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ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 



Loranthus ohtusatus. 



EXPLANATION OP PLATE 119. 



-— — --— — -^ ^ ^ T- ^-w^r ^^^ VF^r^r w 



1. Flowering branch, natural size. 



2. A dissected flower, showing the attachment of the 



4 stamens. 



3. The ovary with its attached bracteole. 



4. The ovary cut transversely.— This figure does not, 

 1 tear, accurately represent its appearance, which, as 

 nere shown, seems to contain numerous ovules but which 



toon of juices from the cut surface, not guarded against 

 by the draftsman. The drawing was not made under my 

 inspection and I have not had an opportunity of correct- 

 mg It, if wrong, by the dissection of new specimens ;- 

 neither could I at the time this plate was prepared, pro- 

 cure fresh specimens of a Loranthus with which to sup- 

 ply the lUustrations of the order. The figure is in all 



acre suown, seems to contain numerous ovules but which other resoect^ most rhaTrpt^^rUf;. 

 19, I suspect, a mere visual deception, caused by exuda- ^ characteristic. 



7. 



C. 



Loranthus loniceroides. 



1. Capitulum of flowers, natural size. 



2. Corolla split open. 



3. Anther, back and front views. 



4. Ovary and bracts. 



5. Stigma. 



6. Young ovary, cut vertically, 

 ♦hn ^T^T ""T ^^/anced, cut transversely, showing 

 etes" "" ^"'''"'' of vessels in the pari? 



8. A cluster of young finit. 



9. One cut transversely. 



10. Cut verticaUy. 



11. Embryo in situ. 



12. A detached seed. AH more or less magnified 

 The structure adverted to under No. 4, of plate 119 is a 

 ceUdar appearance which the newly-cut, fu^Lgrown seed 

 exhibits mider a considerable magnifying power but 

 which IS not well shown, the cells being muchdarli! 

 m proportion to the rest of the figure ^ 



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D. 



Fiscum orientale. 



1. Portion of a flowering branch, showing two cymes 



of mixed male and female flowers. 



2. A female flower and ovary. 



3. IVfele flower seen from without. 



4. Same split open, showing the four unequal sepals, 

 two of them antheriferous. i h . 



5. Ovary opened, showing the erect ovule enclosed in 

 a sac. ° 



6. Cut transversely, 



7. A nearly mature seed cut vertically, showing the 

 embryo lateral, enclosed in a copious albumen. 



o ij.'ietached seed surrounded by its viscum. 



y. Ahe same fireed from the viscum. 



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CORNACE^ 



have exLTed it'fromAwrw^^^^^ ^° Southern ludla, I originally intended to 



provinces extending all along th^ Himalavan ™f ? ^'' l^^'T^ 'P^"^"^' "^^^^^^ ^^ t^e Northern 

 introduce it, which I now d'o, thouXa iS/";"?"' ?T ^^^^^ *^ ^^^^^* i* appears desirable to 

 dolle, being between AraliacecE and LorZfhZL i^""^' '!' P^'^P^^ station* following DeCan- 

 Capnfolacece. In 1824, KnnthTNov len i /n 1 ^^''fl ^^'' ^'^'^ ^^« confounded with 

 that family, and in 1830 DeCandonpl^^'l'P; P^.^*^^^^" ?' 75.) separated it as a section from 



followed by all subsequent writers 



"Trees or shrubs, seldom herbs ^TeZlT .^^T- '''"''' ^^' ^^'^^^ = 

 with pinnate veins. Stipules 0. v\.^lT^!^^^^^^^ 



with an 

 broad 



Stamens 4, inserted 



invc^ure, occasionally VZZnV:^:^.^^ -bellate V;;;;K; 



the base, inserted into the top of the c Jvx r. ^^'' ^ '"P^"^^' ^^^als 



along wth the petals and alternate StheTn it""'' '"' ^^^Ivation. Stamens 4, inserted 



stvllfil-^" ""' P.'^^^P« 3^^^«^<3. crowned w^t^ ^^l^''' ^^^^"' ^^^«°^' ^-celled. Ovary ad- 



2cel]pi ™i** '^'S^^ ^^°^P^«- Druplberrred ,,n j T"^!' solitaryf pendulous, anatropal: 



lo'n. 1^"T^'"'- ^''^ P^^'3«Ious,^oliLry E Jb '^ \ '^' '"^"^^"^^ ^^ the calyx, with a 



long , radicle superior, shorter than the ttTobl^n^ cTtVel^^ '''''' ""^ ^"'^^ albumen, and as 



)nK^^^^^^^^^ a small order, it appears related 



vet Innw^ K„ X. _.. .^ pernaps the nearest, bnf. ar^ ^\.„„a^^.L ,i.„+;„.f co 



Affinities. 



t "rt^fo'T • • ">' '•'-"^"-S;™ pfcfV''-^'^ "^ r^" oMer. it appears related 

 tLv a„ «1 " If- y,^' '"«""' V their qubarv S ^' """^i' l""' "'« abundantly distinct so 



P«l»etaIousfl„^e™ r. "..'°"1'' '^^P-^^!' 'hey nearly-'a^.nJwv'^.,^'"''""' ^.'"^''""rJ. 



''«S. 



