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united, rarely free. Capsule globose, \ in. diam., separating into 
as many valves as there are styles. (Fig. 21.) 
Simla, the Glen ; April, May. 
This plant presents great differences in the number of styles, and in the 
relative length of the styles and stamens. See Darwin’s Forms of Flowers , 
chapter vii., regarding similar differences in Linum. 
XVII. MALPIGHIACE^E 
A small Order of trees and shrubs, chiefly American ; a few 
genera in Africa and Asia, rare in Polynesia and Australia ; repre- 
sented in the N.W. Himalaya by only one species. — Named in 
honour of Marcello Malpighi, an Italian botanical author of the 
17th century, one of the first to investigate vegetable anatomy. 
HIPTAGE. From the Greek hiptamai , to fly, referring to the 
winged seeds, — Tropical Asia. 
Hiptage Madablota, Gcertn . ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 418. A tall, climb- 
ing shrub. Leaves opposite, glabrous, thick, shortly stalked, ovate- 
lanceolate, 4-6 in., entire ; stipules none. Flowers J in. across, 
fragrant, showy, in axillary, pubescent racemes forming a terminal, 
leafy panicle ; stalks 2-bracteate near the middle. Calyx tomen- 
tose, 5-parted, a large, smooth, oblong, brown gland on the outer 
surface. Petals 5, free, reflexed, silky, clawed, unequal, much 
longer than the calyx, uppermost with a large yellow spot, the 
others white, margins wavy, fringed. Stamens 10, curved, united 
at the base, lowest one twice as long as the others, all anther- 
bearing. Ovary 3-lobed, 3-celled, one ovule in each cell ; style 
long, curved, stigma terminal. Fruit of 1-3 globose, 3- winged nuts 
or samaras about J in. diam. ; wings unequal, narrowly oblong, up 
to 2 in. ; a 4th much shorter wing usually present. 
Sutlej valley, near Basantpur ; April. — Throughout India, in ravines and 
moist places, ascending to 3000 ft. — China, Java. 
XVIII. GERANIACE^E 
Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves opposite or alternate, simple 
or compound, stipulate except in Impatiens. Flowers often showy, 
2-sexual, regular or irregular, axillary, solitary, in pairs, race- 
mose or in umbel-like clusters. Sepals 5, free ; in Impatiens 3, 
the lower one petal-like and spurred. Stamens 10 or 5, the 
