. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. CALYCIFLOR^ 221 mental South American genus Ftic/isia, with hand- some nodding flowers, the perianth is beautifully coloured, and from it is extracted fuchsine, a red colouring matter much used as a staining reagent. The flowers of Trapa expand about an hour before sunrise and remain open only a few hours after sun- These are pseudo-cleistogamous. Besides these rise. there are submerged true cleistogamous Fig^. i8g.—Lttdivi^ta pai-viflora 07*, Inferior ovary Nat. Order ii. Melastomacecs.—Herbs or shrubs, with opposite entire, curvi-veined, simple,
. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. CALYCIFLOR^ 221 mental South American genus Ftic/isia, with hand- some nodding flowers, the perianth is beautifully coloured, and from it is extracted fuchsine, a red colouring matter much used as a staining reagent. The flowers of Trapa expand about an hour before sunrise and remain open only a few hours after sun- These are pseudo-cleistogamous. Besides these rise. there are submerged true cleistogamous Fig^. i8g.—Lttdivi^ta pai-viflora 07*, Inferior ovary Nat. Order ii. Melastomacecs.—Herbs or shrubs, with opposite entire, curvi-veined, simple, beautifully- shaped leaves, which are very characteristic. Stamens definite, with beaked anthers opening by pores at the apex. Ovary inferior or half-inferior. Fruit usually in the form of a cup or jug. The Order is mostly tropical. It is hardly met with in the plains of Bengal excepting in the Sun- derban, but is common in hilly places, as Khasi Hills, Darjiling, and Pareshnath Hills. Melastoma (fig. 190), Sonerila, and Osbeckia (Plate V, fig. a) are representative genera. Nat. Order 12. Cucurbitacece.—Climbing or creep-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bose, G. C. London, Blackie & Son Ltd.
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