Plates bearing the legend “Roxburghianae” represent redrawings of Roxburgh’s unpublished plates now at the Calcutta Botanic Garden, and thus represent Rox- burghian species as described in his “Flora Indica’’ ed. 1,1 (1820), 2 (1824), and ed. 2 (1832). Where two numbers appear, one above the other, the “numerator” represents Wight’s plate sequence (this number to be cited), the “denominator” a reference to the species number in Wight & Arnott’s “Prodromus” (1834). ICONES PLANTABUM INDLE OEIENTAIIS: OR FIGURES OF INDIAN PLANTS. BY ROBERT WIGHT, M.D. F.L.S. &. MEMBER OF THE IMP. ACAD. NATUR.E CURIOSORtJM, OF THE ROYAL BATISBON BOTANICAL SOCIETY, &c. Ac. &c. SURGEOJY OF THE MADRAS ESTABLISHMENT. Yol. lY MADRAS: SOLD BY MESSRS. FRANCK AND CO. CALCUTTA; MESSRS. OSTELL, LEPAGE AND CO.; LONDON: H. BAILLIERK. PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR BY P. R. HUNT, AMERICAN MISSION PRESS. 1850/ Mo. Bot. GArc’tr* 1904. INDEX TO VOL IV. Acanthaceas 1486 Acanthodium grossum 1535-36 - hirtum 1535-36 Adenosraa verticellata 1524 Adhatoda NeiJgherrica 1544 - Wynaudensis 1545 /Eginetieee 1419 yEschynanthus Ceylanica 1347 iEtheilema reniforme 1533 Agapetes 1179, arborea 1188 - vertidllata 1181 Agnosma Blumii 1305 - Doniana 1306 - elegans 1304-6 Ailanthus Malabarica 1604 Alexia Ceylanica 1293 Alstonia 1295 Jimaranthus oleraceas 1371-72 Anagallis arvensis 1205 - ccerulea 1205 - latifolia 1205 Andrographis Ceylanica 1560 - lobelioides 1557 - Neesiana 1561 - viscosula 1559 - Wightiana 1558 Andromeda 1195 - (P.) formosa 1200 - katagherensis 1195 - (P.) lanceolata 1198 - (P.) ovalifolia 1199 - symplodfolia 1188 Anisochilus albidum 1436 - - dysophylloides 1434 - purpureum 1435 - suffruticosum 1437 Anodendron CandoHianum 1309 - paniculatum 1309 Anoplanthus 1419 Anterrhinum glaucum 1459 Anthopterus 1179 Ardisia Courtalensia 1215 - '^oma 1212 humilis 1212 - littoralis 1212 - oleracea 1212 - paniculata 1215 - pauciflora 1214 - pentagona 1213 - rhomboidea 1213 - Solanacea 1212 - umbellata 1212 Argyreia acuta 1356 - aggregata 1356-^9 - elliptica 1356 • - f estiva 1356 - fulgens 1357 - setosa 1356-60 - speciosa 1360 - tillmfolia 1358 Arneibia hispidissima 1393 Artanema sesamoides 1410 Asystasia Coromandeliana 1506 Atalantia floribunda 1611 - monophylla 1619 Aulaya 1411 Avicennia 1480 - alba 1482 - officinalis 1481-82 - tomentosa 1481 Axanthes Blumeana 1163 - Ceylanica 1163 - corymbosa 1164 - elliptica 1164 - longifolia 1165 Barleria Courtallica 1529 - Hochtetteri 1528 Beaumontia grandiflora 1314-15 - Jerdoniana 1314-15 Bignonia Xylocarpa 1335-36 Blaberopus 1295 Blepharis asperima 1534 Blinkicorthia 1356 Centunculus tenella 1585 Ceratostema variegata 1179-1180 Ceropegia accuminata 1263 - bulbosa 1263 - ciliata 1262 - Decaisneana 1259 - elegans 1265 - intermedia 1263 - juncea 1260 - Munronii 1264 - pusilla 1261 - spiralis 1267 - Walkerse 1266 Chilocarpus Ceylanicus 1283 Chionunthta 1241 Clioripetalum aurantiacum 1210 Christisonia 1419 - aurantiaca I486 - calcarata 1426 - Lavvii 1427 Bonnaya verbensefolia 1412 - veronicifolia 1411 Boucerosia carapanulata 1287 - diffusa 1599 - lasiantha 1286 - umbellata 1286.7 Bouchea (Ch.)Hyderabadensi8 1462 - (R.) marrubiifolia 1461 Brachylepis nervosa 1284 Breweria evolvuloides 1369 - Roxburghii 1370-76 Bryonea Hookeriana 1609 - Mysorensis 1609 Buchnera hispida 1413 Butereea rhamnifolia 1521 Callicarpa Wallichiana 1480 Calonyction speciosuin 1361 Calopbanes vagans 1526 Calosanthes Indica 1337-38 Calotropis gigantea 1278 - Hamiltoniana 1278 - procera 1278 Campanula Alphonsii 1177 - fulgens 1179 - ramulosa 1178 Campbellia 1419-1423 - aurantica 1424 - cytinoides 1425 Campylanthus ramosissimus 1416 - salsoloides 1416 Canscora (C.) grandiflora 1326 - Lawii 1327 - perfoliata 1327 - tenella 1327 Capsicum fastigiatnm 1617 Caralluma attenuata 1268 - - - jimbriata 1268 Carissa carandas 1289 - congesta 1289 - paucinervia 1289,90 Candida gyrandra 1303 - trichotoma 1303 Celsia Coromandelina 1406 - NeUgherrica 1425 - subacaulis 1423-26-27 Cleghornia acuminata 1310 - cymosa 1312 Clerodendron infortunatura 1471 - phlomoides 1473 - serratura 1472 Coffea Wightiana 1598 Coleus barbatus 1432 - spicatus 1431 - Wightii 1433 Congea azurea 1479 - velutina 1479 or 1566 - xillosa 1479 - tomentosa 1479-1565 Conopholis 1419 Convolvulace® 1356 Convolvulus capitulatus 1366 - glomeratus 1366 - microphyllus 1367 - rhyniospermus 1368 - rufescens 1365 Cordia cuneata 1379 - domestica 1378 - fulvosa 1380 - Leschenaultii 1380 - Myxa 1378 - obliqua 1378 - Perrottettii 1381 - Rothii 1379 - tomentosa 1378 - trichostemon 1380 - - JVallickii 1378 Cornus altera 1211 - sylvestris 1211 - Zeylanica 1210-11 Cosmostigma acuminatum 1200 - - racemosum 1270 Cryptophragmium axillare 1476 - canscens 1495 - serrulatum 1495 Coscuta arabica 1371 - Chinensis 1373 li INDEX TO VOL. IV. Cuscuta hyalina 1372 • - sulcata 1372 Cylista scariosa 1597 Cynanchum alatum 1280 - Callialata 1279 Cynoctonum alatum 1280 - Callialata 1279 Cynoglossura ccclestinum 1394 - furcatuin 1395 - micranthum 1395 Cyrtandra lanuginosa 1355 Cystanche 1419 - lutea 1420 - tubulosa 1420 Datura fastuosa 1396 - Stramonium 1396 Decalepis Hamiltonii 1285 Dichrocephala Schmidii 1610 Dicliptera bivalvis 1551 - cuneata 1552 Didyplosandra 1515-16-19 Didymocarpus Humboldtiana 1351 - lyrata 1350 — - ovalifolia 1351 — - - Rottleriana 1348 - - toinentosa 1349 Dinetus racemosus 1376 Diospyros Candolliana 1221—22 - capitulata 1224-1558 - chloroxylon 1224 - dubia 1223 — - inontana 1225 - - obovata 1226 - orixensis 1225 - ovalifolia 1227 - tetrasperma 1221-22 Dipsacus Walkeri 1166 Dipteracanthus patulus 1505 Dysophylla auricularia 1440 - - crassifolia 1444 - tetraphylla 1444 Bberniiera glauca 1488 Ecdysanthera glandulifera 1307 _ Griffithii 1307 Echinospermum Cffilestinum 1394 Eliretia aspera 1383-84 - (X.) cuneata 1385 - laevis 1382 - ovalifolia 1383 - umbellulata 1384 - viminia 1385 - Wightiana 1384 Ellertonia Rheedii 1295 Einbelia Basaal 1209 - - Gardneriana 1208 _ glandulifera 1207 - Ribes 1207 - - Tsjeriam-cottam 1209 - - — vilLosu 1209 Endopogon capitatus 1496-99 - foliosus 1496-1501 - — - kypoleucas 1497 - rharanifolius 1521 - Strobilanthes 1496-1500 - — viscosus 1498 Ep igyum Grilfithianum 1308 Epiphegas 1419 Epithema Ceylanica 1354 Erianthera 1557 Erythracanthus obtusus 1491 Erythraea Roxburghii 1325 Exacum bicolar 1321 - - Courtallense 1323 - Perrottetii 1322 Exacum petiolare 1324 - pumilum 1324 - sessile 1324 - Zelanicum 1322 Fagrsea Coromandelina 1316 - Malabarica 1317 - Zeylanica 1317 Goertnera Konegii 1318 Gardnera Wallichii 1313 Garuga pinnata 1594-95 Gaultheria fragrantissima 1196 - Griffithiana 1197 - Leschenaultii 1195 - ovalifolia 1195 Gaylussacia dependens 1179 - serrata 1184 Gentiana pedicellata 1328 Gentianecc 1419 GesneriacecB 1419 Gisekia moluginoides 1168 - pharnaciodes 1167 Gmelina arborea 1470 - Rheedii 1470 Goldfussea 1492 Goldfussia Dalhousiana 1509 - decurrens 1522 - penstemonoides 1510 - tristis 1508 - Zenkeriana 1517 Gomphostemma eriocarpum 1457 - Heyneanum 1456 - oblongum 1457 Gymnema Decaisneana 1271 - hirsutum 1271-72 - sylvestre 1271 Gymnostachyum alatum 1525 - Ceylanicum 1494 - polyanthum 1494-1525 Halenia Perrottetii 1334 Haplanthus Neilgherryensis 1556 - tener 1556 Harveya 1419 Heligme Rheedii 1303 Heliotropium brevifolium 1389 - Coromandelianum 1388 — - linifoliura 1391 - Malabaricum 1387 - marifolium 1390 - — Hottleri 1392 - scabrum 1389-90 - supinum 1387 - tenue 1391 - - — Zeyliinicum 1386 Hemiadelphis polysperma 1492 Hemichorisle montana 1538 Hemidesraus pubescens 1320 Hemisraphis latebrosa 1504 Holarrhena Codaga 1297 - - Malaccensis 1298 - pubescens 1297 Hupea 1237 Hoya parviflora 1269 - linearis 1269 Humbertia 1356 Humboldtia Brunonis 1606 - laurifolia 1605 - Vahliana 1607-8 Hunteria lanceolaria 1294 - Roxburghiana 1294 Hygrophilla obovata 1489 - salicifolia 1490 Hyobanchese 1419-23 Hypoestes Malaccensis 1554 Ilix Gardneriana 1217 Ilix (P.) Wightiana 1216 Iinpatiens Gonghii 1603 - Jerdoniae 1602 Iphisia multijlora 1276 Ipomoea 1356 bracteata 1374 - campanulata 1375 - pileata 1363 - Wightii 1364 Is&ntheTO. florihunda 1355 - permollis 1355 Isonandra Candolliana 1220 - Percha 1589 - Perrottetiana 1219 - polyandra 1589 Jasminura affine 1255 - aureum 1258 - auriculatum 1254-55 - bignoniacium 1258 - bracteatum 1248 - brevilobum 1254-55 - chrysanthemum 1258 - Courtallense 1252 - erectiflorum 1251 - flexile 1252-53 - grandiflorum 1257 - laurifolivm 1247 - Malabaricum 1250 - myrtifolmm 1247 - ovalifolium 1256 - revolutuin 1258 - rigidum 1247 - Rottlerianum 1249 - tetruphis 1247 Jatropha pcltata 1169 - villosa 1169 Jerdonia Indica 1352 Justicia livida 1546 Klugia Notoniana 1353 Lantana alba 1464 - Indica 1464 Lapidagathis cristata 1414 Lathrma squamaria 1419 Lavandula (Ch.) Burmanni 1438 - (Ch.) Lawii 1439 Legendrea I 356 Lepidagathis laxa 1564 - longifolia 1564 - nervosa 1620 - Walkeriana 1530-1620 Lepistemon flavescews 1362 Leptacanthus Walkeri 1507 - alatiis 1527 Letostachya Wallichii ^ 1543 Lettsomia V 1356 — - aggregata 1359 - - — setosa 1360 Leucas heliantkemifolia 1435 - Indica 1451 - - (A.) lancesefolia 1452 - (A.) rosmarinifolia 1455 - (A.) suffruticosa 1454 - (A.) ternifolia 1453 - (H.) urticaefolia 1451 Leucothce Katagherensis 1195 - Neilgherrense 1243 - JVepalense 1244 - — Perrottetii 1244 - vulgare 1243 Liinnophila hypericifolia 1409 Linociera Malabarica 1246 Ligustrum intermedia 1245 — - macrophylla 1245 - — — rumifiora 1245 Lippia (Z.) nodiflora 1463 INDEX TO VOL. IV, Lobelia aromatica 1172 - excelsa 1172-3-4 - nicotianifolia 1172 - trichandra 1171 - trigona 1170 Loranthacem 1419 Lycium Afrum 1403 - Europ®um 1403 - Indicum 1403 - Ruthenicum 1403 Lysimachia (E) Leschenaultii 1204 - tenella 1585 Lythospermum 1377 Maba JEbinus 1228-9 - Neilgherrensis 1228-9 - Smeathmanni 1228-9 Macleanea 1179 M®sa Indica 1206 - missionis 1207 - Perrottetiana 1206 Marcellia 1356 Maripa 1356 Mazus surcniosus 1407 Melissa umbrosa 1447 Meyenia Hawtayniana 1487 Micrargeria Wightii 1417 Micromeria biflora 1446 Micropyxis pumila 1585 - tenella 1585 Mimusops Elingi 1586 - hexandra 1587-8 - Indica 1587 - Roxburghiana 1588 Mitrasachme Indica 1601 • - Malaccensis 1601 Mitreola Oldenlandioides 1600 - paniculata 1600 Mollugo stricta 1168 Moorcroftia 1.356 Myrsin® capitellata 1210-11 Neuracanthus Lawii 1531 - trinervius 1532 Neurada procumbens 1596 ■Kotelaa 1241 Olea glandulifera 1238 - linocieroides 1241 - polygaraa 1239-40 - robusta 1422 OleinecB 1241 Oligopholis 1419-21 - tubulosa 1422 Ophilia corymbosa 1329-30 - elatior 1330 - cleans 1331 - G^ebachiana 1330 - minor 1332 Ophioxylon Belgaumense 1292 - Ceylanicum 1291 - macrocarpum 1292 - Neilgherrense 1291 Orobanchace® 1419 Orobanche® 1419 Orthosiphon bracteatus 1428 Osbeckia hispidissima 1612 Oxycoccus macTOcarpus 1188 - palustris 1188 Panjanelia multijuga 1343 - — - Rheedii 1343-4 Parsonia 1303 Pedicularis Perrottetii 1418 - Zeylanica 1419 Peristrophe raontana 1553 Peronema canescens 1460 Phelip®a calotropidis 1420 Phelip®a cytinoides - lutea Phillyrea robusta Phloganthus latifolius thyrsijlorus 1425 1420 1419-20-1618 1242 Physichilus serpyllum Picconia Plectranthua coetsa 1537 1537 1493 1241 1430 macrffii 1430 scrophularioides 1429 — — - striaius - Wightii Pogostemon Heyneanum - hirsutum — — - rotundatum specioBum Porana paniculata - racemosa - volubilis Pottsia Hookeriana - ovata Prenma cordifolia - glaberima - integrifolia - serratifolia - thyrsoidea - tomentosa - Wightiana Prunella vulgaris Puneeria coagulans Ramphicarpa longiflora Rhaphidospora glabra Rhododendron arboreum - formosum - grande - Grifhthianum Rivea ornata - tillffifolia Rostellularia diffusa - gracilis - hedyotidifolia - moliissima - procumbens - simplex Ruellia punctata Rungia Araottiana - latior - pectinata - Wightiana Salvadora persica Samara aurantiaca - leeta - Rheedii Sapota Elingoides Sarcostemma Brunoniannm - intermedium Scffivola uvifera Scrophulariacea Scutellaria rivularis - violace® Secamone emetic® Seddera evolvuloides Sericostoma pauciflora Serr®a incana Sesamum laciniatum - prostratum Sideroxylon attenuatnm Solanacea Solanum denticulatum - ferox - Jacquinii - (N.) pubesceni - verbascifolium 1429 1420 1440 1442 1441 1443 1376 1376 1376 1306 1306 1483 1484 1469 1460 1485 1468 1485 1448 1616 1415 1554 1201 1202 1202 1203 1356 1358 1539 1541 1540 1539 1539 1542 1563 1550 1548 1547 1549-50 1620 1210 1210 1591 1218 1282 1281 1613 1419 1450 1449 1283 1369 1377 1592 1345 1346 1590 1419 1397 1391M00 1401 1402 1398 Sarcolobus earinatus 1273 - globosus 1273 Spathodia arcuata 1340 - Rheedii 1339 Sphenodesme acuminata 1476 ■ - barbata 1474 - ferruginea 1474 - - - GrifKthiana 14J7 — - Jackiana 1476-7 - pentandra 1475 - - - triflora 1478 - - Wallichiana 1475 Stemodia viscosa 1408 Stenosiphonium Confertum 1503 - -diandrum 1406-1502 - Russellianum 1503 Stereospermum Chelonoides 1341 - 1 - suavcolens 1342 Striga Orobanchoides 1414 Strobilanthes 1492-6,1510-1522 - asper 151&-2;i - — — campanulatus 1.562 - - ciliatus 1517 — — - decurrens 1517 - glabratus 1517 - - - Grahamianus 1.520 - Heyneanus 1520-1619 - - luridus 1515-16 ■ - - - micranthea 1519 - Mysorensis 1519 - Neesianus 1523 - Perrottetianus 1513-23 - - rugoBus 1619 ■ - sessilis 1511 - sessiloides 1512 - Wightianua 1516 - Wightianus 1514-18 Strophanthus brevicaudatus 1302 - dichotomus 1299 - Griflithii 1300 - longicaudatus 1299 - Wightianus 1301 Sykesia Konegii 1318 Symphorema polyandrum • 1474 Symplocos foliosa 1234 - Gardneriana 1231-34 ■ - microphylla 1232 - monantha 1236 - nervosa 1235 - obtusa 1233 - pendula 12:17 - puicbra 12:10 - racemosa 1236 Syringeat 1241 Teucrium tomentosum 14.58 Thibaudia 1179 - setigera 1181 Torenia Asiatica 1346 Tournefortia Edgetcorthii 1386 - reticosa 1386 - subulata 1386 - veridijlora 1386 - Zeylanica 1386 Turr®a villosa 1593 Tylophora asthmatica 1276 - Iphisia 1277 - moliissima 1275 - parviflora 1274 Utricularia affinis 1580 - arcuata 1571-7 bifida 1584 - brachypoda 1578-80 - - csrulea 1583 - capillacea 1572 IV INDEX TO VOL. IV. Utriculari conferta - cyania - diantha - fasciculata - jilicaulsis - glochidiata - Griffithii - humilis - macrolepia - nivea - pedicellata - punctata - racemosa - reticulata - - - Srnithiana - squamosa - stellaris - uligenoides 1575 Utricularia uligenosa 1573-4-5-9 1575 - Wallichiana 1572 1569 Vaccinia 1179 1568 Vaccinium 1179 1583 - (A.) affine 1190 1581 - arbor cum 1188 1576 - (A.) Donnianum 1191 1580 - (A.) Griffithianura 1192 1582-3 - (A.) hirsutum 1182 1578 - (A.) Leschenaultii 1188 1570 92 1571 - (A.) Neilgherrense 1189 1577 - (A.) obovatum 1193 1578 - (A.) odontocerum 1187 1657-9 - (A.) serpens 1183 1573 - - - (A.) serratum 1184-6 Vaccinium (A.) setigera 1181 - (A.) venosura 1185 - (A.) verticillatum 1181 - (A.) Wallichianum 1180 Verbascum virgatum 1404,5 Vincetoxicum Arnottianum 1614 Visiania robusta 1242 Vitex altissima 1466 - arborea 1465 - leucoxylon 1467 - pubescens 1465 Wahlenbergia agerstis 1175 - Indica 1175-6 Wallrothia 1467 Willoughbia 1288 Wrightia Rothii 1319 - tinctoria 1319 - Wallichii 1296 INDEX ARRANGED ACCORDING TO NATURAL ORDERS. Malvace.®. Serraea incana 1592 Aurantiace®. Atalantia floribunda 1611 - monophylla 1611 Meliace®. Turraea villosa 1593 Balsamine®. Impatiens Gonghii 1603 - Jerdoniae 1602 Zanthoxvle®. Ailantkus Malabarica 1604 Terebinthace®, Garuga pinnata 1594-95 Legdminos®. Cylista scariosa 1597 Humboldtia Brunonis 1606 - - laurifolia 1605 - Vahliana 1607-8 Rosace®. Neurada procumbens 1596 Meeastomace®. Osbeckia hispidissima 1612 Cpcurbitace®. Bryonea Hookeriana 1609 - Mysorensis 1609 Rdbiace®. Axanthis Ceylanica 1163 - elliptica 1164 - longifolia 1165 Coffea Wightiana 1598 Dipsace®. Dipsacus Walkeri 1166 Composit®. Dichrocejphala Schmidii 1610 Lobeeiace®. Lobelia aromatica 1172 - excelsa 1172-3—4 - trichandra 1171 - trigona 1170 Camparceace®. Campanula Alphonsii 1177 - fulgens 1179 - ramulosa 1178 Wahlenbergia agerstis 1175 - Indica 1175-6 Goodevotie®. ScsBvola uvifera 1613 Vacciniace®. Vaccinium 1179 - (A.) affine 1190 Vaccinium arboreum 1188 — — - (A.) Oonnianum 1191 - — (A.) Dunallianum 1194 - (A.) Griffithianum 1192 — - (A.) hirsutum 1182 - (A.) Leschenaultii 1188 -92 - - (A.) Malaccense 1186 - (A.) Neilgherrense 1189 - fA.) obovatum 1193 - (A.) odontocerum 1187 - (A.) serpens 1183 - (A.) serratum 1184-6 - (A.) venosum 1185 — - - (A.) verticillatum 1181 - (A.) Wallichianum 1180 Ericace®. Andromeda. Jlexuosa 1195 - (P.) formosa 1200 - katagherensis 1195 - (P.) lanceolata 1198 - (P.) ovalifolia 1199 - symplocifolia 1188 Gaultheria fragrantissima 1196 - Griffithiana 1197 - Leschenaultii 1195 Rhododendron arboreum 1201 - formosum 1202 - grande 1202 - Griffithianum 1203 Lentibuearie®. Utricularia affinis 1580 - arcuata 1571-7 - bifida 1584 - brachypoda 1578-80 - cssrulea 1583 - capillacea 1572 - conferta 1575 - cyania 1575 - diantha 1569 - fasciculata 1568 - jilicaules 1583 - glochidiata 1581 - Griffithii 1576 - humilis 1572 - macrolipis 1580 - nivea 1582-3 - - pedicellata 1578 - punctata 1570 - racemosa 1584 - - reticulata 1571 - Smithiana 1577 - squamosa 1579 - steilaris 1567-8 - - - ^ uligenoides 1573 — - uligenosa 1573-4-5-9 - - Wallicbiana 1572 Primueace®. Anagallis arvensis 1205 - cceruha 1205 - latifolia 1205 Lysimacliia(E.) Leschenaultii 1204 - — teneUa Micropyxis pumila 1585 1585 - tenella 1 585 Myrsiniace®. Ardisia Courtulensis 1215 - Doma 1212 humilis 1212 - littoralis 1212 - oleracea 1212 - - paniculata 1215 - paucifiora 1214 - pentagona 1213 - — rhoinboidea 1213 - Solanacea 1212 - umbellata 1212 Choripetalum aurantiacum 121(> ^Embelia Basaal 1209 - Gardneriana 1208 - glandulifera 1207 - Kibes 1207 - Tsjeriam-cottam 1290 - villosa 1209 Meesa Indica 1206 - missionis 1207 - Perrottetiana 1206 MyrslnsB capitellata 1210-11 Samara Rbeedii 1591 Sapotace®. Isonandra Candolliana 1220 - Percha 1589 - Perrottetiana 1219 - polyandra 1589 Mimusops Elingi 1586 - hexandra 1587-H - Indica 1587 - Roxburghiana 1588 Sapota Elingoides 1218 Siderozylon attenuatum 1590 Ebehace®. Diospyros Candolliana 1221-22 - capitulata 1224-1585 - - chloroxylon 1224 - - dubia 1223 - - montana 1225 - obovata 1226 - - - orixensis 1225 - - ovalifolia 1227 - tetrasperma 1221-22 Maba Ebinus 1228-9 - Neilgherrensis 1228-9 • - Smeathmanni 1228-9 Ieicisi®. Ilix Gardneriana 1217 - (P.) Wightiana 1216 Styracacz®. Symplocos foliosa 1234 - - Gardneriana 1231-34 - — microphylla 1232 - - - monantha 1236 M •. Bot. Gar ’ n 1^04. 11 INDEX ARRANGED ACCORDING TO NATURAL ORDERS. Symplocos nervosa 1235 - obtusa 1 233 - pendula 1237 - pulchra 1230 - racemosa 1253 Oleace^. Ligustrum macrophylla 1245 - Neilgherrense 1243 - JVepalense 1244 - Perrottetii 1244 - rarniflora 1245 - vulgare 1243 Linociera intermedia 1245 Olea 1241, glandulifera 1238 - linocieroides 1241 - polygama 1239-40 - robusta 1242 Jasmine^e. Jasminum affine 1255 - aureum 1258 - auriculatnm 1254-55 - bignoniacium 1258 - bracteatum 1248 - brevilobum 1254-55 - chrysanthemum 1258 - Courtallense 1252 — — - erectiflorum 1251 - flexile 1252-53 — - - grandiflorum 1257 — - laurifolium 1247 - Malabaricura 1250 - myrtifolium 1247 — - ovallfolium 1256 - revolutum 1258 — - rigidum 1247 - Rottlerianum 1249 - tetraphis 1247 Apocynaceae. Aganosma Blumii 1305 - Doniana 1306 - elegans 1304-6 Alexia Ceylanica 1293 Anodendron Candollianum 1309 - paniculatum 1309 Beaumontia grandijlora 1314-15 - ; - Jerdoniana 1314-15 Carissa carandas 1289 - congesta 1289 - paucinervia 1289,90 Chilocarpus Ceylanicus 1:^8 Cleghornia acuminata 1310 - cymosa 1312 Ecdysanthera glandulifera 1307 ; - Griffithii 1307 Ellertonia Rheedii 1295 Epigyuin Griffithianum 1308 Heligme Rheedii 1303 Holarrhena Codaga 1297 - Malaccensis 1298 - ^ - pubescens 1297 Hunteria lanceolaria 1294 - 1 - Roxburghiana 1294 Ophioxylon Belgaumense 1292 - Ceylanicum 129^1 - macrocarpum 1292 - ; - Neilgherrense 12J»2 Pottsia Hookeriana 1306 - - ovata 130g Strophanthus brevicaudatus 1302 - dickotomua 1299 - Griffithii 1300 Strophanthus longicaudatus 1299 - Wightianus 1301 Wrightia Rothii 1319 - tinctoria 1319 - ‘Wallichii 1296 Asclepiadeje. Boucerosia carapanulata 1287 - dilfusa ' 1599 - lasiantha 1286 - umbellata 1286.7 Brachylepis nervosa 1284 C alotropis g^igantea 1278 - Hamiltoniana 1278 - procera 1278 Caralluma attenuata 1268 - fimbriata 1268 Ceropegia acuminata 1263 - bulbosa 1263 - ciliata 1262 - Decaisneana 1259 - elegans 1265 - intermedia 1263 - juncea 1260 - Munronii 1264 - pusilla 1261 - : spiralis 1267 - Walker® 1266 Chilocarpus Ceylanicus 1288 Chionanthecc 1241 Cosmostigma acuminatum 1270 - — - - - racemosum 1270 Cynoctonum alatura 1280 - - callialata 1279 Decalepis Hamiltonii 1285 Gymnema Decaisneana 1271 - hirsutum 1271-72 - sylvestre 1271 Hemidesmus pubescens 1320 Hoya parviflora 1269 - linearis 1269 Sarcolobus globosus 1273 Sarcostemma Brunonianum 1282 - intermedium 1281 Secamone emetic® .1283 Tylophora asthraatica 1277 : - Iphisia 1276 - mollissima 1275 — - parviflora 1274 Vincetoxicura Arnothanum 1614 LoGANIACEjE. F agreea Coroinandelina 1316 - Malabarica 1317 - - ^Zeylanica 1317 G©Ttnera konegii 1318 Gardnera Wallichii 1313 Mitrasachme Indica I60I — ^ - Malaccensis 1601 Mitreola oldenlandiordes 1600 - — paniculata 150O GEWTIANACEa;. Canscora (C.) grandiflora 1326 - — — Lawii 1327 — - perfoliata ] 327 - — - tenella 1^7 Erythrffia Roxburghii 1325 Exacum bicolor 1321 - - - - Courtallense 1323 - - - Perrottetii 1322 - — petiolare 1324 - pumilura 1324 - sessile 1324 — — Zeylanicum 1322 Gentiana pedicellata 1328 Halenia Perrottetii 1334 Ophilia corymbosa 1329-30 - elatior 1330 - elegans 1331 - Griesbachiana 1330 - minor 1332 Orobanchace.®. ^ginetia pedunculata 1421 Campbellia 1419-1423 - aurantiaca 1424 — - cytinoides 1425 Christisonia 1419 - aurantiaca 1486 - calcarata 1426 - Lawii 1427 - J\'eilgherrica 1425 - subacaulis 1423-26-27 Cy Blanche 1419 - - lutea 1420 - tubulosa 1420 Oligopholis 1419-21 - tubulosa 1422 Philipema ramosa 1618 Cyrtandrace®. iEschynanthus Ceylanica 1347 Didymocarpus Humboldtiaua 1351 - lyrata 1350 • - ovalifolia 1351 — — - - Rottleriana 1348 - tomentosa 1349 Epithem® Ceylanica 1354 lsa.niheTa. jloribunda 1355 - permollis 1355 Jerdonia Indica 1352 Klugia Notoniana 1353 BiGNOIflACE®. Bignonia 40, Xylocarpa 1335-36 Calosanthes Indica 1337-38 Panjanelia multijuga 1343 - Rheedii 1343-4 Spathodia arcuata 1340 - Rheedii 1339 Stereospermum Chelonoides 1341 - - - suaveolens 1342 Pedaliace® . Pedalium murex 1515 Sesamum laciniatum 1345 - prostratum 1346 Acanthace®.-.^ Acanthodium grossum 1535-36 7- - hirtum 1535-36 Adenosma verticellata 1524 Adhatoda Neilgherrica 15ii - ; — Wynaudensis 1545 .^theilema reniforme 1533 Andrographis Ceylanica 1560 - lobelioides 1557 - Neesiana I56i - viscosula 1559 - - Wightiana 1558 Asystasia Coromandeliana 1506 Barleria Courtallica 1529 - Hochtetteri 1528 Blepharis asperima 1534 Calophanes vagans 1526 Cryptophragmium axillare 1496 - canscens 1495 ttrrulatum 1495 INDEX ARRANGED ACCORDING TO NATURAL ORDERS. iii Dicliptera bivalvis 1551 - cuneata 1552 Dipjteracanthus patulus 1505 Ebermiera glauca 1488 Endopogon versicolor 1497 - viscosus 1498 - capitatus 4499 - Strobilanthes 1500 - folios us 1501 - rhamnifolius 1521 Erythracanthus obtusus 1491 Goldfussia Dalhousiana 1509 - decurrens 1522 - penstemonoides 1510 - tristis 1508 - Zenkeriana 1517 Gymnostachyum alatum 1525 - Ceylanica 1494 - polyanthum 1494-1525 Haplanthus Neilgherryensis 1556 - tener 1556 Herniadelphis polysperma 1492 Hemichoriste montana 1538 Heraigraphis latebrosa 1504 Hygrophilla obovata 1489 - salicifolia 1490 Hypoestes Malaccensis 1555 Justicia livida 1546 Lepidagathis laxa 1564 - longifolia 1564 - nervosa 1620 - Walkeriana 1530-1620 Leptacanthus Walkerii 1507 - alatus 1527 Leptostachya Wallichii 1543 Meyenia Hawtayniana 1487 Neuracanthus Lawii 1531 - - trinervius 1532 Peristrophe montana 1553 Phloganthus latifolius 1537 - thyrsiflorus 1537 Physichilus serpyllum 1493 Rhaphedosperma glabra 1554 Rostellularia diffusa 1539 - - — gracilis 1541 - hedyotidifolia 1540 . — - mollissima 1539 - - — procumbens 1539 - simplex 1542 Ruellia punctata 1563 Runt'ia Arnottiana 1550 - latior 1548 - pectinata 1547 - Wightiana 1549-50 Stenosipllonium 1503 - diandrum 1496-1502 - Russellianum 1503 Strobilanthes 1492-6,1510-1522 - — asper 1518-23 campanulatus 1562 ciliatus 1517 decurrens 1517 glabratus 1517 Grahamianus 1520 Heyneana 1520 Heymeanus 1619 lurida 1519 Luridus 1515-16 micranthea 1519 Mysorensis 1519 Neesiana 1523 Perrottetianus 1513 Perrottianus 1523 rugosus 1619 Strobilanthes sessilis 1511 - sessiloides 1512 - Wightiana 1516 - WightianuB 1514-18 ScROFULARIACE^. Anterrhinum glaucum 1459 Artanema sesamoides 1410 Bonnaya verbensefolia 1412 - veronicifolia 1411 Buchnera hispida 1413 Carapylanthus ramosissimus 1416 - salsoloides 1416 Celsia Coromandelina 1406 Limnophila hypericifolia 1409 Mazus surculosus 1407 Micrargeria Wightii 1417 Pedicularis Perrottetii 1418 - Zeylanica 1419 Ramphicarpa longiflora 1415 Stemodia viscosa 1408 Striga Orobanchoides 1414 Verbascum virgatum 1404-5 SoLANAC££. Capsicum fastigiatum 1616 Datura fastuosa 1396 - Stramonium 1396 Lycium ^frum 1403 - Europseum 1403 - Indicum 1403 - Ruthenicum 1403 Puneeria coagulans 1617 - Stocks 1615 Solanum denticulatum 1397 - ferox 1399-1400 - Jacquine 1401 - (N.) pubescens 1402 - verbascifolium 139 CoNVOLVULACEiE. Argyreia acuta 1356 - aggregata 1356-9 - elliptica 1356 - festiva 1356 - fulgens 1357 - setosa 1356-60 - speciosa 1.360 - - tillffifolia 1358 Breweria evolvuloides 1369 - Roxburghii 1370-76 Calonyction speciosum 1136 Convolvulus capitulatus 1366 - gloraeratus 1366 - microphyllus 1367 - - rhynospermum 1368 - - rufescena Cuscuta Arabica - Chinenaia - hyalina - - — sulcata Ipomaea 1356, bracteata - canipanulata - - pileata _ Wightii Lepistemon flavescena Lettsomia - - - — aggregata _ _ setosa Porana paniculata - - racemoaa - - Tolubilis Rivea ornata - tilisfolia Seddera evolvuloidea 1371 1373 1372 1372 1374 1375 1363 1364 1362 1356 1359 1360 1376 1376 1376 1356 1358 1396 Borragine^. Arneibia hispldissima 1393 Cordia cuneata 1379 - domestica 1378 - fulvosa 1380 - Leschenaultii 1380 - Myxa 1378 - obliqua 1378 - Perrottetii 1381 - Rothii 1379 - tomentosa 1378 - trichostemon 1380 - Wallichii 1378 Cynoglossum fureatum 1395 Echinospermum coileetinuin 1394 Ehretia Isevis 1382 - ovalifolia 1383 - Wightiana 1384 - (X .) cumeta 1 385 Heliotropium brevifolium 1389 - Coromandelianum 1388 - linifolium 1391 - - Malabaricum 1387 - marifolium 1390 - - - Rottleria 1392 - Bcabrum 1389-90 - - Bupinum 1387 - — tenue 1391 — — - Zeylanicum 1386 Sericostoma pauciflorum 1377 Tournefortia Edgewortkii 1386 - - reticosa 1386 - subulata 1386 - veridifiora 1386 - Zeylanica 1386 VKRBElfACEiE. Avicennia 1480 - alba 1482 - officinalis 1481-82 - tomentosa 1481 fiouchea (Ch.)HyderabadensiB 1462 - (R.) inarrubiifolia 1461 Callicarpa Wallichiana 1480 Clerodendron infortunatum 1471 - phlomoide* 1473 - serratum 1472 Congea azurea 1479 - velutina 1479 or 1566 - villosa 1479 - tomentosa 1479-1565 Gmelina arborea 1470 - Rheedii 1470 Lantana alba 1464 - Indica 1464 Lippia (Z.) nodiflora 1460 Peronema canescena 1640 Premnacordifolia 1483 - glaberima 1484 - integrifolia 1469 — - serratifolia 1469 - thyrsoidea 1485 - tomentosa 1468 — - W’ightiana 1485 SphenodeBrae acuminata 1476 - — barbata 1474 - - - - ferruginea 1474 - - Griffithiana 1477 - - — Jackiana 1476-7 - - - - pentandra 1475 _ _ _ _ triflora 1478 - - Wallichiana 1475 Vitex alliiaima 1466 IV INDEX ARRANGED ACCORDING TO NATURAL ORDERS. V itex arbor ea - leucoxylon - pubescens Labiate. Anisochilus albidum _ _ dysophylloides - purpureum - sufFruticosum Coleus barbatus - spicatus - Wightii Dysophylla auricularia - crassifolea - tetraphylla Gomphostemma eriocarpum - - - Heyneanum 1465 Gomphostemma oblongum 1457 1467 Lavandula (Ch.) Burmanni 1438 1465 - (Ch.) Lawii 1439 Leucas helianthemifolia 1453 - Indica 1451 - (A.) lancesefolia 1452 1436 - (A.) rosmarinifolia 1455 1434 - (A.) sufFruticosa 1454 1435 - (A.) ternifolia 1453 1437 - (H.) urticaefolia 1451 1432 Melissa umbosa 1474 1431 Micromeria biflora 1446 1433 Orthosiphon bracteatus 1428 1445 Plectranthus coetsa 1430 1444 - macreei 1430 1444 - scrofularioides 1429 1457 - — striatus 1429 1456 - Wightii 1429 Pogostemon Heyneanum - hirsutum - rotundatum - speciosum Prunella vulgaris Scutellaria violacea - rivularis Teucrium tomentosum Salvadoraceas. Salvadora Persica Phytolaccace.*. Gisekia moluginoides - pharnaciodes Euphorbiacea;. Jatropha peltata - villosa 1440 1442 1441 1443 1448 1449 1450 1458 1620 1168 1167 1169 1169 £ R R A T A Plate 1420, for Cystanche tubulosa, read C. lutea. Plate 1420-bi8 for do. do. do. do. Plate 1423, for Phelipsea subacaulis, read Christisonia subacaulis. Plate 1424, for Christisonia aurantiaca, read Camphellia aurantiaea. Plate 1425, for - Neilgherrica, read Campbellia cytenoides. Plate 1465, for Vitex arborea, read V. pubescens. Plate 1467, for Wallrothia leucoxylon, read Vitex leueoxylon. Plate 1472, for Clerodendron senatura, read C. serratum. Plate 1474, for Sphenodesme ferruginea, read Spk. barbata. Plate 1475, for - pentandra, read Sph. Wallickiana. Plate 1476, for - acuminata, read Sph. Jackiana. Plate 1477, for - Jackiana, read Sph. GrijffUhiana. Plate 1479, for Congea villosa, read Congea velutina. Plate 1485, for Premna thyrsoidea, read P. Wightiana. Plate 1523, for Strobilanthes Neesiana, read Jfeesianus. P EXPliANATZON OF PLATES VOL. IV.— PART I. 1163. Axantiies Ceylanica, (R. W.) arbo¬ rescent, ramuli terete or obsoletely 4-8ided, glab* rous : stipules minute, triangular : leaves lanceo¬ late, acuminated, glabrous on both sides, finely retu culated with slender brownish veinlets ; inflorescence umbellate, umbels simple, axillary, usually paired : peduncles about the length of the petioles : calyx cup-shaped, entire or slightly toothed : corolla rotate, 5-cleft : ovary 5 -celled, surmounted by an ovoid, fleshy, disk : style none: stigmas 5 : berry globose, about the size of a rather large pea. — R. fV. Calcutta Journ. Nat. Hist., Vol. 7. Hab. — Ceylon. Obs. — I gathered specimens of this in 1836, and afterwards received others from Colonel Walker, f at first, on account of its bisexual flowers, supposed that this was Blume’s A. corymbosa : discrepancies between his character and my specimens induce me now to look upon it as a distinct species. It is quite distinct from A.Blumcana, which it much resembles in its general outline, though distinguished by many cha. racters taken from the inflorescence and flowers, but especially by the venation, which in this, resembles a Terminalia, in that, a Lasianthus. 1164. Axanthes elLtIptica. (R. W.) arbo* rescent? ramuli terete, glabrous, or very sparingly pubescent; leaves elliptic, shortly and abruptly acu¬ minated, glabrous above, paler and villous beneath, especially on the somewhat prominently reticulated veins, penninerved : stipules linear lanceolate, longer than the petioles, deciduous : corymbs short, sub- capitate, solitary or paired : calyx cup-shaped : corolla rotate : anthers apiculate : style exceeding the disk : stigmas 5, connivent, ovary 5-celled. — R. W. Calcutta Joum. I, c. Hab. — Ceylon, 1836. Oj,_Thi8 species I found in Ceylon, and so far as 1 can make out from ray collection, it has not been met with in any other country. The rigid form, coriaceous leaves, and almost capitate inflorescence, distinguishes it from all the others. The leaves are about five inches long, by from one and a half to two broad. The bisexual habit, a point by which it approaches A. corymbosa, Bl., separates it from all his other species. 1165. Axanthes LrOXGiFOLiA. (R. W.) arbo- re8#nt ? ramuli obsoletely 4-angled, glabrous : sti¬ pules lanceolate hairy, longer than the petioles : leaves ovate lanceolate, acuminate about three times longer than broad, penninerved, glabrous on both sides: corymbs axillary small, dichotomous, hairy, involu- crate at the division ; bracts coarsely hairy : cmyx cup-shaped ; corolla rotate, S-cleft ; ovary sterile, flat, or somewhat concave abov'e, 5-furrowed, surmounted by a filiform style. — R. W. Calcutta Journ. 1. c. Hab, — Mergui, Griffith. Ofts.— The inflorescence of this species much re¬ sembles that of the former, but is much smaller, being under an inch in length, scarcely longer than the petiole, the larger leaves are from nine to ten inches long, by about three broad, ending in a ing acumen, and quite glabrous on both sides. My only specimen is a male, but the ovary is so nearly perfect, that mere change of season seems only want-* ing to make it produce fertile flowers. 1166. Dipsacus Walkeri. (Arnott.) Stem prickly and towards the extremities hairy : leaves pinnatifid softly pubescent on both sides ; lobes ob¬ long-elliptic somewhat obtuse, serrated, the terminal one lanceolate : leaflets of the involucrum spreading much shorter than the globose capitulum : palecp ovate mucronulate ciliate, shorter than the corolla. — Arn. Pugillus. Walpers 2 p. 332. Ceylon in pastures flowering April and May. I gathered it in company with Colonel Walker in 1835, during a short visit to the Island. 1167. Gisekia pharnaciodes. (Lin.) pro¬ cumbent very diflTuse: leaves succulent, obovate lanceo¬ late, obtuse : flowers axillary, aggregated, short pedi- celled. — R. W. Calcutta Joum. V. 7,p. 162. A very common weed gro\ving in pasture ground, and about old walls in flower at aU seasons but espe¬ cially during rainy weather. 1168. Gisekia moeuginoides, (R. W.) erect or ascending ; leaves linear lanceolate : corymb axil¬ lary ; peduncles about the length of the leaves, flow¬ ers longish pedicelled. — R. IV. 1. c. Deesa. Stocks, to whom I am indebted for the spe¬ cimen. This plant, in habit resembles, Mollugo stricta, but seems more erect, leaves clothed beneath with short appressed hairs : sepals membranous on the margin imbricating; corolla none, filaments dilated at the base, anthers adnate ; ovary of five one-celled carpels with a single erect ovule in eachjStyles adherent to the inner angles of the carpels ; stigma pubescent reflex.^ ed : utricles setosely hisped : seed somewhat reni- form polished black ; embryo annular, embracing a copious farinaceous album. The dissections through a oversight do not repre¬ sent a detached seed but as seen enclosed in the utricle. 1169. Jatropha villosa. (R. W. J. pcltata R. W. not Kunth.) fruticose, erect, ramoua, without visced glands : leaves peltate, suborbicular, obtusely 5-7 lobed, entire, softly villous on both sides : calyx lobes lanceolate entire, villous, valvate in oestivation : corolla tubular, hairy within : stamens 8, filaments united to near the apex, interior anthers extrorse. Arid stony plains, at the foot of the hills near Coim- batore,in low shrubby jungle, flowering during the hot season (April and May). This is a low nearly naked 8hrub,except on the ends of thebranches, where it bears a few alternate pelute leaves and its terminal corymbs. It is generally glabrous, except the leaves, which are softly villous on longish exstipulate petioles, somewhat orbicular in their outline, obtusely 5 to 7 lobed and from 3 to 5 inches across. The flowers are pale yel¬ lowish coloured,the exterior series of anthers introrse, the interior extrorse, stigma large, 6 lobed. The want of viscid glands, the valvate oestivation and extrorse interior anthers seem to indicate this as the type of a new genus, but so far as the latter point of structure is concerned, 1 suspect an error in obj servation, as I find a similar structure in Curcas though there also they are all said to be introrse. 1170. Lobelia trigoma. (Roxh.) glabrous, branches diffuse, erect, or ascending and like the stems trigonous : leaves subsessile ovate subcordate repandly dentate, teeth mucronulate r pedicels slen¬ der, longer than the leaves, bibractiolate at the base : tube of the calyx ohconieal, lobes linear, acumin- nate. about the length of the tube : corolla small gla¬ brous, longer than the calyx : anthers enclosed, all bearded at the apex : capsule obovoid. — D. C. Prod., 7. 360. In ftioist pastures on the borders of rice fields fre¬ quent, also abundant in swampy grounds on the Neilgherries. This IS usually a low diffuse plant growing amongst grass, steins weak and succulent, the leaves succu¬ lent when growing, but thin and membranous when dry. Flowers pale blue. The habit of the plant is well represented in the drawing. 1171. Lobelia trichandra. (R. W.) erect, ramous, every where, except the anthers, glabrous or only slightly pubescent r stem and branches terete : leaves obovate lanceolate serrated, shortly acuminated, tajiering below into a shortish petiole r racemes axiL lary looser bracts foliacious, lower ones longer than the pedicels ; upper ones shorter or altogether want¬ ing : pedicels ebractiolate : calyx tube subglobose, lobes ofthe limb lanceolate, serrated, about the length of the tube of the corolla : lateral lobes of the corolla deeply cleft, narrow linear acuminate, middle ones shorter, broader, lanceolate r anthers clothed with short bristly hairs, the lower pair slightly pinicellate. Sisparah on the Western slopes of the Neilgherries flowering from January to April. A large sized her¬ baceous annual from 4 to 6 feet high, ramous from near the base. Lower leaves from 10 to 12 inches long and about 3 broad, acuminated. Flowers white, thelobes of the corolla tipped with rose. I have speci¬ mens of what appears to be a variety with glabrous anthers arid the corolla less deeply divided, 1172. Lobelia aromatica. (Moon’s Cal.) stem simple, erect, terete, glabrous at the base, tomen- tose above : leaves subsessile lanceolate acuminated, finely glanduloso-serrated, villous on both sides: racemes terminal, spicate many flowered ; bracts foli- aceous denticulate : pedicels ebractiolate and like the calyx and corolla tomentose ; calyx tube hemispheri¬ cal ; lobes subulate, subdenticulate, about l-3d the length of the corolla; lateral lobes of the corolla l^ear acute, central ones cohering : two inferior an¬ thers pinicellate, all otherwise glabrous. Ceylon in the central alpine regions— 4 Korales— T^*is species seems intermediate between L. exeeha and nicotianifolia, but is readily distinguishable from both by its tomentose racemes and flowers, and want of bracteoles. 1173.4. Lobelia EXCEL.s a. (Usch. i stem very large herbaceous erect ; leaves lanceolate, shortly pe- tioled, narrow at the base, acuminate, denticulate, puberulous above, tomentose beneath : racemes foba- ceous pubescent, many flowered : bracts long acunii- nate glanduloso-denticulate, tivice the length of the pedicels : lobes of the calyx erect, linear lanceolate, denticulate, thrice the length of the hemispherical tube; equaling the length of the tube of the pubescenf corolla. — D. C. Prod. 7 — 381. Very common on the Neilgherries. A tall ungainly looking plant, flowering during the rains, from May to September but to be met with in flower at all sea¬ sons. The stems are annual but the roots seem peren- neal. The stems are currently met with from 6 to 8 feet high, but may often be seen from 10 to 12 feet, flowers pale yellowish tinged with lilace,. pubescent, than half superior. 1175. Wahlenbergia agerstis. (Alph. D.C.) stem erect, ramous from the base, pilose below ; low¬ er leaves approximated, narrow linear nearly entire, undulated on the margin ; peduncles usually dicho- tamous with very short bracts : tube of the calyx glabrous obovoid, shorter than the erect linear nar.. row lobes : corolla funnel shaped about a twice the length of the lobes of the calyx ; capsule obovoid. — D. C. Prod. 7 — p. 434. Neilgherries frequent, in flower at nearly all seasons, flowers pale blue. I am not quite sure that this is identical with the Nepaul plant or rather, whether I ought not to have viewed this as W. Indica rather than the following which is a much less common plant on the hills and is perhaps a new species. If however this is W. Indica, then it seems probable the two species ought to be united as this corresponds well will with the character in all except in the station. 1176. Wahlenbergia indica ? (Al D. C.) stem ramous below and like the leaves pilose : leaves linear entire acuminate : peduncles 1 flowered glab¬ rous : calyx glabrous, tube ovoid, lobes narrow acute : corolla tubular about a half longer than the calyx, capsule ohconieal. — D. C. Prod. 7. 434. Neilgherries in moist pasture land. In the opera¬ tion of transfer this figure has been represented much too hairy, in the original it was delicately pilose. On this account it would probably have been better to have suppressed the figure, but it is hoped this ex¬ planation will suffice to correct the error of the ex¬ istence of which I was not aware until the whole im¬ pression bad been printed off. 1177. Campanula Alphonsii. (Wall.) de¬ cumbent one-flowered : stem pubescent, cauline leaves sessile, sub-lanceolate acute, denticulate, pilose above, incanous beneath : calyx pubescent, divi¬ sions acute serrated or sometimes lohed, about half the length of the campanulate puberulous corolla. D.C- Prod. 7 (very slightly altered.) Neilgherries forming dense tufts in clefts of rocks. The specimen represented is very different from the one described by D. C. though unquestionably the same species, I have therefore in the character ventured to make one or two slight alterations but I suspect scarcely enough to give a correct idea of the species. 1178. Campanula ramulosa. (Wall.^ stem erect, pilose, ramous : leaves lanceolate sessile, crenato- dentate, veins prominent beneath : pedicels axil¬ lary and terminal : calyx pilose, lobes broad acute sub-denlate about half the length of the cylindrical villous corolla : capsule turbinate drooping. D. C. Prod. 7. 473. Neilgherries, in woods and about hedges in shady places. The original specimens of this species were from Nepaul but so far as character enables me to decide the Southern plant does not differ. ( 2 ) 1179. Campanula, fulgens. (Wall) stem erect, about a foot high, hairy : leaves lanceolate acu* minatecl at both ends, short petioled, serrated ^ flowers Hubsessile, axillary solitary or three together, approxi¬ mated towards the apex : lobes of the calyx subulate elect entile, about the length of the infundibuliform glabrous corolla.~D. C. Prod. 7. p. 477. Neilgherries, on grassy slopes and pastures, fre¬ quent. I have another form, apparently, of this plant with the flowers congested into a capitulura. Flow*- ering season June and July during the rains but not confined to that season as it may be found in floiver at nearly all seasons. The Neilgherry plant seems to differ from the Bengal one in the caly.x being consi¬ derably shorter than the corolla, which leads to the suspicion of its being a distinct species though, from its agreeing so well with the character in other re. spects, I cannot venture on giving it a new name. Vaccinium, Dunal, in his monagraph of the Order Vaccinia, retains Agapetes and Thibaudia. Endlicher, Miesner, and Lindley unite them. Kunth is followed by Mies¬ ner in expressing a doubt as to whether Ceratostema is distinct from Thibaudia, and Hooker states that he “ cannot understand what are the essential distin” guishing marks between them.” Among the follow¬ ing are species which have been referred by different Botanists to Ceratostema, Agapetes, Thibaudia, Gaylussacia and Vaccinium. To determine among so many genera it became indispensable to examine the characters of all with much care. After the closest scrutiny and careful dissection of the flowers of all the Indian species in my collection side by side with several acknowledged Vaccinia from both Ame¬ rica and Europe, I found it utterly impossible, from the characters given, to make out more than one genus among the Asiatic ones,the structure being the same in all. By Roxburgh these would perhaps have been all referred to Ceratostema. Wallich refers them to Thu baudia while Don and Dunal form the genus Agapetes for their reception. Had long tubular flowers been a constant feature, I might on that account, aided by geographical distribution, have followed these authors, and, assuming that as its essential character, kept up their genus. This however is far from being the case, and therefore as a generic character is useless. And on turning to Dunal’s character of Vaccinium, I find the corolla described as “ campanulata, urcola-' ta vel cylindrica.” In all the Indian ones it is either urceolate or cylindrical. He describes the stamens as " limbo calycis inserta,” which is the case in all the Indian onesThave examined, and the fruit “Baceacalyce vestita globosa 4 aiit 5 locularis loculis polyspermis, rarissime 10 locularis loculis monosperrais” which, except the last clause, is equally applicable to the fruit of all I have had an opportunity of examining. The ovary, unfortunately, is not referred to in the character of either genus. The concluding clause of the cha¬ racter may perhaps account for Professor Lind- ley’s referring one of the species to Gfly/Mxsflcia, which, while that clause remains as part of the character of Vacciniton, seems scarcely a distinct genus, the fruit having 10 cells with 1 seed in each being its essentially distinguishing mark. In all other points Dunal’s racters of the 2 genera are nearly word for word the same, and the abortion of all the ovules but 2 in each of the 5 cells converts Vaccinium into Gaylussacia and, unless care is bestowed in the examination, even ( 3 that is not necessary, as a transverse section of a neaf-f ly mature fruit almost always presents the appearance? of 10 cells with one seed in each, and I feel nearly certain that an examination of the ovary will shew that but few of Dunal’s 29 species have it 10 ceiled with a single ovule in each. G. dependens, an au¬ thentic specimen of which was most obligingly com¬ municated to me by Mr. Gardner of Ceylon, has a 4 celled ovary with numerous ovules and is in fact a spe¬ cies Vaccinium with very short anther tubes. Whether Ceratostema can be kept distinct I am unable to say, but, judging from the really essential points of the character, apart from the numerous non- essential ones introduced by Dunal, I think not. Thibaudia has one good distinguishing mark in the union of the filaments between themselves and their attachment to the base of the corolla. But if that is to be taken as the essential character of the genus, then both Macleanea and Anthopterus should be associated as sub*-genera, the collateral marks derived from the calyx and corolla being scarcely of generic value in a family where these organs are so variable. Influenced by such considerations I have without hesitation referred all the Indian species to VacchiL urn with the sub-generic appellation Agapetes to'mark their Asiatic origin. The following I consider the correct characters of the genus, and would view all species in which they meet as genuine species. Calyxradberent, limb 4-5 lobed. Corolla tubular 4.5 cleft. Stamens 8-10 epigynous, anthers adnate, 2 celled often furnished with 2 bristles on the back, the cells ending in a tube Open at the apex. Ovary 4-5 celled, placentas ascending, usually, bearing the ovules on the margin. Berry 4-5 celled, often spuriously 10 celled through the adherence of the v/alls to the thick¬ ened placentas. Seed several in each cell testa cori¬ aceous or somewhat bony : albumen fleshy : embryo orthotropus, radicle next the hilum. Trees shrubs, &c. &c. According to this character it is of no moment whether the lobes of the calyx are large or small, whether the corolla is long or short, thick or thin : the anthers may or may not be bristled, but are al¬ ways expected to have the cells more or less prolonged into tubes, and to have the number of cells of the ovary equal to those of the lobes of the calyx and corolla, with, more or less distinctly, free ascending placentas and a plurality of ovules. Such is the genus Vaccinium as understood by me when naming the following and several other still unpublished species in my herbarium. 1180. Vaccinium (Agapetes) AVallichia- NUM (R. W.) leaves subsessile, lanceolate acuminate, entire glabrous, congested towards the ends of the ramuli : racemes axillary, erect, shorter than theleave.s ; flowers tubular, drooping, and with the pedicels and calyx sprinkled with longish hairs ; pedicels dilated cup shaped at the apex; anthers rough, without bris¬ tles, ending in two long tubes cohering nearly half their length: stigma dilated. Selhet? I am indebted to Dr. Wallich for the specimen from which this drawing was made, but without station or name, I have therefore dedicated it to him. The leaves are from 2 to 3 inches long, and about one broad, the flowers dark pink about an inch. In some points it seems to correspond with Rox¬ burgh’s Ceratostema variegata, but judging from Royle’s figures of that species, is certainly distinct if bis is the true plant. ) 1181. VaCCINIUM (A.) VERTIClLLATU^t. (R. W. Agapetes verticellata Don Thibaudia setigera I GriflRth MSS.) Steins shrubby : leaves verticillate, lanceolate, acuminate, minutely denticulate, acute at the base : flowers raceraoso-corymbose : peduncles and calyx hispid, corolla glabrous, “ corolla about an inch long, 5 lobed, lobes short, filaments slightly cohering, anthers bifid, stigma simplish (sub-sim¬ plex.)”—©. C. Prod. 7, 554. Pundua mountains, Wallich ; Khasya, Griffith. I am indebted to Mr. Griffith for my specimens. It is with considerable diffidence I have adopted the present in preference to Mr. Griffith’s name, as the two species seem very nearly allied if actually distinct. V. (A.) setigera is said to have the leaves ellip¬ tic-lanceolate attenuated, obtuse at the base, but in verticillata, acute at the base ; that added to verticilla* tion is the principal character and they associate in the specimen before me. There is another point in which the specimen agrees with the latter, the fila¬ ments in it are glabrous while in setigera, they are said to be bearded. The magnified corolla is represented much too hairy, an error entirely owing to the imperfection of our lithography, for in the original drawing it is shown scarcely even pubescent ; some of the young unex.. panded flowers have a few scattered hairs near the point the expanded ones, unless when seen under a considerable magnifier, appear quite glabrous. 1182. VaCCINTUM (A.) HlKSdTUM. (R. W.) leaves elliptic-lanceolate, entire, glabrous or subpu- bescent, racemes erect, corymbose, many flowered : flowers tubular, long pedicelled : pedicels shorter than the peduncles, slender and like the calyx and corolla, hairy: filaments short, anthers pubescent, without bristles, ending in two long tubes cohering nearly half their length. . , i. Silhet ? I received the specimen along with the above. No. 1180, from Dr. Wallich, without station or name.’ Though rather imperfect I have ventured to introduce a figure of it, being so very distinct from all I have seen, nor does it correspond with any de- Bcribed species. ^ 1183. Vaccinium (A.) SERPENS (R. W.) shrub* by, procumbent : branches terete, the young shoots clothed with coarse dark brown hairs : leaves conace- ous, Bubsessile, distichous, subcordato-ovate, obtus^ mucronate, glabrous on both sides, recurved, and slightly denticulate on the margin: flowers axillary, solitary or rarely paired : pedicels shorter than the leases, slender, hairy : calyx tube 5 winged, lobes of the limb membranaceous ovate, ciliated, with glandu¬ lar hairs : corolla tubular : filaments short, pubescent ; anthers without bristles, cells short ending m long filiform tubes. Bootan, Phullong Woods, Griffith. This seems quite procumbent probably flowing like ivy on trees. The leaves are from 8 to ines long and half as broad, ovate, or sometimes slightly cordate at the base when dry, somewhat on the surface, convex above, each ending m a onstle. The dried calyx is brownish, scanose and translucent when wetted, the lobes decurrent forming the tube, corolla about 15 lines long, glabrous within. 1184. VaCCINIUM (A.) SERRATUM. Gaylussacea serrata. Lmdley, Royle, Dunal.) Stem fi uticosft t leaves approximated, narrow lanceolate, serrated, acute, rigid, coriaceous, shining, shortly pe- tioled : bracts coloured, subulate : racemes, axillary, few flowered : flowers withering, long pedicelled, whiu ish green. — D. C. Prod. 7, 558. Khasya, Griffith. A careful comparison of the specimens with Royle’s figure and with the character of the species satisfies me that this is really his plant, in which case the analysis shows that it is a true Vaccinium and that Dr. Lindley must have been led, by dissecting mature fruit, into the supposition that it bad a 10 celled ovary. 1185. Vaccinium (A.) venosum (R.W.) shnib- by, glabrous : branches terete : leaves and racemes congested on the ends of the ramuli : leaves subses- sile, elliptic oblong, acute at the base, tapering to a point, serrated, rigid, coriaceous ; veins above (when dry) prominent with the interspaces somewhat bul- late : racemes, axillary, congested on the ends of the branches, about the length of the leaves : fiowera numerous, ovate, small, short pedicelled, with a mi¬ nute subulate caducous hractea and 2 bracteoles : calyx glabrous, lobes triangular ; corolla slightly hairy within, filaments about half the length of the anthers : anther cells rough, without bristles, calcarats at the base, stigma obtuse. Bootan, Griffith. Avery distinct species easily recognized' by its strongly veined somewhat bullate leaves, and nume¬ rous small flowers, leaves 3 to 34 inches long and about 1 broad, very rigid, flowers about 24 lines long, the pedicel about the same. The want of bristles to the anthers places it near V. serratum, the spur to the anthers is peculiar. 1186. Vaccinium (A) Malaccensb (R. W.) shrubby glabrous, ramuli slender terete : leaves gla¬ brous, petioled, ovate lanceolate, acute at the base, acu¬ minated, finely serrated : racemes longer than the leaves, many flowered, solitary, from the axils of the upper leaves : flowers drooping, short pedicelled, brac- tiate ; bracts foliacious lanceolate longer than the pe¬ dicels : pedicels hairy with a bractiole about the mid¬ dle : corolla ovate villous : filaments hairy, anthers without bristles ; style length of the stamens, stigma simple, fruit globose, about the size of a pea. Malacca, Griffith. The largest leaves on my specimens are about 24 inches long and 1 broad at the broadest point whence they taper to both ends. The longer racemes rather exceed that length ; flowers numerous, about 3 lines long, often shorter than the adjoining hractea. Tbs want of bristles to the anthers associates this with V. serratum but in other respects it is quite distinct. 1187. Vaccinium (A) odontocerum (R W.) arboreous, glabrous, branches strongly marked with the “prominent scars of fallen leaves : leaves coriaceous, linear- lanceolate, shining, slightly denticulate,8hort ps- tioled : racemes axillary, rachis about the length of the petiols, pedicels slender, longer than the peduncle : flowers tubular, drooping : corolla 5 cleft variegated with darker zig zag lines : stamens longer than the tube : horns of the anthers furnished near the mid- die with two retrorse bristles, anther cells and fils-* ments pubescent. Khasya, Griffith. Apparently a handsome species. The flewers ( 4 ) spring from the wood of the preceding year, covering the branches below the leaves. The most distinctive peculiarity of this species is the position of the anthe- rial bristles, half way up tbe tube in place of on the back of the anther cell. The leave.3 are about 6 inches long by about 1 broad. 1188. Vaccinium (A) Leschenaultii (R W. V arboreum Lesch. not Michx. Agapetis arborea Dun in D. C. Prod. Andromeda symplocifolia. Wall. L. No. 1522,) arboreous older branches glabrous, greyish white, ramuli pubescenti-villous ; leaves shortly petioled, ovato-elliptic, serrated, acute, paler beneath, hairy on the costa : racemes axillary and terminal, about the length of the leaves. Neilgherries, frequent, flowering March and April, but usually to be met with in different situations in flower and fruit at all seasons. The berries which are about tbe size of red currants and are agreeably acid and make excellent tarts, much resembling in taste those made with the cranberry Oxycoccus palustris or O. macrocarpus. 1189. Vaccinium (A) Neilgherrense (R. W.) shrubby, glabrous, except the pubescent young shoots and leaves : leaves lanceolate, acute at the base, acuminate at the point, racemes longer than the leaves, axillary, usually confined to the extremi¬ ties of the branches : flowers whitish or rose colour¬ ed, short pedicelled, usually furnished with a large foliaceous bractea : corolla ovate, slightly pubescent : filaments hairy, anthers bristled, tubes dilated towards the apex. On the low banks of streams Neilgherries : abun< dant along the banks of the Pycarrah river for a mile or two above and below the Bungalow. Flowering during the dry season, from February till April. It is nearly allied by its technical characters to the former, but is evidently quite distinct. The large foliaceous bracts supplies the best distinguishing mark, but both in habit and locality it differs. 1190. Vaccinium (A.) affine. (R, W.) shrubby, every where glabrous : leaves short petioled, from ovate lanceolate acuminate to elliptic lanceolate, pointed at both ends, crenulato-ser rated towards the point : racemes axillary or more frequently from the previous years’ wood about the length of the leaves : flowers secund drooping, pedicels as long as the flowers : bracts foliaceous, lanceolate, caducous, with 2 subulate bracteols at the base of the pedicels, corolla ovate : filaments slender, subulate, as long as the anthers and tubes, sparingly pubescent at the ^se : bristles nearly half the length of the tube : anther cells rougbish, small in proportion to the size of the tubes. Khasya— Griffith. This is very nearly allied to the following, from the same country, the difference being confined to the stamens ; in this the filaments are as long as the antliers and both hairy in that the filaments short covered with malted hair, and the anthers glabrous or nearly so. 1191. Vaccinium (Ag.) Donnianum, (R^ W.) ramuli virgate terete glabrous : leaves short petioled, obovato-lanceolate acuminate, coriaceous, crenato-ser- rated : racemes axillary cernuous about the length of the leaves, many flowered : flowers drooping : co¬ rolla glab'ous, villous within : filaments short, thick¬ ly covered with coarse matted hair : anthers glabrous ; bristles short, tubes thick I'style exceeding tha sta¬ mens : stigma dilated. Khasya, Griffith. This species is nearly allied to both the preceding and following,) but I think differs specifically from both. 1192. Vaccinium (A.) Griffi’toianum. (R.W.) shrubby, ramous : branches terete, glabrous, except the pilose extreme ramuli : leaves elliptic pointed at both ends, finely serrated, coriaceous.glabrous: racemes axillary foliaceous, many flowered : flowers short pedi- celled, ovate, drooping, each furnished with a leaf like bractea and two bractiols : calyx lobes ovate serrated : corolla ovate, filaments hairy, about the length of the anthers : anthers bristled ending in thick tubes. This seems much allied to V. Leschenaullii, but is I think quite distinct. 1193. Vaccinium (A.) onovATu.M. (R. \V.) shrubby, procumbent diffuse, glabrous : ramuli slen¬ der, very leafy: leaves short petioled, obovate-ciini- ate, entire, subrivolate on the margin : flowers axillary solitary drooping, pedicels about the length of the leaves : calyx and corrolla glabrous, stamens exserted, filaments very short, anther cells united at the base forming a spur, bristled : tubes about twice the length of the anther cells : berry globose about the size of a small pea. Cheera Pungee. — Griffith. In habit this seems to approach Arc. uva-ursi hut otherwise, is a true Vaccinium, and certainly cannot be mistaken for any other I have seen. 1194. Vaccinium (Ag.) Dunallianum. (R. W.) arboreous or shrubby, glabrous ; leaves elliptico- lanceolate, ending in a long slender acumen, entire, coriaceous, changing to a pale sallow brown in drying : racemes axillary, gemmate at the base, shorter than the leaves : scales of the buds ciliate concave : corolla campanulate ; filaments short, broad, pubescent : an¬ thers setigerous about the length of the corolla : beiry orbicular small. Bootan. — Griffith. This a curious and very distinct species, most easily recognised by the peculiar acumen of its leaves, and, in dried specimens, by the unusual pale brown colour it acquires during that process. The scally buds from which the racemes spring are also peculiar in this species and bring it towards Rhododendron. Fig. 5 of the plate represents outside and inside view’s of one of the scales. 1195. Gaultheria Leschknaultii (D, C. G. ovalifolia Wall. List No. 1523. Andromeda Katagkt' rensis. Hook Icon. 246. Leucothof Katagherensis. D. C. Prod. 7, p. 606. Andromeda jlexuosa ! Moon) glab¬ rous, ramuli subtrigonous *. leaves pitioled ovate or obovate, terminating in a gland, crenulate, punctuate beneath : racemes axillary or lateral pubescent, a lit¬ tle shorter than the leaves, erect : bracts concave acute glabrous, one under the jiedicel, two near the flower. D. C, Prod. 7 — 593. Neilgherries, abundant and to be met with in flow¬ er at all seasons. It is a considerable sized ramous shrub with very thick coriacious leaves end pure white flowers. Berries blue. 1 have adopted D. C. specific name in preference to Wallich’s catalogue name as having a specific cha¬ racter attached : on the same grounds Hooker’s spe¬ cific name held priority had he correctly recognized ( 5 ) thfe preiins. It seems curious tliat D. C. sTrculd liave overlooked the identity of Hooker’s plant with his CAvn as the figure is most characteristic, especially vhen aided, as it is, by a good character and descrip¬ tion. The oldest name is undoubtedly Moon’s, but he also referred it to a wrong genus. 1196. Gaulthehta fragkantissima. (Wall.) glabrous, erect, vamuli somewhat 3 cornered : leaves elliptic. oblong, acute at both ends, dentate, coriace¬ ous : racenaes axillary, solitary, straight, puberulous, about half the length of the leaves, bracts concave acute ; 2 under the calyx, one under the pedicel. D. C- Prod. 1. c. Ceylon — Col.^Valker. There are some slight dif.* ferences between the Ceylon and Nepaul plants, hut not sufficient 1 apprehend to constitute them distinct species. 1197. Gaultiieria Griffith iana (R. W.) shrubby, glabrous ; leaves short petioled, elliptico- lanceolate, acutely serrulate, coriaceous : racemes axillary, solitary, erect, much shorter than the leaves, puberulous ; bracts acute, concave and with the se¬ pals ciliate ; hractioles somewhat remote from the flower : filaments short, ventricose in the middle, hairy. Bootan, Griffith. This sjiecies seems very distiirct from all the Indian ones differing in the form and in the delicate serra¬ tion of the leave.s, the short racemes, ciliate bracts and calyx, but especially in the bellied filaments. 1198. Andromeda (Pieris) lanceolata. — (Wall.) leaves lanceolate, acute at the base, acumu nated, entire on the margin : racemes simple, flowers secund ; corolla oval cyliodrical, pubescent. D. C. Prod. 7,p. 599. Khasya, Griffith. If this is really Wallich’s plant which the shape of the leaves renders somewhat doubtful, the specific name seems less appropriate than his usually are. It may however be merely a broader leaved form as I have another specimen of apparently the same species with lanceolate leaves and it corresponds in other respects. Being unable to detect any sufficient generic differ* ence, 1 have followed Endlicher in reducing the genua Pieris to Andromeda. 1199. Andromeda (P.) ovalifolia. (Wall.) leaves oval, obtuse at the base, acuminated, entire on the "fiargin : racemes simple, flowers secund sub- pubescent : corolla oval cylindrical, puberulous, D.C. Prod. 1. c. Simla, Countess Dalhousie ; apparent'y, judging from a finely preserved specimen, a beautiful tree. 1200. Andromeda (P.) Formosa. (Wall.) leaves lanceolate, acute at the base, acuminate, serruj late, coriaceous, glabrous : racemes paniculato-lhyr- sold, corollo ovate. D. C. Prod. 1. c. Bootan, Griffith. Leaves crowded, 2-3 inches long, racemes delicately pubescent, lobes of the calyx with a marginal nerve. 1201. Rhododendron arbobeum, (Smith.) arboreous, Laves lanceolate, glabrous, scaly beneath ; flowers compact corymbose ; ovary pubescenti- tomentose 8-10 celled. D. C. Prod. 7 — 720. Neilgherries, very frequent. Flowering in great perfection in March and April, Leaves rusty colour¬ ed beneath, flowers deep crimson. The tree itself, apparently from usually growing in exposed tilua- lions, has a gnarled stunted appearance ; its compact capitula of flowers always terminal. 1202. Rododendron grande, (R, W.) Ar¬ boreous, everywhere glabrous except the bractial scales, the inner series of which are densely tomen. lose externally ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, cuspidate- ly acuminate, somewhat ohovate, (the broadest part nearer the apex than the base) petioled, entire, coria¬ ceous, whitish scaly beneath : corymbs terminal capi¬ tate : hracteas ohovate cuspidate toraentose ; corolla subcampanulate, limb 8 cleft lobes emarginate : stamens I6 the length of the tube : stigma dilated, ovary 16 celled. Bootan, Griffith. Mr. Griffith briefly characterises this species in the single word “ magnifique,” which idea I have attempted to convey in the specific name. In this the same relative proportion of parts exist as in II. arboreum, that is the number of stamens and cells of the ovary are equal and double those of the calycine teeth and lobes of the corolla, but in this they are a half more numerous ; this mark equally dis¬ tinguishes it from R. formosum which is lO-androus. J203. Rhododendron griffithianum. (R. W’.) arboreous, glabrous, branches terete : leaves cori¬ aceous, crowded on the ends of the branches, oblong- oval, acute at both ends, mucronate : racemes terminal lax, flowers longish pedicelled : calyx entire, scutelli- form: corolla campanulate, 5 lobed, spreading : sta¬ mens 15 (?) shorter than the corolla: anthers trun.* cated opening by pores, ovary hairy 10 celled. “ Bootan, a beautiful species, 1045 — of journal-” — Griff. MS. Every flower in my specimen has so suffered from attacks of insects that I could only find one in a fit state for dissection, and from it we learn that this species has a 5 lobed corolla, 15 stamens and a 10 celled ovary. Here is a marked departure from all the other sections of the genus hence, if further ac¬ quaintance with the species establish the correctness of these numbers, this must form either the type of a new section or of a genus. 1204. Ly.simachia (ephemedrum) Leschk- NAULTii (Duby in D. C. Prod. V. 8.) erect ramous, leaves opposite or ternate lanceolate, sinuate (?) entire, acuminate, glabrous, short petioled : flowers race¬ mose crowded : bractiols linear subnlate, acuminated, much shorter than the pedicels : calyx much shorter than the companulate corolla, divisions linear lan¬ ceolate acuminate, lobes of the corolla ohovate obtuse, entile; stamens equal exserted : style filiform. D. C. Prod. Neilgherries, frequent in low moist or even marshy soils and generally to be met with in flower. Plant herbaceous perennial from two to three feet in height. Flowers on first opening reddish-white, streaked with darker lines afterwards acquiring a rather deep lylac tinge. 1205, Anagallis latifolia (Linn) roots her¬ baceous : decumbent, ramous ; branches elongated, 4 sided slightly winged : leaves opposite or ternate broad ovate, semiamplexicaul, subacute, spreading : pedun¬ cles longer than the leaves ; calyx a little shorter than the corolla, lobes narrow linear-lanceolate acuminate : corolla nearly twice as long as the stamens, lobes ( 6 ) obovate obtuse, finely serrulate : filaments hairy : cap¬ sule about the length of the calyx. D. C. Prod. Neilgherries, in corn fields and other cultivated lands : flowers blue. Duby asks if this is a genuine species ? The question is not easily answered but so far as my slender acquaintance with A. arvensis enables me to judge, I confess I feel disposed to answer in the negative, though, on slightly comparing my Neilgherry specimens with European ones of A. arvinsis there does appear some difference. This more nearly approaches the variety A. ccerulea if in¬ deed it is not that very plant, of which however I have not a good specimen to compare. The Indian plant is much more luxuriant than the European. 1206. Mcesa Ixdica (Alph. D. C.) : leaves ovato- elliptic acuminate, coarsely dentate, membranaceous, subrivolute on the margin : racemes axillary and terminal, simple or ramous at the base, glabrous, twice the length of the petiole : bracts lanceolate acuminate, shorter than the pedicel, bractioles ovate acute : lobes of the calyx ovate subciliate : corolla 5 cleft, 3 times the size of the calyx, lobes obovate subciliate spread¬ ing : ovary semisuperior stigma capitate sublobate. D. C. Prod. 8. 80. Alpine jungles in various parts of the peninsula, on the Eastern slopes of the Neilgherry rather fre¬ quent. Between this and M. Perrotettiana I can discover no satisfactory difference. This inay indeed be that plant as it grew on the Neilgherries, but I have numerous specimens from other localities which seem all, with but slight variations, to corres¬ pond with it. I have therefore adopted the older name though I suspect the newer might have been ■afely given. The genus indeed seems a very diffi¬ cult one, different specimens varying in appearance but scarcely affording specific marks of disrinction. 1207'. EmBELIA GLANDUniFEBA (R. W. By an error E. Ribes on the plate) : glabrous : leaves ovate, lanceolate, obtusely acuminate, entire, furnished with numerous glands on either side of the mid rib : flowers polygamous, and hermaphrodite, small, pani- cled or racemose : panicles axillary, sparingly branch¬ ed or sometimes reduced to a simple raceme : lobes of the calyx ovate, acute : petals elliptical, puberulous, tomentose on the margin, fruit small globose. Neilgherries &c. This species is so neady allied to E- Ribes that when naming the figure I supposed it that species. On subsequent more careful comparison however with good specimens of the Ceylon plant I ha\'e seen reas^m to change my mind and view the continental plant as distinct, from the insular species. Axillary sp&rin^ly brsinchcd inflorcsc6ncG forms s dis**. tinguishing mark of some, but I think only secondary importance, the presence of glands along the mid rib I consider the essential character, as I find it constant in specimens from the Neilgherries, Bel- gaum, and Mahablishwar Hills, but absent m all my Ceylon specimens as well as in others received from Mergui and Malacca. They are not always so nu¬ merous as they are represented in the drawing, neither does the inflorescence usually partake so largely of the racemose character, but still I believe the figure true for the specimen represented. Masa misstoms D. C. is referable to this species, if a specimen m my herbarium, so called, is correctly named. But of that I am uncertain. The flowers of both this spe¬ cies and E. Ribes are polygamous but I am uncer- C 7 tain whether there are male and bisexual plants, or that the same plant produces both kinds of flowers according to the season at which they blossom. I suspect the latter however to be the case. 1208. Embelia gardnerian.4. (R.W.) : young branches and petioles ferrugeneo-hirsate : leaves ovate, rounded at the base, crenulato-serrated, coriace¬ ous, glabrous, e.xcept the sparingly hairy costa, reti.- culately veined : peduncles axillary short, ferrugineo- tomentose : racemes capitulate : pedicels about as long as the peduncles, glabrous r calyx much shorter than the glabrous corolla : petals obovate obtuse longer than the stamens, sprinkled with purplish co¬ loured spots. Sisparh on the western slopes of the Neilgherries in clumps of jungle, rare. Flowering February and March. A diffuse shrub, remarkable in the genus for the venation of the leaves which, when dry, form a quite a net work of white lines. In habit it associates with Choripetalum but its quinary flowers seems to keep it distinct, I have dedicated this very distinct species to Mr. Gardner of Ceylon, who accompanied me when it was found and gathered the first flowering speci¬ mens. Thro’ an oversight of the draftsman the branches are represented glabrous in place of clothed with short hairs. 1209. Embelia TsJEKiAM-coTTAi* (Alph. D.C.) glabrous : leaves ovate, entire (scarcely) coriaceous, short petioled : racemes axillary solitary, shorter than the leaves : flowers subsessile crowded, polygamous ; petals ovate-lanceolate spreading, villous within : an¬ thers pointed. Hab. Malabar? I am uncertain regarding the station as the specimens were collected and the draw^ ing made while I was in England, but I believe in Malabar. The few specimens I have corresponding with the figure are all male flowered, which will I think account for the differences between my figure and Rheede’s. In these specimens the leaves are not coriaceous, but that may perhaps be owing to their being still young, scarcely full grown. In some other specimens which I doubtfully refer to E. Basaal,. and in one, which is I suspect the fertile plant of this species, they are somewhat coriaceous. These two species seem too nearly allied, the only difference I can see being in the shape of the leaves which in this are more distinctly ovate, in that somewhat elliptico-lanceolate sub-acuminate. The specimen figured seems an intermediate form which might serve to unite them, in which case I should propose to dedicate the united species to the original discourser. They are also very nearly allied to E. villosa, of which I possess a specimen fr«m the Himalayas, this being glabrous that pubiscent is the only differencs I can see. 1210. CkOBIPETALUM AUBANTIACUM (Alph. D. C.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, subacute at both ends, entire,coriaceou8, long petioled : racemes much shorter than the leaves, longer than the petiols, bracts acumi¬ nate as long as the pedicels, petals linear lanceolate reflexed : filaments longer than the petals, much longer than the anthers. — D. C, Prod. Neilgherries also Malabar, flowering during the dry season. When in full flower the branches are quite covered with the numerous lacemes of bright orange coloured flowers. The leaves vary considerably in ) •ize, bein/7 from three to six inches long by from 1 to 2 broad, usually ending in a blunt acun)en. According to Professor Arnott the genus Choripe^ talum Alph. D. C. is identical with the genus Samera L'nn ; and that this plant, consequently, ought to be called Samara aurantiaca. To this view I am not yet prepared to accede, unless the genus Myrsine be added, as I feel all but certain that S. lieta Lin. is Myrsime capitellata. Wall, and Alph. D. C. — €or^ nus Zeylanica 8fc. Burm. Zeyl. tab, 31. 1211. Myrsine CAPITELLATA. (Wall.) leaves elliptico-obovate entire, coriaceous,g]abrous, narrowing into the petiol : fascicles numerous, 5-8 flowered, hrac- tiate: bracts imbricated,ovater flowers short pedicel led ; teeth of the caljx ciliate: lobes of the corolla lanceo¬ late acute, two or three times larger than the calyx, exceeding the stamens. — D. C. Prod. 8 — 95. Leaves 4-6 inches long, acute or obtuse, every where punctuate, those of the margin larger — flowers poly¬ gamous, the fascicles, owing to the bracts, resembling small cones. Nepaul. P Grandiftora, leaves smaller, lobes of the co.» rolla 4 times longer than the teeth of the calyx, Neil- gherries, D.C. l.c. — Cornus Zeylanica sylvestris altera «5‘C. Burm. Zeyl. tab. 31. Ootacamund, frequent in clumps of jungle, flower, ing February and March, when the naked branches, below the leaves, are quite covered with its numerous compact capituloe of flowers, an appearance which the artist has not been successful in representing. The branch in fruit conveys a better idea of its appearance in that stage. 1212. Ardisia HUMiLis. (Vabl.) leaves obovate lanceolate, obtuse, subentire, coriaceous, contracted at the base into the petiol : racemes umbilliform, axillary and terminal, reflexed, shorter than the leaves r lobes of the calyx orbiculate, subciliate : lobes of the corolla lanceolate, subacute, twice the length of the calyx. — D. C. Prod. 8—129. Eastern slopes of the Neilgberries, in subal pine jun¬ gles, in moist soil near the banks of streams, flowering March and April. This is beautiful and somewhat variable plant but is not likely to be confounded with any other species. Its showy rose or rather light purplish flowers shining black fruit and large bright shining leaves makes it a most conspicuous shrub. In favourable situations it becomes a small tree. That from which the specimens represented were taken was nearly 20 feet high. It is a widely distributed and conspicuous plant and has received several names as A. Solanaem, Uttoralis, Doma, oleracea, umbellata, &c. I am uncertain to which of D. C.^s varieties this be-< longs but think his last. 1213. Ardisia riiomboidea, (R. W.); leaves rhomboidal acuminated, contracted below into the petiol, glabrous, slightly crenulately undulated on the margin : racemes axillary, much shorter than the leaves, few flowered : pedicels umbellate, bracts lan¬ ceolate acute i lobes of the calyx ovate, subciliate, three times shorter than the corolla r lobes of the corolla broad, ovate acute, longer than the stamens : fruit glo¬ bose small. Shevagherry Mountains in dense jungles, flowering August. A glabrous shrub, leaves from 2 to 3 inches long and from 6 to 8 lines broad, at the broadest ( 8 part, whence it suddenly contracts towards each end, without pellucid dots, flowers small. In some res¬ pects this approaches A. penia^rorto but is I think quite distinct. 1214, Ardisia pauciflora. (HeyneD. C.)i leaves long elliptic, narrowing at both ends, entire : racemes axillary scattered few flowered, much shorter than the leaves, pedicels umbellate, longer than the flowers : lobes of the calyx ovate-acute, subciliate : co.. rolla two or three times longer than the calyx. Branches virgate, terete, puberulous at the extremities, leaves 3 to 4 inches long, pellucedo-punctuate, mixed W’ith other larger redish ovate semipellucid ones. — D. C. Prod. 8—127. Courtallum, flowering in August and September. The plant figured seems to correspond well with the character but wants the “ punctis majoribus ru- bescentibus ovatis semipellucidis” which I consider an important character though the want of it seems scarcely sufficient to authorize my considering this a new species, unless I had authentic specimens of tha other to compare, which I have not, 1215, Ardisia Cotjrtalensis. (R. W.) : leaves obovate cuniate bluntly acuminate entire, subsessile : panicles longer than the leaves terminal lax, branches umbellate (not paniculate) few flowered ; pedicels umbellate 4-5 times longer than the flowers, spreading : lobes of the calyx ovate, pointed, ciliate; of the corolla ovate, subcuspidate longer than the stamens. Courtallum.— August and September. In subal- pine jungles. This species so nearly approaches A panicyfata in its general characters that I should probably have been induced to consider it a form of that species had I not possessed authentic specimens from tUe Cal¬ cutta garden.- The best and most easily recognized distinction is the compositon of the panicle : in this each branch ends in a simple umbellate raceme, in that forms a secondary smaller panicle : in this there¬ fore the panicle is simple in that compound. Other distinctions are not wanting when the two plants are compared, the dense panicles with their numerous reflexed branches, and short pedicelled drooping flowers of that and the loose ones of this, with their long pedicelled spreading flowers, show at once the difference. The upper 4 or 5 leaves forming a verticel round the base of the panicle, are from 7 to 9 inches long, and from 2 to 2^ broad, the fruit 1 have not seen, 1216. Ilix (P.) Wightiana. (Wall.): glabrous, leaves ovato elliptic or elliptic acuminate entire, co¬ riaceous : umbels numerous axillary or from the scars of fallen leaves, pedicels about the length of the pe¬ duncles, often longer r flowers often polygamous by abortion, corolla 5-6 cleft, berry 5-6 seeded. Neilgberries — frequent : to be met with in flower at nearly all seasons, but in greatest perfection in all March and April. A large umbrageous tree everywhere glabrous, leaves from an inch and half to two inches long, co.. riaceous, shining above paler and dull beneath, usually ending in a short abrupt aeumen. Flowers very numerous, small, white ; at certain seasons nearly all males, at others generally bisexual. Berries about the size of a pea, red when ripe. I measured one tree 18 feet in circumference at about 6 feet from the ground. > 1217. Ilix Gardxetiia.na. (R. W.) ; subar* boreous glabrous : leaves ovate lanciolate or sub- cordate, ending in a tapering acumen, umbels axillary or aggregated on the naked branches ; pedicels often shorter than the peduncles, sparingly hairy ; calyx and corolla 5 lohed, the former sprinkled with short hairs. In clumps of jungle near Sispara on the Western slopes of the Neilgherries, flowering in profusion in February. A small tree or large shrub, and at the time we gathered the specimens figured, one of great beauty. It was not then in fruit, indeed most of the flowers fteem males. It seems very nearly allied to the pre¬ ceding but dift'ers in habit, in its much larger, more membranous, and long acuminate leaves, and also in larger and more conspicuous flowers. At first I felt disposed to consider this a variety of /. Wightiana, viewing the larger size of the leaves and flowers as depending on the plants being younger and more luxuriant, an error which Mr. Gardner first pointed out, I therefore dedicate the species to him. 1218. Sapota Elingoides, (Al.D.C.) ; branches often spinous, ramuli ferrugenio-tomentose : leaves acute at both ends, glabrescent, entire : flowers axil' lary, few, pedicels the length of the petiol and like the calyx clothed with rusty coloured pubescence : lobes of the calyx ovate, acute, the 3 exterior ones broader : corolla about twice the length of the calyx, 5 cleft, lobes erect, ovate, acute; tube, externally, pilose: anthers apiculate, sterile stamens oblong subulate, the length of the stamens, the back and margins pilose. — -D. C. Prod. 8 — 176. Neilgherries, in almost every wood about Otaca- mund, in flower and fruit at all seasons. A large tree with rough cracked bark, hence much covered with both parasitic and epiphytic plants of all kinds. The flowers except from their number are not con.spicuous, and have no beauty. The fruit is about the size of a crab, and not unlike one, agreeing moreover in the sour austere taste of that fruit. It is made into pickles, and the nat ves cook and eat it in their curries. The spines are axillary from 1 to 2 inches long : the leaves from 1 J to 2 inches, scarcely coriaceous, flowers solitary, or 3-4 together, vvhite, anthers extrorse, ovary hairy, 5 celled, with a single ascending ovule in each, three or four of which usu¬ ally abort before the fruit attains maturity. 1219. IsONANDRA PeRROTTETI ANA (Al. D. C.) leaves elliptic narrowing at both ends, apex obtuse, base acute, glabrous above, slightly pilose beneath : flowers sessile, lobes of the calyx ovato-rotundate, silkyi* corolla deeply 4 cleft. — D. C. Prod. 8 — 188. N^gherries, in jungles, about Sisparah and the Avalanche, flowering February and March. Arboreous, the ramuli clothed with rusty coloured silky hairs, leaves from 3 to 4 inches long, shining above, dull or silky beneath, flowers small, sessile, forming dense capitulse on the leafless branches, calyx of a brownish rusty colour, corolla white, style exserted, ovary 5 celled with 1 ovule in each, fruit usually 1 seeded, obovate. The analysis of this, as regards the calyx, is not quite correct. 1220. IsoNANDRA Candoeli ANA (R. W.,) Icaves obovate, oblong, bluntly acuminate, tapering at the base, glabrous beneath ; flowers sessile ; lobes of the calyx very unequal, exterior ones much larger and hairy : corolla deeply 4 cleft, lubes emarginate, much longer than the stamens, anthers pubescent at the apex. Neilgherries, about Outacamund and Pycarrah, in clumps of jungle, flowering in March and April. This seems almost too nearly allied to the former, but still the two plants when lying side by side seem perfectly distinct, even more so than in the figures ; they besides occupy diifereat stations, and 1 have never met with them together, 1221-22. Diospyros Candolliana: (R. W.) arboreous, glabrous, leaves elliptic oblong, obtusely acuminate, flowersaxillary, aggiegate(j sessile; calyx 4-5 cleft, lobes of the male simple, of the female revo- lute on the margin: corolla, tubular 4-5 cleft, tuba exceeding the stamens : stamens of the male 10, fllaments united by pairs at the base, anthers oblong, apiculate ; of the female 4-5, sterile ; ovary 4 celled (always ?) style simple : stigma 2 lobed : seed ovate, compressed ; testa slightly corrugated on the surface : albumen deeply convolutely furrowed. Malabar, flowering and in fruit in June. A very distinct species, allied by its geminated sta¬ mens to D. tetrasperma, but differing in the quinary structure of its flowers. Leaves from 4 to 6 inches long, and from 1 to 2 broad, calyx clothed with rusty coloured hairs. The ovary is 4 celled in pentamer- ous flowers, I thence infer that is the regular num¬ ber— fig. 11 of 1222 ia a aection of the seed and testa. 1223. Diospyros dubia. (Wall.): ramuU to- mentose : leaves ovate^elliptic, obtuse at both ends, slightly pilose above, beneath and the petiols pubes¬ cent : male flowers short peduncled, ternate, sessile : calyx 4-5 cleft, tomentose on both sides, lobes acute erect : corolla twice the length of the calyx, externally pubescent. — The bark of the older branches pale, fur¬ rowed as if corky ; leaves 3-5 inches long, to 2 broad. Flowers pale, tomentose : stamens 13.14 often geminate. Neilgherries and Serramallee Hills, near Dindigull. 1 have not been so fortunate as to meet with the female plant. In drying it turns to a pale yellowish colour ; the calyx and corolla are clothed with pale rusty coloured hair. The stamens in some flowers seem to be hypo- gynous, occupying the centre of the flower without a rudimentary ovary, in others the rudimentary ovary is distinctly present with the stamens attached round the base, scarcely if all adherent to the ovary, hence I presume Dr. Wallich’s doubt as to its being a true Diospyros. In the printed figure, owing to the imperfection of Indian Lithography, the hairy parts are represented much more densely clothed than they ought to be. The older leaves are thinly sprinkled with hairs, the younger ones pubescent. 1224. Diospyros capitulata (R. W.,) fruti- cose, ramuli tomentose, older branches glabrous : leaves oval, short petioled, pubescent above, tomen¬ tose beneath : flowers numerous, axillary, subsessile, capitulate ; calyx hairy, 4 parted : corolla, deeply 4 cleft lobes obtuse, hairy on the back, stamens 16, alternately long and short, anthers oblong, bilami¬ nate at the point, rudimentary ovary, obsoletely 4 lobed, female not seen. Balaghaut mountains, near Madras. This in its infl irescenceand general appearance ap¬ proaches D. cMoroxglon R., but seems quite distinct. ( 9 ) It is at once distinguished from all the species with which I ana acquainted, by its anthers being prolong¬ ed at the apex, and cleft into two thin lamellae : leaves about an inch long and 8 lines broad, obtuse at both ends, becoming blackish in drying ; capitula of flowers usually sessile, but sometimes borne on a short peduncle from 6 to 10 together. 1225. Diospyros MONTANA? (Roxb.) *. leaves ovate acute, obtuse at the base, glabrous, membrana¬ ceous : racemes reflax-patulous, nearly twice the length of the petiol, male 5-6 flowered, female one flowered r bractS and lobes of the calyx ovate, acute, ciliate ; corolla of the male twice the length of the calyx : stamens length of the tube. — Leaves 2 to 2^ inches long, from 1 inch to an inch and quarter broad, nar* rowing towards the ape.'r. Flower buds ovoid conical, stamens of the male flowers lanceolate, geminate, not two anthers to one filament. Female flowers tetran- drous, ovary globose, 8 celled, styles 4, divided, ac¬ cording to Roxburgh, at the apex. Courtallum, subalpine forests. Several circumstances tend to make me now doubt whether this is Roxburgh’s plant, or even a variety of it. It unquestionably corresponds in most points with his description, but the form of the calyx does not correspond, and the stigmas are not cleft. Willd- now has given a brief character and very imperfect description of another plant, which he recognised as a distinct species, under the name of O. orixensis. From his character it scarcely appears that they are different, but it is not probable that he would have described two specimens of the same plant as distinct species i may not this therefore be the female plant of D, orixensis of which he might not have had a speci, men. This I can only advance as a conjecture, and as my plant agrees in so many points with Roxburgh’s description, I retain his xvame, but with a mark of doubt attached. 1226. Diospyros OBOVATA (R. W.) glabrous, except the pedicels and calyx ; leaves broad obovate obtuse, tapering towards the base, coriaceous, entire : flowers axillary, sessile, aggregated in dense capitula, calyx deeply 4 lobed ; lobes unequal imbricated, inu terior pair glanduliferous at the apex ; corolla 6 lobed, about the length of the calyx, lobes obtuse : stamens 18, filaments very short, anthers apieulate : a large free, style-like, rudimentary ovary in the centre. The female of this species is still unknown to me, but as it seems a very distinct one and may be easily recognised from the figure, I have thought it desirable to gx^m it a place here. The peculiar calyx seems to rend^t probable that it may form the type of a new genus when better known. » 1227. Diospyros ovalifolta (R. W.) glab¬ rous, bark greyish, corrogated : leaves oval glabrous slightly coriaceous ; flowers aggregated on short peduncles on the naked branches : calyx hairy, 5 lobed : corolla twice the length of the: calyx, 5 cleft : stamens numerous, subhypogynou.s, filaments short, bearing two linear acute geminate anthers : hetma-. phrodite, flowers like the male with a 2 celled ovary. 1228-29. MaBA NEILGERBENSIS (R, W. M.Ebi^ ntison theplato) ramuli slender glabrous : leaves ellip¬ tic lanceolate, obtusely acuminate, membranaceous, glabrous : flowers axillary, males several, females soli¬ tary : calyx campanulate, 3 lobed, hairy on both sides : ( corolla tuhular, 3 lobed, about twice the length of the' calyx : stamens 6, sub-hypogynous unequal, hairy at the base : ovary 3 celled, ovules paired, stigma 3 lobed, berry 3 seeded. Woods about Coonoor on the Neilgherries. When naming the drawing, I did not sufficiently advert to some points of the specific character nor to the description given by Rumphius, being unfor.. tunately satisfied with a comparison of the figures which sufficiently accord. This oversight led to the mistake of naming the figure M. Ebinus, which I did not discover in time to have it corrected. The much larger flowers of this sufficiently distinguish the two species. It seems nearly allied to M. Smeathmanni, but is, I think, quite dist nct. ’ 1230. SvMPLOCoa pbechra (R. W.) shrubby, diffuse : lamuli, leaves, peduncles and bracts clothed with long brownish hair r leaves ovate oblong, acu¬ minate, slightly cordate, setosely serrated : peduncles axillary filiform, several flowered (3-4) calyx lobes ciliate, corolla glabrous, ovary pubescent, 3 celled. Sispara on the Western slopes of the Neilgherries, on the banks of streams, flowering in February. A beautiful species, the snow white flowers con¬ trasting with excellent effect with the brownish tawny coloured under surface of the leaves against which they press in the growing plant. 1231. Symplocos Gardneriana. Arboreous, ramuli ferrugenio-tomentose : leaves petioied, elliptic acuminate, denticulate, glabrous above, tomentose on the costa beneath, pubescent on the lamina, veined (4th series of veins visible under the lens) .- racemes axillary, about half the length of the leaves : flowers crowded, bracts, bracteols and calyx tomentose ; style the length of the stamens, stigma capitulate. In woods between Ootacaraund and Pycarrab, on the Neilgherries, flowering in February. A consi¬ derable tree of great beauty when covered with itt numerous white flowers and deep green leaves. 1232. Symplocos microphylua (R.W.) fruti<« cose, ramous, glabrous : leaves elIiptic,obtuse, serrated, coriaceous, glabrousf, or with a few hairs on the costa beneath, racemes axillary about twice the length of the petiols, pilose : bracts ovate, obtuse, and like the calyx pubescent : lobes of the calyx suborbicular, ciliate : corolla scarcely longer than the stamens. Neilgherries, high on the hills behind the Avalanche Bungalow on the banks of small streams, flowering in February, A very ramous bush 5 or 6 feet high, and when found was covered with its numerous fragrant white flowers, leaves from 1 to Ij inch long, and from 8 to 10 lines broad, slightly crenato-serrated. Fruit I have not seen. 1233. Symplocos obtusa (Wall.) leaves ellip¬ tic obovate, orbicular above, tapering towards the base, subdenticulate ; racemes axillary, twice the length of the petiols, simple, and like the flowers glabrous : lobes of the calyx roundish. — Leaves 3 inches long 12-15 lines broad, veins prominent beneath, no quaternary ones : bracts caducous : tube of the calyx obconical, flowers eubsessiie, lobes of the calyx ciliolate. — D. C. Prod., 8, 255. Neilghenifs, frequent i’l woods about Ootacamund, flowering during the dry season, April and May, 10 ) 1234. Symplocos poliosa (R. W.) rery ramous, ramuli terete, marked with numerous elevated scars of fallen leaves, very leafy on the extremities : leaves ovate lanceolate, acute or somewhat acuminate, coria¬ ceous, serratoudentate, glabrous except a few scattered hairs on the costa : racemes axillary, several congested on ends of the branches, about twice the length of the petiols, hairy : flowers crowded, sessile, calyx tube short, glabrous, lobes unequal, one longer, ovale obtuse hairy on the back : corolla glabrous, about the length of the stamens : ovary hairy, 3 celled, with about 4 pendulous ovules in each. Neilgherries, rare, flowering during the dry season. This species resembles S. Gardneriana, but appears quite distinct. I am not well acquainted with the tree, the specimens having been procured by a native collector. 1235. Symplocos nervosa (Alph. D. C.) leaves oblong, lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, crenately denticulate, very glabrous, shining above ; beneath the veins and venulse areolate : racemes simple axillary, twice the length of the petiols, and with the ovate acute bracts, pilose : lobes of the calyx ovate, oblong acute, hairy on the back. — Leaves 3-5 inches long, 12^15 lines broad, the broadest diameter often beyond the middle, petiols, about 6 lines long. Bracts caducous, 2-3 lines long, bracteols oblong, solitary at the base of each flower. — Nearly allied to S. racemosa, but differ¬ ent, the 4th series of veins conspicuous in Herbareum specimens : leaves less coriaceous, tube of the calyx and lobes longer, bracteols narrower, the apex of the ovary not free, glabrous. — D> C. Prod,, 8, 256. Neilgherri#8, in woods about Ootacamund, and towards Pycarrah. Flowering during the dry season. It differs in some points from the Nepaul plant de.* scribed by D. C. The leaves are serrated, not re¬ motely dentate, and the calyx is obtuse not acute. Whether a comparison would furnish other points of difference sufiicientto constitute this a distinct species I am unable to say. The difference between it and specimens I have named S. rcicgjnoso, seem to indi¬ cate that it is not distinct from S. nervosa of Nepaul. 1236. Symplocos monantha (R. W.) fruiticose, very ramous, glabrous, leaves short petioled, elliptic- lanceolate, acuminate, serrated: flowers a.xillary,solitary sessile : calyx glabrous, lobes ovate pointed, much shorter than the corolla: corolla 5 parted, lobes roundish, obovate, the length of the stamens : stigma capitate. « . • Shevagherry Hills, near Courtallum, flowenng in Augu^i. A leafy very ramous shrub, leaves from to two inches long, ending in a tapering acumen, about 8 lines broad. The solitary flowers of this species at once distinguishes it from all the other Indian ones with which lam acquainted. 1237. Symplocos pendula (R. W.) arboreous, glabrous ; leaves, from oval obtuse to somewhat obo¬ vate, entire, coriaceous ; peduncles axillary, short, few (2-4) flowered-; flowers pendulous, tubular : calyx ciliate ; corolla 5 lobed ; stamens numerous, about 3 series, inserted on the throat, exserted ; filaments compressed contracted filiform at the apex ; style rather exceeding the stamens ; stigma capitate ; ovary two celled, ovules superposed : fruit oblong. Pulney Mountains and Ceylon, flowering Sep¬ tember. . , According to Mr, Bentam’s viiWi of this genus, { (Lin. Trans, vol. 18) this is the only genuine species of Symplocos yet found in India, all the preceding ones being referable to the Linnean genus, Hopea, which he thinks ought to be restored and kept distinct. In this view 1 most fully coincide, as the difference between the two forms is too great to admit of their ever being viewed as true congeners, or even subgenera of one genus. Alph. DeCandolle however having in bis revi-/ sion of the genus united them, I have thought it better to adopt his genus, as it stands, than incur the risk of adding to the existing confusion, by partial changes. This species differs from the character of the genus in having a two not 3 celled ovary, but agrees in all other respects, it will therefore form a section of the remodelled genus Symplocos, agree¬ ing in that peculiarity with Al. DeCandolle’s section Palura of the present one. 1238. Olea glanduhfera (Wall.) leaves elliptic, acute at the base,acuminate at the point, entire, glabrous,glandulose beneath in the axils of the nerves : panicles axillary shorter than the leaves, glabrous : calyx four toothed ; stigma capitate. — Petiols 9-10 lines long : leaves 4-5 inches long, 15-18 lines broad, fruit ovate, somewhat pointed, about 4 lines long. — D. C. Prod., 8, 283. Neilgherries, in woods near the Avalanche, flower* ing March and April, the fruit of the preceding year still on the trees. A low tree with a fine spreading head. Leaves pea green, flowers numerous, small, white. Panicles numerous, axillary, congested to¬ wards the ends of the branches shorter than the leaves. Ovary pubescent. The glands on the under surface of the leaves form the most characteristic feature of this tree. The original specimens from which the character is taken were gathered in Nepaul, but seem to agree well with our plant. 1239-40. Olea polygama (R.W.) polygamous, leaves obovate cuspidate, tapering at the base, short petioled, entire, coriaceous ; those of the male plant smaller, tending to lanceolate : panicles axillary, many flowered, those of the male larger and more diffuse : hermaphrodite flowers somewhat larger : corolla 4 cleft, ovary ovate, with a distinct style and capitate stigma ; in the male all trace of ovary wanting ; fruit, Neilgherries, in woods between the Avalanche andi Sisparah, flowering February and March. A small, but when in flower, a very beautiful tree, being then, especially the male, covered with innu-* merable flowers, the fertile tree is much less conspi¬ cuous. Bark greyish, smooth ; leaves glabrous, coria* ceous, terminating in a rigid point, acquiring in dry¬ ing a ferruginous tint beneath, and brownish above. Panicles cymose, each division terminating in a cluster of from 8 to 10 flowers. The fruit I have not seen, 1241. Olea linocieroxdes (R. W.) leaves short petioled, elliptic oblong, abruptly acuminate, entire, glabrous, somewhat coriaceous, transversely veined: peduncles axillary, much shorter than the leaves, trichotomous, each division terminating in a capitulum of flowers : flowers sessile, calyx 4 lobed, ciliate ; corolla deeply 4 parted, the divisions long linear snbulate, united by pairs to the filaments, three or four times the length of the stamens : ovary ovate, style short, 2 cleft at the apex: drupe oblong bony, 1 -seeded : seed albuminous, albumen homy, embrya foliaceous, nearly the length of the albumen. Courtallum, in dense forests, flowering in Augnit, 11 ) A small tree or large shrub, flowers white. It was not without considerable hesitation that I placed this species among the Olives, from vvhich it seems to be well distinguished by the form of the corolla, and my first thoughts were to constitute it the type of a new genus. Further consideration, however, and a closer examination of the distinctive characters of the genus induced me to place it here, as being its most suitable station. The drupaceous fruit removes it from the Syringets, the albumenous seed from the Chionanthece, with which the flowers would otherwise associate it. Among the genera of Oleineee, it might have been with equal, or perhaps, greater propriety, referred to either Picconia or Noteloea, but after comparing it with the characters of each, it seemed todifier nearly as widely from both as from Olea, with the character of which it accords in ev'ery point except the corolla, and there¬ fore seems to form the transition from the one to the other : having the fruit and habit of Olea, and the deeply parted corolla of Picconia and Noteloea. 1242. Olea robusta (Wall. Phillyrea rohiiMa, Roxb. Visiania robusta D. C.) leaves elliptic, oblong, acute at the base, acuminated at the apex, entire : pa¬ nicles terminal, large, diflPuje, racliis and pedicels pubescent : style clavate : fruit subcylindrical. — Arbo¬ reous, wood very hard, leaves 3 4 inches long, 1 to li broad, flowers somewhat fragrant, fruit size of a bean. —D. C. Prod., 8, 289. A not unfrequent, usually small sized, tree, in alpine jungles in Southern India, the specimens figured were gathered on the Eastern slopes of the Neilgher- ries, where it is to be met with in flower or fruit at all seasons. The genus Visiania of De Candolle only differs from Olea in the fruit. He remarks of it — “Genus inter Oleam et Phillyream medium priori dispositione florum et albumine carnoso, posteriori putamine char- tacco .affine.” From this it appears, it only differs from Olea in having a paper-like fragile putamen, w'hile Olea has a hard bony one, a distinction to which I'cannot attach generic value. 1243. Ligustrum Neilgherrense (R. W.) siiharboreous, glabrous, leaves ovate, elliptic, acute or cuspidately acuminate, coriaceous, thyrses on the ends of the branches lax. Xeilgherries, on banks of streams, flowering during the rains in May and June. A small tree or large shrub ; leaves often suhalternate, from I5 to 2 inches long, and about 1 to li broad, the larger ones usually terrainifiing in a short acute acumen, flowers numer¬ ous, fragrant and large for this genus. Very nearly allied to the following, as the extreme forms of each seem to pass into each other. They appear distinct, the one being common and very con- tantly retaining the form of a shrub in nearly all situa¬ tions, while the other is very local and attains a much larger size. It appears to me that D. C. has included both under his character of L. Perrottetii, I have lirnit- ted that name to the more generally diffused species, which is most correctly compared to L. mlgare, which it much resembles. 1244. Ligustrum Perrottetii (D.C.) branches puherulous at the apex, leaves elliptic, obtuse at both ends, or subacute, glabrous, coriaceo-carnosulous, the thyrses terminating the branches, compound compact. C. Xeilgherries, frequent ; to be met with in nearly all situations, on hilly pastures and hanks of rivulets, and very uniform in its habit in both. A ramous leafy shrub, from 2 to 4, or 5 feet high, leaves from 1 to inch long, by about 6 to 8 lines broad, of a dark green color, usually obtuse at , both ends, but occasionally somewhat acute ; ratnuli numerous, short, each terminating in a compact thyrse of fragrant white flowers, fruit oval, obtuse at both ends, about the size of a small bean. D. C. hints that perhaps L. Nepalense, ' h a native of the Neilgherries ; I have not met with any plant cor¬ responding with his character, “ branches softly ilk lous,” and “ leaves villous beneath.” 1245. I.ixociERA INTERMEDIA (R. W.) leaves elliptic, acuminate at both ends, long petioled : panicles axillary, diffuse, about as long as the leaves : flowers' aggregated on the points of the ramuli, sessile, often male by abortion : ovules ascending, stigma capitate, 2 lohed, fruit oval, one seeded. Eastern slopes of the Neilgherries frequent, flower- ing during the rainy season. — Arboreous, glabrous, leaves opposite, from C toS inches long, including the petiol, panicles axillary, varying much in size, the larger ones being about the length of the leaves, flow¬ ers numerous, white, frequently sterile by abortion, and then the panicles attain their greatest size; fertile pa¬ nicles are generally shorter than the leaves. Flower.s small, ovules ascending. I am uncertciin whether this last structure is general throughout this ‘Tribe,’ but if so, the direction of the ovules afford a mark by which it can, when in flower, he distinguished from the Oleineje; ascending in this, pendulous from the apex of the cell in that. This species seems exactly intermediate between L, mticrophylla and ramiftora, hut is more nearly related to the former. 1246. Linociera malabArica. (Wall. Alph. D. C.) leaves elliptic, obtuse, cuneately attenuated at the base, glabrous on both sides : riicemes axillary, much shorter than the leaves, few flowered; the ramuli bearing 1 to 3 sessile flowers on the apex : pedicels and calyx pubescent, petals linear chanelled, Petiols about 2 lines long, leaves 2 inches long, and about 15 lines broad, fruit oval, obtuse at both ends, about the size of a bean,— H. C. Prod., 8, 292. _ Courtallurn ami Western Slop.-s of the Neilgher¬ ries, flowering February and March. A rambling shrub: leaves from 3 to 6 inches long, 12-15 lines broad, somewhat ohovate, cuneate, ending in a short blunt acumen. Flowers white, having the appearance of 4 slender, lanceolate petiols, united 2 and 2, by the short stout filament, fruit ovate, oblong, smooth. 1247. Jasminum rigidum (Zenker D. C. ]. myrtifnlium Zenk. D. C. I. Wight and Gard¬ ner, Calcu'ta J (urnal of Science) glabrous, erect, or 6uhscands.-nt : leaves ovate or oval, ( blure at the base, submurronale at the point, branches axillary, and ter¬ minal, 3 6 flowered : pedicels about the length of the tube of the calyx : lobes of the calyx 4-6, linear, subu¬ late, erect, as long as the tube : corolla about 5 times longer than the tube of the calyx; lubes six, ellip¬ tic, suhraucronatp, about a third shorter than the tube. Leaves short, petiol d, from 10 to 12 lines to an inch and half long, from A or 1 or inch broad, shining, Kubcoriaceous, 4 nerved, the lateral ones the larger : flowers white, fragrant, about 15 lines long, Neilgherries, not infrequent about Gcon'oor and Koterfrlierry. and other places about the same eleva-. tion, flowering during March and April, but generally to be met with in flower at other seasons. This, as may be supposed from the synonyms, is a polymorphous species. I have it in all forms, and on comparing a number of specimens, but growing under diSerent circumstances, find them all mere variations of the same species. Growing in clifts of rocks with but little soil, and stunted in its growth by the absorbed he^t, it becomes I. myrtifolium. In rocky places, but with a larger admixture of soil it is I. rigidum, while in rich deep soil, sheltered and shad¬ ed by trees, it becomes diffuse with scandent branches, and is then I. tetraphis. The latter is the form repre¬ sented in the plate, and is thus characterized by us. “Scandent, glabrous, shining, branches and branchlets roundish : petiols geniculate, leaves oblong, lanceolate, acute at the base, attenuated at the apex, (obscurely) 3 nerved : flowers from 3 to 5, terminal, sessile, lobes of the calyx 4, rarely 2 or 3, subulate, erect, about half the length of tjie tube of the corolla ; limb of the corolla 5-6 lobed, lobes lanceolate, acute, shorter than the tube. “ Nearly allied to 1. laurifoHum, Roxb., from which it chiefly differs in its sessile flowers, and fewer calycine lobes. Flowers white, fragrant, leaves from 2 to 24 inches long, and about 12 lines broad.” — W. and G., Calcutta Journal of Natural History ^ vol. 27, pg^ 55. 1248, Jasmtnum bractiatum (Roxb.) scandent, branches terete, elongated, velvety : leaves ovate, ob¬ long, acute, villous, with short petiols ; fascicles ter¬ minal, subsessile, 3-5-11 flowered, bracts broadly ovate, cordate, subfascicled ; calyx lobes 5-7, subu¬ late : tube of the corolla twice the length of the caly.x, lobes 5, oblong, obtuse, apiculate ; style exserted, en¬ tire.— I). C.,Prod. Aboo. Stocks. I am indebted to Mr. J. E. Stocks for my speci¬ mens of this plant. They upon the whole agree so well with Roxburgh’s character and description, that when naming the drawing, I felt little hesitation in adopting his name ; the very remote stations, however, of the two plants, and the short style now leads me to doubt its correctness. In the figure the leaves are represented much too hairy, a fault mainly owing to the lithographer. They are villous on both sides, and hairy on the costa beneath. The lobes of the corolla vary from 8 to 9, the draftsman has generally con¬ ferred the latter number, perhaps because the one he took for dissection had that number. 1249^ Jasminum rottlerianu.m (Wall.) every where i^ept the flowers hairy, branches terete : leaves elliptic, obtuse at the base, acute at the apex ; petiols jointed in the middle : peduncles 3, terminal, bearing fascicules of flowers on the apex : bracts linear lanceo¬ late acuminate ; caly.x pubescent, lobes subulate : tube of the corolla thrice the length of the calyx lobes, lobes 5-7, oblong, mucronate, about one-third the length of the tube.— D. C. Prod. Bracts lanceolate, of a pale whitish hue, pubescent ; the leaves are softly pubescent rather than hairy, much more so beneath than on the upper surface, which on old leaves becomes nearly glabrous. Slopes of the Neilgherries rather frequent, and to be met with in flower at nearly all seasons. A rather extensively scandent species, usually met with in moist soil among trees. 1250, Jasminum Malabaricum (R. W.) scan- ( dent, branches terete, leaves broad, cordate, suborhi- cular, cuspidately acuminate, glabrous : petiol jointed in the middle : peduncles axillary and terminal, cymos* 7-9 flowered : flowers crowded, subsessile, erect ; bracts . subulate : calyx campanulate 6 lobed, lobes subulate, reflexed at the apex, about one-third the length of tb« tube of the corolla ; lobes of the corolla ovate, cuspidate about half the length of the tube. Malabar Coast near Calicut, flowering in March and April. An extensively scandent species, everywhere except the inflorescence, glabrous : leaves from 24 to 3 inches in diameter, ending in a short abrupt slender acumen. 1251. Jasminum EBECTiFLORUM (Alph. D, C.) glabrous, leaves ovato-lanceolate, subcordate, long, acuminate : peduncles on the ends of the branches, ternate; with from 5-7 erect condensed flowers on the apex : bracts linear, subulate, somewhat longer than the pedicels : lobes of the calyx 6, linear subu¬ late : tube of the corolla 3 lines longer than the calyx ; lobes 6-7, oblong, acuminate, half the length of the tube. An extensively scandent shrub, extremities of the branches 4 sided, leaves 3-5 inches long, 15-20 lines broad, petiols 4-6 lines long, jointed near the base : cymes shorter than the adjoining leaves ; hractt and lobes of the calyx erect ; flowers white, fragrant. — Alph. D. C. in D. C. Prod. Neilgherries, ascending to an elevation of about 6000 feet, flowering during the hot season. This when in full flower is a very handsome species. Its large shining dark green leaves and numerous pure white fragrant flowers, render it a conspicuous object among the dense jungle in which it usually grows. 1252. Jasminum couktallense (R. W.)fniA ticose, scandent,glabrous,ramuli terete: leaves petioled, trifoliolate, leaflets petioled, broadly ovate, rounded at the base, blunt, the lateral pair a little smaller than the terminal one : panicles axillary, numerous towards the ends of the branches, many flowered, flowers sub¬ sessile : calyx campanulate, 5 toothed : corolla 5 lobed, lobes obtuse : anthers short, ovate, mucronate : style exserted, stigma globose ; berries globose, about the size of a pea. Courtallum, flowering August and September, A beautiful species nearly allied in habit to I.Jleanle, but abundantly distinct, differing in the form of its leaves, calyx, corolla, anthers, style and stigma. 1253. Jasminum flexile (Vahl.) scandent, glai hrous: leaves petioled, trifoliolate; leaflets petiolate, ovate, oblong, acuminate, shining, the lateral ones about half the size of the terminal ; petiols flexicose ; racemes axillary, bracbiate, thrice the length of the leaves : calyx campanulate, minutely and acutely 5-6 toothed. — D. C. Prod. Tube of the corolla about an inch and half long, 5-7 lobed, anthers subsessile, ob¬ long, cuspidate, style shorter than the tube of the corolla, stigma oblong, obtuse, rough. Courtallum, in dense jungle, near the bottom of the falls, flowers nearly all the year, but in greatest per* faction during the cooler months. 1254. Jasminum brevilobum (A1. D. C.) branches terete, pubescent or hairy : leaves trifolio.. late, the lateral pair minute often wanting, the termi¬ nal one ovate, very obtuse, or subcordate at the base, mucronate at the point, usually hairy on both sides^ more rarely pubescent or subglabrous above; flowers 13 ) foliolate section, and ranka next I. auriculatum, though from the abortion of the lateral pair of leaflets, simple leaved Specimens are of frequent occurrence. Such must have been the case in the one from which D. C. took his character as he has given it simple leaves. They also vary much in the degree of hairyness, being sometimes nearly gla¬ brous, at others to the full as hairy as represented in the plate. The shortly lobed calyx and 2 ovuled cells of the ovary clearly associate this with the Trifolid- latcB, as these pec^iaritie^ are common to nearly all of them. 1255. Jasminum AFPtJiK (R. W.) scandent, sub- glabrous, branches terete : leaves petinled, 3 foliolate, leaflets broad, ovate, subcordate, mucronate, the ter¬ minal one much larger; corymbs aSillary, 3-9 flower¬ ed, numerous towards the ends of the branches, there forming a terminal panicle ; calyx short, obtusely 5 lobed : lobes of the corolla lanceolate, acute, about J the length of the tube : anthers ovate, mucronate, style much Shorter than the tube of the corolla, stigma linear, furrowed, cells of the ovary 2 ovuled. Lower sloped of the Neilgherries, and on hills about Coimbatore. This, if really a distinct species, seems to occupy a station intermediate between I, hrevilobum and I. auriculatum, but at the present mo¬ ment, I feel doubtful whether they are not all three but one species. There are technical differences be-* tween this and t. auriculatum, but, not, I fear, of suffi¬ cient specific valucji though sufficient to induce me when naming the drawing, to consider them dis¬ tinct species. The difference of inflorescence, and very different geographical position occupied by I. hrevilobum on the summits of the highest mountains, while the others descend to the plains, seem to point it out as distinct, though its structural characters agree with those of the other two. 1256. Jasminum oVAiiiFoLiUM (R. W.) scan- dent, villous, branches terete : leaves trifoliohte, leaf¬ lets ovate, oblong, tapering slightly at the base, acu¬ minate, villous on both sides ; the axils of the veins breath often furnished with hairy glands; lateral pair sublanceolate, much smaller than the terminal ; corymbs axillary, 3-9 flowered, numerous towards the extremities of the branches; calyx campanulate, slight¬ ly 5 lobed : corolla about 7 lobed, lobes oval or sub' obovate, obtuse, about i the length of the tube, an¬ thers oblong, style the length of the tube, stigma subexserted, clavate or subcapitate, cells of the ovary 2 seeded, ovules pendulous from the apex of the cells. Malabar, flowering in April. This is nearly allied to the former, but is at once distinguished by the form of the style and stigma, which, judging from other Specimens, seems the only mark on which reliance can be placed, for in other respects, if some specimens 1 have referred here on the strength of that character, be truly referable to this species, it is a variable plant. ( In them the leaves are scarcely half the size.obtuSe i both ends, and glabrous on both sides, the inflores-*' cence, however, is the same in both. These latter forme are not unfrequent in hedges, about Coimbatore, flower¬ ing during the rainy months from July to November, 1257. iASMiNUM GRANDiFLORUM (Lin.) gla¬ brous, at length scandent : branches somewhat an¬ gled : leaves pinnate, leaflets 4 pairs with an odd one, oval, mucronulate, the outer ones confluent, the terminal one acuminate, panicles terminal, corymbose, few flowered ; lobes of the calyx subulate, 3-4 times shorter than the tube of the corolla ; lobes of the corolla oval, obtuse. — Corolla white, reddish be¬ neath. — I). C. Prod. • Courtallum, but I believe cultivated, nor do I recol¬ lect of ever having met with this plant in a truly wild state. 1258. Jasminum revolutum (Sims. I. bignoi- ciunt Wall. I, aureum ? Don’s Prodromus,) glabrousy not scandent, branches angled ; leaves alternate, pin¬ nated, leaflets 3, 5, 7, 11, ovate, or ovate oblong, acuminate : panicles terminal, opposite the leaves, corymbose : calyx acute and acutely denticulate, lobes of the corolla subrevolute on the apex — Flowers yellow, fragrant. — D. C. Prod. " Var. peninsular e (Alph. D. C.) leaflets obovate, oblong, narrowing at the base, acute at the apex, flowers few, Neilgherries frequent. An erect shrub, 2-4 feet high, flowers solitary, or three or four.” Neilgherries, abundantly distributed all over them, and always to be met with in flower, but in greatest perfection during the rains. Under the name I re- volutum, perhaps, two species are confused, but as I am unacquainted with the original form, and as I infer that Alph. D. C. would not have referred this plant to it unless he had good grounds for so doing, I adopt his name, and bring here Wallich’s 1 bignoniaceum, which must be identical with Var. 0. of Alph. D. C. though referred by his father to a different Section, as there is no other plant having the slightest resem¬ blance to it on the Neilgherries. D. C. refers hero I chrysanthemum Roxb. I also bring Don’s I. aureum here, though doubtfully, as he says, the leaves are opposite, which however, I suspect is an error, as I have a Nepaul specimen, accurately according in all other points with bis character, but with alternate leaves. 1259. Cbropegia UECAisNEANA (R. W.) twin¬ ing, glabrous : leaves lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, acute, hispid above, from short scattered rigid hairs, glabrous beneath : umbels pendulous, 6 flower¬ ed, pedicels devaricated, longer than the peduncles, flowers large, ascending, mottled with purple spots, calyx lobes setaceous, corolla clavate, largely ventri» cose at the base, lobes of the limb cohering at the point : secondary lobes of the staminal crown about half the length of the primary, erect, slightly cleft at the apex, tipped with purple. Neilgherries, on the road side leading from Sisparah to Malabar, but rare, flowering March and April. An extensively twining, somewhat succulent shrub, leaves from 6 to 8 inches long, about 1 broad ; corolla nearly 3 inches long, about ^ of which forms the dilated base ; secondary lobes of the crown yellow, tipped with purple without, deep purple within : follicles long and slender, not much thicker than whip cord. 14 ) 1260. Ceropegia jtTNCEA (Roxb.) glabrous, twining, subcarnose; leaves small, sessile, lanceolate, acute, peduncles few flowered : sepals subulate, corolla clavate, ventricose at the base, the lobes ligulate, nearly as long as the tube, connate at the apex, ciliate : exterior lobes of the starainal crown short, united to the middle, pilose, interior ones linear,- honked at the apex, follicles alternated, glabrous, brachiate. — Dec, in D. C. Prod. A widely distributed’ plant on the plains of India. The specimen here represented was gathered near Coimbatore, and has been introduced as presenting one of the richest flowering specimens I have seen. The plant being succulent, and possessing an agree¬ able acid taste, is much eat by the Natives as a sort of salad. 1261. Ceropbgia PusfLLA (W. and A.) herba'i ceous, glabrous, erect, 2 6 inches high root tuberous; leaves linear, lanceolate, succulent : flowers axillary, solitary, erect : corolla ventricose at the base, tube cylindrical, longer than the lobes of the limb : exterior lobes of the staminal crown ciliate, shorter, the inte¬ rior ones, longer than the gynostegium : follicles erect, about two inches long, attenuated at the point. Neilgherries, in pasture ground, but rare. I found it more abundant on the banks of the Pycarrah river than elsewhere, but there too it requires to be closely looked for. The specimen figured is a large one of the plant. 1 262. Ceropegi A CILI ATA (R. W.) suflfruticose, twining : root tuberous, stems glabrous, leaves short, petioled, ovate, lanceolate, attenuated towards the point, coarsely pubescent on both sides, hairy on the veins beneath, ciliate on the margin : peduncles axiU lary, about half the length of the leaves, hispid, um¬ bels 6 -10 flowered: calyx lobes subulate, shorter than the ventricose base of the corolla ; corolla gla¬ brous, lobes cohering at the points, shorter than the tube ; exterior lobes of the staminal crown emargi- uate, ciliate, interior ones clavate, recurved at the points : follicles about 3 inches long, linear, tapering towards the point. On clifts of rock at Katie Falls, Neilgherries, flow¬ ing June and July. The ciliation of the margins of the leaves, a constant, though from the shortness of the hairs, not a conspicuous feature in this plant, has unfortunately been altogether overlooked by the artist : in other respects the figure gives a correct idea of the plant. m63. CeroRegia fNTERMEDrA (R. W.) fruti- co^ twining : leaves ovate, lanceolate acute, glabrous on both sides ; peduncles shorter than the leaves, several flowered : sepals subulate, about the length of the ventricose portion of the corolla : limb of the corolla shorter than the tube, lobes subspathulate, ciliate, united at the point, forming a globose head : exterior lobes of the crown obsolete, interior ones long, spathulate, hairy towards the base. Serramallie, near Dindigul, flowering October. This species seems nearly intermediate between C. bulbosa and C. accuminataf but abundantly distinct from both. 1264. Ceropegta MUNRown (R. W.) frutieose, slender, twining : leaves short petioled, narrow, lanco- late, acute, succulent ? flowers large, solitary, short, peduncled ; corolla ventiicose at the base, tube short. contracted in the middle, limb long, deeply cleft ihfd‘ five slender lobes, ciliated with gland uliferous hairs, exterior lobes of the corona inconspicuous, interior ones ligulate, twice the length of the column. Neilgherries or Coorg jungles. This species is only known to me through the accompanying figure, and a single flower for which I am indebted to Captain Munro, but without character or station. I believe, however, he found the specimens on the Western Slopes of the Neilgherries or Goorg jungles, both of which he explored. 1265. CeropeGia EEEGANg (Wall.) twining, glabrous, leaves ovate-oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, attenuated or shortly acuminate^ acute, somewhat suc¬ culent, ciliolate :■ peduncles equaling the petiols, few flowered : tube of the corolla ventricose, curved at the base, purplish speckled ; hobes subdelioide, acuminate, cohering at the apex, often ciliate : exterior lobes of the staminal crown, ligulate, approximated, interior ones longer, inflexed, more or less united at the points : follicles very long, slender, glabrous, subtorulose : pollen masses brownish coloured. — B. C. Prod., 8, 642. Neilgherries, frequent. The specimens figured were ’ gathered in Kotergherry, on the Eastern descent. I have however met with it in many other places. It varies considerably in the colour of its flowers', the limb being sometimes purple, at others pale, the ciliae are as often wanting as present, and seem to separate readily. 1266. CeropeGta tV-alker.® (R. W.) frutieose, twining, glabrous : leaves long petioled, ovate, acumi¬ nate, somewhat succulent : peduncles about the length of the petiols, terminating in a few flowered umbel : pedicels nearly equaling the peduncle, furnished at the base with a subulate bract : tube of the corolla abruptly contracted above the ventricose base, gra¬ dually dilating upwards ; throat campanulate, lobes deltoide cohering at the poiUts, the margins folded back : exterior lobes of the crown about the length of the interior ; interior recurved at the apex : follicles long, slender. Ceylon, flowering in April. I first found this beau¬ tiful species in jungles on the banks of a stream by the road side going to Kandy, with General Walker, but I am indebted to Mrs. Walker for the drawing, and dissections from which the plate is taken. The tube of the corolla is speckled all over, with purple spots. 126?. Ceropegia spiralis (R. W.) suffruti- cose, erect, glabrous : root tubuous : leaves long, narrow, lanceolate, acute : flowers large, solitary,’ short peduncled : tube of the corolla ventricose at the base, lobes of the limb long, subulate, spirally twisted, ciliate at the base : exterior Ibbes of the crown shorter than the column, interior dilated at the base, ligulate and free abov'e. Balagbant Hills, near Madras, flowering, July and August. My specimens of this plant were few and only one, that here represented, in flower, hence the want of dissections. The figure is however, in other respects so characteristic, that there can be no diffi'* culty in recognising the plant from it. 1268. Caralluma atte.scata (R. W.) erect, stems 4 sided at the base, subterete towards the apex, sparingly ramous : flowers confined to the ends of the branches, cemuous or drooping : lobes of the coroU* lanceolate, fimbriate on the margin. in arid plains near the foot of the Neilgherries flowering March and April. Though frequent in that locality it is far from being so local in its distribution as 1 have repeatedly met with it elsewhere. Through some error the dissections have not been added which however is not of much consequence as in this the structure does not differ in any essential point from the rest of the genus. But probably another oppor.. tunity of supplying the deficiency will offer. This species is, in our contributions to Indian Botany p. 34, referred to C. fimbriata. Wall, further acquaintance has satisfied me that it is a distinct spe¬ cies. It grows in very arid stony soil generally among tufts of low thorny shrubs in which situations it not unfrequently attains a height of from 2^ to 3 feet though from 12 to 18 inches is its usual height. Ax the base, the stems are always 4 sided and fleshy, the flowering extremities subterete and attenuated towards the point. Flowers usually drooping, dull purple, thick¬ ly fimbriated on the margin, follicles slender, about half a foot in length. 1269 Hoya PARViFLORA (R. W.,) scandent.leaves approximated, fleshy, glabrous, narrow lanceolate, blunt pointed : flowers few, generally paired, from a short thick peduncle ; pedicels shorter than the leaves : corolla glabrous : leaflets of the crown ovate poinU ed, the apex resting on the stigma. Courtallum flowering September. The specimens from which the drawing was made grew in thick shady jungle, thickly matted over a large stone : as a species it seems to approach H li¬ nearis but the leaves are glabrous and lanceolate in place of hirsute and linear. 1270 CoSMOSTIGMA ACUMINATUM (R. W.,) shrubby twining ; leaves broad ovate or cordate at the base acuminate ; sparingly sprinkled on both sides with short hairs ; the veins especially beneath more thickly clothed : peduncles a little longer than the jietiols, rigid hairy ; pedicels short, cernuous, stout in proportion to their length .- corolla marked with pur¬ ple spots. Balaghaut Hills near Madras and Ceylon Flower¬ ing April and May. This seems almost too nearly allied to C. racemo^ sum from which it principally differs, so far as yet known, in its inflorescence. In this the peduncles and pedicels are short, rigid and somewhat tomentose ; in that, both are long, slender and nearly glabrous. The wide difference in geographical distribution is further in favour of their being kept distinct. 1271 Gymnema Decaisneana (R. W. 0. kir^ sutum Dec. in D. C. Prod, not W, and A.) twining tomentose : leaves ovate or ovato.elliptic, subacuminate, acute hirsute above, sub tomentose beneath : peduncles axillary, about the length of the petiols : umbels com¬ pact, many flowered : throat of the corolla furnished with fleshy prominences : filaments without glands at the base : stigma conical, prolonged beyond the an¬ thers. Neilgherries, in flower most part of the year. An extensive climber, not unfrequent in jungles about koonoor and Kaitie. Young branches and under surface of the leaves clothed with short tomentum, upper surface, calyx and petiols hirsute, flowers pale yellowish. This species seems to bold an intermediate })!ace between G. sylvstre, and G, hirsutum, but differs from both. 1272. Gymnema hirsutumCW. and A.)volul)le leaves, ovate or subcordate, hirsute above, tomentose beneath : umbels short peduncled, many flowered : tube of the corolla furnished with foliaceous scales, the filaments with two black fleshy glands at the base, stigma depressed, scarcely exceeding the anthers. Subalpine jungles, in the southern provinces of the Peninsula. Nearly allied to the former in habit and general appearance, but differs in the interior appen¬ dages of the flowers, in the filaments being much nar¬ rower, and furnished with two obovate black glands at the base,*and lastly, in the flattened stigma of this, and the conical one of that. 1273. Sarcolobus globosus (Wall.) leaves ovate oblong, or oval, shortly acuminated, sprinkled above with short hairs : umbels few flowered, flowers conglobate : corolla rotate, introrsely villous ; follicles' large, globose, muricate. Malacca, Griffith. I am indebted to the late Mr. Griffith for my specimens of this plant, which he had named 5. carinatus. As they are without fruit, and the two species very much resemble each other in all other respects, he may be right, but I tbink not, as the corolla in this is hairy within, while in S. carina¬ tus it is glabrous. The following notes taken when examining the plant, leave room to suspect that it it neither. Calyx 5 parted, corolla rotate, tube crownless, hairy within, gynostegium exserted, stigma hemispherical, mammillose in the centre, dilated on the margin, forming acute angles on which the free erect corpus- cules are inserted. Anthers with a broad membra¬ nous margin, nearly covering the stigma : corpus- cules linear, free except the point of attachment; pollen masses obovate compressed, attached to the corpuscule by a long annularly contorted stipe. Leaves oblong, ovate, subacuminate, acute, nearly glabrous. 1274, Tylophora pabviplora (W. and A.) voluble, glabrous, branches slender r leaves ovate, broad at the base, or slightly attenuate or subcordate, abruptly acuminated at the apex, acute, glabrous, somewhat undulated on the margin : petiols longish, furnished with a minute gland at the origin of the limb ; peduncles shorter than the leaves, ffexuose, bearing two or three filiform pedicels at the flexures : flowers small, leaflets of the staminal crown broad, elliptic obtuse : pollen masses ascending : stigma convex : follicles glabrous. — Dec. in D. C. Prod., 8, p. 607. Courtallum, Malabar &c., not unfrequent, flower^ ing during the autumnal months. 1275. Tylophora moluissima (Wall.) voluble, every where clothed with long soft pubescence : leaves oval or elliptic, sometimes obscurely cordate, shortly acuminate, mucronate, acute at the apex : peduncles twice or thrice the length of the leaves, flexuose, bear¬ ing on the flexures an umbel either sessile or spring¬ ing from an oblong receptacle : pedicels filiform ; flowers small ; leaflets of the staminal crown trun¬ cated, or rounded at the apex : pollen masses trans¬ verse : stigma obtuse, follicles pubescent. — Dec., in D, C, Prod., I, c. Neilgherries, twining extensively among bushes, almost always in Bower, also Serra Mallie, near Din- digul. ( 16 ) 1276. Tylophora. Iphisia (Dec.in D. C. Prod.: Jphisia multijlora W. and A.) voluble, glabrous : leaves ovate or ovato-lanceolate or subcordate at the base, acute or abruptly cuspidate at the apex, glabrous, succulent ; petiols gland uliferous at the origin of the limb : peduncles about the length of the smaller leaves, subflexuose, usually with short secondary peduncles bearing two or three flowers ; pedicels short, s^ut, flowers small, dark dull purple; leaflets of the staminal crown shorter than the gynos^ tegium : pollen masses globose, pendulous from the apex,of a flexuose terete funiculus : stigma muticous : follicles glabrous, ventricose at the base, attenuated towards the apex. In clumps of jungle, frequent about Ootacamund, flowering during the autumnal months. The peculiar character of the pollenia led me when I first became acquainted with this species, to suppose it formed the type of a new genus, an error which a more intimate acquaintance enabled me long ago to Oorrect. 1277. Tylophora asthmatic a (W. aud A.) voluble, glabrous or pubescent, branches slender : leaves ovate, or roundish, abruptly acuminate, often cordate at the base, glabrous above ; petiols subterete, eglandulose : peduncles shorter than the leaves with two or three sessile, few flowered umbels towards the extremity : flowers largish, long pedicelled ; lacineae of the corolla acute : leaflets of the staminal crown fleshy depressed, embracing the base of the gynos- tegium prolonged at the apex into a tooth equalling the gynostegum : pollen masses transverse, small, globose, stigma obtuse, follicles divaricating, attenuate g]abrous.-''-Uec. inD.C^Prod., 8, /), 611. A very abundant and widely diffused plant, to be met with in nearly all situations and in flower at all seasons. Though easily recognized, it is from its liability to variation difficult to define. In the recent state it is most readily distinguished from a nearly allied species, by its redish or dull pink coloured flowers, and the toothed leaflets of the crown, the other having greenish flowers, and obtusely rounded edentate coronal leaflets. The roots partake in an eminent degree of the properties of Ipecacuana. 1278. Calotropis procera (R. Br. C. Banal- toniana, W. and A.) lobes of the corolla patulous, revolute on the margin : leaflets of the crown of the stamens equalling the short depressed gynostegiura, the circinate portion short, often acuminate. — Dec. in D. C. Prod., 8, 535. ^A widely distributed plant, very abundant m the Bellary districts whence the specimen figured was ob¬ tained, but quite unknown in the Southern provinces of the peninsula where it itf replaced by the equally common C. gigantea. 1279. Cynoctonum callialata (Dec. Cynan- chum Callialata Ham. W. and A.) twining, glabrous ; leaves ovate or oval, shortly acuminate, cordate, with a narrow sinus at the baSe, glaucous beneath, above glanduliferous at the petiol, dipbyllous in the axils : peduncles half the length of the petiols, flowers um- belled, mouth of the staminal crown 10 lobed, the lobes opposite the anthers bifid, the alternate ones ( 1 shorter ; stigma suhapiculate entire : follicles winged. — ■ Dtc. in D. C. Prod. . Slopes of the Neilgherries, Courtallura, &c., twin¬ ing among hedges and bushes. The draftsman seems either to have altogether overlooked the axillary leaf¬ lets, or they must have been wanting in his specimen. The genus Cynoctonum, is separated from Cynan- chum, on account of some differences in the struc¬ ture of the crown, but which to my mind do not possess more than sectional value. 1280. Cynoctonum alatum (Dec. in D, C. Prod., Cy7ianchum alatum Vf . and A.) twining, pube- rulous, ramuli bifariously puberulous, leaves ovate, or oval, acuminate, more or less cordate, glaucous be¬ neath, above and the petiols sprinkled with hairs ; pe¬ duncles short, seldom exceeding the petiol, many flowered ; pedicels longer than the peduncles : staminal crown truncated, 10 crenate, the alternate denticulae a little shorter : stigma apiculate, cleft : follicles flatten¬ ed on one side, the angles winged. — Dec. in D. C. Prod., 8, 529. Courtallum flowering during the rainy months. The leaves are represented much too hairy in the figure, on the young ones, hairs are pretty thickly scattered, but the older are nearly glabrous, the artist has not ob¬ served the difference and made all alike too hairy. This seems to be a rare plant, as I have not met with it except at Courtallum. 1281. Sarcostemma intermedium (Dec.in D. C. Prod.) twining : umbels terminal, pedicels and calyx whitish : lobes of the corolla oblong, undulated, gla¬ brous : exterior staminal crown 10 toothed, teeth equal ; leaflets of the interior ovate, equalling or ex¬ ceeding the anthers ; stigma conical, apiculate, ob¬ scurely cleft, follicles linear, oblong, bluntish. — Dec, in D. C. Prod. Not unfrequent in arid jungles all over India, and in hedges by road sides, twining extensively over trees or bushes. The flowers are pure white, and when the plant is in full flower, from their numbers and com¬ pact arrangement, very ornamental. 1282. Sarcostemma brunonianum (W. and A.) twining, umbels lateral, sessile, the pedicels and calyx canescent : lobes of the corolla ovato-lanceoUte, glabrous: exterior staminal crown subplicate, 10 cre¬ nate, the alternate denticula subobsolate; interior shorter than the anthers : stigma apiculate, subentire. Coimbatore, in arid jungles, flowering during the dry season, also in other similar localities, exten¬ sively over the southern provinces but generally rare. Like the other it twines extensively over any support it may find. The flowers and umbels are smaller and less conspicuous than in the other. These plants are most frequently met with growing among the milk hedges {Euporb. Tirucalli) and being like it leafless and suc¬ culent, are often, by careless observers, supposed to be the flower of that plant. This mistake might be pro¬ ductive of unpleasant consequences, for the ascle- piadeous plant being eatable, is sometimes eat by the natives as a sallad, if the Euphorbia was by mistake substituted, it would blister the mouth, and probably cause extensive and obstinate inflammation of the fauces, the juice being very acrid, 7 > EXP1.ANATION OF PLATES. VOL. IV.— PART II. 1283. Secamone emetica (R. Br.), twining glab¬ rous ; leaves lanceolate or elliptico-lanceolate taper¬ ing downwards to the petiol: cymes shorter than the leaves, five or many flowered: corolla glabrous: leaflets of the starninal crown cultriform, half the length of the gynostegiurn : stigma apiculate : folli¬ cles slender, attenuated at the apex. Subalpine jungles, not unfrequent, twining exten¬ sively over low trees and bushes. 1284. Brachtlepis nervosa (W. and A.), young shoots and under surface of new leaves clothed with soft pubescence: cymes very hairy, furnished with numerous minute bractiols. Common on the Neilgherries about Coonoor and Kotergherry and generally about that elevation, (6,000 feet) Flowers small, purple, surrounded with much whitish hair. Leaves very dark green and shining above, below reticulated with strong dark coloured veins, at first pubescent, afterwards glab¬ rous. 1285. Decalepis HAnriLTONn. (W. and A.) Balaghaut mountains near Madras. A very ramous, twining, glabrous shrub: ramuli terete, slightly sulcated, thickened at the joints: leaves obovate cuneate, retusely acuminate, coriace¬ ous, finely veined beneath. Cymes racemose: brac¬ tiols numerous, minute, ovate, pubescent: flowers small, lobes of the corolla spreading, exterior pubes¬ cent, densely hairy within. 1286. Boucerosia i-AsrANTHA (R. W.), quad¬ rangular erect, very ramous: angles prominent, denticulate: flowers umbelled, longish pedicelled: corolla rotate, four lobed, externally glabrous ; dense¬ ly clothed with shaggy pubescence within ; lobes at first ciliate with longish jointed caducous hairs : gynastegium exserted. Nuggur Hills, Madras. Nearly allied to B. umbellata, but quite distinct in its very ramous habit and its densely hairy corolla. 1287. BoNCERosrA campanulata (R. W.), stems simple er^t. 4-sidecJ, angles dilated somewhat wing¬ like with^«nd-like denticulae : corolla campanulate ; tube conical, glabrous on both sides ; not marked with transverse bars: gynostegiurn short, not exserted beyond the tube. Station unknown. This seems still more nearly allied to B. vmbellata than the preceding, but is, I think, quite distinct. The simple stems with broad thin angles, and the want of transverse brown bars, added to the tubular form of the corolla, which is more distinct in the specimen than in the figure, all combine to prove it distinct. I received the specimens without the station being marked. 1288. CnrEocARPus Ceteaniccts (R. W.), shrub¬ by, cirriferous : leaves petioled, eUiptic, tapering to both ends, bluntly acuminate, glabrous, shining above, dull (when dry) rusty coloured beneath, parallely veined: corymbs axillary, cymose: calyx lobes broad, ovate, obtuse, ciliate: corolla deeply 5-cIeft: stamens inserted on a thickened ring near the bottom of the tube, included : filaments incurved : anthers ovate pointed: ovary obtuse: stigma oblong acute: Ifuit - . Ceylon. I gathered the specimens here represent¬ ed in March, 1835, but without fruit. Since the figure was printed I have received others from Mr. Gardner, but still without fruit, hence it is still doubtful whether this is a true Chilocarpus, or a species of WiUoughbia. 1289. Carissa congesta (R. W.), fruticose, erect, ramous: branches dichotomous, armed with long tapering simple spines : leaves petioled, broad ovate or sub orbicular, obtuse, glabrous, very smooth, membranous, the veins scarcely visible in the dried specimen : peduncles short, terminal, about 3-flower- ed, several congested on the points of the branches slightly pubescent: calyx lobes ovate, acute, ciliate, much shorter than the corolla : corolla hairy within the tube, throat glabrous: filaments hairy, anthers apiculate : stigma capitate, hairy. Coorg. Jerdon, Aboo. Stocks. This seems a very distinct species, intermediate between C. carandas and paucinervia, but certainly distinct from both. I am only acquainted with it through Herbarium specimens, communicated by Messrs. Jerdon and Stocks. 1290. Carissa paucinervia (Alph. D. C.), branch¬ es subdichotomous, armed: leaves elliptic, oblong, acute at both ends, mucronate, glabrous, short petio¬ led, few veined oblique; peduncles terminal and axillary, much shorter than the leaves, 3-5 flowered ; pedicels longer than the calyx puberulous : calyx 5-cleft, slightly pilose, laminae lanceolate, acuminate. Neilgherries, abundant near Kaitie falls, flowering during the hot season, A pril and May, but I believe generally to be met with in flower. A low some- W'hat diffuse very ramous thorny bush : leaves ellip¬ tic oblong, mucronate, smooth and shining, light pea green, from | to 1^ inch long, and about half as broad — flowers white with a slight dash of rose, ber¬ ries about the size of a small bean, oval, dark purple. 3291. Ophioxtlon Cetlanicum (R. W.), shrub¬ by, erect, glabrous : leaves opposite or verticelled, 3-4 together, elliptico-lanceolate, acuminate, at both ends, acute, dark green above, glaucous beneath, pinni- veined : corymbs longish peduncled cymose, axillary, solitary or two or three together from the upper axils : flowers pedicelled ; lobes of the calyx narrow lanceolate or somewhat subulate: corolla hypocra- teriform, lobes of the limb broad obovate obtuse, about the length of the tube; tube hairy in the throat: ovary 2-celled, 2-parted united at the apex, two ovules in each cell; berries connate at the base, * ( i ) ovoid, about three lines long, nuts smooth. — Flowers white. Ceylon. I gathered the specimens here represent¬ ed in March, 1836, I think at Neuera Ellia. This species seems very nearly allied to the following, but appears quite distinct. 1292. Ophioxtlon Neilgherrense (R. W.), shrubby, erect, glabrous, rather sparingly ramous; the leaves confined to the terminal rarauli, older branches naked: leaves oblong, elliptic, broader to¬ wards the apex, acute at both ends, shortly acumin¬ ate, glaucous beneath: corymbs axillary, cymose, trichotomous, solitary or two or three together: corolla hypocrateriform, tube about twice the length of the limb, hairy within; lobes of the limb oval, obtuse: ovary 2-celled, cells cohering, 2-ovuled : berries con¬ nate at the base, 1-seeded, ovoid, dark brownish purple when ripe : seeds oblong, tapering at both ends, bony, smooth. Neilgherries. Frequent about Coonoor and Koter- gherry, and generally over the hills about that line of elevation (6,000 feet), flowering in greatest perfec¬ tion during the rainy season, (July to September,) but may be met with at most seasons. Flowers pure white, and usually accompanied by full grown fruit. Fruit about the size of a small bean 2-3 lines long. My collection still contains two undescribed spe¬ cies, the specimens however are scarcely sufficient¬ ly complete for full description. One of these from the Pulney mountains is not in flower, but is distin¬ guished by its large fruit, the nuts of which are near¬ ly half an inch long : the other from Belgaum is not in fruit, but the flowers are very different from the preceding species. These two may be thus desig¬ nated and defined. 1. Ophioxylon macrocarpum (R. W.), shrubby glabrous, leaves broad obovate elliptic, abruptly acuminate acute, corymbs axillary lax: calyx lobes linear subulate: nuts obovate slightly compressed, tubercled: corolla - ■. This species is nearly allied to both the preceding but differs in its large tuberculated nuts— 4-5 lines long and 2 broad— which are fully twice the size of those of either of the above. 2. O. Belgaumense (R. W.), shrubby, erect, glabrous: leaves elliptic, oblong, obtuse or acum¬ inate : corymbs long, peduncled, compact, many flowered : flowers longish pedicelled : calyx 5-cleft, lobes dilated imbricating: tube of the corolla long, slender, lobes of the limb before expansion in- volutely imbricated, forming a round capitulum : stamens inserted about the middle of the tube. My spSkimen of this, which is a very indifferent one, was communicated by Mr. Law. It is allied to the alpine group, but quite distinct from the three preceding ones, as shown by its compact inflorescence, very numerous capitate alabastra and broad imbri¬ cating, somewhat truncated, lobes of the calyx. The fruit I have not seen. 1293. Altxia Ceteanica (R. W.), shrubby, glabrous, dichotoraously branched : leaves opposite, obovato-elliptic, acuminate acute, tapering into a short petiol : flowers axillary, solitary, longish, pedicelled : drupes two, compressed, each from two to four-seed¬ ed. — iThe dissected seed is inverted in the figure. Ceylon. Colonel Walker. This I believe is the only species hitherto found in Ceylon, and am not ( 2 aware of any species of the genus having yet been found in the Continent of India. Dr. Wallich, how¬ ever, found one at Amherst. 1294. Hunteria Roxburghiana (R. W.), shrub¬ by, branches slender, glabrous : leaves long, petioled, narrow elliptico-lanceolate, slightly involuate on the margin, finely veined, shining above, dull below, (becoming rusty coloured in drying): corymbs axilla¬ ry, much shorter than the leaves, many flowered, bracts ovate acute : lobes of the calyx ovate acute : tube of the corolla about three times the length of the calyx, hairy within at the insertion of the sta¬ mens, lobes ovate obtuse : berries ovoid, tapering at both ends, two-seeded. Courtallum, flowering August and September. The venation in the figure, though correct as to out¬ line, is too conspicuous ; in the specimen it is much less distinctly seen. I am uncertain whether this may not be H. lanceolaria, Wallich, a Mergui plant, but I think not, as I have another species from that country which in some respects agrees better with the character though not so well in others. Ellertonia. (R. W.) Calyx 5-cleft, lobes ovate acute without glands. Corolla hypocrateriform, 5-lobed, sinistrorsely convo¬ lute, tube ventricose near the middle. Stamens five included, filaments short, anthers lanceolate, cohering round the stigma, cordate at the base, longer than the filaments. Nectary 0. Ovaries 2 distinct, united at the apex by the style, oblong, furrowed, 2-cleft at the apex. Style filiform. Stigma conical prong¬ ed into a 2-cleft apiculus. Follicles terete divari¬ cated: with two rows of seed. Seed compressed, peltate, winged at each end. Radicle superior. Scandent shrubs with opposite or 3-4 verticelled leaves : leaves elliptic, acuminate, coriaceous, glab¬ rous, corymbs axillary or several from the ends of the branches, longish peduncled, cymose, many flow¬ ered : bracts minute, ovate acute : flowers short pe¬ dicelled. The essential distinctive character of this genus is the winged seed, in other respects it is closely allied to Mstonia and Blaberopus. I have dedicated the genus to J. Ellerton Stocks, Esq., of the Bombay Medical Establishment, a very promising young Botanist, to whom this work is in¬ debted for some very interesting communications. I have adopted the sub-cognomen, Ellerton, lest Stocksia might be confounded with the existing genus Stokesia. 1295. Ellertonia Rheedii (R. W.), — Rheede Hort. Mai. 9 tab. 14. Malabar. The specimens from which the draw¬ ing was made were collected at Qudon. Rheede’s figure has been variously quoted as Ec- hites — Aganosma — Alstonia, but for want of speci¬ mens to re-examine and properly describe its struc¬ ture, the plant has hitherto been virtually unknovra, the figure being our only guide to a knowledge of its existence, and, so far as the corolla is concerned, the delineator does not seem to have been very atten¬ tive in representing all he saw or might have seen. 1296. WniGHTrA Wallichii (Alph. D. C.), leaves elliptic-ob ovate, acute at the base, obtusely acuminate, pubescenti-tomentose : cymes tomentose : ) lobes of the calyx broad ovate, rounded, externally pubescent half the length of the glabrous tube of the corolla, the ovately rounded scales about half the length of the lobes: coronal appendages 10, ligulate, glabrous, unequal, the larger ones opposite the lobes 3 crenate at the apex, about 4 times shorter than the lobes, the alternating ones a little shorter and nar¬ rower, 2-cleft: anthers hairy on the back. — Branches terete retuse towards the extremity: leaves 3-4 inches long, 15-18 lines broad, smoothish above, pur- purescent tomentose beneath, petiols 2-3 lines long: lobes of the corolla velvety: follicles about half a foot long, connate, cylindrical, rough with white spots, pointed. Slopes of the Neilgherries— flowers white. Plants of this occur by the road side from about the middle of the ascent to the elevation of between 4,000 and 5,000 feet. The upper surface of the leaves, which in the figure is represented glabrous, is clothed with very short pubescence, giving them a velvety feel. The original specimens of this species were col¬ lected in the Tenasserim provinces, but the Neil- gherry ones do not seem to differ, at least not spe¬ cifically. 1297. Holarrhena Codaga (G. Don, Dicy.), leaves ovate elliptic, short petioled, obtuse at the base, acute or acuminate at the apex, pubescent: cymes many flowered : lobes of the corolla oblong about the length of the tube: cells of the ovary separate: follicles 8-12 inches long, glabrous, taper¬ ing near the extremity, _ Malabar, frequent, flowering in great profusion during March and April. Alph. DeCandolle asks, Is this distinct from H, puhescens^? I suspect not; it is a variable plant especially in regard to the amount of pubescence, being sometimes quite glabrous. At other, as in the specimen figured, decidedly pubescent. Perhaps under these circumstances I erred in adopting Don’s name which is more recent than Wallich’s, but I felt sure that this is Rheede’s plant, and therefore gave his name the preference. 1298. Horarrhexa Maraccexsis (R. W.), glab¬ rous, very ramous: leaves petioled, oblong ovate, very obtuse or subcordate at the base, subacumi¬ nate, acute at the apex: cymes loose on the ends of short lateral ramuli, peduncles and pedicels glab¬ rous : corolla pubescent, tube tlnee or four times the length of the calyx, longer than the ovate, obtuse, oblique lobes, cells of the ovary cohering. Malacca. Captain Wight .. This^ecies is I fear too nearly allied to me former.^ince the plate was printed, I have received additional specimens of the Malabar plant, which very closely resemble this, so that the principal dis¬ tinction between them rests in the ovary : in mat the cells are free to the apex, in this they are united throughout, the follicles of this I have not seen, but if they too are united, this may be considered a good species, 1299. Strophaxthus roxgicaudatus (R. W.), glabrous: leaves elliptic-oblong, acute at both cymes terminal, dichotomous, few flowered : bracts caducous, calyx lobes broad-ovate below, ending in a subulate point: corolla funnel-shaped, caud® very long (4-5 inches), appendices deeply 2-lobed, ‘‘^bes pointed, entire on the inner margin, scarcely exserted ( beyond the tube, aristae a little longer than the anthers, anthers hairy on the back. Malacca, Captain Wight. This species is allied in habit and general appear¬ ance to iS. dichotomus, but differs in the form of the calyx, the appendices, the proportionately shorter arista of the anthers, and above all in the very long caudae of the petals. 1300. Strophanthus Griffithii (R. W.), glab¬ rous, leaves coriacious, obovato-subcuneate, obtuse, at the base, abruptly acuminate, acumen sometimes acute, oftener blunt: cymes terminal, dichotomous, calyx lobes ovato-lanceolate : corolla infundibuliform, caudae very long : appendices broad at base, crenate on the margin, not exserted, aristae about the lengtli of the anthers : anthers glabrous on the back. Malacca, Griffith. This is allied to the former in the great length of the caudae but is amply distinct in all other respects. 1301. Strophanthus Wightianus (Wall.), shrub¬ by twining glabrous ; bark warty : leaves elliptic, acute at both ends, shortly acuminate : lobes of the calyx ovate about one-third the length of the tube of the corolla : corolla glabrous within, appendices ex¬ serted, deeply 2-cleft, lobes filiform : aristae of the stamens filiform longer than the anthers : style some¬ what ligulate with a crisp marginal wing : follicles large obtuse, warty all over, seed with a long apiculus. Travancore, frequent about Quilon in low bushy jungle. I am not acquainted with follicles and seed of any other species, so that I am unable to institute any comparison, but, as here represented, the follicle is not exaggerated, the seed is somewhat magnified. The ovary is somewhat incorrectly represented in so far as it seems to show but a single ovule in each cell, which is far from being the case, an easily cor¬ rected defect, but unfortunately overlooked when sending the drawing to the printer. 1302. Strophanthus brevicaudatus (R. W.), shrubby diffuse glabrous : leaves ovate elliptic, ab¬ ruptly acuminate crisped on the margin : cymes ter¬ minal dichotomous: bracts and calyx lobes broad ovate acute : corolla glabrous infundibuliform, throat campanulate, caudae very short: appendices short, cleft to tile base, lobes filiform included : aristae shorter ffian the anthers : style villous. I am uncertain whence I obtained the specimen, as the station by some oversight is not marked, but I believe from Mergui. 1303. Herigme rheedii (R. W.), twining glab¬ rous: leaves ovate acute, short petioled: corymbs trichotomous many flowered : calyx lobes ovate ob¬ tuse ciliate, with an ovate scale on each : corolla rotate, ventricose at the base, hairy within : stamens exserted, filaments spirally twisted round the style: anthers sagittate, slightly adhering to the stigma: ovary 2-ceUed, cells cohering, embraced by 5 ovate bypognous scales: style filiform, stigma capitate, bound with a membrane at the base, apiculate, fol¬ licles 2-ceUed, seed comose at the apex. Malabar, in low jungles, vide Rheede Hort. MaL 9 tab. 10. When naming this plant I overlooked the second section of Parsonia^ “Filamenta inter se spiraliter, dextrorsum contorta,” a structure not indicated in the generic character, otherwise I should probably have 3 ) placed this plant in that genus with which it suffi¬ ciently accords. Now however that I have become acquainted with it, I still leave this plant in Blume’s genus, under the impression that a peculiarity so marked, and at the same time of such rare occurrence, will lead to the removal of that section from Parsonia to be united to Heligme. If Parsonia is retained as it now stands, this species must unavoidably be transferred to it and the genus Heligme be reduced as it is clearly not distinct. This is certainly the plant figured by Rheede, Hort. Mai. Vol. 9 tabs. 9 and 10. Hamilton considers these different species, and in his MSS. designates the one tab. 9, Candida gyrandra, the other Candida tdcho- toma, the former name sufficiently expressive of the spirally contorted filaments. It is in allusion to these figures that I have dedicated the species to the ori¬ ginal discoverer. 1304. Agaxosma elegans (G. Don.), leaves obovato-elliptic acute, cuspidate, subacute at the base, glabrous; cymes shorter than the leaves; flow¬ ers crowded: bracts lanceolate acuminate, the length of the pedicel: pedicels and flowers externally whitish-pilose: lobes of the calyx as long as the pedicels, long-lanceolate, about the length of the tube of the corolla. — Branches glabrous: leaves 2-2 1 inches long, 10-12 lines broad, glabrous, reticulated with numerous coloured nerves and nervulse: lobes of the calyx 3 lines long [in my specimens they are nearly ^ an inch or 6 lines] | of a line broad : tube of the corol- lay externally pilose, hispid within, lobes ovate acute, about the length of the tube, glabrous within : ovary shorter than the nectarial scales, pilose above. Not uncommon in subalpine jungles ; Courtallum, foot of the Neilgherries, Malabar, &c. An erect ramous shrub 6-10 feet high; flowers pale yellow. It seems rarely to produce fruit as, though I have now specimens from various localities, none are in fruit. The venous reticulations of the leaves forms one of the best specific characters. 1305. Aganosma blumii (Alph. D. C.), leaves oval, acutish at both ends, beneath and the ramuli pubescent: corymbs terminal, spreading, lobes of the calyx as long as the tube of the corolla. Balaghaut mountains, near Madras. I am not quite certain of the identity of this and Rheede’s plant, but I feel quite certain that it is distinct from the pre¬ ceding, though the character and figure do not show that so clearly as the specimens, the difierence between which is obvious at first sight. 130^ Aganosma Doniana (R. W.), every where glabro^except the inflorescence: leaves elliptic, cuspidately acuminate: corymbs terminal, compact, pilose; lobes of the calyx linear lanceolate pilose, longer than the externally pilose tube of the corolla: lobes of the corolla shorter than the tube, nectarial scales all united, about the length of the very hairy ovary : follicles terete, tomentose, divaricated. This species is nearly allied to Jl. cleans, but is certainly distinct and readily distinguished by its much smaller flowers and united nectarial scales. 1306-6£s. PoTTsiA Hookeriana (R. W.), glab¬ rous, leaves subcordate ovate cuspidately acuminate: panicles cymose terminal or from the axils of the upper leaves, lax, many flowered, smooth and glab¬ rous : bracts small subulate ; caljrx 5-cleft, much shorter than the tube of the corolla, slightly ciliate, numerous minute glands within near the base : nec¬ tarial glands not cohering. Mergui, Griffith. This species, though very nearly allied, seems dis¬ tinct from P. ovata. The most marked peculiarity consists in its numerous calycine glands; here they ftrm a continuous row all round the cup of the calyx, there only one or two to each lobe ; here the ex¬ tremities of the ramuli are glabrous, there pulveru- lento-velutinous. A comparison of the two plants will perhaps elicit other points of distinction. 1307. Ecdysanthera Griffithii (R. W., E. glandulifera, R. W. Ic. 1307.), leaves obovato-lanceo- late acute, tapering towards the base, short petioled, glabrous (when dry yellowish beneath), calyx lobes ovate acute and, with the peduncles, pedicels, bracts, and corolla, pilose : calycine glands numerous : cor¬ olla sinistrorsely convolute : nectary cupuliform en¬ tire, crenate: ovary pilose, follicles long slender monilliform. Malacca, Griffith. When naming the drawing, which I did before writing the description, I committed the egregious blunder of overlooking the direction of the aestiva¬ tion, and apart from that, finding the plant agree in so many particulars with the character and description of E. glandulifera, considered it that species, and named it accordingly; an error which I beg may be corrected. So perfect is the agreement between the two plants that excepting the aestivation, nectary, and form of the seed, which are scarcely ob ovate, DeCandolle’s description might almost be copied for this species. The points of distinction, however, are of sufficient importance to establish this as a distinct and well marked species, EPIGYNUM. (R.W.) Calyx tubular 5-cleft, lobes eglandulose. Corolla epigynous hypocraterimorphous, 5-lobed ; aestivation dextrorsely cortorted. Stamens 5, inserted near the base of the tube; anthers sagittate, adhering to the stigma. Nectary an epigynous fleshy disc, embra¬ cing the base of the style, and covering the apex of the ovary. Ovary adherent ! to the tube of the calyx, 2-celIed with numerous ovules. Style filiform. Stig¬ ma pyramidal acute, slightly 5-winged, furnished at the base with a short reflexed membrane. Fruit.? A diffuse glabrous climbing shrub, with opposite en¬ tire ovate-elliptic short petioled leaves. Corymbs axillary, shorter than the leaves : flowers numerous, crowded, and with the peduncles and pedicels cloth¬ ed with appressed hairs. Calyx 5-cleft, lobes ovate acute. Corolla three or four times the length of the calyx, hairy on both sides, obtuse before expansion, lobes much contorted in aestivation. This genus seems allied to Ecdysantherae § 3, in the form of its corolla, but the position of the ovary almost excludes it from the order. Mr. Brown long ago adverted to the affinity existing between Apo- cyneae and Rubiacae; this genus may be looked upon as in some measure forming the connecting link between them, having the habit and flower of the one and the inferior ovary of the other. It adds one more to the examples already existing, show¬ ing the necessity of not attaching too much im¬ portance to the circumstance of an ovary being free or adherent ( 4 ) 1308. Epigynum Griffithianum. (R. W.) Mergui, GriflBth. Glabrous : leaves elliptic sub-obtuse, corymbs axil¬ lary pubescent: flowers apparently white or pale yellow, corolla before dehiscence ventricose at the base and apex. 1309. Anodendeon Candoeeianum (R. W.), glab¬ rous, branches terete, leaves oblong ovate round¬ ed at both ends, cuspidately acuminate at the apex, long petioled: panicles axillary, branches cymose: flowers small, calyx lobes lanceolate, all eglandulose. Malacca. Captain Wight. This species seems very nearly allied to w?. panicu- tcUa, but is, I think, distinct. The flowers are much smaller, the tube of the corolla, as compared with the lobes, longer, and the free apex of the filament seems peculiar to this species. The follicle and dissections of the seed, given in the plate, are taken from .4. paniculatum, the specimens of this species not be¬ ing in fruit. Ceeghorjvia. Calyx 5-lobed with 5 didymus glands alternate with the lobes. Corolla hypocrateriform, 5-cleft ex- appendiculate sinistrorsely convolute in aestivation. Anthers subsessile attached near the base of the cor¬ olla, sagittate at the base, cuspidate at the apex, pilose on the back; adhering to the stigma. Necta¬ ry of 5 glands, cleft at the apex. Ovaries 2, glabrous, ovules numerous. Style short. Stigma large, ob¬ tusely apiculate, constricted in the middle, not mem¬ branous at the base. Follicles long, somewhat ven¬ tricose above, tapering to a point. Seed comose at the apex, oblong, pointed at both ends. Albumen sparing, embryo axile, cotyledons foliaceous, radical superior. Diffuse, glabrous shrubs with opposite, mem¬ branous, petioled, acuminate, penninerved leaves; axillary panicled corymbs ; minute bracts ; and small white flowers, slightly hairy in the throat. In its technical characters this genus seems to ap¬ proach too near Echites, but the species are very different from the American ones I have seen. In¬ fluenced by this consideration, as well as by the re¬ mark of M. Alph. DeCandolle, that all the species of Echites, except doubtful ones, are from America, I have thought it the safer coiuse to keep them dis¬ tinct from that already overgrown genus, leaving it for those better acquainted with the older genus to decide whether in so doing I have acted judiciously ; the figures, which are correct, supplying the means of comparing the two. The genus is dedicated to Dr. Hugh Cleghom of the M^as Medical Establishment, a zealous culti¬ vator of Botany, but more especially directing his attention to Medical Botany. 1310. Ceeghornia acumenata (R. W.), ramuli slender, glabrous : leaves from ovate obtuse, or sub- cordate at the base to elliptic, shortly and abrupfly acuminate: corymbs axillary cymose, shorter than the leaves: lobes of the calyx and corolla ciUate: an¬ thers subulate, pointed, nectarial glands distinctly 2 lobed at the apex; follicles long, fusiform, acute. Ceylon, 1836. The reticulations, shown on the under surface of the leaves in this figure, represent the meshes too small, the tertiary veins not being so numerous and the quaternary series being scarcely visible to the ( naked eye. The subsequent addition of the follow¬ ing species has rendered the specific name less ap¬ propriate than when first imposed. 1312. Ceeghornia ctmosa (R. W.), diffuse, glab¬ rous, elliptic, obtuse at both ends, terminating in a short, abrupt, blunt acumen: cymes lateral, Tong peduncled, trichotoraous : calyx and corolla glabrous, anthers cuspidate, nectarial glands slightly cleft at the apex. Ceylon, 1836, This species is certainly nearly allied to the pre¬ ceding, but appears distinct, the difference of the in¬ florescence is very marked. I collected the speci¬ mens of both these species in the course of a short visit to Ceylon in 1836. I have specimens of what appears to be a third species from Mergui, but the flowers are too young for satisfactory determination. 1313. Gardnera Waeeichii (R. W. in Wall, pi. as. rar. 3 tab. 281), glabrous voluble: leaves oval acuminate at both ends, acute ; cymes axillary, pe¬ duncled, much shorter than the leaves : flowers tet- randrous : berry globose. Frequent on Sie Neilgherries, flowering March and April. It is an extensive climber ascending to the tops of the highest trees and then covering them with its numerous branches and very dark green foliage. Flowers of a dull yellowish colour. 1314 — 15. Beaumontia Jerdoniana (R. W.), leaves obovate, abruptly acuminate, obtuse at the base, coriaceous, glabrous: cymes terminal many flowered: calyx 5-cleft, with two subulate glands at the bottom of each division ; lobes narrow lanceolate, acute, pubescent on both sides: cor¬ olla laurge, infundibMiform, with a short nanow tube. Coorg Jungles. T. C. Jerdon, Esq., Captain F. Cotton, Engineers. I am indebted to these gentlemen for the speci¬ mens from which the accompanying figure was taken; they were gathered in June. Judging from them, only, this seems indeed to be a mag¬ nificent plant quite distinct from the Bengal one, B. grandiflora, the flowers of which are even smaller than those of this, at least as exhibited in Dr. Wallich’s figure in his Tentamen Nepalense. An extensively climbing shrub. Leaves obovate, 8 — 10 inches long, broadest above the middle and abruptly terminating in a short narrow acumen, per¬ fectly glabrous on both sides, firm and coriaceous. Cymes terminal, many of the flowers, in the dried specimens (which only I know), ebractiolate, but pro¬ bably the bracts are deciduous and have separated in drying. Calyx deeply 5-cleft with ten linear sub¬ ulate glands at the base, alternate with the lobes; lobes narrow, lanceolate, acute, pubescent on both sides, from 12 to 15 lines long. Corolla large, ap¬ parently about 4 inches long, wide_ above, gradually tapering towards the base where it ends in a short narrow tube. Stamens shorter than the corolla. Filaments slender. Anthers cohering round the stigma, sagittate, with curved spurs at the base. Nectarial glands broad ovate, obtuse, about Ae length of the blunt hairy ovary. Follicle cylin¬ drical, somewhat tapering at the apex, 9-10 inches long and about 3 in circumference. Seeds ovate, compressed, pilose, comose at the apex Embryo 5 ) about the length of the seed: cotyledons oblong, foliaceous : radical superior. The two species may be briefly distinguished thus : B. grandijlora, calyx lobes broad ovate, foliace¬ ous ; corolla campanulate. B, Jerdoniana, calyx lobes narrow, lanceolate; corolla infundibuliform. 1316. Fagr^a Coromandei-ina (R. W.), arbori- ous, glabrous: leaves succulent, spathulato-oblong, slightly retuse at the apex, short petioled: stipules intra-foliaceous, closely embracing the stem: pe¬ duncles terminal, teinate, 3-flowered: corolla sub- campanulate, lobes revolute, obtuse: stigma pel¬ tate: berry elliptic, tapering at both ends, pointed with the persistent base of the style, fleshy: seeds small, subglobose, rough: embryo shorter than the fleshy albumen : radical superior. Courtallum and Coonoor, Neilgherries, flowering during rainy season. A small rather ungainly stunted looking tree, bearing all its leaves on the ends of the young ramuli. Leaves fleshy, 4-6 inches long and 2-3 broad near the apex, peduncles usually 3 from the end of the branch each with 3 large white flowers. Corolla nearly 3 inches long, some¬ thing between campanulate and wide infundibuli¬ form. Stamens and style exserted. Berry elliptical, about 14^ inch long, filled with fleshy pulp in which the numerous minute seeds nidulate. Seeds small nearly globose, testa rough, ablumen copious, em¬ bryo axillary, terete, radical superior. 1317. Fagra:a Malabarica (R. W.), leaves ob- ovate cuneate, subapiculate, longish petioled: pe¬ duncles axillary and terminal, about 5 together, elongated, 3-flowered : corolla infundibuliform; tube slender at the base, about twice the length of the calyx; limb dilated, lobes spreading: stamens and style about the length of the corolla: stigma peltate: ovary 2-celled. Malabar — Rheede, Hort. Mai. 4 tab. 58. These two are nearly allied species, but I think quite distinct from all those yet discovered. The last seems in some respects to approach F. Zeylanica, but, so far as I can determine from Lamarck’s figure, is quite distinct. The larger leaves are about 10 inches long tapering gradually into the petiol. The number and length of the peduncles, and slender form of the flowers, at once distinguish this from F. Coromandelina, which is altogether a different looking plant. 13ia G^RTifERA Koxegii (R. W. Sykesio Kon- egii Ara.), leaves obovate, oblong or oval, shortly acuminate, attenuate at the base: panicles com¬ pound, trichotomous, pedunculate, minutely puber- ulous, shorter than the leaves: tube of the corolla about twice the length of the calyx : anthers exsert¬ ed, filaments conspicuous. Ceylon. I collected specimens of this and of what ap¬ pears two other species of the genus in 1836. The others are not in a good state and still remain un¬ determined. Some years ago Dr. Amott published this plant under the generic designation of Sykesia. Since then Endlicher referred it to Gartnera. DeCandoUe, however, retained the genus, but his son took a dijfferent view of the matter and could not see why his father had kept it up. Under these circumstances I was induced to re-examine the cha¬ racters of the two, and compare those of this plant with both. The result led to the belief that they are not sufficiently distinct; on which account I have adopted the older generic name. 1319. Wrightia Rothii (G. Don.), leaves oval lanceolate acuminate, and, with the cymes, pube¬ scent on both sides: lobes of the calyx oblong ob¬ tuse, pubescent, shorter than the tube of the corolla: scales lanceolato-subulate, pubescent: scales of the crown linear cleft, scarcely pubescent, about the length of the anthers: anthers pubescent on the points. — Ramuli pubescent, brownish, the pubescence on the new leaves purplish, on the older ones greyish. Corymbs lax, dichotomous: pedicels about an inch long: corolla everywhere pubescent, lobes oblong obtuse, nearly half an inch long. D. C. Nuggur Hills, near Madras. In tne magnified figure of the expanded flower the lobes of the calyx are represented too small in proportion to the tube of the corolla and the anthers probably a little too conspicuous. The interior surface of the anther is, as in fV. tinctoria, hairy, which would have led me to doubt this being the plant named had M. Alph. DeCan- dolle stated, as the result of his own examination, “antheris apice solum pubescentibus,” but as it is copied from Roth, who describes the exterior sur¬ face only, I do not think the circumstance militates against this being indeed the true plant 1320. Hemidesmus pubescens (W. and A.), ramuli slender, twining, hirsuto-pubescent, leaves ovate roundish ovate or oval, cuspidate, paler be¬ neath, pubescenti-velutinous : cymes usually subses- sile, few-flowered: scales of the corolla attached to the tube : flowers dark purple. The station whence the specimen figured was obtained is not noted, but I found the plant in jun¬ gles near Vendaloor, (Smith’s Choultry), between Palaverum and Chingleput, and M. Perrottet found it at Kuhutti on the Neilgherries. The whole plant is clothed with short soft pubescence, but I have only ventured to have it shown on a single leaf and part of the stem, being fearful of my Madras lithographer. ^ 1321. Exacum bicolor (Roxb.), stem 4-angled : leaves sessile, ovate, subacute, 5-nerved with smooth margins: calyx deeply 4-cleft, segments subulate with ovato-lanceolate wings; corolla white, tipped with blue; lobes elliptic oblong cuspidate, three times longer than the tube, which is a little shorter than the calyx. — Corolla large, nearly two inches in diameter, cymes terminal subcontracted: middle internodes usually shorter than the leaves. Griseb. in D. C. Prod. Neilgherries, below Kotergherry, rare, in pastures about a mile below Nedawuttim abundant, flower¬ ing during the autumnal months. 1322. ExACtTM Perrottetii (Griseb.), stem straight, 4-angled, simplish: leaves sessile, oblong lanceolate acuminate, 5-nerved with smooth mar¬ gins : calyx deeply 4-cleft, segments subulate with semi-lanceolate wings : corolla rose coloured or blue, lobes obovato-elliptic cuspidate, 4 times longer than the tube. Griseb. L c. Neilgherries, Coonoor, Kaitie Falls, &c., frequent. Stem erect, about two feet high, simple below the cymes and cymules from the upper axils; inter¬ nodes shorter than the leaves: pedicels about an inch long with a small bract, corolla about inch in diameter: anthers like those of E. Zelanicum: capsule erect, ovoid-globose. 1323. Exacum CouRTAnLENSE (Amott), stem dichotomously branched, branches with 4 very nar¬ row wings: leaves oblong, lanceolate, acuminate: inflorescence leafy; laminae of the corolla obovate obtuse, stamens 5: fructiferous pedicels straight; capsule oblong ovate, narrowing towards the apex. Courtallura. A beautiful species with somewhat succulent leaves and deep blue flowers. Older plants show a tendency to become diffuse, the branches resting on the ground with the fioriferous extremities ascending. 1324. Fig. 1. Exacum sessile (Lin.), stem sim¬ ple, roundish: leaves short cordate obtuse sessile, obsoletely 5-nerved: calyx 4-parted exalate, seg¬ ments obtuse very short reflexed; lobes of the corolla obovate obtuse : flowers subsessile. Ceylon. Colonel Walker. Fig. 2. Exacum petiolare (Griseb.), stem sim¬ ple 4-sided; leaves long petioled, broad ovate, ob¬ tuse, 5-nerved : calyx 4-parted, segments acute with truncated, semi-ovate, transversely-veined wings at the base: lobes of the corolla elliptic acute: flowers pedicelled. — Petiols dilated into the limb about half an inch long, leaves about 1| inch long, 1|- broad, triangular ovate from the base, a little shorter than the internodes. Belgaum. Law. Fig. 3. Exacum pumilum (Griseb.), stem 4-sided: leaves sessile, oblong lanceolate bluntish, 3-nerved, the last shorter one nerved: calyx 4-parted, seg¬ ments, subulate, wingless; corolla small, purplish, lobes roundish ovate obtuse: style elongated. — Stem about a span high simple at the base: upper leaves oblong linear, often only 2 lines long, the middle ones about an inch and 4 or 5 lines broad: pedicels terminal, from half an inch to 1| long, form¬ ing a terminal cyme, bibractiolate above the middle [these I do not find in my specimens] : lobes of the corolla three times longer than the tube, which is about the length of the calyx: anthers oblong straight, opening by a minute double pore, after¬ wards spliting longitudinsilly. Bombay or Belgaum, I am uncertain which. For the speciflien figured, which is larger than that de¬ scribed Grisebach, I am indebted to Mr. Law of Bombay, so often mentioned in this work. 1325. Erythra:a Roxburghii (G. Don), stem straight, diffusely ramous ; lower leaves rosulate, ob¬ ovate oblong obtuse, cauline ones linear acuminate : cymes once or twice dichotomous, patulous : lateral flowers ebractiate: tube of the corolla, about the time of expansion, somewhat exceeding the calyx, lobes narrow, oblong acute. Frequent on the table land of Mysore. I do not recollect meeting with it on the lower plains. Flowers, so far as I have seen, always white and the stigma bi-lamella te. I am particular in men¬ tioning the colour of the flower and form of the stigma, as Grisebach places this in his 2d section, ( -3 part of the character of which is “Corolla rosea * * stigmate capitulate,” whereas it more properly be¬ longs to his 1st: “Corolla rosea rarius alba. * * Stigmatis bifidi lamellis planis.” 1326. Canscora (ctclophtllum) granoiflora (R. W.), stems above furnished with 4 narrow wings, diffusely ramous: leaves lanceolate acute, 3-nerved, floral ones orbiculate, perfoliate; flowers ternate subsessile, calyx broadly winged. Coorg and Western provinces of Mysore. Jerdon. Flowering May and June. A large and handsome species apparently exten¬ sively diffuse or seeking support from neighbouring bushes. Allied to C. perfoliata in the form of its bracts, but at once distinguished by the broad wings of the calyx. 1327. Fig. 1. Canscora Lawii (R. W.), diffuse, very ramous, wingless: leaves suborbicular cuspi¬ date, bracts subulate, minute : flowers all pedicellate : calyx wingless the subulate teeth scarcely half the length of the limb of corolla: style filiform exserted, exceeding the exserted fertile stamen : stigma bi- lamellate : corolla rose coloured. Belgaum. Law. Nearly allied to C. diffusa, but differs in the form of its leaves, its much larger flowers and the greater length of the fertile stamen, which is here exserted while in diffusa it scarcely exceeds the others. The leaves of diffusa are ovate lanceolate, and the limb of the corolla is scarcely longer than the teeth of the calyx, stamens all nearly equal and as long as the style. Fig. 2. Canscora perfoliata (Linn.), stem 4- winged, ramous from the base : leaves oblong lanceo¬ late acute, floral ones roundish; central flowers short pedicelled : calyx wingless. My specimens of this are from Mysore and Malabar. Fig. 3. Canscora tenella (R. W.), stems ob¬ soletely winged, diffuse, and very ramous; lower leaves broad ovate acute, those of the fioriferous ramuli linear lanceolate or minute, subulate : flowers long and slenderly pedicelled : calyx wingless : den¬ tate ; teeth acute, about one-third the length of the lobes of the coroUa : style scarcely the length of the tube, stigma incluse. Malabar and Mysore. This in technical characters very nearly ap¬ proaches C. diffusa, but is most distinct in appear¬ ance, which, however, the figure does not so well preserve owing to the draftsman having made the upper leaves much too large ; even the lower ones of the branch selected are too large, being taken form the lower part of the stem. The pedicels, too, of the figure, are about twice ^e thickness of those of the plant, a defect for which the trans¬ ferer is accountable. While the leaves of the plant are less than half the size of those of C. dif¬ fusa, the flowers are fully twice as large, the lobes of the corolla much more obtuse. 1328. Gentiana pedicellata (Wall.), stem loosely ramous, glabrous : leaves elliptico-lanceolate, the broader ones aristate at the apex, smooth on the margins, the lowest ones rosulate ; flowers pedi¬ celled: calyx campanulate 5-cleft, lobes ovate cus¬ pidate, recurved at the apex, shorter than the clavate ' ) tube of the corolla: corolla blue, the tube furnished with 5 projecting, triangular, acutely mucronate lobes: plicae emarginate: capsule obovate, rounded at the apex. Neilgherries, frequent in pastures flowering at at all seasons. The bright blue flowers render this a conspicuous plant even though the foliage can scarcely be distinguished from the surrounding herbage. It seems to have a wide geographical range, extending on alpine ranges from the Hima¬ layas to Ceylon. I have now gathered it on the Neilgherries, Pulney mountains and Neuera Ellia in Ceylon. I think it is also found on the higher hills in Coorg and Mysore. 1329. Ophelia corymbosa (Griseb.), stem 4- sided, ascending, branches divaricate : leaves spathu- lato-eUiptic, roughish, 3-nerved; the lower ones largest, the stem ones short sessile: cymes sub- fastigiate few-flowered, pedicels spreading, segments of the calyx linear acuminate, half the length of the corolla: corolla 4-parted, blue, segments ob- ovato-elliptic mucronate: foveae minute, orbicular, solitary, covered with a scale, fimbriate at the apex, and themselves bound with short fimbriae : filaments linear. Neilgherries, not unfrequent during the rainy sea¬ son in pastures and about the outskirts of woods. The upper branches of this are not fastigiate, but often nearly horizontal, the flowers only looking to the sky, in which respect it differs considerably from the following, which Grisebach has joined with it. 1330. Ophelia Grisebachiana (R. W.), erect, simple below, ramous above, fastigiate: leaves op¬ posite or temate, lanceolate, acute, or sometimes narrow linear, 3-nerved: corymbs many-flowered, compact: calyx lobes subulate-pointed, nearly as long as the corolla : corolla 4-cleft, divisions lanceo¬ late acute, fove® covered with a scale and bound with long fimbri® round the margin. Pulney mountains, among long grass, flowering September and October. This species seems to me to go far towards show¬ ing that Grisebach’s variety /?. elatior of his O. corym¬ bosa is a distinct species, that is, if I have not erred in considering the plant figured No. 1329 his O. corymbosa. 1331. Ophelia elegaxs (R. W.), erect, ramous above, obsoletely 4-sided: leaves sessile, narrow ovate la)|<26olate, tapering to a slender point, 3-nerv¬ ed; latCTal nerves close to the margin: branches ascending, slender, bearing at each joint lateral, few- flowered cymes, forming together a large many- flowered leafy panicle: calyx lobes narrow lanceo¬ late acute, about f the length of the corolla : lobes of the corolla obovate cuspidate: fove® bound with longish coarse hairs : flowers pale blue. Pulneys, flowering August and September. _ A very handsome species when in full flower, forming, as it does, a rich panicle of light blue flowers, streaked with deeper coloured veins. It seems very distinct from all the other species. 1332. Ophelia Ml^0R (Griseb.), stems subterete, erect, filiform, glabrous, sparingly ramous : branches erect 1-3 flowered : leaves short cordato-ovate, or ovate, glabrous, obscurely 3-nerved, cauHne ones sessile : cymes terminal, lax, 3-5 flowered ; the axil¬ lary pedicels shorter : segments of the calyx lanceo- lato-oblong, acute, about half the length of the corolla: corolla 4-parted, blue; segments elliptic- oblong, acute, suberect : fove® orbicular paired dis¬ tant, most minute ; margins naked : filaments linear, shorter than the corolla. Neilgherries, in wet marshy grounds. It seems to me doubtful whether this ought to be admitted into the genus. The total want of style and the all-but absence of fove® militate against it. They are double, always most minute, often wanting, and when present, unlike those of all the other species, being, so far as I have seen, mere tufts of pubescence, not fove®, and so small that aid of a magnifier is required to see them. In a genus where the character of the fove® forms so important an item in the generic character, so wide a departure, as is here presented, from the normal form seems to merit a higher than specific value. 1334. Halenea Perbottetii (Griseb.), stem erect, ramous : leaves ovato-lanceolate acute, 5- nerved, subsessile : pedicels axillary and terminal unequal, filiform ; segments of the calyx lanceolate acute : spurs thickish, half the length of the corolla, comiculato-obtuse, spreading and ascending at the point: corolla pale blue; lobes ovate mucronate, stigmas small, distinct at the apex. Pulney and Neilgherry mountains, common among long grass and about the outskirts of woods in both places. This plant often attains a considerable size, two or three feet high, and very ramous, becoming alto¬ gether a large annual. The specimen figured was selected on account of its small size, as better suit¬ ing the space allowed in these plates. 1335 — 36. Bignonia xtlocarpa (Roxb.), arbo- rious, glabrous except the pubescent branches of the panicles and bracts : leaves 2-3 pinnate, petiols angled; leaflets petiolate, ovate or oblong acumi¬ nate, entire, membranous, penninerved, reticulately veined: panicles subcorymbose, branches dichoto¬ mous : calyx unequally 5-toothed : corolla campan- ulate, shortly tubular, lobes somewhat undulated, roundish: capsules siliquiform, linear, roundish, in¬ curved, tuberculate. — A handsome tree : flowers white, fragrant : capsule about two feet long from 1 — 1* inch broad. Neilgherries, flowering in April. I have only met with fliis tree twice — in Orange valley and on the Eastern slopes by the road side about 4 miles below Coonoor. . It is suggested that it may be a species of Te- coma, a point I am unable to decide as I scarcely know in what respects the two genera differ. 1337 — 38. Calosanthes Ixdica. (Blume.) Sandy plains in Malabar. A glabrous tree with opposite bipinnate leaves; leaflets short petioled, subcordato-ovate acuminate, entire : racemes terminal, erect: flowers large, whitish within, exteriorly streaked with red, foeted; calyx coriaceous, tubular, truncated : tube of the corolla short, throat campanulate; limb 5-lobed sub-bilabi¬ ate, somewhat fimbriately cut on the margin: sta- ( 8 ) mens 5, all fertile, scarcely exserted : anthers cells pendulous from the apex of the filaments (this structure is not clearly shown in the plate), stigma bilamellate: capsule siliqueform, very long, com¬ pressed, 2-valved ; septum paralleled to the valves : seed bound with a circular membranaceous wing. 1889. Spathodea Rheedii (Wall.), arborious glabrous: leaves unequally pinnate, 3-paired; leaf¬ lets oval-lanceolate, acuminate, petiolulate, entire: racemes terminal, short, about 3-flowered: corolla with a long slender tube, capsule siliqueform, sub- cylindrical, erect or more or less curved. — Corolla white, 5-6 inches long, capsule about 8 inches long, septum thickened in the middle, hence the capsule is somewhat 4-celled: wing of the seed thickish, opake, truncated. Malabar — near Tillicherry, &c. My figure differs somewhat from Rheede’s, but not I think to such an extent as to lead to any doubt of the identity of the species. 1340. Spathodea arcuata (R. W.), arborious, leaves unequally pinnate, 4-5 pairs leaflets from ovate subacute to orbicular, unequal at the base, entire, softly pubescent when young, afterwards glabrous : racemes terminal, elongated, many-flower¬ ed : calyx cylindrical oblique, pubescent external¬ ly: tube of the corolla slender, limb funnel-shaped, 5-lobed, fimbriated on the margin: capsule arcuate compressed, 8-12 inches long by about 1 broad. Coimbatore district, flowering during the autum¬ nal rainy months. Calyx about an inch long, cor¬ olla between 2 and 3 inches, very deciduous; usually expanding in the evening and dropping off in the morning; rarely producing fruit. The one introduced into the figure was an old one found on the tree, but the seed all gone. I believe it is more frequent in the jungles towards Paulghaut than in Coimbatore. In this district I have seen two or three trees. From the character of the fruit this species seems to approach Bignonia. 1341, Stereospermdm chedonoides (D. C.), ar¬ borious, glabrous: branches terete: leaves unequal¬ ly pinnate, 4-paired ; leaflets elliptic cuspidato- acuminate: panicles terminal, loose, the extreme ramuli 3-flowered: calyx coriaceous, 2-3 lobed or 5-tooth6d i corolla cauipanulato-bilabiatc, ciliatc . capsule very long roundish, glabrous, with a spongy septum. — Flowers fragrant, yellow : cap¬ sules a foot or more in length. A considerable tree, not unfrequent in the jun¬ gles between Coimbatore and Paulghaut, flower¬ ing d^ing the rainy spring months. 1342. Stereospermum Suaviodexs (D. C.), ar- .borious: leaves unequally pinnate, 2-4 paire; leaf¬ lets oval acuminate intre: panicles tennmal, loose, subrachiate: calyx 5-toothed: corolla hairy or wool- ly, capsule siliqueform, cylindrical; septum corky, cylindrical. — Flowers dull purplish, very frapant. leaves vary from broad ovate shortly and abrupt¬ ly acuminate, to oval lanceolate long acuminate, entire or subserrate, pubescent or glabrous: pani¬ cles pilosely viscid or glabrous. A not uncommon tree, but apparently often cul¬ tivated for the sake of its fragrant flowers, u. . seems to think that several species may be con¬ fused under this name. 1343 — 44. Panjane LiA Rheedii (R. W.), arbori¬ ous: leaves unequally pinnate, leaflets unequal sided acuminate : calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, lobes emarginate at the points : corolla campanulate, sub-bilabiate, 5-lobed f; lobes dilated and crisp on the outer margin, furnished on the edges with a line of dense woolly tomentum; externally tube glabrous, limb pubescent: longer stamens conni- vent: capsule 12-15 inches long, winged, cuspi¬ date : seed orbicular, compressed, winged. Malabar, not unfrequent in the jungles between Coimbatore and Paulghaut, flowering during the rainy months, July and August. A glance at this figure, as compared with Dr. Wallich’s figure of P. multijiiga, must satisfy any one, that they are different species. My figure does not look much liker Rheede’s than VVallich’s, but the station is the same, and some allowance must be made for the different periods at which they were prepared. 1345. Sesamdm laciniatum (Klien.), stem pros¬ trate hispid, all the leaves laciniately three-parted. D. C. prad. Balaghaut mountains, Carnatic. DeCandolle re¬ marks of this species, which he had never seen, “Valde affine videtur S. indici var a nec forsan satis distiuctum.” A view in which I cannot coin¬ cide, for, to me, it appears most distinct from all the endless forms of that species. 1346. Sesamdm prostratum (Retz), leaves or- biculate, crenated, hispid above, niveo-tomentose beneath: flowers solitary ped uncled: stem diffuse. Sprengel. Sand-hills along the Sea coast, frequent in such situations near Madras towards the Adyar. It is remarkable that the identity of a plant so easily procured, so often sent to Europe, and so really well figured by Plukenet 140 years ago, should .still be considered sub-judice. In 1705 Plukenet figured a specimen from Madras. About 70 years after Retz obtained specimens which he named and published, quoting Plukenet’s figure. In 1800 Willdmow expelled it from his sp. plant, because it coincided in various particulars with Torenia asiatica! In 1821 Roth restored it to the genus, Springel kept it there with an improved character, and finally, in 1845, DeCandolle places it among his “species exclusae”! as being a misnamed specimen of Torenia asiatica. The figure and an¬ alysis now given will, I trust, set the question at rest in all time coming. The recent leaves, like those of Pedalium murex, when soaked in water for a few minutes, renders it thick and mucilagenous. 1347. .iEscHYNANTHUs Cetlanica (Gardner), leaves lanceolate acute at the base, obtusely acu¬ minate at the apex; lateral nerves feiy oblique: umbels 2-3 flowered, pedicels about the length of the calyx, glabrous : calyx .5-parted glabrous, lobes linear: corolla glanduloso-pubescent, 4 times longer than the calyx; lobes rounded, ciliate, spotted: stamens exserted, filaments puberulous: s^ds fur¬ nished with a single thread at each end. Gardner, Calcut. Journal. , Courtallum, during the rainy autumnal months. Also in Ceylon, whence Mr. Gardner’s specific name. ( 9 ) 1348. Didymocarpus Rottleriana (Wall.), stem¬ less, incanous; leaves spathulato-obovate, crenate, densely clothed on both sides with white tomen- tum: scapes erect, hairy, subcorymbose, drooping at the apex: flowers smallish, corolla subinfundi- buliform, 5-lobed : capsule - . Shevagherry hills, near Courtallum, flowering August. This species seems very imperfectly defined by both Brown and DeCandolle and, if I mistake not, includes two of the following species. I am un¬ certain whether I am correct in appropriating the name to this or the following species, but I apprehend, that of the two, this will be found to consort best with the character though by much the rarer plant. Its rarity indeed makes me doubt whether this is the true species ; the other is much more common- Brown in his synopsis of the genus lays considerable stress on the circumstance of the capsule, in the first instance, splitting along one side and the valves long cohering on the other, which he considers of sufficient moment to distinguish the peninsular species from all the others he defines, but I find it common to all the peninsular species I have examined, except the present, the mature capsule of which I have not seen, but observe the same tendency in a half-grown one. 1349. Didymocarpus tomejntosa (R. W.), leaves obovato-spathulate doubly crenate, reticulately dull whitish tomentose above, densely ferrugeneo-to- mentose or woolly beneath : scapes erect, dicho- tomously cymose, many flowered, hairy above; calyx 5-cleft, lobes linear obtuse, clothed wim glandular hairs : corolla subcampanulate 5-cleft, lobes suborbicular : fertile stamens shorter than the tube; ovary about the length of the calyx: stigma dilated: capsule cylindrical about inch long, pointed, hairy, splitting along one side only. — Flowers bluish purple. . Alpine situations, forming dense patches in moist clefts of rocks, &c. The specimen figured was gathered at Kaitie falls on the Neilghemes, in February. I have since received many speci¬ mens from hiUs near Coimbatore, and have often met with it in similar situations. 1.350. Didymocarpus lyrata (R. W.), stemless : leaves large, lyrate, finely crenate, pubescenti- pilose on both sides, especially on the veins: scapes erect shorter than the leaves, dichotomous ; branches racemose, hairy: calyx 5-parted, lobes lanceol*«fc acute, pilose: corolla tubular, curved, somewhkt ventricose beneath, equally * capsule terete or slightly compressed, 8—10 lines long, hairy; splitting along one side only. ^ Courtallum, in moist shady places, flowering August and September. This appears a very distinct species, the large lyrate pilose leaves and smaU flowers, at once distinguishes this from all the others of this sec¬ tion of the genus. 1351. Didymocarpus ovadifolia (R. W.), leaves petioled, oval, obtuse at both ends, crenato-semte penninerved, slightly pilose on both sides, mo densely so on the veins beneath; ^eapes about the length of the leaves umbellately 3-6 flowered, villous : calyx deciduous, 5-parted, lobes lanceolate pilose: corolla tubular, ventricose beneath, con¬ tracted at the throat : stigma scarcely dilated : capsule long slender, pubescent, dehiscing on one side. Courtallum, flowering August and September. A very beautiful species conspicuous on account of the large size of its flowers. It is nearly allied to D. Humboldtiana, Gardner, (Calcutta Journal), but I think quite distinct. Jerdonia. (R. W.) Calyx ,5-parted, lobes narrow lanceolate. Cor¬ olla subinfundibuliform, 4-lobed, the posterior one larger emarginate. Stamens 4, all fertile. Filaments dilated, anterior pair broader, furnished with a broad descending tooth. Anthers 2-celled, and, cohering at the apex, form a disk-like crown over the stigma ; cells divaricating. Ovary embraced at the base by a cup-shaped disk, 1-celled, with 4 parietal placentse, 2 at each side. Ovules attach¬ ed to a slender filiform podosperm. Style short. Stigma dilated, peltate, concealed under the co¬ hering anthers. Capsule - . A small, herbaceous, stemless plant. Leaves pe¬ tioled, oval obtuse at both ends or slightly cordate at the base; the younger ones pubescent all over, the veins and margins only of the older ones clothed with long redish hairs. Scapes erect, fili¬ form, longer than the leaves: pedicels short, sub- umbellate, surrounded with subulate pilose bracts. Calyx fringed with moniliform hairs, lobes nprow lanceolate or subulate. Corolla infundibuliform, limb somewhat bilabiate i. Filaments incurved at the apex, dilated below, the anterior pan pubescent. I am indebted to Mr. Jerdon for my specimens of this interesting little plant which, as forming the type of a new genus, I have much pleasure in dedicating to the discoverer; an honor well ment- ed by his extensive researches in all branches of organic natural history. Though Botany is the last to which he has given his attention it has already reaped considerable advantage from his energetic application to the study of plants. The affinities of this genus in the order are still some¬ what obscure, partly owing to the unusual struc¬ ture of the ovary, and partly to the want of mature capsules. The stamens, too, are peculiar as regards the filaments and anthers, but especi¬ ally the latter, which are more in accordance with those of liignoniacetz than CyrtandracefB^ the order to which I for the present refer it, more on ac¬ count of habit than structure, as both the antliers and ovary are opposed to that location. 1352. Jerdoma IxDicA. (R. W.) Western slopes of the Neilghemes, flowering March and April. 1.35.3. Klugia Notoniana (Alph. D. C.), stem succulent, marked on one side with a dense vil¬ lous line: leaves semicordate at the base: calyx five-lobed, the upper lobe furnished with a wing¬ ed crest at the base. , Frequent on the Neilgherries in wet marshy ground, near rills and springs. Flowers deep blu^ The following description is abridged from the very full and accurate description of Mr. Gardner, ( 10 ) published in the Calcutta Journal of Natural Science. Annual, erect, 1 to 2 feet high. Stems succu¬ lent, very watery, a row of villi on one side, par¬ ticularly near the ends of the branches. Leaves alternate, petioled, membranaceous, nearly entire, semicordate or oblique at the base, acuminate ; above sprinkled with adpressed hairs, glabrous be¬ neath. Racemes opposite the leaves, floriferous towards the apex, each pedicel with a small sub¬ ulate bract at its base. Calyx 5-cleft: tube 5- angled, the upper one with a broad wing-like crest near the base. Corolla monopetalous, un¬ equally bilabiate; tube white; upper lip much smaller, dentately truncate: lower one broadly el¬ liptical, obtuse, entire, with two cavities at the base; colour deep blue, with a yellow blotch at the base; about 15 lines long. Stamens 4, an¬ thers all perfect, 2-celled, cohering. Ovary free, 1-celled, with 2 parietal placentae, each dilating into a broad ovuliferous lamina: ovules very nu¬ merous : stigma cup-shaped. Capsule enclosed with¬ in the persistent calyx ; 1-celled, 2-valved ; dehis¬ cence loculicidal. Seeds minute, pendulous, testa reticulate. 1354. Epithema Cetlanica (Gardner), pilosely hispid all over: inferior leaves opposite, or solitary by abortion, petioled, broad ovate cordate, doubly serrato-dentate, the upper ones opposite, sessile: peduncles terminal 1-3, elongated, spicate at the apex: spikes dense, secund, circinate, bractiate at the base : bracts cordate, cuculate, obtuse; dentate. Neilgherries, on moist shaded rocks, on the banks of the stream at Burlear, abundant. Courtallum on similarly situated rocks. Ceylon, “in clefts of moist rocks in forests.” This is a curious and interesting genus, the peculiarities of which I had not studied when the drawing was made which is therefore defec¬ tive in one or two minute points. 1355. IsANTHERA PERMOLLis. (Nccs. Cyrtandrtt lanuginosa, Br. in Wall. List. Is. Jloribunda‘? Gard¬ ner, Cal. Journal.) Courtallum, in shady moist jungles. Western slopes of Shevagherry mountains in similar situa¬ tions, in great profusion, flowering in A ugust. Si:feuticose, erect, simple, glabrous below, woolly tomentose above: leaves congested towards the apex, short petioled, alternate, obovato-cuniform, acute qjL shortly acuminate, minutly serrated, pinni- veined*ubescent above, tomentose beneath; to- mentum in the dried specimen rusty or tawny coloured. Peduncles axillary, about the length of the petiols, slender drooping: cymes many-flower¬ ed: calyx 5-parted, lobes lanceolate acute, woolly, nearly as long as the corolla. Corolla 5-lobed, lobes suborbicular. Stamens 4, didynamous, insert¬ ed on the bottom of the tube, filaments recurved. Anthers subglobose, 1-celled, dehiscing transveree- ly. Ovary free attenuated upwards, 1-celled, or im¬ perfectly 2-celled: placentae 2, parietal, expanding within into a flat ovuhferous lamina, revolute on the margins : style short, stigma simple, blunt. sule 2-valved, 1-celled, dehiscence loculicidal. Seed minute, elliptical, compressed or angular, from mu¬ tual pressure, testa brown reticulate. So far as can be learned from description, un¬ aided by figures or specimens, the Indian and Ceylon specimens seem not to be distinct. On which account I have quoted, but with a doubt, Mr. Gardner’s I. Jloribunda as a synonym to Nees’ 1. permoUis. CoNVOLVULACEjE. Under No. 839 I offered some remarks on the genera Rivea and Argyreia. At that time I had not been enabled to enter critically on the ex¬ amination of the order and could suggest no remedy for what I then considered erroneous, viz. the loose way in which M. Choisy had referred species to his newly constructed genera, Rivea and Argyreia. Since then I have been enabled to examine the subject with more care and have published the result in a brief article in the Calcutta Journal of Science for July, 1847, which I shall reproduce here for those who may not have seen the original. Rivea, Argyreia and Lettsomia. Mr. Choisy, in his Memoir on Indian Convolvula- cea, in taking up Loureiro’s genus, Argyreia, has changed its character so essentially, that every one of Loureiro’s genuine species must now be excluded. I say genuine, because if Choisy is correct in referring Argyreia /estiva. Wall, to A. acuta. Lour., which I doubt, then that is not a true species of his genus, which, as defined by himself, has a 4-celled ovary, while A. /estiva has it 2-celled. Loureiro’s character of the fruit of Argyreia is “bacca subrotunda exsucca 44ocularis Choisy’s, “ovarium 2-loculare 4-spermum.” If the berries in Loureiro’s plants have four cells, it is obvious the ovary must have had at least an equal num¬ ber: hence, in assigning a 2-celled ovary to Ar¬ gyreia, Choisy has altogether suppressed the original genus, and set up a most distinct one in its place, while at the same time he has added to the confu¬ sion by placing in his new genus, numerous species with 4-ceIled ovaries and fruit. In fact, nearly the whole genus, as it now stands in DeCandolle’s Prodromus, will, I apprehend, be found not to come within his generic character. It is a curious fact, that Roxburgh fell into a similar enor in regard to his genus Lettsomia, which, according to his definition, has 2-celled ovaries, while nearly all his species have them 4-celled. When both he and Loureiro wrote, the same importance was not attached to that point of structure that Mr. Choisy has shown it de¬ served, and their error is easily traced to too rapid generalization. Loureiro must have exam¬ ined a species with a 4-celled fruit, and took it for granted all the others had the same structure. Roxburgh on the other hand, when^ drawing up the character of his genus Lettsomia, seems to have had a species before him with a 2-celled ovary, and assumed that all the other species with baccate fruit had likewise only two cells. He consequently associated under that character many species with 4-celled ovaries, and only two or three having them 2-ceUed. M. Choisy, in the course of his examinations, met with some species having four cells, others having two cells: of the former he has constituted the genus Rivea, of the latter his genus Argyreia. But falling into the ( 11 ) same error as Loureiro and Roxburgh, he has generalized where he should have dissected, and has thereby been induced to bring together, under his essential generic character “ovarium 2-locu- lare,” numerous species having ovarium 4-loculare. With a view to the correction of these blunders, with the least amount of inconvenience to the science, I propose retaining all the three genera, which can be very well done by merely slightly altering the character of Rivea, and leaving the other two as defined by their original founders. For exainple, Choisy gives to Rivea a capitate or lamelliform 2-lobed stigma and 4-celled ovary. I propose substituting the word linear for capitate, and referring all indehiscent fruited, convolvulace- ous plants having the 4-celled ovary, with linear- cylindrical, or lamelliform stigmas, to Rivea, those with 4-celled ovaries and capitate 2-lobed stigmas, to Argyreia, and lastly, those having 2-celled ovaries and capitate 2-lobed stigmas, to Lettsomia. With this modification, Rivea stands in exactly the same relationship to Argyreia, that Convolvulus does to Ipomaa, while Lettsomia forms the transition from Argyreia to Ipomcea, having the indehiscent fruit of the one, and the 2-celled ovaries of the other. The characters of these three genera will then stand thus : — Courtallum, flovvering in August and September. The specimen is represented glabrous which it is not; the branches being clothed with appressed white villi and the under surface of the leaves are, from the same cause, somewhat shining-silky white. Properly speaking no part of the plant is toraentose, the ramuli being villous, the under surface of the leaves sericious. 1358. Argyreia till^iporia (R. W. Rivea til- Ivefolia Ch.), twining, greyish pubescent: leaves roundish-cordate, sometimes obtuse, sometimes acu¬ minate, pubescent beneath, petioled : peduncles short, 1-3 flowered: sepals roundish obtuse, afterwards enlarging, corolla inflato-cylindrical : fruit coriace¬ ous, enclosed within the enlarged calyx. Coimbatore and elsewhere, in low moist soil, flowering during the autumnal rains, and maturing its fruit in December and January. This is a large diffuse species and, when in full flower, a very handsome one, becoming, however, very much the reverse as the fruit, or rather enlarg¬ ed calyx, as large as walnuts, approach maturity; after which the fructiferous ramuli decay to give place to a new series which make their appearance with the rains of June and July. Rivea. — Fruit indehiscent. Ovary 4-celled. Stig¬ mas 2-linear, cylindrical or lamellate. Argyreia. — Fruit indehiscent. Ovary 4-celled. Stigmas capitately 2-lobed. Lettsomia. — Fruit indehiscent. Ovary 2-celled. Cells 2-seeded. Stigma capitately 2-lobed. Thus limited, the genera Maripa, Legendrea, Mar- cellia, Blinkworthia^ Humbertia, and Moora'oftia, will probably all be absorbed by Lettsomia, along with some of the species now referred to Argyreia, such as A. acuta (Ch.), A. aggre^ata (Ch.), A. festiva (Wall.), A. setosa (Ch.), A. elliptica (Ch.), thus limit¬ ed, our genera will possess precision of outline very favourable for the determination of their species: as they now stand, that is wanting, and determina¬ tion is consequently most difficult, whence we now find species of Argyreia, as here limited, referred to Rivea, Argyreia, and even to Ipomma. 1356. Rivea orxata (Choisy), stems climbing: leaves petioled orbiculato-cordate or reniform, glab¬ rous above, whitish tomentose beneath: peduncles elongated, spicato-panicled or umbellate: sepals ovato-lanceolate bluntish, 5-6 lines long, coriace¬ ous, externally villous : corolla slender, tubular, ber¬ ry smooth. Balagh^t mountains, Madras. My specimen differs in one or two points from the above character, the peduncles are short and the lobes of the calyx acute, but as it agrees in other respects, I consider these differences of secondary importance, and refer them without hesitation to that species. 1357. Argyreia fulgens (Choisy), tomentose or villous : leaves lanceolate long acuminate ; glab¬ rous nigrescent above (in drying), argentio-tomen- tose beneath: peduncles shorter than the petiols, brachiately and loosely many-flowered : bracts nar¬ row lanceolate or wanting: sepals villous, ovate, very obtuse, the exterior ones the smallest, clothed with white villi. 1359. Lettsomia aggregata (Roxb. Argyreia aggregaia, Choisy), procumbent diffuse or climbing, incano tomentose : leaves ovato-cordate, glabrous above; incano-tomentose beneath, obtuse: pedun¬ cles a little longer than the petiols, capitately many- flowered: capitulae approximated on the ends of the branches : bracts involucrate, ovato-orbicular very obtuse, whitish, about 3 lines long: sepals ovate obtuse externally white, exterior ones a little longer: corolla about twice the length of the calyx, stamens long, exserted, ovary 2-celled with 2 ovules in each cell. Courtallum, Pulney mountains, Mysore, &c. A diffuse shrub, climbing over trees or sometimes spreading extensively over rocky ground ; flowering during the autumnal rains. Flowers pink coloured, berries red, often one-seeded by abortion, inclosed in the enlarged persistent calyx. The cymose cap¬ itulae are too much spread out in the drawing to give an accurate idea of the plant as seen growing. 1360. Lettsomia setosa (Roxb. Argyreia setosa, Choisy), adpressed hairy: leaves cordato-ovate, or roundish cordate acuminate, glabrous above ad¬ pressed strigons beneath: peduncles longer than the petiols, rigid, cymosely many-flowered: bracts uniform-orbiculate, obtuse, externally hairy, em¬ bracing the pedicels and flowers: sepals externally strigous^ ovato-orbiculate obtuse, coriaceous, 2-3 lines long, enlarging with the fruit: corolla campanulate, 6-9 lines long, contracted within the calyx; lobes acute, silvery without. Malabar. Aboo. Stocks. This, I believe, is the same species as that figured No. 851, all except the dissection of the ovary which, under the erroneous belief that the plant figured belonged to Arg. speciosa was added from a genuine specimen of that species, that plate, therefore, except as showing a somewhat different form of this plant, may be considered cancelled, to be replaced by one of the species named so soon as I can get good specimens which I have not at present. ( 12 ) Flowers pink coloured within, the outer surface densely clodied with white silvery hairs. 1361. Calontction speciosum (Choisy), stem extensively scandent: leaves large, very glabrous; peduncles long: sepals equal aristate. Coimbatore district, not unfrequent near villages, but probably introduced, as it is frequently culti¬ vated under the name of Moon Flower, in allu¬ sion to the flowers opening in the evening and dropping off in the morning. 1362. Lepistemon flavescens (Choisy), stem herbaceous, twining, hairy: leaves cordato-ovate, entire or three-lobed, strigoso hispid above, nigres¬ cent : cymes peduncled, axillary, dense, shorter than the petiols; corolla 5-6 lines long, tubular, inflated at the base, glabrous, or externally pubes¬ cent on the teeth. Mergui. Griffith. The distinguishing feature of this genus is the large hairy scales at the base of the filaments and as no figure exists of it, I am happy to have the opportunity of figuring one. 1363. Ipomjea pileata (Roxb.), stem slender, villous : leaves cordato-acuminate mucronulate, often glabrous, petiolate: peduncles scarcely the length of the petiols: flowers 5-6, sessile in a perfoliate boat-shaped receptacle: bracts obovate, hairy: se¬ pals intricately hairy, the exterior ones larger, ovate; interior linear, about 3 lines long: corolla tubular campanulate : capsule glabrous. Quilon, Alalabar. The leaves of my specimens are decidedly pilose, perhaps scarcely so much so as shown in the figure, but they are far from glabrous. 1364. Ipomjsa Wightii (Wall.), stem terete, elon¬ gated, retrorsely pilose: leaves cordato-acuminate acute and mucronulate at the apex, the inferior ones oblong, with the margin sinuately dentate, the younger ones 3-lobed, all lanuginose above, whitish tomentose beneath, 2-3 inches long; petiols long hairy: peduncles longer than the petiols, 2-5- flowered; bracts linear aristate, 4-6 lines long, acute, hairy, and as if embracing a capitulum: sepals oblong linear, aristate, acute, hairy, 5 lines long : corolla campanulate, rose coloured, about an inch long: capsule pubescent; seed glabrous. Neilgherries, Mysore, &c. This species is figured in Wallich’s splendid Plant. Asiat. rar,, but from a very luxuriant culti¬ vated sp^men. The accompanying figure was taken from native, but dried, specimens, hence it may err somewhat in the opposite direction as re¬ gards the size of the flowers. 1365. Convolvulus rufescens (Choisy), stems rusty red : leaves hastato-cordate, acute at the apex, mucronulate ; sinuate on the margin, 2 inches long, the auricles crenato-lobate ; petiols 7 lines long: peduncles short 1-3-flowered : bracts minute : pe¬ dicels 3-6 lines long: sepals ovato-acuminate, ciliate, acute, 3 lines long; exterior ones pubescent: cor¬ olla 5^ lines long : capsule glabrous. Neilgherries, not uncommon. A procumbent plant, spreading to a considerable extent among long grass. 1366. Convolvulus glomeratus (Choisy), root straight: stems many, prostrate or ascending, 1-2 feet long, terete; simple, glabrous: leaves ovate or sub-roundish, short petioled, acute at the apex, 6-10 lines long, 3-4 broad, glabrous or the upper ones scarcely pubescent: flowers glomerate; capi- tula from about the middle to the ends of the branches, axillary, peduncled: peduncles 3-10 lines long, terete, villous; bracts ovato-Ianceolate acute, villous, 4 lines long; a little longer than the capi¬ tulum: capitula with from 10-12 sessile flowers; and acute hairy bracts: sepals lanceolate acute, lanato-villous, 2-3 lines long : corolla a little longer than the calyx : seed glabrous. Scind. Stocks. The specimens from which the drawing was rnade were communicated by Air. Stocks. They differ in some points from AI. Choisy’s character, but as they perfectly correspond with a “Unio Itineraria” specimen, named Convolvulus capitulatusy I have no doubt of this being the true plant. 1367. Convolvulus microphyllus (Sieb.), stems elongated, hairy, many springing from one root: leaves lanceolate, attenuated at the base into a minute petiol, 3-^ lines long, scarcely 2 broad: flowers axillary, sometimes solitary sessile, some¬ times 2 or 3 on a rudimentary ramulus: bracts linear hairy, two lines long: sepals linear acumin¬ ate, hairy, broad at the base, 3 lines long: corolla scarcely twice the length of the calyx, villous: capsule globose, glabrous. Scind. Stocks. I have not, as in the preceding, an authentic specimen with which to compare the one figured, but it seems to accord so well with the character as to leave little room for doubt as to its being the species named. 1368. Convolvulus rhyniospermus (Hochst), stems herbaceous 6-8 inches high, terete, ramous or several from one root, pubescent, leafy: leaves elliptico-lanceolate, sometimes acute, sometimes ob¬ tuse at the point, mucronulate, nearly glabrous, an inch long; petiol very short, villous: peduncles axillary woolly, very short, one-flowered, scattered over nearly the whole branch: bracts and sepals elliptic acute, 2-3 lines long, the younger ones woolly within. Scind. Stocks. 1369. Seddera evolvuloides (R. W. Breweria evolvuloides, Choisy), stems suffiuticose ramous : leaves ovato-lanceolate, sessile, glabrous, 3 lines long, acute: flowers axillary, solitary, short pedun¬ cled: sepals ovate, equal, acute, often recurved, about a line long: corolla very small. Sea Coast, near Tutichoreen, and many other places. Though not properly speaking common, it can scarcely be called a rare plant. The circumstance of AI. Choisy having refened this species to Brew¬ eria seems to indicate that these genera scarcely deserve to be kept distinct. 1370. Breweria Roxburghii (Choisy), ramous; ramuli ferrugineo-villous : leaves ovato-cordate sub¬ acuminate, ferrugineous, long petioled: peduncles about the length of the petiols, 3-or many-flowered: ( 13 ) sepals ovato-acuminate or ovato-rotundate, sub equal, 3 lines long: corolla rufescent, narrow at the base. Travancore and Mergui. Specimens were com¬ municated from the latter station by the late Mr. Griffith. 1371. CuscuTA Arabica (Fresen. pi. aeg.), stem thread-like : capitula of flowers sessile ; each flower sessile or pedicelled: calyx ^ long, fleshy: corolla a little longer than the calyx, 5-cleft; mar- cescent round the base of the capsule ; lobes straight, acute: stamens sub-exserted ; scales of the corolla scarcely conspicuous or wanting. — Stems yellowish white: calyx white: stamens inserted on the throat, short: stigmas subcapitate: capsule globose, 4-sided. Scind. Stocks. Parasitic on Jlmarantkus olerace- tcs, &c. 1372. CuscuTA HTARiNA (Roth), peduncles about 3-flowered ; flowers pedicelled : corolla hyaline, longer than the calyx, lacineae lanceolate. — Stems filiform, corolla 4-5 cleft, about twice the size of the calyx: stamens attached to the throat of the corolla with over-lying scales : scales fimbriated on the margin: flowers whitish or pale yellow: capsule globose. Palamcottah, on stems of Amaranthm oleracens. This form seems intermediate between Roxburgh’s C. sulcata and Roth’s C. hycdina ; it does not agree with the description of either, but I prefer referring it to the latter, as the principal point of difference consists in the number of parts of the flower, quaternary in his, quinary in mine, most likely accidental. In other respects may seem to agree very well. 1373. CuscuTA Chixensis (Lam.), stems slender, filiform: fascicles of flowers lateral, glomerulatate or sometimes loosely panicled, each flower minute, sessile or subsessile : calyx 5-lobed, lobes ovate oblong obtuse, ^ a line long: corolla campanulate, scarcely twice the length of the calyx, 5-lobed: minute penicellate scales inserted on the throat. Ceylon, parasitic on Vinea rosea. Apparently a widely distributed and rather variable species, as it has several names. “Fascicles of flowers squamate at the base : calyx scariose shining, with the lobes angled (Lam.), car- noso sulcated (Roxb.): lobes of the corolla often re¬ flexed, sometimes lanceolato-ovate, sometimes linear acute : stamens exserted, inserted on the throat by a short filament: styles straight or slightly diverging, witherir^ on the apex of the capsule ; capsule round: corolla deciduous not marcescent round the capsule.” Ch. in D. C. 1374. Ipom^a bracteata (R. W.), herbaceous, twining, everywhere clothed with long pubescence : leaves long petioled, round cordate mucronate : peduncles about the length of the petiols, cymosely 3-flowered: flowers sessUe, small, the lateral onp, each furnished with 3 ovate cordate, obtuse, folia- ceous bracts: sepals about the length of the cor¬ olla: corolla sub campanulate, tube glabrous, limb somewhat pubescent on the angles: stamens incluse. Quilon. 1375. IpoMiEA CAMPAXULATA (Linn.), stem striat¬ ed, glabrous, ramous: leaves cordate acute, large, ( 1 glabrous, reticulated beneath with redish veins, long petioled; peduncles many-flowered, spicately raci- mose, as long as the petiols; pedicels afterwards thickening, black: sepals about ^ an inch long, ovato-orbicular, equal, glabrous : seeds silky. Eastern slopes of the Neilgherries. A large and very handsome species; flowers white, tinged with rose, purplish near the bottom of the tube. The only figure yet published, so far as I am aware, of this species is Rheede’s, and that seems so far characteristic as to leave but little room to doubt that this is his plant. I do not feel equally sure of its being identical with the Timour one from which M. Choisy’s char¬ acter is drawn. 1376. PoRANA RACEMosA (Roxb.), hcrbaceous, twining, glabrous or pubescent: leaves cordate acuminate, cauline ones long petioled, floral ones (bracts.^) sessile, stem clasping: panicles racemose, loose, flowers long pedicelled: sepals ciliate, at first acute, afterwards enlarging: corolla tubular campanulate, limb 5-parted, spreading: ovary 2- seeded: style filiform: stigma capitate; seed soli¬ tary: embryo contorted. Eastern slopes of the Neilgherries, between Bur- liar and Coonoor. There seems little room to doubt that this plant is identical with the Nepaul one, so far at least as can be made out from description and specific character. While examining it, I was led to scru¬ tinise the characters of the genus more closely than when publishing my figure of Parana volubilis and very unexpectedly found that that plant, so far as the characters derived from the style, stig¬ mas, and ovary show, is a genuine species of the more modem genus, Breweria, as a comparison of the analysis of that figure (No. 347), which I have again verified, with those of the accompanying figure, No. 1370, of Breweria Roxhurghii, will at once show. This fact, if rigidly followed to its consequences, must give rise to a troublesome al¬ teration of names and a great addition to an already abundant list of synonyms. Parana volu- hilis of Burman being the type of the genus, and minutely according in structure with Brown’s Brew¬ eria, it necessarily results that it is equally the type of that genus, consequently all the species of the latter, under the law of priority, must be referred to the former, thereby reducing the genus Breweria. This alteration will, I presume, have the effect of restoring Sweet’s genus Dinetus, es¬ tablished for the reception of Parana racemosa and P. paniculata. These remarks are based on the supposition that Choisy is correct in referring my figure No. 347 to Parana valubilis, a point which I cannot verify for myself by comparison with Burman’s figure, my copy being imperfect and wanting that plate (No. 21). My plant certainly conesponds, in every particular but one, with Roxburgh’s descrip¬ tion, namely, in having a 2- not 1-celled ovary, and both correspond with Burman’s description, so far as it goes, whence I infer Roxburgh has fallen into an error in that particular. SERICOSTOMA. (J. E. Stocks’ MSS.) Calyx 5-parted, lobes unequal, the 2 larger ones exterior in sestivation. Corolla sub-hypocrateriform, t ) 5-cleft; lobes imbricated in aestivation; throat closed with hairs radiating towards the centre. Stamens inserted on the sinuses; filaments short: anthers versatile, at length exserted. Ovary deeply 4- parted, lobes distinct from the style with one erect ovule in each. Stigma capitate, two lobed. Nuts 1-2, by abortion, angular within, convex and gran¬ ular on the back, acuminate at the apex, stipitate at the base, shorter than the persistent calyx, seed erect, radicle minute, superior, cotyledons ovoid, thick. A Scindean under shrub. Stems woody at the base, decumbent; ramuli herbaceous, clothed with adpressed hairs. Leaves sessile, linear lanceolate. Racemes short, with a terminal bract, opposite the leaves, sub-scorpioid, 2-5-flowered, one of the flowers more remote. Corolla white, lobes of the limb very hairy, lacero-dentate at the apex ; throat thickly beset with slender, silky, crispy hairs. I am indebted to Mr. Stocks for the specimens from which the accompanying figure is taken and also for the above generic character. This new genus seems very nearly allied to Lithospermum, difiering principally in the unequal lobed calyx, the very hairy throat of the corolla, and the stipitate nuts, points which I now sus¬ pect are scarcely of generic value when so strong¬ ly opposed by habit, as we find them in the pre¬ sent instance. 1377. Sericostoma fauciflorum. (Stocks.) Baikur near Deesa, Scind. 1378. CoRDiA Mtxa (Linn.), branches terete, glab¬ rous: leaves petioled, ovate, on young trees re- pandly-dentate, afterwards entire; smooth above, roughish beneath: panicles terminal or lateral: flowers somewhat pedicelled, 5-cleft, polygamous: calyx oblong, campanulate, silky within: tube of the corolla about the length of the calyx, lobes oblong linear ; stigmas dilated erose on the margin: drupe ovoid mucronate. — Buds tomentose. Drupe yellowish or pale ; flesh viscid, nut two celled. The fruit, according to Roxburgh, when cut, have a heavy disagreeable smell, but are eat by the natives when ripe. The tree is not very uncommon in some parts of the Coimbatore dis¬ trict, flowering in December. The flowering sea¬ son is of short duration, and many of the flowers are sterile and soon drop. They are also very apt to separate when drying, so that it is difficult to preserve specimens. 1378^ CoRDiA OBLiquA (WiUd. C. tonwntosa, Wall., C. Wallichii, G. Don, D. C., C. domestica? Roth), branches and young shoots glabrous, some¬ what irregularly angled or nearly terete: leaves petioled, suborbicular, quite entire, rounded or cor¬ date slightly oblique at the base, smooth and glabrous above, when young villous beneath: pani¬ cles supra axillary on the young shoots: calyx oblong, campanulate, before opening densely tomen¬ tose on the apex, 5-lobed: tube of the corolla shorter than the calyx, limb 5-cleft, lobes linear stigmas long, exserted, dilated: drupe - . Malabar, flowering in March. A careful comparison of this plant with WiUd- mow’s figure and description leaves scMcely a doubt on my mind that it is really his plant. ( 1 Neither can I hesitate in admitting it to be Wallich’s C. tomentosa, and as both he and Roth have their specimens from the same source, Hyne’s Herbarium, I think there is strong reason to infer that Roth’s C. domestica must also be referred here, unless, which seems not improbable, the two species were mixed in his collection. This last supposition seems the more probable, as I can scarcely discover an adequate specific distinction to keep them both up unless that is found in the difference of the flowering season and in the fruit, which I do not know. Feeling confident that this is really Willdmow’s plant, 1 have given it a place here, though I doubt its being distinct from C. Myxa, simply with the view of aiding towards clearing up a doubt with respect to the two plants. 1379. CoRDiA Rothii (Rsem. and Sch.), leaves sub-opposite entire, from lanceolate obtuse to spath- ulate, tapering to the base, petioled, scabrous: corymbs terminal, afterwards axillary, dichotomous, divaricated: flowers 4-5-cleft, pedicelled; calyx obsoletely 4-5-toothed ; those of the fruit campanu¬ late, repandly denticulate on the margin: drupe roundish, smooth, about 4-celled. Mysore, flowering in May and June. A very distinct species, well named C. cuniata by Hyne, many of the leaves being nearly cuniate in their outline. 1380. CoRDiA FULvosA (R. W.), branchcs glab¬ rous, terete, young shoots and leaves, petiols, pe¬ duncle and calyx, before expansion, clothed with short fulvous pubescence: leaves petioled, ovate, obtuse at both ends, sometimes sub-orbicular entire or repandly toothed, smooth, dull or somewhat hoary, being thinly clothed with very short pale fulvous pubescence ; corymbs terminal and ax¬ illary ; flowers congested on the points of the ramuli: flower buds villous on the apex, obovate: calyx sub-campanulate inegularly 4-6-toothed : cor¬ olla deeply 4-6-cleft, lobes obovate eraarginate, glabrous, tube hairy: stamens as many as the lobes; filaments glabrous, inserted on the mouth of the tube: anthers large, cells somewhat divari¬ cated at the base: ovary 4-celIed : stigmas filiform: fruit (immature) imbrased at the base by the en¬ larged cup-shaped calyx, apiculate. This species seems to rank next C. trichostemon, associating in the peculiar fulvous pubescence with which both are covered, but differing in the form of the foliage and glabrous filaments. It seems also to associate in many points with C. Leschenaidtii to which I at first refened it, but on more carefid examination cannot quite reconcile it to the char¬ acter of that species. 1381. CoRDiA Perrottetii (D. C.), branches terete, the younger ones, petiols, and peduncles velutino-scabrous, rufescent: leaves petioled, el¬ liptic, obtuse at both ends, entire, scabrous above somewhat velvety beneath ; the young ones tomen¬ tose: panicles terminal sub-racimose, shorter than the leaves: calyx oblong obtuse, irregularly tooth¬ ed, tomentose on both sides; tube of the corolla equal to the calyx, 4-cleft, lobes oblong reflexed: stigmas long, exserted. D. C. Bellary, flowering September and October. i ) The lobes of the stigma in this species seem on first opening to cohere by pairs and afterwards separate. The plant here represented seems to correspond in every thing with DeC.’s character, except the size of the leaves; in his they are said to be 3 inches long and Ig broad, in mine they scarcely exceed half that size. This differ¬ ence is in itself of small moment, but it may be indicative of the existence of other differences to which the character does not allude. 1382. EnRETrA EAivis (Roxb.), arboreous, glab¬ rous : leaves petioled, from oval to oblong lanceo¬ late, acuminate at both ends, smooth, shining above : corymbs axillary, dichotomously many-spiked: pe¬ dicels and deeply 5-cLeft calyx slightly hairy: cor¬ olla rotate, lobes reflexed : stamens exserted. — Leaves from 3 to 6 inches long, from 1| to 3 broad ; petiols from ^ to 1^ inch long, axils of the veins sometime hairy or furnished with a gland: flowers sub-sessile, secund on the numerous circinate spikes : drupes about the size of a large pepper corn; red when ripe. Neilgherries, on the eastern slopes, flowering during the cool season December and January. 1383. Ehretia ovalifolea (R. W.), sub-arbore¬ ous, glabrous ; leaves short petioled ; from oval obtuse at both ends to somewhat obovate, or end¬ ing in short blunt acumen, smooth on both sides: corymbs terminal or axillary, dichotomously branch¬ ed, circinate : flowers secund, short pedicelled : calyx deeply five-cleft, slightly hairy : corolla rotate, limb reflexed: stamens exserted: style about the length of the tube of the corolla scarcely exserted : drupe red when ripe, about the size of a small pea. Coimbatore, flowering during the rainy season, from August till October: fruit ripe March and April. A small very ramous tree, leaves from an inch to 1^ or 2 inches long and about half the breadth, smooth and glabrous on both sides, the older ones somewhat coriaceous. This species seems nearly allied to E. aspera from which, however, it seems quite distinct. 1384. Ehretia Wightiana (Wall.), shrubby, glab¬ rous, ramuli slender, smooth : leaves elliptico-lance- olate, sub-acuminate above, tapering below into longish slender petiol, quite entire, smooth on both sides : corymbs terminal, compact, dichoto¬ mous; branches revolute: flowers secund, sub-ses¬ sile: .^yx 5-lobed much shorter than the tube of the^ub-hypocarteriform corolla: stamens exsert¬ ed: style equaling the tube: drupes, immature, about the size of a large pepper com. Courtallum, flowering August and September. Mr. G. Don remarks that this species is nearly allied to E. umhdlvlata. Wall. That species, judg¬ ing from the discription, Alph. D. C. has removed from this genus to Ilix, then, acting on Don’s re¬ mark and not having seen a specimen, has equally excluded this species from the genus Ehretia, in which he has certainly fallen into an error. 1385. Ehretia (xeroderma) cuniata (R. W.), shrubby, branches virgate terete, glabrous, nigres¬ cent, smooth: leaves obovate cuniate, retuse, sub- sessile, glabrous and smooth on both sides, quite entire, coriaceous : flowers solitary, axillary, on the ends of short leafy branches, sub-sessile: calyx 5- parted, lobes ovato-lanceolate, equaling the tube of the corolla, glabrous : corolla 5-cleft, lobes ovate obtuse: stamens attached near the bottom of the tube, scarcely exserted: style filiform: stigma cap¬ itate : fruit dry, 4-seeded. Banks of the Cavery river near Etrode, flower¬ ing February. A small, very ramous bush, growing on the banks and on sand-banks in the bed of the river. Appears very nearly allied to Wallich’s E. viminia, but, so far as I can make out from the discription, quite distinct. 1386. Tournifortia reticosa (R. W.), shrub¬ by, climbing: branches terete and with the under surface of the leaves sparingly covered with short oppressed pubescence : leaves short petioled, ovato- lanceolate acuminate, acute, round at the base, dark green above, pale beneath and marked with a delicate net-work of brownish purple veins: pe¬ duncles leaf-opposed, dichotomous; branches divar¬ icating, spikes corymbose, circinate: calyx 5-parted, lobes ovate, hispid: corolla 4 or 5 times longer than the calyx, hairy, obtusely 5-lobed: stamens 5, inserted near the base, included : fruit - . Western slopes of the Neilgherries, below Ne- dawuttem, flowering in April, and in Coorg, (Jer- don). A large climbing shrab. One I saw was 10 or 12 feet high: leaves 4-6 inches long, about 14 broad, sparingly sprinkled with hairs above, pubescent beneath. What I gathered as fruit proved on examination the nidus of an insect. This species seems most nearly to approach T. viridijlora, but is quite distinct, as shown at once by the comparatively large flowers and small calyx. The plant figured No. 892, under the name of Heliotropium Zeylanicum, is, I now find, a species of Tournifortia, which may be thus defined : Tournifortia (Messerchmidia) Zetlanica (R. W. Heliotropium Zeylanicum, Burm.), suffricticose, erect, ramous, hispid : leaves oblong-lanceolate, pilo- so-hispid on both sides: spikes elongated giminate circinate: tube of the corolla 5-cleft, about twice the length of the calyx; lobes subulato-acuminate, toothed in the sinuses: pericarp dry, consisting of 4 one-seeded nuts. Frequent in cultivated land about Coimbatore, flowering during the autumnal rains and through¬ out the cool season. I also met with it in the Bellary district. This species seems very nearly allied to both T. subulata and T. Edgeworthii, if indeed they be not all the same species. The mode of aestiva¬ tion of the corolla found in this species is common to this last section of Tournifortia and to the first (Catimas) of Heliotropium, as they stand in DeC.’s prodromus, forming a beautiful transition connect¬ ing link between the two genera. In both the tips of the segments of the corolla are long and narrow and, before the full expansion of the flowers, are folded down into the tube. I believe we are indebted to DeCandolle for first noticing this curious aestivation, which seems so peculiar as almost to justify the removal of these sections from their respective genera to be united to form an intermediate genus. ( 16 ) 1387. Heliotropium supinum (Lin.), stem her¬ baceous, decumbent: leaves oval obtuse, plicate, margin obsolately crenate; incanous beneath, vil¬ lous above: spikes sub-solitary: calyx 5-toothed, closed, falling along with the enclosed fruit: fruit 1-3 pyrenons, 1-3-seeded. (9. Malabaricum, stems ascending: leaves incano- tomentose, hairy on both sides: calyx very hairy. A widely distributed plant, the Indian variety extending from the foot of the Himalayas to Cape Comorin, while the original species seems equally widely distributed over the Southern States of Europe and the Northern ones of Africa and Asia Minor ; it is also noted as a Cape plant. 1388. Heliotropium Coromandelianum (Retz), stems herbaceous, erect or diffuse and with the leaves adpressed, villous: leaves obovate oblong, entire, mucronate: spikes temate, conjugate, or soli¬ tary, ebracticate: lobes of the calyx somewhat unequal: corolla longer than the calyx: style scarcely any : nuts sub-globose, hispid at the apex. A common plant, generally to be met with in flower at all seasons, but in greatest perfection during rainy weather. 1389. Heliotropium scabrum (Retz), procum¬ bent, diffuse, strigous: leaves alternate, somewhat oblique, entire ; towards the ends of the branches sub-opposite: flowers small, congested on the ends of the branches, concealed among the leaves : sepals sub-unequal, hairy: corolla scarcely exceed¬ ing the calyx, sub-ventricose : anthers apiculate: stigma dilated, shortly apiculate: nuts 4, roundish, glabrous. Coimbatore, frequent, flowering during rainy weather. This appears a very distinct species. The stems are always spreading, hairy ; leaves small, sub-sessile, ovate or sub-cordate, hairy on both sides, congest¬ ed about the ends of the branches, where they surround the small white almost sessile terminal flowers: flowers small, several congested on the apex of the branches, never racemose or spicate: limb white, throat hairy, tube yellow, approaching to orange colour. DeCandolle asks whether H. brevifolium, Wall, is H. scabrum, Retz; but gives neither the character nor description of the latter to enable any one to judge: thus in effect suppressing the older name in favour of the newer, supposing- them to refer to the Stipe plant, and in the event of their being referable to distinct plants suppressing this one altogether because he happened not to know it! I have introduced into the plate two forms, one more, the other less luxuriant. 1390. Heliotropium marifolium (Retz), sufftu- ticulose, difflise, ramuli, leaves and calyx adpressed- strigous; leaves linear lanceolate acute, entire, re- volute on the margin : racemes sub-spicate solitary, flowers alternate, bractiate : bracts lanceolate decid¬ uous, longer than the calyx, strigous : calyx 5- parted about the length of the tube of the 5-lobed plaited corolla ; stamens inserted on the throat : anthers conate, apiculate: nuts globose, covered above with short rigid hairs. Coimbatore, not unfrequent, flowering during rainy weather at any season. Lehman seems to have taken up a form of this species and described it as H. scabrum of Retz, from which it is most distinct. 1391. Heliotropium linifolium (Lehm.), suf- fruticose, erect, sparingly ramous, glabrous, 4-sided towards the apex: leaves linear acutish, entire, re¬ volute on the margin, sparingly adpressed strigous on both sides : racemes sub-spicate, solitary, short, bractiolate: calyx very short, slightly hairy: lobes of the corolla acutish, tube ventricose, pilose: nuts glabrous or sometimes roughish. Flowers short pedicelled: corolla thrice as long as the calyx, limb white, tube yellowish. The difference between this and H. tenue, seems very slight, I believe, however, this is the true plant from which the character of the species is taken. 1392. Heliotropium Rottleri (Lehm.), shrub¬ by, stems short, erect at first, afterwards dividing into many divaricating somewhat horizontal branch¬ es ; ramuli and leaves whitish strigous : leaves sub-sessile, ovato-lanceolate acutish, revolute on the margin: spikes lateral 1-2 inches long, cir- cinate: flowers sub-sessile, secund, the under side of the rachis bearing the bract: bracts ovate, strigous, appressed : calyx 5-parted, lobes ovate, acute a little shorter than the tube of the corolla; corolla pilose externally, throat closed with hairs: fruit strigous, globose : nuts 4, globose exteriorly. Coimbatore, frequent. In flower at all seasons. A very distinct but not easily described or repre¬ sented species. The figure here given is very characteristic of the more usual form, having a number of branches rising direct from the root, and after ascending an inch or two dividing and spreading out horizontally, each, after giving off a floriferous branch which becomes a raceme, length¬ ening outwards. I have seen bushes covering sev¬ eral square feet of surface. 1393. Arnebia hispidissima (D. C.), whole plant most hispid, from rigid bristles intermixed with pubescence: stem ramous from the base, erect: leaves lanceolate somewhat blunt, the floral ones narrower acute : spikes terminal, solitary, sub-se- cund; lobes of 'the calyx sub-linear, (unequal in my specimen, R. W.) about half the length of the ‘long tubular villous corolla; style bifid; nuts rugous, somewhat 3-sided. Root slender, simple, red : plant 4-6 inches high : bristles white : corolla yellow: anthers inserted, either within the tube or on the throat: nuts imperforate at the base. D. C. prod. X. p. 94. Scind, common. J. E. Stocks, to whom I am indebted for the specimen here represented. This specimen seems to agree in all essential points with the character except the calyx, the lobes of which are very unequal in size, occa¬ sionally even more so than shown in the figure, giving reason to suspect that this is a distinct species. As however I have not a specimen nor full description to which I can refer for informa¬ tion, I do not feel justified, with my present im¬ perfect knowledge, in giving this a new specific designation, though, from the tendency said to exist in this plant to variation in the position of the stamens either within the tube or on the throat, there is ground for suspecting that two ( n ) species are confused— the one with included sta¬ mens and the lobes of the calyx equal, the other with exserted stamens and the lobes unequal, as here shown. 1394. Echinospermum cj:lestinum (R. W. Cijnoglossum c PuwEERiA. (Stocks.) “Gen. Character. Flowers dioecious by abor¬ tion. Calyx 5-cleft, increscent but not inflated in fhiit. Corolla campanulate, with the divisions of the limb valvate in aestivation, and bent inwards where their tips join in the centre. Stamens five, inserted near the bottom of the tube of the corolla with tufts of hairs on each side of the filaments at their points of origin. Ovary 2-ceiled with many-ovuled pla¬ centae. Style simple, stigma bilamellate. Berry tightly invested by the calyx ; its apex uncovered. Seeds ear-shaped. Embryo bow-shaped or nearly ring-shaped, in the midst of fleshy ailbumen, with linear cotyledons and a long radicle. An under-shrub, most densely covered with minute stellate hairs, arranged in tufts which form a short ash-grey covering over the whole plant. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, unequal at the base, of a thick tough texture, sometimes appearing to spring in pair* (pseudogeminate), with the upper and lower surfaces alike. Flowers dioecious, fasciculate, with the pe¬ duncles bending downwards. Male plant. — Calyx shorter than the tube of the corolla. Stamens as long as the tube. Ovary rudimentary with no style. Female plant. — Calyx as long as the tube of the Cor¬ olla. Stamens rudimentary with exceedingly short filaments and with anthers effete and void of pollen. 1616. “PuNEERiA coAGULANs (J.E.S.), this plant is recognised at a considerable distance by its dusty ash- grey hue, which in the young leafy shoots has a bluish tinge. There is not a shade of green in the whole plant. It forms ramous bushes 1-2 feet high, flowering in February and ripening its fiuit in March.” J. E. S. The berries of this plant are used in Beluchistan to coagulate milk for cheese making. Two or three of them are rubbed up with a little milk which is then stirred into the whole quantity to be coagulated. Its generic and specific names are derived from this pro¬ perty : Puneer (cheese), hence, Puneeria, and coagu- lans, from its quality of coagulating (he milk to make cheese. I am indebted to Dr. Stocks for my specimens and a short memoir, by him, on the plant, published in the Journal of the Bombay branch of the Royal Asiatic Society from whence I have copied the gen¬ eric character and above points of information. 1617. Capsicum fastigiatum (Blume), shrubby, branches 4-sided, fastigiate, diverging, pubescenti- scabrous: calyx of the fruit sub-cylindrical, truncated : fructiferous peduncles sub-geminate, erect: berry oblong, cylindrical, straight: leaves oval or lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, minutely serrulato-ciliate. Bolumputty jungles, near Coimbatore, flowering and in fruit from August till October, perhaps longer. A small ramous herb from one to two feet high. Capsule, when ripe, deep red. The fruit is very pungent, but the Natives do not use it when they can get the common chillie, assigning as their reason that it is unwholesome. 1618. Phelipjea ramosa (Myers.) scape ramous, sparingly scaly : flowers ranged in loose elongated spikes : calyx 4-toothed, teeth ovato-triangular, acu¬ minate. Corolla tuberculoso-funnel shaped; lobes of the lips ovate, obtuse, nearly equal, ciliate : style slightly glandulose ; stigma retuse, 2-lobed. I am indebted to Dr. Stocks for my specimens of this plant, which were gathered in wheat fields, but the station is not mentioned. This species, though a very widely distributed one, has not yet, I believe, been found in India ; it is not, therefore, by rights, entitled to a place here, but is introduced in connexion with the remarks on the sectional and gen¬ eric characters of this order given under No. 1420. 1619. Strobilanthes rugosus (R.W.), shrub¬ by, erect, ramous; ramuli sparingly pubescent, 4- sided, furrowed, angles blunt ; older branches glab¬ rous : leaves broad ovate, acuminate, coarsely crenato-serrated, decurrent on the petiol, rugous, hir¬ sute on both sides : spikes globose, axillary, simple or compoimd; when compound peduncles trifid or sometimes twice trifid : lower bracts remote, sterile, reflexed, all obovate, rounded above, glabrous ; brac- teoles none : calyx lobes lanceolate, subcuneate : corolla scarcely exceeding the bracts, capsule 4- seeded, upper pair sometimes aborting. Coonoor, Neilgherries, in woods. At first I con¬ sidered this plant amply distinct from S. Heyneanus (of which I have not an authentic specimen), but closer comparison of the dried specimens with the character of that species has given rise to doubts as to their being really distinct. There are no doubt differences, but in the absence of specimens to compare, I do not feel certain that they are of spe¬ cific value. In the growing state it is a striking plant ; the very deep dark green of the exceedingly rugous leaves (a feature not well preserved in the drawing) contrast strongly with the numerous pale rose-coloured capitate spikes, and deep blue of the small flowers. It is said by the Natives to flower only once in several years. 1620. Lepidagathis nervosa (R.W.), herbaceous, diffuse, glabrous: leaves ovato-oblong, attenuated towards the apex, decurrent on the petiol, crenato- serrated, unequal: spikes terminal, once or twice trichotomous, contracted into a capitulum: bracts and bracteoles scarious, glabrous ; bracts elliptic, ob¬ tuse, 5-nerved, the exterior pair of nerves marginal ; bracteoles equal, as long as the bracts, 3-nerved : posterior lobe of the calyx much larger than the others, 3-nerved ; middle pair narrow, subulate, ante¬ rior lanceolate : corolla (when dry) scarcely exceed¬ ing the bracts. Ceylon. This species being from Ceylon and, I believe, among Col. Walker’s plants, I at first sup¬ posed it L. Wcdkeriana, but on comparing it with Nees’ character could not reconcile the two, espe¬ cially in what regards the bracts and calyx : “brac- teis herbaceo-chartaceis calyce duplo brevioribus neither does it quadrate with two other species from the same country, though all seem nearly allied. Viewing it therefore as a new species, I have named it with reference to the nerved bracts and bracteoles. 1621. Salvadora persica (Linn), leaves oblong, nanow elliptico-lanceolate succulent, glabrous : pani¬ cles terminal, compact : flowers sessile, bracteate : bracts caducous: corolla persistent: fruit - . Scinde, Stocks. Arabia, Persia, Egypt. Small trees with the stem slightly tumid at the articulations. Leaves linear, opposite, leathery, en¬ tire, very obscurely veined. Flowers sessile, minute, in loose panicles. Calyx inferior, 4-leaved, minute. Corolla membranous, monopetalous, 4-parted. Sta¬ mens 4, connecting the petals into a monopetalous corolla; anthers round, 2-celled, bursting longitudi¬ nally. Ovary superior, 1-celled, with a single sessile ^stigma ; ovule solitary, erect. Pericarp berried ; 1- celled, indehiscent. Seed solitary, erect. Embryo amygdaloid, without albumen; cotyledons fleshy, plano-convex, fixed a little below their middle to a long axis, the radicle of which is inclosed within their bases. There are, I believe, only 3 species of this genus ; of these one is common in India the other two are natives of the countries west of the Indus. In my Illustrations of Indian Botany I have made some re¬ marks on them, suggested by an examination of speci¬ mens of all the three plants, which, for the sake of those who may not have the means of consulting that work, I republish here. Two of the three are repre¬ sented in the accompanying plate, viz. the flowering specimen, S. Persica^ and the one in fruit, S. Stocksii. Remarks on Genera and Species. To this genus, six species are assigned in botanical works ; S. Per¬ sica, capitata, hijlora, Surinamensis, paniculata, and Indica. Of these, the first constitutes the original type of the genus, the second and third, so far as I can make out from description, do not belong to it, the fourth rests on the authority of Sprengel, and has been referred, by Alph. D.C., to Weigeltia, a genus of MyrsineacefB ; and lastly the 5th and 6th seem to be the same or very nearly allied species. The first and last have long been confounded. The first notice to that effect, I find in Racmer and Schultes in these words, “Planta Roxburghi alia videtur quam ilia Forskali ex descriptione.” Royle afterwards took the same view and called the one S. Persica, the other S. Indica, but without giving distinctive characters. He, however, as I understand him, calls, perhaps by mistake, the Indian plant figured by Roxburgh, S. Persica, and the Forskalian one, S. Indica. As I happen, through the kindness of Mr. Stocks (who sent me specimens of the Western plant from Scinde), to have both species before me, I am enabled to clear up the doubts and uncer¬ tainties which have so long hung over them. The typical forms of the two plants may be distinguished at a glance, the Western or Persian one having long narrow elliptico-lanceolate leaves, and compact spi- cato-panicled inflorescence, or, in other words, a sessile-flowered panicle ; while the Eastern or Indian one, has broad ovato-oval obtuse leaves, and large diffuse racemoso-panicled inflorescence, that is, pedi- celled flowers on the floriferous ramuli. The berries, moreover, of the Persian plant, are described as yellow or black, those of the Indian one are red. I now have specimens of the Indian form, from both Cambay and the Circars, and thence extending south to within a few miles of Cape Comorin (how far north it goes I am unable to say), and every where corresponding with Roxburgh’s figure and description. To this species, therefore, I restrict the specific name Indica, to the other, or long narrow leaved and sessile flowered form, I assign the speci¬ fic name of Persica. But 1 have a third nearly intermediate form, also from Scinde, which, being only in fruit, I am as yet uncertain how to dispose of. It has the broad short blunt leaves of the Indian plant, but the panicles are much more compact, and the pedicels scarcely half the length. It seems a distinct species. The above species may be thus defined : — Salvadora Persica (Linn. Cissus arborea, Forsk.), leaves oblong, narrow elliptico-lanceolate, succu¬ lent, glabrous: panicles terminal, compact: flowers sessile, bracteate : bracts caducous : corolla persis¬ tent : fruit - . Scinde, Arabia, Persia, Egypt. Salvadora Indica (Royle ? R. W. ^vadora Persica, Roxb.), arboreous, leaves broad ovate-oval, obtuse, glabrous : panicles terminal and axillary, diffuse ; flowers longish pedicelled : bracts sub-per¬ sistent: berry about twice the length of the calyx, red, embraced by the marcessant corolla. India, everywhere in low lying damp ground, usually near cultivation. Salvadora Stocksii (R. W.), leaves ovato-oval, mucronate : panicles compact, terminal : flowers short pedicelled : corolla deciduous : fruit three or four times the length of the persistent calyx. Scinde, Stocks. I consider this a perfectly dis¬ tinct species, as shown by the deciduous corolla, large size of the fruit, and compact form of the panicles. In these definitions I have limited myseli to the characters simply required to distinguish one species from the other. Of the two last I shall give figures in the leones. 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