Roydsia\ 



VII. CAPPARIDACE.E 



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and valleys. Leaves 4-5 in., glabrous> 

 oblong, obtuse at both ends, endocarp 

 murieate with long soft prickles. 



B. Style 1 with 3 minute stig- 

 mas, ovules few. 



3. R. parviflora, Griff.; Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. i. 409. 



Leaves glabrous, 4-7 in. Fl. 

 I in. across, inodorous, densely 

 tomentose, in large axillary or ter- 

 minal panicles, ovules about 4 in 

 each cell. 



Pegu, Upper Burma. Malay Penin- 

 sula. 4. K. fasciculata, King. Ann. 

 Gard. Calc. v. 121, t. 140a. Banks of 

 Yoonzaleen river, Burma. Young 

 branches, under side of leaves and 

 inflorescence softly puberulous. Leaves 

 3— 1A in. long. Fl. £ in. across, in short 

 fasciculate racemes. 



Ohdeu VIII. — Resedacese. Ochradenus 

 baccatus, Delile ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 182, 

 Sind, Baluchistan, desert regions of 

 Western Asia and North-eastern 

 Africa, is a densely ramified strong 

 smelling shrub, attaining 10-12 ft., 

 with long wiry green branches. Leaves 

 $-l$in., fleshy, liuear-spathulate. Fl. minute, yellowish, often unisexual, on short 

 pedicels in long rigid racemes. Calyx flat, rotate, 5-toothed, petals 0. disk uni- 

 l.it.ral. stamens 10-12. Ovary closed, not open at the top, 3-beaked, ovules many on 3 

 parietal placentas. Fruit a white few-seeded berry. 



Fig. 15. — Roydsia suaveolens. Roxb. i. 



Ordbb IX. VIOLACE^. Gen. PL i. 114. 

 ( Violariece.) 



Herbs or shrubs, leaves alternate, stipulate. Fl. regular or zy isomorphic, 

 pentamerous, filaments short, connective produced beyond the anther cells. 

 Ovary 1 -celled, ovules many, on 3 parietal placentas. Fruit a 3-valved capsule, 

 albumen fleshy. 



1. ALSODEIA, Thouars; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 186. 



Shrubs, rarely trees. Leaves simple, tertiary nerves distinct, parallel, 

 stipules rigid. Fl. small, regular, sepals .">. rigid, petals 5, peduncles with 

 many bracts. Stamens .">, inserted "ii the rd^v of an annular disk or iuside of 

 it, connective produced into a broad membranous appendage. Style straight, 

 stigma terminal, seeds few. Species 50, in the tropics of both hemispheres. 



1. A. bengalensis, Wall. ; Kutz. F. Fl. i. 70. 



An evergreen shrub, at times a small i ree attaining 25 ft., entirely glabrous. 

 Leaves 3-5 in., serrulate, stipules narrow. PI. ,'. in. diam., glabrous, fasciculate 

 iu the axils of leaves or of fallen leaves, disk thick. 5-lobed, Stamens included, 

 anthers free, ovary and style glabrous. 



Bikkim, Silhet, East Bengal, Andamans. Lower Burma. Fl. H. s. 



