Sea coast, Tinnevelly District. 



This seems to be the only Indian species, and seems 

 to approach in many points C. micraphylla^ a Rus- 

 sian species ; but which I think can scai'cely be the 

 same. This genus is distinguished from the preced- 

 ing by the position of the seed, horizontal in this, • 

 vertical in thai. 



1794. 



In3>icum (R. W.) 



erect, very branchy, glabrous, branches opposite, 

 spreading : leaves fleshy, oval, sessile, acutish at both 

 ends, glabrous; floriferous leaves exceeding the flow- 

 ers: sepals ovaie, bidentate at the apex: wing at 

 first small, afterwards enlarging: filaments adhering 

 at the base to the 5 -toothed cup; anthers oblong, 



cuspidate: wings of the fiTiit orbicular, spreading, 

 scariose, entire on the margin. 



Coimbatore, flowering in January. I have speci- 

 mens of what appears the same species fi'om Scinde, 

 communicated by Dr. Stocks. In Coimbatore the 

 plant attains the height of between 3 and 4 feet, the 

 branches throughout resembling the specimen figur- 

 ed, which is merely the top shoot of a larger plant. 

 It is succulent, bright green, but turns nearly black 

 in drying. This genus is very nearly allied to Sdlsola^ 

 from which it principally differs in the cup-shaped, 

 nectary enclosing the base of the ovary. 



1795. SALSOI.A spiNESCENs (Moq.), shrubby, as- 

 cending, glabrous, very branchy ; branches alternate, 

 divaricated, not jointed (ramuli spinescent pubes- 

 cent) : leaves scattered, very minute, ovato-3-corner- 

 ed, obtuse, thick, glabrous, pubescent on the back; 

 floral ones shorter than the glomerules : bracts 

 somewhat longer than the floral leaves, shorter than 

 the ihictiferous calyx: flowers solitary, 5- androus; 

 wings spreading, small, equal, obovato-cuniate, very 

 obtuse, gnawed on the margin, delicately membran- 

 ous, diaphanous. 



Scinde, Stocks. 



This is the only Indian Salsola I possess, and avail 

 myself of it, to represent the genus- I do not how- 

 ever feel quite certain of the species, though I think 

 I have correctly named it, the chai'acter appearing 

 too proUx and involved. In the accompanying plate, 

 No. 1. is a flowering branchlet, 2. the bracts and floral 

 leaves, 3. the bracts detached, 4. appears to be a 

 monstrosity or disease, perhaps caused by attacks 

 of insects, of which there are several on the speci- 

 men. It is introduced as showing from what slight 

 causes leaves become greatly modified; here they 

 are changed in shape and texture, and clothed all 

 over with long hairs, the normal form being short, 

 succulent, and glabrous, in place of lanceolate and 

 hairy. No. 5. is one of the leaves of No, 4. detached. 

 The other numbers refer to the ordinary parts of 

 the flower, and do not require further notice. The 

 fi-uit-wings, as here shown, do not quite correspond 

 with Moquin's character, but correctly represent those 

 of the specimen. The plant is glabrous, and the 

 wings beautifully diaphanous. 



1796. Su^DA Inbica (Moq.) shrubby, very dif- 

 fuse, branchy; branches ascending, glabrous ; leaves 



on the margin; fructiferous calyx fleshy, angular, seed 

 lenticular, slightly rostrate, smooth bright shining 

 black. 



Sea coast, Tinnevelly District, near Tuticorin. 

 The leaves and flowers, which turn black in drying, 

 are very succulent when green. In old plants the 

 extreme branches are leafless, and entirely covered 

 with flowers. These latter, in some of my specimens, 

 have so generally become the nidi of insects, that 

 out of, I dare say, upwards of one hundred examin- 

 ed not more than three or fom' had perfect seed. I 

 have slightly altered Moqmn's character in one or 

 two points to make it correspond with my specimens, 

 which, I believe, appertain to the true plant. 



1797. PoLTGONUM AMBiGunuM (Melsu. in Wall. 

 PL As. rar. vol. 3d.), spikes terminal, paired, very 

 long, straight, compact : bracts long acuminated, di- 

 lated at the base, imbricated : flowers moderate 

 sized, not expanding : leaves ovate, or ovate oblong, 

 cordate, taperingly long acuminate, smooth above, 

 nerved, puberulous beneath ; margin obsoletely revo- 

 lute, minutely crenulate : upper ones sub-sessile, 

 oblong, lanceolate, somewhat stem-clasping. 



Mussxiri and Simla, Countess Dalhousie, and M, P. 

 Edgeworth, Esq. I am indebted to Mr. Edgeworth 

 for the principal portion of the accompanying plate, 

 from whose drawing it was taken. I have added, 

 from a specimen received from the late Countess 

 Dalhousie, the branch on the right to show the 

 amplexicaul leaves, and the sections of the ovary. 



1798. PoxTGONUM BARBATUM (Liuu.), spikcs vir- 

 gate, sometimes paired, often paniculate, continu- 

 ous, compact-flowered : bracts turbinate, imbricating, 

 brown, fringed with white hairs, one- or two-flowered, 

 about as long as the pedicels: flowers 6-8-androus, 

 3-gynous : calyx 5-cleft : achenium (seed) 3-corner- 

 ed, smooth, shining : ochrea (sheathing stipxde) loose, 

 crowned with long bristly hairs : leaves oblong, lan- 

 ceolate, rough : stem thick, jointed, erect, branched ; 

 rooting at the base. 



A very common plant all over India, growing on 

 the banks of streams and water-courses, and in such 

 places always in flower. 



1799. Polygonum glabrcm (Willd.), spikes pani- 

 cled, straight, continuous, loose, cylindi'ical, long, 

 many-flowered: bracts somewhat imbricated, awn- 

 less : pedicels exserted : flower 6-7-androus ; 2-3- 

 gynous : calyx 5-cleft : seed lenticular, or rarely 3- 

 cornered, the convex sides delicately punctuate, shin- 

 ing t sheathing stipules muticous, the upper ones ex- 

 ceeding the internodes : leaves lanceolate, glanduloso- 

 punctuate : stem erect, simple, everywhere glabrous. 



Very common in similar places with the last, the 

 two very generally found growing together. 



1800. Polygo:nxim stbictum (AUioni), spikes 



loosely- flowered, sub-cylindrical, linear, interrupted at 

 the base : bracts short, ciliate, glabrous, about 2-flow- 

 ered ; flowers small, 5-6-androus, 2-3-gynoas, calyx 

 5-cleft, glandless : seed lenticular, rarely 3-cornered, 



succulent, roundish, attenuated towards the base, ob- shinmg : stipules (ochreai) cdiate, sparmgly adpress- 



tuse or sub-clavate at the apex ; the upper ones small ed, strigose : leaves lanceolate or linear, often roundish 



oblong: flowers axUlary, sessUe, 3-5 glomerate on old ^^ subcordate at the base, nearly glabrous: stem 



plants, the extreme branches, from abortion of the prostrate or ascending, rootmg at the base. 

 leaves, racemoso-paniculate: bracts scariose, dentate Neilgherries, common in low wet ground. 



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