XVI. LINACEiE 
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united, rarely free. Capsule globose, J 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. 
HIPTAGrE. 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 § 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, op.e 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. GERANIACEAi 
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 
