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392. CiESALrmiA mimosfoides (Lam.— C. Simora 

 Ham. : Roxb.) scandent ; stem and branches armed with 

 numerous straight prickles; young parts coloured, armed 

 •with prickles and glandular hairs or bristles: pinnae of 

 the leaves 12-30 pair; leaflets 8-16 pair, linear-oblong, 

 obtuse, glabrous : common petiole armed with usually 3 

 prickles at the insertion of each pair or pinnae, two of 

 them on the under side recurved, one on the upper bent 

 upwards: stipules ensiform : racemes simple, leaf-opposed 

 and terminal : legumes short, obliquely truncated, cuspi- 

 date, about a half longer than the breadth at the top, tur- 

 gid, somewhat hairy, 2-seeded.— W. and A. Prod -p. 2*1. 



1 Flowering branch— 2 dissected flower— 3 leguine-4 

 the same opened — 5 a seed cut transversely— 6 verti- 

 cally showing the radicle and plumule at the base— 7 ra- 

 dicle and plumule removed. 



^ 393. Taberxemoktaka pauciflora (Roxb.) shrubby, 

 dichotomous : leaves broad, lanceolate, tapering upwards 

 to an obtuse point : peduncles in pairs at the forks, few- 

 flowered: segments of the calyx ensiform.— Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. II. p. 25. 



3 calyx and 



398. 



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1 Flowering branch— 2 a dissected flower 

 ary— 4 ovary cut transversely— 5 stigma. 



m 394. Melodinus monogynus (Roxb.) glabrous, climb- 

 ing, leaves lanceolate, shining, acuminated: panicles axil- 

 lary and terminal, sub-globular, brachiate crowded : co- 

 rolla 5-parted, segments sub -falcate; scales in the mouth 

 of the tube entire ensiform: stvle short: stigma ovate, 

 bifid, or emarginafe at the top.— The pulp of the fruit is 

 edible. G. Don Diet. 4, p. 101. 



1 Flowering branch -2 a dissected flower— 3 calyx, 

 ovary, style and stigma— 4 ovary cut transversely— 5 a 

 full grown fruit— 6 the same cut transversely— 7 a seed 

 —8 cut transversely— 9 cut longitudinally showing the 

 embryo embedded in a copious albumen. 



895. Echites cymosa (Roxb. Ac anosmacymosa G.Don 

 Diet.) shrubby hairy : leaves elliptic, acuminated : cymes 

 terminal, shorter than the leaves, segments of the co- 

 rolla oblique-ensiform : nectary cup-shaped, 5-toothed. 

 Flowers small white, calyx and corolla hoary outside. 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2, p. 216 



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

 style and stigma, ovary enclosed in its cup-shaped disk— 

 4 disk opened to show the ovary— 5 ovary cut trans- 

 versely. Copied from Roxburgh's drawing. 



396. Echites paniculata (Roxb.) leaves broad, lan- 

 ceolate, bluntly acuminated: panicles axillary and ter- 

 minal, trichotomous throughout ; the extreme divi- 

 sions three-flowered: follicles sub-clavate, few-seeded: 

 hypogynous scales combined into a cup-shaped 5-toothed 

 urceolus.—G. Don Diet. 4, p. 75. 



1 Flowering branch— 2 dissected flower— 3 calyx split 

 open, showing the urceolus enclosing the ovary — 4 ovary 

 cut transversely— 5 follicles— 6 a seed with its coma— 7 

 cut longitudinally, showing the embryo embedded in al- 

 bumen. 



397. Randia uliginosa (DC. Gardenia uliginosa 

 Roxb.) arboreous, armed : branches straight, 4-angled; 

 branchlets decussating, horizontal, terete, bearing 1-4 

 thorns and 1-3 short-pedicellate flowers at their extre- 

 mity : leaves short- petioled, oblong, somewhat cuneate 

 at the base, glabrous, shining: limb of the calyx tubular, 

 bluntly 5-toothed or nearly quite entire, a little shorter 

 than tho tube of the corolla : corolla villous in the mouth : 

 berry oval, drupaceous, even.— W. and A. Prod. p. 398, 



1 Flowering branch — 2 dissected flower— 3 anthers 

 back and front views — 4 calyx split open and thrown 

 back to show the disk, style and stigma — 5 ovary cut 

 transversely— 6 cut vertically. 



uuattbbia Korinti (Dun.) shrubby, climbing : 

 leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, coriaceous, glabrous; 

 upper side shining, under prominently ieticulated with 

 veins: flower-bearing shoots elongated, leafv, with seve- 

 ral flowers; peduncles axillary, solitary, pubescent: pe- 

 tals equal, about twice as long as the calyx, elliptic-ob- 

 long, obtuse, margins recurved: carpels 6-12 globose, on 

 stalks longer than themselves.— W. and A. Prod. p. 10. 



1 Flowering branch— 2 a flower full blown— 3 a flower 

 after the fall of the petals and stamens cut vertically, 

 showing the position of the ovaries on the thalamus or 

 receptacle— 4 an ovary detached— 5 and 6 the same cut 

 vertically showing the solitary erect ovule - 7 cut trans- 

 versely— 8 stamens truncated on the apex— i) a carpel 

 with its pedicel — 10 a seed removed from the carpel— 11 

 cut transversely— 12 cut vertically, showing the embryo 

 at the base. 



399. Abelmosciii s moschatus (Moench) stem her- 

 baceous, hispid with spreading hairs, not prickly : leaves, 

 and long petioles, hispid with rigid hairs but otherwise 

 glabrous, unequally and coarsely toothed, deeply 5-7 

 lobed ; lobes all spreading, oblong or lanceolate, acumi- 

 nated : pedicels harshly pubescent, axillary, about as 

 long as the petioles: involucel-leaves 6-10, linear, hairy, 

 somewhat persistent : capsule ublong, acuminated, hairy. 

 — W. and A. Prod. p. 53. 



1 Flowering branch— 2 an anther— 3 ovary cut verti- 

 cally— 4 a capsule— 5 cut transversely— 6 a seed— 7 dis- 

 sected showing the embryo in situ— 8 the embryo de- 

 tached. 



400. Eriodendron ajsfractuosum (DC.) trunk at 

 the base prickly : leaflets 5-8, quite entire or serrulated 

 towards the point, lanceolate, mucronate, glaucous be- 

 neath: anthers versatile, anfractuose.— W. and A. Prod, 

 p. 61. 



1 Flowering branch— 2 ovary cut transversely— 3 ma- 

 ture capsule dehiscing— 4 carpels showing the position 

 of the seed— 5 seed with its wool — 6 a seed detached 

 from the wool— 7 cut vertically, showing the twisted 

 folded cotyledons— 8 cut transversely. 



401. Schmidelea villosa (Ornitrophe villosa Roxb.) 

 shrubby, tomentose : leaves ternate; leaflets oblong, 

 ventricose, remotely serrulate on the anterior margin: 

 racemes axillary and terminal, simple: petals cuniform 

 the whole of the inside woolly.— Chittagong.— Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. II. p. 265. 



1 Flowering branch — 2 a dissected flower, the petals 

 thrown back, and part of the stamens removed to show 

 the ovary— 3 ovary cut vertically— 4 back view of the 

 flower. Copied from Roxburgh's drawing. 



402. Cupania Roxburghii (R. W. Schlichera pen- 

 taphylla Roxb.) leaflets from three to four pair, sub-al- 

 ternate, lanceolate, flowers 5 -petaled : capsule 1-seeded. 

 —Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. p.' 275. 



1 Flowering branch— 2 a male or sterile flower — 3 a bi- 

 sexual or fertile flower— 4 ovary cut vertically— 5 cut 

 transversely — 6 capsule and seed after dehiscence — 7 the 

 same as seen before perfect maturity— 8 a seed— 9 & 10 

 the same dissected. Copied from, Roxburgh's drawing 



403. Ineigofera enneaphtlea (Linn.) perennial, 

 procumbent, all the young parts and leaves pubescent 

 with adpressed whitish hairs : branches prostrate, two- 

 edged : leaves pinnate, sessile ; leaflets 3-5 pairs, obovate- 

 oblong : stipules lanceolate, acuminated, scariose : ra^ 

 cemes sessile, short, oval, dense, many-flowered : calyx- 

 segments long-subulate: legumes oval, scarcely twice as 

 long as broad, pubescent, not winged : seeds 2, ovate and 

 truncated at one end. — W. and A. Prod. p. 1S49. 



1 Flowering branch— 2 legume— 3 spurred keel of the 

 corolla. Copied from Roxburgh's drawing. 





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