100 BOTANY OF BIHAR AND ORISSA. 

 ,, m i< u willy 2-seriate. Stamens as many as and opposite t he tepak 

 ,,,,;„,.. «-, : ,s iii:inv alternating <ilan<U, anther* ..,»■" >'"J I, 'J '"''■'•' 

 " .,,,,/'//</.- f >,-«#•./ /^/e-r 1-v//m/ witli I pendu 

 ovule. Fruit indehiscent sometimes crowned by the >■ 

 s .„ , , lh „ vh Ions Hernandm , < ( V i99- 



Order II. ARISTOLOCHIALES. 



reg. or zyg. 



11. The Snake-root Family. ; 



H,. r |,aeemi.s or shrubby climbers with alt. usually palm.nerv.l 

 l., lv „ ; ,„,l hase of petiole dilated or decurrent, exstipulate. Leaves 



f, , u III, ■■■•■■• ' 



zygomorphic) with green or coloured gamophyllous perianth with in- 

 Hated base, lobes valvate. Stamens 6-12 subsessile m a _ r.n- r,« 

 the base of the style with 

 ^Hor or paXllyX-i-'orT rarely 5-celled, sti-ma rave,!. <>viil.> 



t[M^^^;M : :^ 



. compressed or angled ste 

 •• n ,kia) with well-developed have. | 

 usually large. Perianth n ■■ 



tepalsfroma tubular hypnuthon,,. St. rer,, »„,»,, i ,>■-< rtnl at nm 

 levels in the same hypanthium. Ovary inferior 1-cdled with ««JJ 

 parietal placentce. Ovules many anatropous. Seeds many M 



