1024. Viburnum Wightianum, (Wall.) branches,
petioles, peduncles, pedicels, and flowers glabrous:
leaves oval, shortly acuminated, obtuse at the base,
quite entire on the lower half,sharply serrated towards
the apex ; upper side glabrous; under slightly
puberulous when young, nearly glabrous when old,
the nerves densely pubescent and their axils woolly :
corymb shortly peduncled, somewhat panicle-
shaped: bracteas linear, pubescent and ciliated:
corolla hypocrateriform ; limb spreading,' conspicuous,
about 4 times shorter than the tube: ovary
linear: style very short and thick.— W. and A . Prod,
p . 388.
A moderate tree or large shrub frequent in the
woods about Ootacamund, flowering in April and
May, but generally to be met with at other seasons.
The fruit in this, like those of the preceding, is an
oval succulent drupe red, and subacid when ripe.
Obs. It „will be remarked from an examination
of the dissections of the ovary of all these species
that it is one-celled with a single pendulous ovule.
This structure led me at one time to suppose these
formed a genus distinct from the European genus
Vibernum, but on comparing the ovary of 2 European
species—V. Opulus and V. Lautana, I found the
same structure, though, judging from the descriptions
of the most recent writers, I was led to expect
them 3-celled.
1025. Lonicera (X.) ligustrIna, (Wall.) stem
somewhat erect and bushy; branches slender, slightly
twining, younger ones hairy or pubescent: leaves
shortly petioled, ovate-lanceolate, acute, obtuse at
the base, quite entire, shining, sprinkled on the
margin'and when young on the midrib beneath with
spreading hairs : peduncles a little longer than the
petioles, slightly drooping at the apex, 2-flowered,
axillary and solitary ; bracteas, a subulate one at the
back of each ovary, aud one cup-shaped closely
surrounding and containing both ovaries: calyx;
limb constricted in the middle, the margin 5 -toothed
teeth oblong, short: corolla puberulous, infundibuli-
form ; tube rather short, gibbous on one side at the
base; berries distinct, both covered by the common
bractea.— W. and A. Prod., p. 389.
This a very common plant about Ootacamund, and
like the privit is much used as a fence about gardens
for which purpose it answers well, forming a very
compact one. The flowers are too small and too
few in proportion to the quantity of leaves to admit
of its being considered an ornamental flowering
shrub, but so far as general form is concerned, were
shrubberies more in vogue on the hills, it would well
merit a place in them.
1026. Hedyotis (D.) Lawsonije, (W. & A. :)
shrubby, glabrous: branches 4-angled: leaves oblong-
lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, petioled;
nerves few and distant, curved : stipules deciduous,
triangular-ovate, acuminated, the point thickened
and glandular-lobed; the margin entire: panicle
spreading : calyx-limb cup-shaped, 4-toothed: corolla
externally glabrous, villous in the mouth and on
the segments slightly protruded : style considerably
protruded : capsule obovate, dicoccous.—W. and A.
Prod. p. 407.
A handsome but neglected shrub, found in. the
woods about Ootacamund and elsewhere, not very
rare on the Hills. The flowers which in fine plants,
form much larger clusters than those here represented,
are so much of lilac colour, that introduced into
shrubberries, and some care bestowed on its cultivation,
it might become a passing good substitute for
the lilac.
1027. Hedyotis. (D.) stylosa (Brown:) shruby,
glabrous: branches somewhat terete or obtusely 4-
angled: leaves from oval to oblong-lanceolate, acuminated
at both ends, petioled ; the nerves on the
under side strong, armed, slightly branched: stipules
somewhat permanent, triangular-ovate ; their
margin pectinately pinnatifid, the segments long,
filiform, hirsute : panicle spreading: calyx-limb
cup-shaped, 4-toothed : corolla externally glabrous,
villous in the mouth on the segments: filaments
considerably protruded : style much protruded :
capsule ovoid, dicoccous.—W. and A. Prod. p. 389.
This is a much more abundant shrub than the preceding,
and the clusters of flowers being larger it is
really a showy plant, but I have not once seen it in
cultivation though abundant in the woods. The
flowers are nearly white, and it is in flower at nearly
all seasons.
1023. H edyotis (D.) articularis (Brown :)
shrubby, glabrous: branches terete or obscurely 4-
angled: leaves approximated sessile, narrow, oblong-
lanceolate with the margins recurved, coriaceous,
minutely papillose ; .nerves on the under side strim-
form, clese, simple: stipules ovate-lanceolate, the
opposite ones connate at the base; the margins
divided into several filiform rigid segments; panicle
coarctate: calyx-limb cup-shaped, 4-toothed : corolla
externally puberulous, villous in the mouth and on
the segments: filaments protruded; anthers oblong-
linear : style scarcely longer than the tube of the
corolla : capsule oblong-obovate, dicoccous.—W.
and A. Prod, p- 389.
A common flowering shrub on the hills and to be
met with in nearly all situations, especially when
the soil is somewhat humid. It is usually a dry
scraggy looking plant, almost always to be met with
covered with flowers and dry yellow sickly looking
capsules. Judging from its appearance in the wild state
there is little in its appearance to recommend it to
the attention of the Amateur.
1029. H edyotis (D.) verticeixaris (Wall Red.
plantaginifolia Arn pug ?) perennial herbaceous,
leaves nearly all radical, linear-lanceolate, nerved,
plaited between the nerves glabrous, overlapping at
the base ; those of the scapes linear lanceolate :
. scapes as long or longer than the leaves leafy ;
lower pairs distant opposite; upper ones approximated
verticelled : stipules between the distant
pairs bristle toothed: flowers sessile, capitate
and terminal, or verticelled in the axils of the
upper leaves: heads from the axils of the lower
pairs peduncled : calyx segments linear lanceolate
as long or longer than the tube of the corolla :
corolla infundibuliform, hairy iu the throat: stamens
more or less exserted or included.
Very abundant in marshy soil on the banks of the
river at Pycarab, also all aloDg the road from a mile
6r two beyond the Avalanche to Sisparah, and is generally
distributed in marshy grounds over the
Koodahs. When in full flower it is certainly a beautiful
plant. I can see no difference between this and
H. plantaginifolia Aruott, and feel confident this
last has been added to the list of described species
owing to Dr. Arnott not having a specimen to compare,
and our description having been made from a
scape only not a perfect plant. The proper stems of
both are under ground rhizoms, the leaves and scapes
are the same in both —and so are the flowers and
seed.
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