ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 
S. macrocarpa. R. W. Shrubby, leaves pinnate, leaf- 
lets 3-5, oblong, lanceolate, attenuated at the 
Courtallum in dense lle 
e large size of the fruit forms the best distin. 
slp in all the other species it scarcely ex- 
e of a pea, in this it is as large as a mode- 
rate sized shew rry. 
"  SCLEROSTYLIS. 
f this genus there appears to be several species, 
all of which seem hitherto to have been ar gta 
with dtalantia. Among my specimens I fin é fol- 
lowing geries of forms each of which may erie be 
considered distinct species—and all distinct from 
oxburgh’s Limonia bilecularts our S. atalantioides. 
Taking that species as the original type of the Indian 
branch of the genus, it istingu oe es a 
following 7 He Mes Ae Pa ssile, axillar 
rminal, qui rs: i.e. the Bis &- lobed: ‘the 
sted °- petaled: a 10 Stamens: [wines free, not 
an 
‘ones with w acquainted de in having qua- 
rary ‘abs wie till further recede by having the 
filsinents unite a tube as in Atalantia. Tak 
these marks as so pare points of distinction the genus 
ae! be thus subdivided. 
* Flowers quinary. 
S. atalantioides W. and A. 
** Flowers quaternary. 
++ Filameuts cohering into a tube. 
Ss. racemosa (R. W.) Thorns large, leaves ovate, 
more or less emarginate, racemes axillary, simple or 
branched: flowers villous, subsessile, petals 4, stamens 
8, filaments united to near the apex, into a tube, ovary 
2 or 3-celled, fruit glob 
Atalantia racemosa (peatly) W. and A. Prodromus, 
ne ot. 
S. parvifolia (R. W.) “Sparingly ak leaves nar- 
row, eel on oblong, slightly acuminated and emar- 
ginate at the apex, racemes axillary, solitary, or paired, 
about as ‘lon as the leaves, flowers rather remote, 
longish pedicelled, segments of the calyx pointed, 
petals eee, filaments united into a tube, fruit 
globose, small. 
Alalani racemosa (W. and A.) partly. 
This in the size and form of its leaves seems very 
nearly pe to opie Jabs Limonia bilocularis, but 
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differs in ae racemose quaternary, not fascicled 
quinary flower 
S. ovalifolia R. W. Leaves broadly oval, attenuated 
a 
— racemes axillary, short 
ort, pedicatiel, re ion “utited to the apex; ovary 3 
{always ?) celled, stigma clava 
‘t+ Filaments compressed free. 
S. Arnottiana R. W. _ inaicy or pea Be without 
thorns, ea es ovate, very broad and rounde e base, 
acute, or somewhat Sbteie gor slightly emarginate at 
the apex, lowers wesc? fasciled, aisilegt i- flo ered, 
or rarely 2 0 ow nts free to ete com- 
pressed, ae atiainbe Zz the point, pet ae cord- 
ate at the base, stigma clavate. 
Celon.—Colonel Walker. 
e broadly ovate ecg petioled leaves and congested 
Aileen afford the best marks by which to distinguish 
this from the followi el 
. Ceylanica. Leaves 
ere obtuse and a 
apex: 
as reikgrecel at the base, 
of the lea 
pedicelled; Shanes s free 
what winged, we ge cordate at the} asa eal ‘vat, 
Ceylon. 
One or other of these or perhaye both go to fo oil J 
think, Dr. Arnott’s Ressoa ceylanica. So far as my spec 
mens enable me to 0 judge they ought to be kept Sepatete: 
In addition to these 5 species I hav mens of an- 
other from Malabar peg bei ing in fruit only, I refrain 
from introducing it [ ) 
eo : Se seed to me the whole genus requires farther 
rey 
MICROMELUM. 
The only —— I have seen of this dae closely 
resembles Bergera Konigii in form. It is every where 
clothed he tiart white pubescence, the leaves are 
pinnate, leaflets 7-11, ovate, ea age blunt, emar- 
ginate, somewhat oblique att Flowers small, 
s, forming large ‘etmniand” corymbs, the ovary 
thickly covered, with ge white hairs. Should | 
this on comparison with the Java plant be found to 
spats I would recommend ite being called M. Cey-. 
lant 
PARAMIGNYA. 
onophylla. Of this plant I have seen two 
padiaties, but not sufficiently distinct to admit of their 
being considered species. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 4l. 
1. Limonia alata---natural size.---2. A flower ex- 
* 
6. The same cut transversely to show its 5 cells. 
7. A full grown fruit. 
8. a oe ---9, The same cut transve 
ou sta removed, one 
of the sod is showing 
hs utve et the hilum---all more or less mognified. 
