359. Isonindra lanceolata (R. W.) arboreous, 

 leaves lanceolate, acute or sub-acuminate, glabrous: flow- 

 ers, in axillary few-flowered clusters, short pedicelled 

 segments of the calyx, lanceolate, acute. 



1 A branch with flowers and fruit— 2 a flower before 

 opening, side view— 3 corolla, limb expanded, showing the 

 obiong, acute, projecting anthers — 4 the same split open 



5 stamens, back and front views, anthers 2-celled, cells 

 approximated, dehiscing longitudinally — 6 calyx and 

 ovary — 7 cut vertically, showing the attachment of the 

 solitary ovules — 8 cut transversely — 9 a fruit not quite 

 mature, cut vertically showing it i -celled, with a solitary 

 ovule — 10 seed cut transversely showing the embryo en- 

 closed in albumen 



liaceous. 



11 embryo detached, cotyledons fo- 



360. ISONANDRA VILLOSA 



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branches, petioles and under surfaces of the leaves cloth- 

 ed with rusty brown villi : leaves coriaceous elliptical or 

 arly orbicular : flowers numerous on small axillary ca- 

 pituli (orange coloured.) 



1 Flowering branch — 2 flower side view — 3 corolla, 

 split open to show the insertion of the stamens— 4 sta- 

 mens back and front, cells of the anther remote on the 

 edge of a broad connectivum — 5 ovary and calyx — 6-7 

 ovary cut transversely and vertically — 8 a fruit nearly 

 mature, cut vertically 1 -seeded — 9 seed cut transversely 

 albuminous — 10 embryo detached. 



SCEPA Lindley. 



Gen. Char. Flowers dioicous, male, flowers amenta- 

 ceous, with a 4 -leaved perigonium imbricated in aesti- 

 vation : stamens 2, anthers 2-celled, dehiscing longitudi- 

 nally, female, flowers in short, axillary, racemes perigo- 

 nium 4-6 leaved in a double series: ovary free 2-3 celled 

 with 2 collateral ovules in each ; style very short ; stigma 

 4-6-cleft,(2 segments to each cell): ovules, pendulous from 

 the apex of the partitions, each furnished with a scale 

 projecting from the placenta and covering the micropyle : 

 (not shown in the figure) fruit a friable indehiscent 

 capsule 2-3 celled, with a single seed in each, seed com- 

 pressed, somewhat winged, testa membranacious, embryo 

 enclosed in a copious albumen, cotyledons foliaceous, 

 radicle next the hilum. Shrubs — widely diffused in India 

 and in Ceylon. 



Dr. Lindley views this genus as forming the type of a 

 new order which he designates Sepacce : I prefer, how- 

 ever, adopting Endlichers arrangement, as the more 

 correct, by whom it is referred to Antidesmacce. 



361. Scepa Lindletana (R. W.) The specific char- 

 acter cannot be given at present. 



1 Flowering branch, female plant— 2 portion of a male 

 ament before the expansion of the flowers to show the 

 scales with which they are covered — 3 an amentum na- 

 tural size — 4 magnified — 5 a flower with its scale — 6 the 

 same more fully opened — 7 stamens — 8 ovary and calyx, 

 but the calyx perhaps incorrectly represented — 9 the 

 ovary cut vertically, showing the pendulous ovules, but 

 the scales covering the apex not shown — 10 ovary cut 

 transversely — 11 a portion of a branch with fruit nearly 

 ripe — 12 a capsule cut transversely— 13 a seed showing 

 the winged testa — l4the same, cut transversely — 15 em- 

 bryo detached. 



362. Symphorema involuck ata (Roxb.) corolla about 

 7-cleft, stamens 7, alternate with the segments, leaves 

 ovate, nearly glabrous above, pubescent or sub-toinen- 

 tose beneath. (R. W.) 



1 Flowering branch, natural size— 2 corolla split open, 

 to show the number and insertion of the stamens — 3 an- 

 thers— 4 calyx cut and forcibly opened, to show the 

 ovary — 5 the ovary cut vertically, showing it 1 -celled 

 with an erect central 4 -angled column-like placenta, 

 bearing the ovules pendulous from its apex — 6 the placen- 

 tary column and ovules removed, but the column repre- 

 sented a little too thick — 7 an ovule detached — 8 a fruit 

 enclosed in the persistent calyx — 9 the seed removed — 

 10 the same cut transversely, a copious albu^nen hollow 

 in the centre, perhaps from shrinking of the immature 

 embryo — 1! cut vertically, showing the space occupied 

 by the embryo— 12 the embryo removed from its place, 

 but inverted by the draftsman — 13-14 portions of a leaf 

 magnified, to show the starry pubescence. 



363. Symphorema poltandra (R. W.) corolla many 

 (14-18) cleft : stamens equalling the number of segments : 

 leaves from broadly ovate, sub-acuminate to nearly orbi- 

 cular,^ stellately hairy above, thickly tomentose beneath. 



This is altogether a larger plant than the former, and 

 a very distinct species— Ballaghaut hills, near Madras. 



11 lowering branch, natural size— 2 corolla split and 

 forcibly opened— 3 anthers— 4 calyx opened showirg the 

 ovary in situ— 5 ovary cut transversely,apparently 4-cellcd 

 owing to the angles of the column extending to die walls, 

 and erroneously represented as cohering — 6 ovary cut 

 vertically, showing the column and pendulous ovules 

 7 the column and ovules detached— the angles of the 

 former, seen projecting between the pairs of ovules, but 

 difficult to show— 8 an ovule detached— 9 a fruit enclosed 

 in the persistent calyx — 10 the same cut transversely, a 

 large albumen hollow in the centre — 1 1 cut vertically, 

 showing the form and relative size of the embryo and 

 albumen, the embryo apparently far from maturity— 12 a 

 young branch to show the foliage— 13-14 a portion of the 

 upper surface of a leaf magnified, to show the hairs and 

 a tuft of hair — 15-16 under surface and hairs. 



The place which this genus ought to occupy in the na- 

 tural system, does not seem well determined. Hitherto, 

 it has been referred to Verbenacece, but I think there is 

 much reason to doubt the propriety of this distribution. 

 To me it seems probable that this and Congia Roxb. will 

 unite to form a small but very distinct order, but whoso 

 affinities I have not yet made out. 



364. Sterculea foetida (Linn.) when I figured this 

 plant No. 181,1 had not a good specimen of the fruit, I 

 am therefore induced to give this additional figure of that 

 plant, to show the natural size of the full grown fruit 

 —2a follicle after dehiscence, but before the seed have 

 fallen out— 3 a seed — 4 the same cut transversely, show- 

 ing the embryo enclosed in a copious albumen— 5 a seed 

 divided vertically between the cotyledons, showing the 

 minute radicle at the apex— 6 whole embryo detached. 



365. Indigopera tinctoria (Linn.) suffruticose 

 erect, branched, sprinkled with short whitish pubescence ; 

 branches terete, tirm: leaves pinnated ; leaflets 5-6-pairs, 

 oblong- obovate, cuneate at the base, slightly decreasing 

 in size towards the apex of the leaf: stipules subulate, 

 eject or incurved : racemes shorter than the leaves, ses- 

 sile, many-flowered: flowers small, approximated at the 

 base of the raceme, more distant and deciduous towards 

 the apex: calyx-segments broad, acute: legumes ap- 

 proximated towards the base of the rachis, nearly cylin- 

 drical, slightly torulose, deflexed and more or less curved 

 upwards : sutures thickened: seeds about 10, cvlindrical, 

 truncated at both ends.— W. and A. Prod. p. 202. 



1 Flowering branch— 2 legume, copied from Roxburgh's 

 drawing. 



366. 



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branches terete, closely covered with adpressed whitish 

 pubescence : leaves pinnated ; leaflets 4-5-pairs, obovate, 

 emarginate, the lower the smaller, the terminal largest ; up- 

 per surface glabrous ; under paler,covered with depressed 

 hairs : racemes solitary, sessile, shorter than the leaves, 

 many -flowered : flowers small, pretty close, the upper ones 

 deciduous : calyx-segments short, acute : legumes terete, 

 short, about 5 times as long as broad, deflexed and falcate 

 upwards, approximated towards the base of the rachis, 

 slightly torulose, 3-4-seeded.— W. and A. Prod. p. 203. 

 I Flowering branch ~2 dissected flower— 3 stamens de- 

 tached— 4 keel petals showing the spurs— 5 a raceme of 

 fruit— 6 a single legume slightly magnified. Copied from 

 Roxburgh's drawing. 



367. Indigofera tulchella (Roxb.) large erect 

 shrub or small tree, young parts usually whitish with short 

 adpressed hairs; branches angled: leaves pinnated; 

 leaflets 8-10-pairs, obovate or broad elliptic, emarginate, 

 mucronate: racemes about the length of the leaves, ses- 

 sile, many-flowered, springing from the axils of the leaves 

 and from the former years' leafless branches : flowers 

 large, at first crowded, afterwards more distant: calyx- 

 segments short and acute : petals many times longer than 

 the calyx, patulous and resembling a" bilabiate corolla : 

 legumes scattered along the rachis slightly deflexed, 

 nearly cylindrical, thick, straight, sharp-pointed, 10-12- 

 seeded; sutures callous, thick.— W. and A. Prod. p. 203. 



1 Flowering branch— 2 a spike of flowers and legumes 

 detached, C opied from Roxburgh's drawing. 



