Roydsia\ 



VII. CAPPARIDACE^ 



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and valleys. Leaves 4-5 in., glabrousj 

 oblong, obtuse at both, ends, endocarp 

 muricate with long soft prickles. 



mas 



B. Style 1 with 

 oYiiles few. 



3 minute stig- 



M. 



3. R. parviflora, Griff.; 

 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. R. fascicnlata, King, Ann. 

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

 Yoonzaleen river, Burma. Young 

 branches, ixnder side of leaves and 

 inflorescence softly puberuloiis. Leaves 

 3-4J m. long. PL J in. across, in short 

 fasciculate racemes. 



Order VIII. — Resedacese. Ochradenus 

 haccatuSj Delile ; PL 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 

 J-lJin., fleshy, linear-spathulate. Fl. minute, yellowish, often unisexual, on short 

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

 lateral, 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. — Boydsia suaveolen&, Hoxb. J. 



Order IX. VIOLACEJE, G-en* PL i. 114. 



(Violariece.) 



Herbs or shrubs, leaves alternate, stipulate. Fl, regular or zygomorphic, 

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

 Ovary 1-celled, ovules many, on 8 parietal placentas. Fruit a 3-valved capsule, 

 albumen fleshy. 



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



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

 stipules rigid. Fl, small, regular, sepals 5, rigid, petals 5, peduncles v^^ith 

 many bracts. Stamens 5, inserted on the edge of an annular disk or inside 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. ; Kurz, F. Fl. i. 70. 



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

 Leaves 3-5 in., serrulate, stipules narrow. Fl. ^ in. diam., glabrous, fasciculate 

 in the axils of leaves or of fallen leaves, disk thick, 5-lobed, stamens included, 

 anthers free, ovary and style glabrous. 



Sikkim, Silhet, "East Bengal, Andamans, Lower Burma, Fl. H. S. 



