Hclicteres. monadelphia dodecandria. 143 



HELICTERES. Schreh. gen. N. 734. 

 Calyx tubular, five-toothed. Corol of five unequal petals. 

 Colvmn of fructification clavate. Capsules five, leguminous, 

 often twisted, one-celled, one-valved. Seeds many. 



1. H. fsora. WUld. \\\.72\. 



Arboreous. Leaves hiiarious, cuneate, obovate, sub-lobate, 

 serrate, toinentose. Capsules twisted, fine-pointed. 



Isora (raliier Iswara) 31urri. Rheed. Jlal. iv. /. 30. 



Ki-walla-nara of the Malabars of Wynaad. 



This small thinly branched tree is very common in most 

 forests over India, Avhereit 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. JFlowers 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. 

 Bractes siuidl, hairy, subulate. Calyx one-leaved, hairy; 

 tithe 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 eml)race the 

 pedicel or receptacle of the nectary, stamina and pistillum. 

 Lamina linguiform, m ith 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 fihmjents, 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 ut the 

 base, filiform; above the calyx and cord clavate; at the 

 apex enlarged and curved up, ut nearly right angles. Germ 



