Handbook of the Indian flora Volume 3

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 edition. Excerpt: ...short-pedicellG-,s terrxiiiial' 'at length drooping: sepals and petals about equal, orbicular: filament of the pctaline stamen longer than the others, at length spirally convolute: anthers all similar: style short, stigma simple: capsule obsoletely 3-angled, seed reticulate on the back. Western elopes of the Keilgherri.es. (3) D. Tkotejísüm. f R.W.J Jdent. Wight 1. c. t. 2071. Spec. Спав. Erect, pubescent: leaves vaginatc, sessile, lanceolate, acuminate: sheaths loose, sub-truncated, ciliated, and lik-з the upper surface of the leaves, sprinkled with bristly hairs: panicles axillary and terminal, long-peduncled: flowers pedicelled, 2--3 aggregated in the axils of cucullate bracts: sepals and petals about. equal, shorter thun the stamens: filaments filiform: anther of the pctaline stamen larger: two sterile stamens: style filiform, stigma capitate: capsule pedicelled, hispid, unequal-sided. Courtallum. GENUS VIII. HETEROCARPÜS. llcxandrla Monogynla. Sex: Sytt. Gen. Char. Flowers irregular: perianth 6-parted: 3 outer lobes calycine, 3 inner ones petaloid: anterior calycine lobes obovate, obtuse, connate to near the apex, much larger than the posterior: anterior petaloid lobe sub-sessile, obovate, spathulate, lateral ones imguiculate: stamens 6, filaments glabrous: 3 anterior anthers pollen-bearing, the middle one somewhat deformed, 3 posterior ones sterile: ovary 3-celled, two posterior cells minute, empty, afterwards changing into a rigid curved podocarp, anterior larger 1-ovulcd: capsule 1-celled, attached by a groove on the back to the podocarp, indéhiscent: seed one, oval: embryo lateral.--Diffuse, herbaceous branched plants: leaves sheathing, entire: peduncles springing from the...