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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![Page Carey lid. I. 124 I. 125 I. 126 Found in the woods nbont Calcutta, in full flower in October. Mc/a scarcely any; branches numerous, sub-erect; yon nr] shoots jointed, and swelled above the joints, round, a little downy. Leaves opposite, petioled, oblong, entire, covered with a little harsh pubescence, two to three inches long. Peduncles terminal, forming the exterior uxills, each supjmrting some few fascicles, of four to six sessile flowers. Jirnctes opposite, sessile, entire ; those of the (lowers (better perhaps called involucels) linear, oblong, cordate, unequal : the uppermost being larger and incumbent over the fascicle of flowers. Catycine bractes small. Calyx live-toothed. Corot; tube, length of the largest involucres, filiform, having a small twist near the apex. Harder i wo-parted, both divisions oblong, the upper one three-toothed. Nectary a gaping cup in which the germ rests. Stamens projecting. Anthers two on each filament. Style rather longer than the stamens. Stigma obtuse. 14. .1. biralids. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. 1. 82. Shrubby. Leaves lanceolate. Peduncles axillary, and terminal, three to six-cleft; lateral pedicels often trifid ; ultimate divisions bearing u small bead of sessile flowers, between two, unequal, linear bractes. Capsule clavate. A native of the Moluccas. Folium tinctorium of Rnmphius, (footed under the preceding species, does not so well agree with J. bivalvis. 1 think Add-Odayam, Rheed. Mai. ix. 81. /. 43. belongs to neither of them. 15. .1. chinenxis. Vahl. en. pi. 1. 110. Perennial, retroflex. loaves cordate. Umbellels axillary, from three to five, and with the pedicels (from three to five), distichous, involucels obovate, unequal Capsules round and thin. ,T. chi liens is. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. 1. 80. Thirm. bid. 8. 1. 4./. 1. is laid if intended for this plant. A middle-sized, straggling, suffrutieose sfvecies introduced from China into the Botanic garden, where it flowers from August till December. Stem scarcely any; branches several, scarcely ligneous, stragglingand ascending, slender, somewhat six-angular, pretty smooth ; striking root where they rest on the ground ; from one to two feet long. Leaves opposite, petioled, ovate cordate, entire, somewhat acuminate, smooth, from one to two inches long. Peduncles axillary, from three to five in each axil], dis- tichous ; of various length, each supporting a little, distichous mnbellct of from three to five, one (a- two-flowered short pedicels. Involucres of the pedicels two, subulate, opposite, of the flowers two. sessile, unequal, obovate, or oblong-ventricose, embracing bet we> u them one or two complete flowers, and one or two rudiments. Bractes (or inner calyx), ensifonn, two to each flower, and rudiment. Flowers small, pale-pink. Calyx live-parted, segments ensifonn. Coral; luhe, length of the involucres, a little twisted. Jlorder bilabiate; upper lip linear, three-toothed; under lip oval, and slightly euuirginate. Anthers two on each filament, pur- ple. Capsule pediedted, small, flat, round, villous, two-celled, with two tliiu round seeds in each cell. Obs. I have two varieties (if not distinct species) from the coast of Coromandel. In the first, the leaves are much narrower, and run more down on the petioles, ami with the bractes of the flowers, longer, more cuspidate, and ciliate. In the second variety, the leaves are cu- neiform-lanceolate, and the bractes of the flower broad-ovate, short cuspidate, and hairy. 16. J. latebrosa. KSn. MSS. Herbaceous; branches straggling, round, smooth. Leaves petioled, cordate-oblong, point- ed. Tube of the enrol twisted; lips almost equal; the upper one three dentate, the lower one bidentute. Seeds solitary. It grows always among bushes, or under their shade, in n dry barren soil. Flowering time, the wet and cold seasons. Root perennial Stem scarcely any; branches many, straggling, weak, round, smooth, jointed, rnmous. loaves opposite, petioled, cordate-oblong, pointed, entire, smooth ; size very various. Flowers terminal, large, of a bright, red colour. Bractes numerous, lanceolate. Calyx single. Corot; tube twisted at the middle; lips equal, linear; the upper one three- toothed, and the under one einarginate. Stamens ns long as the lips of the enrol, projecting iiIoti the under lip. -Anthers double. Stiyma two-cleft. Capsules two-seeded, one in each cell. 17. J. hicatycutata. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. 1. 81. Annual, erect, six-sided, scabrous. Leaves short-petioled, ovate-cordate, oblong, pointed, calyx double; tube of the eorol twisted, border bilabiate, seeds solitary. Dianthera malabarica. Sup pi. 85. J. malabarica. Ait. Ilort. Kuo. 1. 27. J. lignlata. Lam. illustr. 1. 40. i. 12./. 2. Cavan, icon. 1. 52. t. 71. jDeny. Nasa-blmgtt. Telinq. Cliebiora. A poor looking plant, a native of rubbish, road sides, and hedges. Flowering time the wet and cold seasons. ... Stem erect, annual, notions, six-angled, jointed, scabrous, and hairy, from three to five feet high. Leaves opposite, petioled, ovate-cordate, hairy, somewhat scabrous, size very vari- ous. Flowers terminal, and axillary, numerous, red, generally three-fold, or rather sub-panicled, and divided bv threes. Hraclrs small. Calyx* double, or rather some bractes embracing the ' Theater calyx may be called Common, for there are always rudiments or buds of more than ono flower in it, which often'expand in succession.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28120024_0056.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
