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ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 



VIL 



Daucine^e 



Daucits carota. 



I. Flower, front view.— 2. Staiueas.— 3. Ovary after 

 the lall_ of the petak-4. xMature fruit.— 5. Mericarns 

 separating -6. Cut transversely.-?. The proper seed 

 detached from the pericarp. 



Vli r. Sc A jf i.iciNK^- Ozodta /(Buiculacea. 

 1. A flower unexp.mded.-2. The same, the petals re- 

 moved, showing the stamens, in situ and a petal from 



wuhin.-3. Authers.-4, A mature fruit.— 5, The same 



cut transversely, showing the longitudinal furrow of the 

 albumen.— 6. A seed cut longitudinally, showing the mi- 

 uute embryo.-?. Seed removed from the pericarp. 



IX CoRiANDEE^ — Corinvdrum sativum. 



1. A flower of the disc, petals all equal.- 2. A flower 



of the ray,the exterior petals larger and hcteromorphous. 



--3. Anthers. — 4. Ovary and large limb of the calyx.— 



5. Pruit.— 6. Cut transversely.— 7. Cut longitudiually, 



showmg the bow-like curve of the albumen. 



LXXIX.-ARALIACE^. 



A 



and the 



dim hi 

 with 



tt\ro7c:;td^^^^^^^^^ over the eastern portions of Asia 



ie//^7erL hut difFerin<^ in hah r^^^^^ Arnenca, possessing many of the characlers of 



' i.'g. The hes known of th. 4 T f ™ ^T ^ *'""' ^"'^ «^^"^« "■^'^^"y procnmbent or 



i'ths country e-^^^^^^ I^y- AH those ^hat I have met 



the Ivy, hut on a n u^h Ser t^^^^^^^ have a diffuse somewhat climbing habit, hke 



"Calyx emi^r toXci P. T ^Tr^T being sometimes as thick as a man's leg. 



-anting an^d ^C\^ aT^^I^^^^^ ^''\ ^^^ ^^^^ ^' '^^ -^-^ -r/rarely 



vate. Stamens as man v a<; thp nS ' j^^ ■ supplementary stamens : gestivalion val- 



large epigynous d so arJhers 2 ceC^^^ ^"-^^^ ^^^ margin of a 



more celfs! or ve rrCly of ot . 11 ^^^^'^'^^^.^^^l^^nng with the tube of the calyx, of two or 



of the ova^y. distLt::lLt ::of rirel? ::^^^^^^^^^ styWs as many'as the cells 



15-celled, or very rarely with o ily 1 ce browned Ju^r\"'T^Y u ^'"'^ "^"""^ ^''^'^^ 2' 

 taceous. Seeds solitary pendulous Fmhr' n ^^'^ V"'^ °^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ • endocarp crus- 



close to the hilum : Radicle n .in i'n.M .7 "uf^' '^''^''^^^^ «'ith a copious fleshy albumen, 



plants. Leaves alternlfexsClatl Fltertt'belLTol^a^^^^^^^^^^ '"'^''^ ^ ^-^--- 



princfpIuy'Slti^guSt^hrar^^^^^^^^^^ T''^' ^^^^^'«" -^^^i« -'d-^from which thisf« 



habit, is not alwfys sufEcieVtodisUr^^^^^^^^ tt ""7 ,''"^^ "^^^^ ' ^^« '^^^ '^'''' f^"«» 

 ed to two. The fruit however sunnK 'nni' i f ?'^' ^''"^ ^" °"^ ""' *«« S^"^'^, reduc- 

 and dry i„ Umbellif.rae. By th s strulrf «, n ^'"'? '^'"'^^^^ ^^^^P^ "*' ^^shy in Jruliaceae, 

 from which it is only distinguished hvn.; '" • ^' ^^ ^'"^'^^ '^ ""'"^^^y approaches JmpeUdeae 

 J.th, not opposite to! the petdsThL^^^^^ ^^ '^« stamens being alternate 



der and Honey suckle tribe) from which howlv^^^^'^ "^ approaches Capnfoliacme (the El- 

 the stamens, uhioh in ^ra/LmTilon the dTso ! V ^'?f ,d^-^ti"S"i^hed by the insertion of 

 Whole I am disposed to consider this order mnl Y^PJ'lMiaceae on the corolla. Upon the 



order more nearly allied to Ampetideae than to any other. 



Geographical Distribution. 



, . -. , .....,., , vTr. wfl ''""'?'' f 'P'^^'^ appertaining to this order 



-Sfem) being found indigenous irEndLlj'^^'iSP^^'rl^""?^ two genera (^^^^^ and ^.- 

 of that continent, some in Mada^astr and fh^^^^^^ ^T^ ^T'''^^ «^ '^^«1 i« ^t^e tropical parts 



)l^th:^^'^:^^, -tend tVom Cape CW n't^J^^.^^^^^^^^^ --i>- ^"^^^^ ^°1 



nd 



col- 



Ler Islands where they extend tVom Cape Comortn' ''l'°^ f considerable number inAsi. 

 from Malabar eastwards to China I nossesHn " ^^^^^^'^^ ^^ '»'g^» «^ the Himalayas 

 lected m Assam, but which f forbear to nlme asSr' wln ^'r^^ apparently new species, 

 42 species, among which it is probableThe; L ,: T f ''' ' ^^'^ "^'^^^^y gives the names of 



I h,s immense diffusion of some orders i? . •' ^'^""'^• 



^ regard, the number of species, is a fitlb ect t7'"'"" ""'l^ ^^^^'"^ ^^ "^^^^ g^^^^er extent 

 Naturalist but has not yet attrac ed tha decree ofMr?^ '\- f *^"^^«" ^^ ^he^ Philosophical 

 to demand. ^ "^'^'^^ of attention which its interest seems naturally 



Proprktirs and Uses. 



enabled to judge from sensible properte/S ^"IP^^^ance, so far at least as we arc 



which 13 an agreeable bitter-sweet ?vith some arn .'''"^ <^^^""^ qninquijoliumj, the root of 



eetwitU some aromatic pungeucy, has a'prodigious reputation 



