. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. 258 CLASSIFICATION. claw, now common in the Gangetic plains and else- where in India. It has capsules with 2 incurved beaks like the claws of a tiger (see fig. 128). By means of these beaks the capsules become attached to the hair or wool of wild animals and are thus dis- persed. Sub-class 4. iNCOMPLETyE Nat. Order i. Nyctaginacece.—Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves usually opposite, entire. Flowers her- maphrodite, regular, often involucrate. Perianth usu- ally petaloid, connate, in- flated at the base, enclosing the ovary. Stamens 8 to 30, hypogynous. Carpe
. A manual of Indian botany. Botany. 258 CLASSIFICATION. claw, now common in the Gangetic plains and else- where in India. It has capsules with 2 incurved beaks like the claws of a tiger (see fig. 128). By means of these beaks the capsules become attached to the hair or wool of wild animals and are thus dis- persed. Sub-class 4. iNCOMPLETyE Nat. Order i. Nyctaginacece.—Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves usually opposite, entire. Flowers her- maphrodite, regular, often involucrate. Perianth usu- ally petaloid, connate, in- flated at the base, enclosing the ovary. Stamens 8 to 30, hypogynous. Carpels form a i-celled superior ovary, with i erect ovule, enclosed within the inflated base of the perianth. Fruit membranous, indehiscent, enclosed within the coriaceous, persistent perianth base. vSeeds erect, albuminous. The Order is found chiefly in tropical America. Common plants: krishna- kali or Marvel of Peru {Mirabilis Jalapa), a native of America, largely cultivated in our gardens; various species of Boerhaavia, known by the Bengali name of punar-naba, and much used as a medicinal herb by our kavirajes, B. repens (fig. 223); bagan-bilas {Bougainvillea glabra and B. spectabilis), common climbers of our gardens, also American, cultivated for their showy purple bracts. They climb by means of axillary recurved spines, and bear inconspicuous flowers arising from the mid-rib of each of the three large leafy purple bracts which form a sort of invo- Section Fig'. 223.—Punar-naba (red) {Boerhaavia repens) P, Perianth enclosing: 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.
Size: 1966px × 1271px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectbotany, bookyear1920
