38 ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 
i i e been very imperfectly known, previous to the publication of our 
ste Agora pa but aa Ht auld appear, without leaving some grounds to doubt 
the correctness of this determination, since Dr. Lindley has placed it doubtfully at the end of the 
list of genera belonging to the order, which appears the more remarkable, as Dr. Wallich referred 
every one of our species to the genus Fldacourtia, from which however it is well distinguished 
by its hermaphrodite flowers, and the curious prolongation of the connectivum beyond the cells 
of the anther. The genus Oncoda, an African genus which seems very closely allied to 
Phoberos in a number of particulars, lias been, by Dr. Lindley, placed among the Bivinea, 
whence I infer it is the near affinity existing between these two genera, that has induced him 
to view Phoberos as a doubtful member of this order. Of the genus Rowmia, Col, Walker has 
found a species in Ceylon, which however I refrain from designating as I have considerable doubts 
of the stability of the genus, and have not at present the means of clearing them up. 
genus Phoberos Ceylon produces one or two species, and at Courtallem, I met with one which 
attains the size of a pretty large tree. [ am still uncertain whether to consider this one as dis- 
tinct from R. Wightianus, a Neilgherry plant, as the difference of station may perhaps have 
caused the difference in appearance existing between them. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 16, 
1. Flowering branch of Hydnocarpus inebrians 10. Ovary cut transversely, showing in that in- 
female—natural size. stance three placente, they vary in number, and | have 
2. Mele flower, showing sepals, petals, scales and seen as many as 6 in one ovary, they correspond with 
stamens, 3 the number of lobes of the sti : 
3, 4, 5. Petal, scale, and stamen detached. - A smali but full grown fruit, cut transversely to 
6. Female or fertile flower, showing the sepals, sta- show the seeds which are surrounded with thin viscid 
mens, ovary and stigma. The stamens in this figur 
are placed alternate, in place of opposite the sepals, 
ulp, 
( 12. Seed cut transversely. 
rhieh is an error of the draughtsman overluoked at 
13, A seed which had begun to vegetate, showing 
the time of making the drawing. the young radicle, : . * 
7, 8. Petal and scale detached. - Embryo removed, showing the foliacious coty- 
9. Stamen of the female flower, the anthers are ledons and radicle, 
empty of Pollen, 
XV.—BIXINE®, 
_ A small order, of tropical plants, consisting of trees and shrubs, with alternate, simple, 
entire, petioled, leaves ; often with pellucid dots 
Davi 4157 hed Phe nd axillary, solitary 
fakes aie , alyx, to 7-8 ; : rs e- 
finite, distinct; anthers 2-celled . epaled, Fetals 5 hypogynous. Stamens in 
Ovary superior, sessile, 1-celled, with the ovu 
ne is either capsular or baccate, containing 
, enveloped in pulp, which in Biza is 4 d coloured. The seeds 
are albuminous ; the albumen either fleshy or very thin, enclosing the st 
embryo: cotyledons leafy, radicle pointi 
and affinities of this orde 
Botanists being much divided in opinio er seem as ; 
ta Yaa n both as tot 
and as to whether it ought to he nGnst orthataet he genera that ought to be referred to it, 
. 2 en i ‘ ion of 
Bio still keeps them ieee ber’ Eee Oe a 
a * , 
| , it also joins both that er with Flacourtianee, ang 
the genus Smeathmannia, with which ut accords in tine this present order to Passifloree by 
as the genus B: : 
> 4 . A 
s in the leaves, which f, tm an important item in the char 
as been remarked | 
ne eee 
VA TeeT MEN ee Se 
RE Ry ea ee SSN al ea PEROT Se Se 
pas 
raight or curved 
