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999. E ugenia (S.) Arnottiana (R. W. 111. Ind.
Bot. Syzyseum densiflorum Wall.) leaves elliptic,
oblong, acuminated, folded, coriaceous, dotted : cyme
dense, corymbose; peduueles lateral, general
and partial stout, the partial ones short and
bearing at the apex an umbel of 8-12 almost sessile
flowers subtended by oblong-linear caducous brac-
teas; calyx shortly turbinate; limb cup-shaped,
shortly and bluntly 4-toothed or lobed 1 petals expanded
before falling off.-— W I and A. Prod. p. o29.
Abundant in the jungles about Ootacamund and
generally met with in the woods on the higher hills.
It is a beautiful tree, generally of low growth, with
wide spreading branches forming a fine umbrageous
head. It is in its greatest perfection in February and
March when covered with thousands of large clusters
of flowers. In May and June it is covered with
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a small radicle between.
The fruit is eat to a considerable extent by the
natives, though, owing to its astringency; by no means
palatable.
1000. Eugeni* (S) galophylifolia (R. W.)
arboreous, ramuli, 4-sided : leaves approximated
towards tile ends of the brancblets, from oval, very
obtuse, to obovate-orbicular, coriaceous; veiuless
above, penninerved beneatn, when dry, slightly revolute
on the margin, not dotted : cyms terminal,
corymbose, short peduneled, many flowered : calyx
repandly 4 toothed : petals 4, orbicular, separating as
one : fruit drupaceous, oval, oblong, succulent, dark
purple when ripe.
A low spreading tree, very abundant in the woods
about Ootacamund. The flowers are exceedingly
numerous but make no show so few in each cluster
opening at the same time. The tree itself however
is a very beautiful one, with a fine round umbrageous
head. It is to be met with in flower at all seasons,
but is in greatest perfection in March and April. The
fruit is so like those of E . Arnottiana that the same
description will serve for both.
1001. SbrpiCcjla hirsota (W. & A.) stems
hirsute : leaves oppositcuneate-oblong or oval, toothed
towards the apex, slightly hairy particularly on
the under side : male flowers 8 androus, on hairy
pedicels twice the length of the leaves.—o ; leaves
oval, slightly cuneate at the base.— W. and A . Prod,
p. 331.
A. low creeping procumbent plant very common in
moist pastures, especially in the vicinity of springs
and water courses. 1. verticel of flowers—2. fertile
flower showing the 4 styles--3. mile flower unopened
—4. the same opened—5.antilers—6. pollen — 7- young
fruit front view—8 side view—9. stigma —10. ovary
split open showing the 4 pendulous ovuUs.—11. full
grown fruit—-12 cut vertically—13. transversely—14.
embryo detached.
1002. H ydrocotylh conferta (R.W.) procumbent,
rooting : every where clothed with long hairs :
leaves long petioled, orbicular reniform, obscurely
7-lobed,serrately toothed : flowers all fertile : umbels
globular, many flowered, always sessile: fruit turged
ecostate.
Frequent in dense woods: where the soil is moist
it grows with great luxuriance extending several feet
from the original root. This species is nearly allied
to both H. Nepalensis and capitata, but seems, so far
as I can judge, amply distinct from both in its constantly
sessile umbels and bisexual flowers.
1003. H ydrocotyi.e polycicpjbala (W. & A .:)
stems rooting, scabrous or nearly glabrous ; branches
petioles and peduncles, and the leaves sparingly ou
both sides, scabrous from short stout hairs : leaves
attached by the margin, orbicular-reniform, 7-lobed ;
lobes scarcely acute, coarsely crenated : peduncles
hoary, numerous (6-18) and umbellate in the axil of
the uppermost shortly petioled leaf, almost as long
as the leaf: flowers all fertile, numerous (20-30
together), at first capitate and almost sessile, afterwards
(in fruit) on short glabrous somewhat permanent
pedicels: fruit didymous, slightly 2-ribbed
on each side, smooth and flat between the ribs.—
W. and A • Prod. p. 366. . . . .
Frequent in low woods in rich moist sou ; in such
situations very luxuriant, completely covering large
patches of ground, I have found it in many and
distant stations in similar situations, both on the
Continent and in Ceylon.
1004. Sanicui-a elata (Ham.:) stem dichotomous
at the apex: leaves 3-partite or ternate,
glabrous; segments sessile, ovate, acute, lobed and
setrated, cuneate at the base, the lateral ones often
bipartite : umbels usually 3-fid, few-flowered: flowers
polygamous, the males pedicelled.— W. and A. Prod.
^ Common in almost every wood about Ootacamund,
flowering during the rainy season. ^ It often attains
a large size, three or four feet in height.
1005. P impinella L eschenaultii (DC.:) biennial
? : stem slightly branched, glabrous or minutely
pubescent: radical leaves petioled, orbicular, cordate,
entire, toothed, firm and hard, many-nerved at the
base, glabrous on the upper side, pubescent on the
under; cauline ones few, divided, small and almost
reduced to the sheaths : umbel with 5-10 pubescent
rays ; partial ones with many rays : involucres and
involucels wanting: styles diverging: fruit ovate-
acurainated, glabrous.— W. and A. Prod. p. 369.
Generally distributed over the higher ranges^ of
the hills in dry pastures, flowering during the rainy
season. From the naked exposed situations in which
it usually grows, though in itself little striking, it
becomes very conspicuous. The roots are perennial
and strike deep into the soil.
1006. BuPLEURUM DI8TICHOPHYLLUM (W. & A. :)
perennial: stems ereet, simple and twiggy below,
flexuose and almost simply branched upwards : leaves
distichous and usually crowded near the base of the
6tem, more distant upwards, somewhat erect, from
narrow-linear and much acuminated to linear-subulate,
very sharp, amplexicaul, striated on the under
side : general umbel with 5-8 rays / partial with 10-13
flowers : leaflets of the involucre and involucel about
5 ot 6, linear acuminated and very sharp ; the former
about twice as sharp as the rays, the latter usually
longer than the fruit : fruit prominently ribbed,
rather shorter than the pedicels ; interstices flattish,
with single vittae.—IF. and A. Prod. p. 370.
Common on the higher ranges of the hills in pastures.
The figure represents an average sized plant.
It is oftener smaller, more rarely it exceeds that size.
Flowering during the rainy and cool season.
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