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ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 



8. Phelipjea. Calyx bracteolate, tubular, 4-5- 12. Christisonia. 

 thootbed. Corolla ringent, upper lip 2- under 3-lobed, olla infundibuliform, 



Calyx tubular, 5-toothcd. 



sub-bilabiate. 



Cor- 



spreading. 



9. Epiphegus. Flowers polygamous. Calyx bracteo- 

 late, urceolate, 5-toothed. Corolla bilabiate, upper lip 



entire, under 3-lobed« 



IV. Htobancheje. 



10. Htobanche. Calyx bracteolate, deeply 5-cleft 

 Corolla ringent, upper lip long, entire, under small, ob- 

 scurely 3-toothed, Anthers deflex, pendulous, 1-celled! 



11. CAHFfiELjLiA. Calyx bracteolate, tubular, 5-tooth- 

 ed. Corolla sub-bilabiate, 5-lobed. Anthers deflex, pen- 

 dulous, one-celled ! opening by a pore at the apex. 



one sterile, subulate. 



Anthers 2-celled, 

 Placentae free, revolute. 



13. Harveta. Calyx inflato-campanulate, 5-lobed. 

 Corolla tubular, sub-bilabiate, 5-lobed. Anthers 2-cell- 

 ed one sterile, subulate. Ovary S-celled, with 2 fleshy 



placentas in each. 



14, Adlata. Calyx tubular, 5-cleft, Corolla tubular, 

 5-lobed. Anthers 2-celled, one sterile, subulate. Ovary 

 2-celled, with a single, axillary placenta in each. [Obs. 

 Mr. Bentham remarks of this genus, "placentas in di- 

 versis speciebus magis minusve bilobse," which seems 



to indicate that it is correctly referable to this order."] 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE 158. 



Orohanche JVicotiarKt^ natural size. 

 1. 2. Front and side views of full-blown 



3. Corolla split open, stamens in situ. 



4. Front and back views of anthers. 

 5. 



6. 

 7. 

 8. 



Ovary, bract, and calycine bracteoles. 

 Ovary cut transversely, 4 placentae. 

 Another ovary with 8 placentae. 



A young fruit, the top of the capsule removed 

 show the placenta non-adherent at the apex. 



to 



9. Capsule enclosed in the persistent corolla. 



10. The same, corolla removed. 



11. Same cut longitudinally. 



12. Capsule in a state of dehiscence* 



13. A detached seed. 14. Embryo. 



15. A six-placentaed capsule dehiscing. 



16. A four-placentaed capsule cut transversely. 



17. One with 5 placentas. 



18. One with 6 placentas similarly divided, 

 five figures taken from dried specimens. 



The last 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE 158-b. 



I. Orobanchea. 



1. 



2. 

 3. 

 4 



Orobanche Epithymum (DC. Nees' Germ. Gen.l 

 Cononholis Americanus (Wallr. Endl. Icon.). 

 Anoplanthus (E) uniflorus (Endl Iconograph.) 

 Cystanche lutea (R. W. Iconesl 



11. iEGINETIE-fi. 



5. iEginetia Indica (Roxb. R. W. Icon.). 

 6» pedunculata (Wall. R. W. Ico; 



7. Oiigopholis tubulosa (R. W. Icones). 



III. Lathe^eje. 



8. Epiphegus Americanus (NutL Endl.Ic.). 



13. 



9. Phelipaja ramosa (Desf, Nees' Germ. Gen.), 



10. Lathraea spuamaria (Lin. Nees' Germ. Gen.). 



IV, Htbonche^. 



11. Hybonche sanguinea (Thunb. Endl. Icon.). 



12. Aulaya squamosa (Harv. Hook. Icon.), 

 Harveya Capensis (Hooker Icones). 



14, Campbellia aurantiaca (R. W. Icones). 



15. Christisonia calcarata (R. W. Icones). 



Two sections ^f the ovary (1 and 2) are given in 

 14 and 15. The first (1) is taken near the apex, the 

 other (2) below the middle of the ovary, a third near the 

 base, woTild probably have shown the placentae united, 

 as in Aulaya. 



GX.— GESNERACE^ 



This order was first established in 1804 by Richard and Jussieu, and was then limited to 

 fn ifto^^""^! J r^'f' "T *'',^^^' adherent to the ovary and albuminous seed. Subsequently, 

 La A r*^' r,*l^'t ^^'^ "^""^ ""^ CyrtandracecB, what he considered a new order, 



founded on a number of Malayan plants differing from the preceding, in having the ovary quite 



tX'n^„"n h?n r'^:? n -''v- ^^T *^^ ".'"^'•^ ""''^ ^^"g J^^Pt distinct, and are separately 

 taken np by De Cando le m his Prodromus with 26 orders interposed. Recent examination and 



better acquaintance with their respective peculiarities have led to their union and sub-division 



n tV/J?: °'^''^'. sub-orders, under the names of Gesnere<E and Cyrtandrece, differing only 



l°_TA^^^" f«^«"^^^ P^'^^t^ ^^ structure. The former of these sub-orders is almost exclusively 



Klugi 



wider distribution, but is principally of Asiatic onVin. 



the latter has 



TK" T M 1 i^iAu^.ijjduj ui -n.Mauc origin. 



affords anoX?' ^' !"^ ft^ ^""P.^!?^^ 'f P^"''*' ^'^^' ^"'^ Partly without albuminous seed, 

 alwavs of ev.n n ?"? ^' f ^^' /^'*' f^^ *^' ^'''^'''^ ^' absence of that organization is not 

 a Ser dpnn" • /° ""^u""' ^"^ '' ^^ '^"'f '^^" ^^'^ applicable to the formation of groups of 

 aLtnr^f J^^Ll^^^^^^^^^^^ ?tZ}^^- ^--1 structure and Jge Jio., 



free one of Cyrtandrece, may also, I think 



