THE POISONODS PLANTS OF BOMBAY. 483 



FLOWERS. — IJnisexnal ; moncecious. Yellowish-green, appearing 

 between June and September. 



MALE FLOWERS.— Very small. Shortly racemose at the apex 

 of a long thickish peduncle, on short pedicels ; decidedly more yellow 

 than the female flowers. They are at times solitary. 



Inflorescence. — A Raceme. " A small corymb at the apes of a 

 long peduncle," says 0. B. Clarke.* This is a more accurate 

 description. 



Peduncle. — Romidish, smooth, straight, stiff; having the flowers 

 nearly all crowded at the apex ; length 1^:-2| inches. Clarke says it 

 is l|-2 inches. From the plants I have been able to examine, I may 

 say that the length is not more than an inch at the utmost. 



Bracteoles. — Present at the insertion of the pedicels. 



Pedicels. — Short : '' ^-| inch or sometimes 1 inch" (Clarke). 



CALYX. — Campanulate (Wight) ; lobes, 5, short. 



COROLLA.— 5-partite, The calyx-lobes are '' undivided," says 

 Arnott.f But this would be considered due to insufficient development. 



STAMENS :— * 



Filaments 5 {arranged 2 + 2 + 1), i. e., two sets of stamens united 

 forming a bundle, each of two filaments ; and one solitary ; nearly 

 sessile ; at the mouth of the Calyx-tube, 



Connective.— Very small. 



Anthers. — Free ; 1-celled. Arnott saysf that the anther-cells 

 ■are ^' straight, oblong, lateral on their thin connective which is not 

 produced^ There is no rudimentary gynoecium in the male flowerj 

 (Baillon). This may be considered as a prevailing characteristic of 

 this genus. 



FEMALE FLOWERS.— Axillary ; solitary ; in the same or 

 different axils from those of the male flower (WightJ : or " accom- 

 panied with a male raceme " (Trimen). Larger than the male ; more 

 greenish than yellow. Sometimes the female flower arises from the 

 i'lxil of the tendril. 



Peduncle short.' 



CALYX. 1 • ,u 1 

 COROLLA. /^«i« the male, 



OVARY. — Inferior ; ovoid ; of three carpels united into one cell. 



• Hooker's Flora of British India, Vol. II, p. 268. 

 t Vide Hooker's Journal of Botany, Vol. Ill, 1811. 

 t History of Plants, Vol. VIII, p. 402. 



