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ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE 104. 



TbICHOSANTHBS PAiMATA. 



1. Flowering branch of the male plant, nafuralsize. 



2. A flower split opeu to show the insertion of the 

 stamens. 



8. Stamens detached. 



4-5. The san:ie split opeu, showing the lon^^ cells of 

 the anthers, winding upwards and downwards on the back 

 of the connectivum. 



6. The staminal column cut transversely, shoving the 

 anthers one-celled. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE 105. 



TrICUOSANTHES palm ATA. 



1. Flowering branch of the female plant. 



2. A flower split open showing 4 sterile anthers. This 

 Dumber is not uniform. 



3. Ovary, style and stigma. 



4. Ovary cut vertically, through some oversight the 

 more important transverse section is not given, 



5. A mature fruit, natural size. 



parietes, 



6. The same cut transversely, showing that the pla- 

 centa at this period contract adhesions to the 

 which is not the case at first. 



7. A seed with its pulp. 



8. The pulp removed. 



9. The same cut transversely, 



10. A cotyledon with its minute radicle. 



11. The detached radicle and plumula. I fear this 

 last figure is not quite correct. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE 105* OR 12L 





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CuCUBBITA MAXIMA. 



1 . Female flower the coroUa removed, showing the 

 ovary, style, stigmas and disk. ^ 



2. Male flower corolla removed, showing the calyx and 

 stamens anthers like those of Trkhom^hes. 



a. Detached stamens 



6. The ovary cut vertically. 



COCCINBA INOICA. 



IP 



I. Female flower. 



«ti^mp^,*i^r?^'' <=°^«"aa°d calyx removed to show the 

 stamens which correspond in form with the accompany, 

 mg figures of section 7, but not with Cucurhita. ^ ^ 



•»• otyle and stigmas, 



4. Ovary cut vertically, 

 minli"* .transversely. The carpillary lines though ap- 

 paxently single, are actually double a^d do not cohere in 



r ^V. ^^'^^ ^^^^« o*" *^e ovary. 



6. A full grown fruit reduced in size. 



7. Ihe same cut transversely, showing the chan<res it 

 8 Tseed "' ^'°°'^'' ^^^^^^ maturity. ° 



9. The same slightly magnified. 



atthebaae!^'*'^'^"^^'"'^^"'^*'" ^^<^^^"S *^« ^^'ii'^le 

 1 1 . A seed, testa removed showing the naked cotyledons. 



MoMoanrcA charantia. 



«a;™.t "r' "■"* * '"•""■'I P^'^'. =''«-g the 



2. Detached stamens. 



3. Stameoa Beparated sbowiDg the coanectiva, not 



more lobed than in Coccinia. 



4. Apex of the ovary, with calyx, styles and stigmas. 



5. Ovary cut transversely. 



6. A seed. 



7. A cotyledon and radicle. 



8. A seed cut transversely. 



LuFFA PENTANDEA. 



1. Male flower corolla removed, anthers undulating on 

 the margm, but not lobed. 



2. Female flower similarly dissected. 



3. Ovary cut transversely. 



4. A portion of it cut vertically. 



5. A seed, 



6. Cut transversely. 



MUKIA SCABRILLA. 



1- Male flower. 



finhl^*'-'^'''^ TP^^ f^^'^'^'S ^^^ *»*h^rs fr<>^ within, 



not cohering, and abortive ovary. 

 3- Anthers diSereiU views. 



4. Female flower. 



5. The sam^-, corolla removed. 



6. A mature fruit. 



ealh.'^^^ '^"''^ ^^* transversely, 2-celled with 2 seed in 



8- A seed somewhat smaller than nature. 



?; ^i?^^s^^e magnified, rough on the surface. 

 iO, Lut transversely. 



11. Divided longitudinally. 



12. Cotyledons, testa removed. 



CUCUMIS TBIGONUS. 



!• Male flower, split open, 

 from luMn^^ ^^^ached, one of them separated and seen 



3. Female flowerdissected^showlngthcstylcsandstigmas- 



