3. THALICTRUM, Linn. 



1. T. Dalzellii, Hook. Ic. PI t. 856. — A rigid plant, one 

 foot high ; leaves ternately divided ; leaflets large rounded, kidney- 

 shaped, deeply cordate, crevato-lobate ; panicle small, flowers in 

 clusters; seeds oblong, furrowed. East side of Hurrychunder. 



4. DELPHINIUM, Linn. 



1. D. Dasycaulon, Fresen. Mus. Senkenb. ii, 272. — Stem 

 branched, with few leaves ; leaves radical, large, round reniform, 

 broadly 5-lobed lobes again 3-lobed and deeply cut ; stem leaves 

 6-divided ; racemes lax elongated ; flowers of a beautiful blue, very 

 showy. Near Jooneer; found also in Abyssinia. Flowers in August 

 and September. 



II. DILLENIACE^. 



1. DiLLENfA, Linn. Speciosa. Thunb. Linn. Trans, i, 200. — A 

 middle-sized tree ; leaves petioled, oblong or lanceolate acute, 

 sharply serrated, 8 to 10 inches long ; flowers large, 6 to 9 inches in 

 diameter, solitary ; fruit large, round, smooth^ size of a cocoanut. S. 

 Conc:in, at Banda, in the Warree country, Alibaug. Syn. D. elliptica 

 Thunb. loc. cit. ; DC. Prod. 1, 76 ; D. Indica, Linn. sp. 765 ; Syalita 

 Rheede .Vial, iii, t. 38, 39. Maratha name " Mota Kurmul." 

 The leaves of the calyx have an agreeable acid flavour, and are 

 eaten, Graham ; when added to syrup, useful as a cough-mixture ; 

 the fruit has a disagreeable odour. 



2. Pentagyna, Roxb. Cor. PI 1,^.20. — A middle-sized tree ; 

 leaves very large, 2 to 4 feet long, oblong lanceolate acute, narrow- 

 ing towards the base, denticulate; when old, glabrous; flowers on 

 the branches, when leafless, in clusters, yellow, small; appear in 

 April; fruit size of a gooseberry, edible. Southern Maratha 

 Count! y and thinly about the Ghauts, up to lat, 19°. Syn. D. 

 Augusta and Pilosa Rox. Fl Ind. ii, 652 ; Colbertia Coromande- 

 liana, DC. Prod. 1, 75. The leaves are used at Poona as a sub- 

 stratum for thatched roofs. These two species are remarkable for 

 the grandeur of their foliage, and the showiness of their flowers. 



III. ANONACEiE. 

 1. SAGERAEA, Dalzell. 



1. S. Laurina, Dalz. in Hook. Jour. Bot. iii, 307.— An ele- 

 gant middle-sized laurel-looking tree; leaves 5 to 7 inches long, 

 linear oblong ; flowers white, about one inch in diameter ; carpels 

 globose, smooth, 6-seeded; flowers in October and November. Hab. 

 Concans. Yields a valuable reddish timber. Syn. Guatteria 

 laurifolia. Grab. Cat, Bomb. PI p. 4. Native name " Sajeree." 



