A Hand-book to the Flora of Ceylon, Containing Descriptions of All the Species of Flowering Plants Indigenous to the Island, and Notes on Their History, Distribution, and Uses, with an Atlas of Plates Illustrating Some of the More Interesting Species: Valerianaceae-BalanophoraceaeBishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh and Periodical Experts, Delhi, 1974 - Botany |
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2-celled achene acuminate acute at base anth apex apiculate axillary bark Bedd beneath Benth bisexual bractlets bracts branched Burm cal.-segm capsule Ceylon ciliate common compressed connate cor.-lobes cor.-tube cylindrical cymes densely diam divaricate drupe dry region Endemic endosperm Enum erect exserted fleshy fruit glabrous globose hair hairy imbricate India infl Jaffna lanceolate linear lobes Moist low country Moist region Moon Cat narrow nearly sessile Nees nodes numerous oblong oblong-oval obtuse ovate ovoid ovules pale panicles pappus peduncles perianth petiole plant Prod pubescent purple racemes rare recurved rounded at base Roxb seeds segm sessile short ped shrub slender slightly solitary species specimens spikes spreading stalked stam staminodes Stems stigma stout subacute tapering to base terminal thick Thwaites tomentose tree tube umbels Upper montane zone usually veins venation whorls Wight yellow Zeyl zeylanica