Helicteres, MONADELPHIA DODECANDRIA, 143 
AELICTERES. Schreb. gen. N. 734. 
Calyx tubular, five-toothed. Corol of five unequal petals, 
Column of fructification clavate. Capsules five, leguminous, 
often twisted, one-celled, one-valved, Seeds many. 
1, H. Lsora, Willd. iit. 721. 
Arboreous. Leaves bifarious, cuneate, obovate, sub-lobate, 
serrate, tomentose. Capsules twisted, fine-poiuted, 
Isora (rather Jswara) Murri, Rheed. Mal. iv, t. 30. 
Ki-walla-nara of the Malabars of Wynaad. : 
This small thinly branched tree is yery common in most 
forests over India, whereit blossoms during the rains and 
cold season. . 
_ Leaves alternate, bifarious, short-petioled, cuneate-obovate, 
acuminate, from three to five-nerved, serrate; towards the 
apex generally somewhat lobate, very downy. Stipules su- 
bulate, hairy. Flowers axillary, several, viz. from four to 
eight together, generally two or three on a common pedun- 
cle, with proper pedicels, rather longer than the peduncles, 
Bracies small, hairy, subulate. Calya one-leaved, hairy ; 
tube somewhat gibbous, laterally compressed ; mouth bila- 
biate; the upper lip emarginate, the under one three-toothed. 
Corol five-petalled, all have long, taper claws, which at the 
mouth of the calyx enlarge into wings, and there embrace the 
pedicel or receptacle of the nectary, stamina and pistillum, 
Lamina linguiform, with their apices retuse. The upper three 
are only about one third the breadth of the lower two. When 
they first expand, the colour is a pretty bright red, but gra- 
dually becomes paler, and are nearly lead-coloured by the se- 
cond day. Nectary, or abortive filaments, five emarginate 
scales within the staminiferous tube, and inserted into its 
base. Filaments ten, short, half-way up united into a tube 
round the germ, .Anthers ovate. Pistil ; receptacles at the 
base, filiform; above the calyx and cord clavate; at the 
apex enlarged and curved up, at HSE: right angles.» Gam 
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