Flora indica, or, Descriptions of Indian plants : reprinted literatim from Carey's edition of 1832 / by the late William Roxborough.
- William Roxburgh
- Date:
- 1874
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Flora indica, or, Descriptions of Indian plants : reprinted literatim from Carey's edition of 1832 / by the late William Roxborough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![DIANDRU MONOGYNU. Cliiunanthus. 3(5 Carey labe s1hovt^r/ bort1er four-cleft; divisions oblong, spreading, concave; apices sharp and in- Ed tMU-vod. Filaments two, opposite short. Anthers large, oblong, erect. Germ superior, round. I. Style very short. Stigma two-cleft; divisions entire, acute. JBipe fruit not observed. 10b 3. O. atotca. ]{. Arlwmms, dioicous. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, ol.long, serrate. Panicles axillary. ttt‘jam, the vernacular name in Silhet, where it is indigenous; also on the hills of l hittngong. In both places it grows to be a pretty large tree, the timber of which is reck- oned excellent, and put to many uses by the natives. Flowering time the month of March and April; fruit ripe in July. Hark of the old ligneous parts ash-coloured; of the young shoots smooth and green. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, oblong, tapering equally at each end, remotely, and acutely senate, acuminate, smooth, from four to eight inches long, by from two to four broad. Sti- pules, the oval concave scales of the buds only. Panicles axillary, and opposite, below' the leaves, thin and not above ball tlieir length. Male flowers more numerous, small. Calyx four-toothed. Corol one-petalled, tube very short; border four-purted. Fi/amenIs two, very short, inserted on the short tube of the corol. Anthers oval, bid in the corol. Germ none, a small two-lobed gland supplies its place. Female on a separate tree, (probably hekmaphko- DITK, and in that case all the corols with the stamina, must have fallen off at a verv early period ; which I have no reason to think was the ease, as they were examined at what I con- sider a proper age, and no traces of the place where a corol grew could be found.) Cah/x as in the male. Corol none. Germ superior, ovate, two-celled, with two ovnla in etch, attached to the top ofthe partition. Style short. Stigma tw'o-lobed. Drupe nearly round, in size and colour much like the common sloe, Prunus Spinosa, one-celled. Nut conform to the seed, thin and rather brittle than hard, one-cellod. Seed solitary, conform to the nut. Integument single, thin. Perisperm conform to the seed, firm, pearl-colour. Embryo inverse, shorter than the perisperm, and considerably narrower. Cotgledons ovate-lanceolate. Itadicle su[»e- rior. I. 107 ClITONAXmCS. Schreb. gen. N. 2G. Calyx four-parted. Corol one-petalled ; segments long. Germ two-celled, two-seeded. Drupe sui>erior, one. or two-seeded. Embryo inverse, without perisperm. 1. C. ramiflora. R. Arboreous. Leaves opposite, broad-lanceolar, entire. Panicle below the leaves. A native of the Moluccas. Flowering time March and April. Seed ripe in September. I'rtink erect, bark smooth, asli-coloured ; branches opposite ; young shoots smooth, and round. Leaves opposite, petiolcd, broad-lanceolar, entire, acute, smooth on both sides ; length about six inches. Petioles channelled, smooth, about an inch long. Panicles opposite, from tlie naked branches below the leaf-bearing shoots, ovate, hrachiate, much longer than the leaves, smooth in every part. Flowers numerous, small, yellow. Erodes opposite, lanceolate. Cah/x four-parted. Corol to the base four-cleft, consequently there is little or no tube, seg- ments of the border lanceolate, with incurved margins. Filaments short and thick, inserted both on the base of the corol and the receptacle. Anthers a polleniferous groove on each side of the short, thick filaments. Style scarcely any. Stigma four-lobed. Drupe oblong, one- celled. Nut oblong, striped, one-celled. Perisperm none. Embryo inverse. Cotyledons con- form to the seed. 2. C. Zeylanica. Linn. sp. pi. ed. IVHid. 1. 47. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, obovate, entire, smooth. Racemes axillary, often com- pound ; flowers ternary. Erodes ovate. Linociera purpurea. J a hi. En.pl. 1. 47. I. Said to be a native of Ceylon. 108 3. C. dichotoma. R. Shrubby, dichotomous. Leaves cuneiform-lanceolar, recurved, entire. Racemes axilla- ry ; pedicels three-flowrered. Native place Coromandel. The Asiatic synonima are uncertain. Flowering time in the Botanic garden the month of March. Trunk short ; bark dark ash-coloured, with many, elevated, lighter coloured specks. Eranches dichotomous throughout, very numerous ; height of the shrubs in tlie Botanic gar- den, about seven feet in seven years. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, broad-cuneiform, lan* ceolar, entire, rather obtuse ; surfaces smooth, texture hard ; three inches long by one broad. Racemes axillary, solitary, scarcely half the length of the leaves. Pedicels sub-opposite, di- verging, three-flowered. Flowers small, white, inodorous. Calyx four-parted ; segments ovate, obtuse, villous. Corol, the segments can scarcely be said to be united at the base, except by the filaments, which are inserted on the bases of two, and in that manner form two pair of segments ; they are nearly exact, taper a little, and have then- margins much incurved. Fila- ments two, short. Anthers large, with bifid apex. Germ four-sided, ovate, two-celled, with two ovulu in each attached to the middle of the partition. Style short. Stigma obscurely two-lobed. Drupe superior, oval, or short obovate, size of a black currant, succulent, when ripe purple, one-celled. Nut obovate, rather thin, and tender, marked with four ribs from the apex to the' base, with four small, imperfect ones between, one-celled. Seed solitary, conform .to the nut. Integument single, thin, and tender. Perisperm none, Embryo inverse. Coty- ledons conform to the seed. Radicle patelliform, superior.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28120024_0050.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
