454 THE EARLY HISTORY OF INDIAN BOTANY. 
17. Neger, F. W. Zur Kenntniss der Gattung Phyllactinia (Bot. 
Centralbl. Ixxx. No. 1 (27 Sept. 1899) ). 
EXPLANATION oF Pirate 403.—Fig. 1. Part of outermost wall at the base of 
the perithecium of Phyllactinia corylea, showing th utgrowths (yo 
the external face of the cells, x 670. 2. Ditto, two outgrowths (old). 
stalk-cell ; (b) head of hyp ranches, mucilaginous and partly disorganised, 
x 3. Single large outgrowth, with branched stalk-cell (from E 
specimen of P. ¢ a ing on Betula alba), x 6 n out 
stalked spores, x . 5. End of one of the branches of the same, stained to 
show the very delicate wall, x 670. 6. Perithecium in vertical section, show- 
ing insertion of asci and dense mass of basal outgrowths, 55. 7. Perithecium 
standing on the points of the appendages (from Tulasne, Sel. F ‘arp 
tab. 1, f. 2, left hand, top corner). 8. Perithecium (from Tulasne, loc. cit. f. 
(reduced one-half) ). 9, 10, 11. Branched cells in three stages of growth (from 
Tulasne, loc. cit . “Schinzia penicillata’’ (from Nageli, in 
cit. ff..7,: 8.10). 19 cil ; 
Linnea, 1842, tab. xi. f.18). 13, 14. ‘ Stalked cells” (from Bonorden, in Bot. 
Zeit. 1857, taf. iv. a, f. 6, b). 
THE EARLY HISTORY OF INDIAN BOTANY. 
By Sm Georcr Kine, K.C.LE., ere. 
Tue earliest references in literature to Indian plants are, of 
course, those which oceur in the Sanskrit classics. These are, 
however, for the most part vague and obscure. The interest which 
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tinguished botanist Commelyn, Van Rheede was himself only a 
botanical amateur, but he had a great love of plants, and most 
