae ovate-lanceolate, acute, imbricated, cili- 

 ated with bristly hairs: calyx villous, strl.ted at the 

 apex, 10-toothed, ciliated on the margin, mouth oblique, 

 teeth subulate, short, nearly equal.— Benih. Lab. 617. 



1 Portion of a full grown plant, natural size— 2 corolla 

 opened to show the form and insertion of the stamens 

 3 calyx split open showing the ovary and style— 4 a seed 

 cut across. 



Obs. The analysis of this genus is rather imperfect, 

 other opportunities will occur of representing them. 



338. Leucas vestita (Benth.) herbaceous, erect: 

 stem densely clothed with reddish hairs, leaves ovate-ob- 

 long, crenately serrated, hairy, green, or whitish beneath; 

 bractiae linear, hispidly ciliated : calyx mouth truncated, 

 nearly equal, very hairy within, teeth subulate, about 

 equal, stellately reflexed at the apex. — Benth. Lab. 613. 



1 Portion of a flowering plant, natural size — 2 corolla 

 split open showing the stamens— 3 calyx opened to show 

 the ovary, style and stigma. 



339. Zizyphus rugosa (Lam.) leaves broadly oval, 

 serrated, young ones downy beoeath, old ones nearly gla- 

 brous except on the nerves : prickles short, usually soli- 

 tary on the branches, with a broad densely pubescent 

 base : cymes long-peduncled, forming on the leafless 

 branches a large terminal panicle : ovary 2-celIed : styles 

 2, united at the base : drupe obovate, with a very thin 

 1-celled, 1-seeded putamen. — W, & A. Prod. p. 162. 



1 Flowering branch, natural size— 2 an expanded flow- 

 er showing the disk, stamens, and semi -superior ovary — 

 3 anthers — 4 ovary cut vertically — 5 young fruit cut 

 transversely — 6 & 7 nut divided transversely and longitu- 

 dinally, one seeded — 8 cotyledons the testa removed— 9 

 one cotyledon showing the radicle — 10 embryo detached. 



Obs. Figures 7-8 and 9 show the seed inverted with 

 the embryo superior in place of inferior. 



340. Sonnfratia actda (Linn.) branchlets 4-angled ; 

 leaves oval-oblong : petals 6, narrow-lanceolate : stigma 

 concave.— W. & A. Prod. 327. 



1 Flowering branch natural si.re — 2 a flower cut verti- 

 cally showing theinsertions of the p* tals and stamens, and 

 situation of the ovary — 3 a portion of an ovary, cut trans- 

 versely — 4 a fruit considerably advanced — 5 the same cut 



transv 



iely— 6 a seed cut longitudinally showing the 

 cotyledons. 



(2) 



