114 ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 



the petals are thinner than the middle, and in place of over-lapping each other or imbricating 

 they are folded inwards, so as, in the words of Dr. Lindley, "to assume the appearance of wS 

 belonging to a triangular hack. i r vo m iriugs, 



r.,.J^°fA-''l'"' Df """TICK- Only one genus, Scsevola, of li referred to the order is 

 found in Inia, the rest belong to the Eastern Islands, Australia, the Islands of the South;™ 

 Ocean and Afr.c^ and a few m tropical America. Of the 57 species, assigned to the ZS 



ttt I h\lTX ,"■ ^"r''7^ '" Y'''- I h*^^ "ot ">y^^If. however, met with more than fand 

 that I have gathered in Ceylon, and on both the Coromandel and Malabar Coasts and received 



specimens from the Tenasserim Coast. Of one D. C. adds, "Cor. ex Rheedektus tomentosa" 



but one species. Scmd possesses another. Several of the species are widdy dSributcd 



eaten^bTthenaUveVrnfMnl"" "''V"''.!':^!; 'j'tle Is known. The leaves of S. Taccada.,. 

 use "hft of l^hmoZne S] °f ^IfV"' ■""'^'''? "'"'''='''' «»«''''^' «"=•• »« 'he Hindoo, 

 emollient to p^mo^rrp^^aZHf hot fnillZT """ ^'^ '''"^''" f'^"' '' "'^^ "^ ^ 



already JemaTked" S^Bledl\ri^''T^'- ^V^^' *•■'' head I have but little to say. As 



know one Thatlg^fed'^^ Xther ^o L: t' "'"«"''' -Y- »%C.»'"J»1''' '« I-^ia, of these^I only 

 to say. The only other soeot, -It?, i • ^ V^ ™"'''"'' "^ '' "' "J^*"""' ^P^^es, I am unable 

 which^ were comlnicaLrbv Mr s^n^t '* A?" i<'Vf'<'M, is one from Scind, specimens of 

 the character anTdZ^,'K„„ !„•:?'.'"='''' ^ ^^ B^^^ay Medical Establishment.*^ So for as 



overlooked 



hich it 



not be surprised to find it nm^^I « overiooKea it present in the plants described, I should 



specimens of the* true plant to .nm^f ^^^ ,%^f'^^'}^» ^vluch I insert, to enable Botanists, having 



and Scind plants I & und^rM ^t ^t'''^'''' the identity or otherwise of the American 

 8Decie.s^ sn tT,af .i,.„i^ 7. ^"^^^ ^^ Stocks name (though he dops not. r,n.^ fl.inl. ,'f a new 



species) 

 bcaevola uvifera (Stocks' MSS 



name (though he does not now think it a new 



fleshy: axils nearly naked- leaves S^^^.^'i ff""""' decumbent at the base, ram ous, branches 

 base into a short petiohcyrsaS^^^^^^ f .^'1'' '""'^'V^^'^^^^^^ narrowing towards the 

 compressed: bracts linear, Ct £'1^1^ i**"^ ^^"^^,^ *^^ ^^^ ^^^^es, peduncles somewhat 

 the corolla fimbricatedtowardsLwi *^%^/"P-shaped, entire or 5-6-crenate: lobes of 

 apex of the connectivum: ovarv LS '^^,^^f, ^^labrous : anthers terminated by the iuflexed 

 r^r^^4'^ — Tn. t . ,^***- wdrv marKed with 10 pnlnn^^^ i; j. i , ^ -, . « 



with a lens. 'la siz^shap^^"^^^^^ Pj"^^' -^^^ ^^»^« ^^ ^he axils are scarcely visible 

 black grape.'' ^'' '^^*'^'' ^^^^"i and consistence of the flesh, the fruit resembles a 



find 



Taccada (Roxb.), natural 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE 117. 



tube anTmemS''' "^^ '^^' ''P^'^' *« "how the hairy 6 ^^"'^ ^'^^ ^^^^^»y. 

 a Ova^ *" , '^^*=«°'« "largins of the lobes ^ ?' TT '^^^ transversely. 



. A Uvary, calyx. stam^-nQ o«-^ „:„*n ^^"''fS. y^ . detarliArl t,.,* „„iu{- 



lies crncealei ''^''' ^"'^ ^^^ «»« P'optr stig^ 



4. Detached stamens. 



7. A detached nut .plitting at the apei. 



and sparing albumen, 

 9. Embryo detached 



