; 



341. Ptmpinella Candoleana (W. &. A.) peren- 

 nial ? : stem erect, slightly branched, and the petioles 

 densely pubescent or shortly villous : leaves very pubes- 

 cent on both sides, hard and firm, cartilaginuusly tooth- 

 ed ; radical and lower caulineones reniform-cordate, en- 

 tire ; middle cauline ones tripartite, the segments cut 

 and sometimes lobed ; upper ones small and divided down 

 to the sheath: umbels with many (10-16) very pubes- 

 cent rays: leaves of the involucre 5~N, subulate, decidu- 

 ous, much sh< rter than the rays; of theinvolucel some- 

 what permanent, about the length of the rays: styles at 

 length reflexed: fruit densely covered with small granu- 

 lar tubercles.— W. & A. Prod. p. 3.-9. 



1 An entire plant, natural size— 2 an unexpanded flower 

 3 a flower the petals removed, to show the disk and in- 

 sertion of the anthers - 4 a petal, back view hairy on the 



— 7 the same cut vertically, 



mid-rib — 6 stamens — 6 ovary- 

 ovules pendulous— 8 a full grown fruit — 9 the same, the 

 mericarps separated and showing the bifid carpophore 

 10 a mericarp cut vertically — lithe same cut trans- 

 versely, showing the vitta. 



342. Heracleum pkdatl-m (R. W.) stem branched, 

 glabrous towards the base; the ends of the branches 

 petioles and top of the peduncles hairy : leaves pedate; 

 leaflets ovate, acute, doubly serrated, the middle one 

 sometimes 3-lobed, all slightly pubescent on both sides: 

 leaflets of the involucel linear-lanceolate: calyx 5-tooth- 

 ed, teeth lanceolate enlarging with the fruit : flowers of 

 the centre of the umbellets equal petaled, male or sterile, 

 those of the circumference unequal-petaled, bt-sexual 

 and fertile. 



Alpine jungles Shevagherry, flowering in September. 

 This species differs so widely in some points from the 

 other species of the genus, as to render its removal 

 to form the type of a new genus, not improbable — 

 for the present, however, I prefer retaining it here. 



1 Flowering branch, natural size — 2 a fertile flower side 

 view— tf same front \iew — 4 a sterile flower — 5 stamens 

 — 6 ovary and petal— 7 an immature fruit 8 cut trans- 

 versely — 9 the same cut vertically showing the Lalf grown 

 seed. 



343. L 



thus elasticus (Desr.) glabrous, dicho- 





tomous : branches terete : leaves sessile, oblong or ovate 

 lanceolate, usually attenuated with a blunt point at the 

 apex and acute at the base, thick and coriaceous, ob- 

 scurely 5-nerved ; two of the lateral nerves from the base, 

 the other two from the mid- rib below the middle : flowers 

 sessile or nearly so, fascicled around the knots of the 

 branches : ovary with a solitary adpressed bractea at its 

 base: limb of the cah x entire, cup-shaped: corolla in- 

 fundibuliform, 5-cleft, one of the fissures deeper than the 

 others ; segments long, narrow-linear, elasti ally revolute: 

 limb before expansion tumid at the base, then tapering 

 find forming a long sharp beak as long as the tube : an- 

 thers oblong-linear: fruit ovoid.— \V. & A. Prod. p. 386. 



1 Flowering branch — 2 a dissected flower — 3 ovary, 

 style and stigma — 4 ovary cut vertically. 



344. Solawum bubrum (Roxb. : Nees.) annual, ra- 

 mous, diffuse : stem angular, with the angles and ribs of 

 the leaves denticulated : leaves ovate-oblong, attenuated 

 at the base and apex, repandly toothed, fructiferous pe- 

 dicels, divaricated, shorter than the slender common pe- 

 duncle (pollen yellow.) — Nees. Lin. Trans. 



Obs. 1 he angles of the stem are^ much more evident 

 in the dried than the recent specimen from which this 

 drawing was made, the denticulations mentioned in the 

 character are not seen in the drawing, they consist of 

 minute cartilaginous points or prickles. 



1 Flowering branch — 2 a flower — 3 the same split open 

 to show the insertion of the stamens— 4 stamens — 5 ovary 



6 cut vertically— 7 a fruit cut transversely. 



345. Solanttm torvum (Swartz.) shrubby, prickles 



small, (sometimes wanting) recurved, tomentose at the 

 base : leaves in pairs sub-cordate, ovate, sinuated and 

 lobed, or angular, tomentose, having the mid rib prickly : 

 peduncles exrra-fol laceous, corymbose many-flowered, 

 and like the calyx are unarmed, segments of the calyx 

 ovate acuminated.— Nees Lin. Trans. 



Obs. This drawing is imperfect in not representing 

 the tomentum with which 1 have always observed the 

 plant more or less clothed. J he prickles in this species 

 are usually very few and minute. 



1 Flowering branch 



346. 



2 a flower cut open to show the 

 stamens— 3 ovary and calyx— 4 a fruit cut transversely. 



Sola hum indkum (Lin.) shrubby, armed: 

 prickles of the stem compressed, recurved: leaves soli- 

 tary or twin, oblong or ovate, tomentose, discoloured, 

 sinuately lobed, or pinnatifid, unequal at the base, ra- 

 cemes interfoliaceous, sub cymose, calyx prickly with 

 straight-linear reflexed segments: berries globose, co- 

 rolla quinquifid. — Wees Lin. Trans. 



1 Flowering branch — 2 stamens— 3 calyx and ovary 

 4 a berry cut transversely. 



347. Porana volubii.is (Lin.) suffruticose, twining: 

 leaves cordate, acuminated, glabrous, panicles many flow- 

 ered: sepals ovate, obtuse, glabrous, equal: corolla 

 5 -cleft, longer than the calyx. — G. Don, Diet. p. 4. 



Obs. The character of the genus Porana, (of which I 

 believe this is the type) is to have a .1 -celled ovary, but 

 in this species I have ascertained beyond all doubt, that 

 it is 2 -celled, with 2 erect ovules in each. If the other 

 species have 1 -celled ovaries then this must be removed 

 from the genus. 



1 Flowering branch — 2 a flower, both natural size — 3 

 stamens— 4 c< rol'a split open— 5 calyx and ovary show- 

 ing the style divided nearly to the base— 6 the ovary cut 

 transversely — 7 cut vertically. 



348. Hfterostemma taisgorensis (W.& A.) twining 

 glabrous ; leaves broadly ovate or oblong, short acumi- 

 nated obtuse or cordate at the base; peduncles shorter 

 than the leaves, few-flowered: leaflets of the crown 

 spreading, broad truncate, furnished within with a tongue- 

 shaped process, follicles devaiicate, slender, glabrous, 

 hooked at the point. -Wight's Contrib. p. 42. 



1 A flowering br&nch,natural size— 2 a detached flower 

 slLhtl) magnified— 3 the same more magnified — 4 co- 

 rolla and calyx removed, the stamens thrown back to 

 show the pollen masses in situ — 5 pollen masses detached. 



319. Gymnima sylvestre (Brown) twining, clothed 

 with soft down on every part except the upper surfaces 

 of the leaves from oval attenuated at the base and apex, 

 to ovate or cordate, acute peduncles equal in length to 

 thepetiols: umbels twin, sub-capitate, many-flowered: 

 flowers small : stigma bluntly conical, much longer than 

 the stamen-: follicles slender, attenuated, glabrous. 

 Wight's Contrib. p. 44. 



A widely distributed plant in India and Ceylon, and, I 

 now think, identical with the much older species G lucti- 



fermn, regarding which 1 learn no plant possessing the 



lactiferous properties attributed to it, is now found in the 

 island. 



I Flowering branch — 2 a detached flower slightly mag- 

 nified— '6 n Aw <ted flower, viz. calyx and ovary— the 

 corolla split open showing double lines of hairs decum- 

 bent from tiie divisions— and the stamens and stigma de- 

 tached from the ovary— 4 pollen masses— 5 an ovary cut 



vertically. 



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