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ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY- 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE 121. 



cotinefoli 



A 



size, 



2. Portion of the cyme showing the bractSj bractiols, 

 flower-buds and an expanded flower. 



3- Corolla split open. 



4. Anthers, back and front views. 



5. Ovary — 6. the same cut vertically showing the 

 •olitary ovule pendulous from the apex of the cell. 



7. A raceme of fruit of V. Wightianum, natural size. 



8. A berry cut transversely, showing the foliaceous 

 embryo in the centre of copious albumen. 



9. Berry cut vertically showing the radicle pointing 

 to the apex. 



All, with exceptions mentioned, more or less magnified. 



B. 



L Lonicera Leschenaultii or mollis. 



1. Two flower-buds with bracts and bractiols. 



2. Corolla split open. 



3. Anthers, back and front views. 



4. Style and stigma. 



5. Ovary cut vertically. 



6. An immature fruit cut transversely. 

 IL Lonicera Leschenaultii — true. 



Same parts and numbers as above. 



III. Lonicera ligustnna. 

 Numbers and parts 

 as above. 



C. 



Abelia trtftora. 



1. A flower and flower-bud with their bract. 



2. Detached flower, the corolla split open. 



3. Anthers, back and front views. 



4. Ovary cut vertically. 



5. Immature fruit cut transversely. 



6. An immature seed, showing the radicle, pointing 

 towards the apex. 



D. 



Leycesterea formosa. 



1. Detached flower unexpanded. 



2. Flower full blown. 



3. Corolla split open. 



4. Stjimens, back and front views. 



5. Ovary, calyx and bract 



6. Ovary cut transversely, and one cell vertically, to 

 show the numerous ovules. 



7. A fruit more advanced. 



8. The same cut transeversely. 



9. A detached seed. 



Copied from Wallich^a Plant. As. rar. 



This is a family 



LXXXIII.-CINGPIONACE^. Lindley. 

 RuUacecB Juss., D. C, W. and A., Sec. 



viewed in relation to the medicinal and 



micalrekt ion.nVZn. /-r f''' ana viewed m relation to the medicinal and econo- 

 dXcontr^^^^^ r^I' T\ri ^^T H'"^ ^^^ ^ ^^^11 portion of the valuable pro- 



in prop™ t'f it^^:t : t^„ r „t:„ ri^if „^^^^^^^^^^ i^s .,..^^ U , «. 



are, their properties are still to be discovered. 



numbers 



name J?Xace^1oX Irde'r 'ZT ''"' •I' ™'"'. ™ J'"'™?' ^«^Pt Lindley, adopted the 

 name, in the & rinstancr the .^I wTv'* T'' i« a^-nittei that in the a/option of that 



departed from his own ™ "^ n sdSf ot^flhl "^ 'Y "•'""^' '^^'^^ "' «<>"-? ^'^^^'7 



Lindley in 



Cinchonacei 



form this magnificent family; which mrv Sk*' ^'""' °^ ^^' ^'^^^ 

 2500 species. ^ Among these^eveTv form o^f ifir' '^"'P"*'^ *^ '"^^'^^^ 

 to the stateliest tree! of the Sf ^ vegetation is met with, from t 



270 



considerably above 

 the lowly annual up 



the calyx coher 



4-5 



^^ :^':^^ '-^^^ or v^. 



', united, inserted upon the summit of the tube of the 



e^t^r^fif" °''*"^ ^ *^^ ^obes of the corolla, alternate 

 esseaj. tiJanients mnrp nr loc^ k- „j -xu *i,^ »«>,«: 



adherent 



) 1-celled, crowned by a fleshy 



divided- 8t;mv,VJ ' i, i"""^ "J ^ neshy often nr 

 aiviaed . stigmas usually 2, rarely several distinct 



or 



