- QUISQUA'LIS IN’DICA. 
* INDIAN oe 
Natural division 
canoes to which 
this Plant belongs. 
NATURAL ORDER, COMBRETACEZ. 
CALYCIFLORE, Artificial divisions DECANDRIA, 
poe __ to which _ MONOGYNIA, 
DECANDOLLE, this Plant belongs. OF LINNEUS, 
No. 73. 
GENUS. Qutsquatis. Rumpxivs. Catycis tubus supra ovarium longi- 
sime productus gracilis deciduus, ore 5-fid eTATA 5 ovali-oblonga obtusa 
ee Ovarrum ovato-oblongum 4-ovulatum. Styuvus filiformis obtusus 
xsertus, inferné tubo calycis adglutinatus. Drupa sicca 5-angularis l-sperma. 
Chtyiedbads carnose maximz plano-convexe. DECANDOLLE, 
SPECIES. Quitsquatts Inpica. Linneévs. Pubescens, bracteis ovato- 
rhombeis aristato-acuminatis sab quoque flore, petalis ovali-oblongis adpressé 
pubescentibus. p. 23. 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, QuisquaLIS. TuBE of the calyx 
slender, deciduous, greatly prolonged beyond the ovarium, rim 5-cleft. 
Pertats 5, oval-oblong, obtuse, larger than the calycine teeth. Sra- 
mENs 10, protruding, inserted on the throat of the calyx, the alternate 
ones shorter. Ovary ovato-oblong, containing 4 ovules. Sryie 
filiform, obtuse, exserted, agglutinated below to the tube of the calyx. 
Drure dry, 5-angled, l-seeded. CorTyLEpons fleshy, flattish convex. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE Species QuisquaLis Inpica. A climbing 
pin antes throughout, except the tube of the calyx, branched, 
ite or alternate, petiolate, ovato-lanceolate, 
slightly cordate at the hae: upper surface dark green, mid-rib and 
nerves strongly marked, INFLORESCENCE in terminal panicles, each 
flower with an ovately rhomboidal, acuminately awned bract. Tube of 
the calyx long, slender, somewhat club-shaped towards the apex or 
throat, five-cleft at the top, segments lanceolate, acute. Prats 5, spa- 
thulato-ovate, blunt, inserted on the rim of the calyx, with the segments 
of which they alternate; when the petals first expand in the morning 
they are white, become reddish about noon, and rose-coloured in the 
evening, presenting next day a blood-red colour. These changes are 
more or less rapid according to the intensity of the light. Sramens 
10, in two rows, attached to the inner side of the throat of the calyx, 
REFERENCE TO THE DissEcTIons. . 
1, Back of anther. 2, Front of ditto. 3, Petal, 4, Tube laid open. 
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