Order 24. Malphigiacece. 4 1 



ORDER 24. MALPHIGIACE.E. 



Trees or shrubs, often climbing, leaves opposite entire, 

 calyx 5 divided, often furnished with large glands, petals 5, 

 stamens 10, fruit winged. 



This, which is a large American order, is by form and position of 

 the parts of the flower, and by the samaroid fruit very like 

 Sapindacece, but differs from that in having no disc to speak of. 



HIPTAGE. Flowers in racemes; calyx with one gland, 

 united to the pedicel, petals clawed, four white, one coloured, 

 one stamen much larger than the rest, ovary 3-lobed. 



H. maddblota. A. beautiful climber, leaves large, oval, 

 pointed, shining, flowers large and very fragrant, petals finely 

 fringed, pure white, but the fifth with base and centre sulphur 

 yellow; carpels 3, each with 3 unequal wings. Halad vel, 

 dhasra chi vel, bokhi, piloTca, utimukhta. 



Ghauts and Konkan, not uncommon. 



The beauty of the whole plant is very striking, and the want of 

 symmetry in the flowers and fruit not less so. It is mentioned in 

 the Sakuntala and other Sanscrit works under the name of Mddhavi. 

 " When it meets nothing to grasp it assumes the form of a sturdy 

 tree " (Sir W. Jones), and may be seen so in gardens. 



Aspidopterys. Calyx without glands, ovary 3-lobed, styles 3. 



* A. Roxburghiana, a slender climber, leaves ovate, smooth, flowers 

 small, white or yellow, with rusty hairs, carpel with a broad wing 

 like hops (<?.). Khandalla and Konkans (D.). 



* A. cordata, like the last, leaves rounded cordate, with an abrupt 

 point, flowers in panicles, carpel roundish winged. Near Penu (D.). 



ORDER 25. ZYGOPHYLLEJE. 



The description of this order is so full of alternatives that 

 the only features approaching to constancy seem to be sepals 

 and petals 5 each, stamens 5, 10, or 15. It is also said to be 

 closely allied to the last order, and to be with difficulty dis- 

 tinguished from Rutacece. 



1. TRIBULUS. Herbs, leaves opposite pinnate, stamens 10, 

 inserted on the base of a 10-lobed annular disk, 5 longer, the 

 other 5 with a gland outside, ovary hairy, lobed, style short, 

 stigmas several. 



2. FAGONIA. Leaves simple or trifoliate with spiny stipules, 

 stamens 10, inserted on a short inconspicuous disk, ovary 5- 

 cornered tapering into the style, fruit 5- cornered dividing 

 into 5. 



