■ . 



$, , , .... ur< »te< < 



is ;i much-branched rigid shrub armed wii 

 [ nee t ho flo wo i Hi ' ■ 



small .iiul of short duration. 

 In the trroan tissue of the branches ami thorns wliiu li 



. , i axis. I ■■''■■' i 'tin . i, 



is in the ilrv parts "I India, lias audits 



small an I the lonj; stipular 



j -white. Eeh nop,- • chitiatnx. '■ is* 



.. ; ;: « j; OttOIlY | SCODCI! Till 



i spines i-en caching nm 



involucres arc Into bristles ami Hie 



medial nsualh into sharp spines. ( ' 



uulacea the following con lain a milkj juice: /V; 

 i Calotroph pre I (e/»»a esculent inn, !>■> 



ima. I have noi been able 

 feri tis tissii ', besid I ein« ;i reservoir of waste- 

 products, contains also plastii i The f:u thai so n 

 plants growing in dr kx ilii lis issue mal ■ 



is res irved for times of so 

 laca aphglla is ai un shrub and inostl) without 



ivcs : bul when these arc presoi thej an extremely small 

 and thick. Calotroph . ws much higher in Outch than 



I have ever seen ii on tli Docca J i; ; woody parts Ij 

 tmite corky, whilst the y-onng branches and leaves arc covered with 

 . ituiu. s , I n-eiu stigma is a twining 



ib with ' • ■ in< I 



is branch -. Lepladeiiia'sparlinm is mostly leafl -- a\ - 

 an- seen sometimes on young shoots. 



•7 rrtt. : ta. which is :i common undersli I tilti 



fields and blown sand, can be i bj the great munbei 



of verj small loaves thai are covered all over with a whitish 

 crust of a hyn cretod in solutioi 



glandular hairs that arc to be found ii doji both sides 



of ili«' leaves. Ii is no -Ti probabl tin ler supplied 



by the absorbing act ■ 



drougl i:ter walls 



of the opidernml calls thin and the ^tomata noi depressed ;ii 



