ILLUSTRATIONS OF 
ior, and, not less graphic than persevering, delineator, 
of the plants of Ceylon. 
1. P. Walkerii (R. W.) Leaves glabrous, ovlong- 
lanciolate, acuminated: lobes of the calyx, acute in 
flower, obtuse in fruit : corolla somewhat ventricose.— 
Pe Ceylon, in woods: communicated by Colonel 
“alk 
er. 
The leaves are about 6 inches long, by 2 broad,with 
a long acumen, shortly attenuated at the base, glabrous 
on both sides. The corolla is somewhat ventricose 
in the middle, contracted within the calyx, and towards 
the point; lobes of the calyx very acute, and reach- 
ing to the dilated portion of the corolla, as the fruit 
advances, becoming broad, obtuse, and reflexed at the 
point 
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2. P. parvifolia (R. W.) Leaves lanciolate, acumi- 
nated, slskitess lobes of the calyx broad, very obtuse, 
hairy: corolla gibbous at the base, attenuated up- 
wards, tomentose: fruit — 
INDIAN BOTANY. 
Hab. Ceylon, communicated by Colonel Walker, 
a point. Calyx lobes, broad, o 
shorter than the dilated portion of the corolla, The 
fruit of this species is still unknown, hence it may 
possibly prove a species of Celoctline. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 6, 
1, Flowering branch of Uvaria Narum.—4. Pedun- 
ele, and cluster of full-grown, stalked, carpels.— 
Naiural size. 
5, 6. Back and front view of the stamens.—7. Ovar 
detached.—8, 9. T 
tudinally, showing the position of the ovari 
2. Sepals, stamens, and ovaries. 
3. Flower, cut vertically, showing the ovaries and 
stamens on the prominent torus, 
Drupes, usually berried, one-seeded, oblique, compressed; the seed of the same shape as the 
fruit. Embryo curved in the direction of the circumference. Albumen thin an fleshy, rarely 
none. Radical superior, “ but its position sometimes obscured by the curvature of the seed” 
(Lindley. ) 
S » perhaps all the species, of the genus Cocculus are so remarkably tenacious 
of life, that if even a large branch be broken, at a considerable distance from the ground, the 
upper portion, immediately throws out a slender filiform root, which speedily re-establishes the, 
connexion with the soil, and preserves the plant. I have seen such a root eight feet long, and 
not thicker throughout than a common pack thread. 
AFFINITIES. 
order. 
placed in nearly all modern systems of Botany between these 
Hitherto they have been supposed nearly allied to 4nonacee and Berberide 
orders, a view in which Dr. 
The following extract 
ll explain his grounds of dissent, at the same time that it exhibits, while canvassing them, 
the ideas of those who take a different view. 
“ It is usual to refer the species of this alliance to Polypetalae, because the calyx has its 
segments in two series ; and it cannot be denied that, if paper characters are alone to be con- 
. 
sulted, this ought to be the proper course. But if we compare Cocculales with the orders with 
It is difficult in the present state of the science to state the affinities of this 
a 
