1030. Hidyotis (A.) apfinis (W. & A.) herbaceous
procumbent, rooting : stems flexuose, branched,
branches villous, particularly near the extremities :
hairs on the branches and leaves flat and jointed:
leaves deltoid-ovate, acute, tapering slightly at the
base into a petiole about one-third of the length of
the limb, sprinkled with hairs on both sides, paler
on the under : bristles of the stipules 2-4 on each
side, much shorter than the petioles: corymbs
shortly hirsute, terminal, peduncled, trichofomous:
calyx-segments cuneate-lanceolate, becoming larger
and somewhat foliaeeous immediately after flowering
: corolla infundibuliform ; tube slender, 4-5
times longer than the calyx-segments: filaments
exserted and the style short, or filaments short and
the style elongated : capsule with 6-8 seeds in each
cell__W. and A , Prod. p. 411.
This is a very common plant on the Neilgherries,
especially on the banks of water courses and in pastures
where the soil is somewhat humid. I long considered
it the Hed. deltoideu. and it was only recently,
when arranging the whole of my collections of the
genus, I ascertained that the one here represented
was more correctly referable to ajfinis than to del-
ioidea ; the two species might, I think with advantage,
be united. II. Leschenaultiana might however
be retained as a good species, distinguished by
its sessile, cordate, ovate, somewhat amplexicaul
leaves.
1031. Hidyotis ("A.) monospebma (W. and A.:)
herbaceous, procumbent, rooting : stems and branches
slender, glabrous below, hairy towards the extremities
: leaves petioled with the petioles more than
one-half the length of the limb, deltoid-ovate, acute;
upper side thickly, under thinly sprinkled with flat
jointed hairs: stipules with 2-4 hairy bristles on each
sides: corymbs somewhat terminal, simple, small,
few-flowered ; corolla shortly infundibuliform, the
tube about twice the length of the calyx-segments :
capsule compressed-globose, crowned with the distant
spreading calyx-teeth ; seeds solitary ! in each
cell.—W. and A. Prod, p. 410.
This is a common and widely diffused plant, my
specimens being derived from Courtallum, Sheva-
gherry, Malabar and the Neilgherries, &c. As a
species it is very distinct from all the rest of the
genus, unless by the way I chance to have confounded
two or more species, having a similar structure,
which seems not improbable as viewed as one, it
seems rather polymorphous, but this point still remains
for closer examination than X have yet had
leisure to bestow.
1032 L asianthus venuLosus (R.W. Santia venu-
losa W. & A.) shrubby, glabrous : stipules triangular
hairy : leaves coriaceous, short petioled, elliptic-oblong,
cuspidate or acuminate, glabrous above ; veins
prominent on both sides beneath sprinkled with hairs:
cymes axillary, short peduncled few (3-5) flowered :
bracteas small, -hairy: calyx 4-5 parted, divisions
subulate, as long as the tube of the corolla : corolla
4-5 cleft throat and lobes hairy : stamen's 4-5 : style
as long or often longer than the corolla 3-5 lobed :
cells of the ovary equalling the lobes of the stigma;
a single erect ovule in each.
Common in the woods about Ootacamund, and
generally distributed over the higher ranges of the
Hills—a very ramous shrub : leaves from 2 to 4 inches
long by about half as much broad, of a light
yellowish green colour, sometimes acuminate oftener
cuspidate- Flowers pale yellow or cream coloured,
berries about the size of a pea, succulent blue. The
long teetk of the calyx of this species, is very characteristic.
The inflorescence is essentially cymose, but
the peduncles are sometimes reduced to one flower.
1033. WendlAndiA NoTDNiANA(Wall.:) arboreous,
with the young shoots hirsute: leaves petioled, oblong,
slightly tapering at both ends ; upper side glabrous,
under somewhat glaucous, more or less min -
utely pubescent, often nearly quite glabrous except
on the nerves and veins : stipules triangular-ovate-
hirsute at the base ; the upper part glabrous, recurv:
ed : branches of the panicle hirsute, somewhat erect,
flowers crowded and forming interrupted spikes;
calyx hoary, the teeth triangular, acuminated : corolla
glabrous, 6-8 times longer than the limb of the calyx
tube widened at the mouth; divisions of the limb
oval, obtuse, recurved ; anthers nearly sessile: capsule
sprinkled with short hairs.—W. and A. Prod.
p. 403.
A large and very beautiful shrub frequent about
Coonoor and Kotergherry, but not ascending to the
elevation of Ootacamund. It also occurs abundantly
and in great perfection about Kaitie Falls flowering in
February and March, when it is most ornamental
often attaining a height of from 10 to 15 feet with
every branch terminated by a large panicle of reddish
white flowers.
1034. C a n thium umbellatum (R. W.) shrubby
or subarboreous, unarmed ; young branches foursided
: leaves short petioled, oval acuminated glabrous,
coriaceous: flowers axillary umbel led on a short
thick peduncle : calyx limb obtusely 5-lobed : tube
of the corolla hairy,within, the lower hairs pointing
downwards: slamens 5 : style exserted: stigma mitri-
form, 2 lobed, fruit o.b,ovate didymous.
An alpine plant rather rare on the Neilgherries
about the elevation of Kotergherry, where in Orange
Valley I found it forming a moderate sized tree. I
also found it in great abundance on the tops of the
Hills at Shevagherry io full flower in September.
It is very nearly allied to C. didymum from which it
scarcely differs except in the inflorescence, and
subarboreous habit of the plant generally : the leaves
when the two are compared are found much larger
and more coriaceous in this, but its most striking
characteristic, is the union of all the branches of the
cyme into a single stout peduncle from the dilated
apex of which, the flowers rise on short pedicels—
Flowers white.
1035. P avbtta breviflora (D. C.) leaves oval
acute at the base, acuminated, short petioled, sub-
membrauaceous glabrous; panicles corymbose, many
flowered, its opposite branches, ramuli, and flowers
glabrous: tube of the corolla scarcely longer than
the lobes.—Tube of the. corolla about 3 lines long:
style 4 lines clavate at the apex : stipules broad membranaceous
: plant turning black in drying—D. C,
Prod. 4. p. 401.
A shrub not uncommon in the woods about Ootacamund
flowering in March and April. The leaves
which are thin and translucent when held between
the eye and the light are seen marked with numerous
dark glandular points. DeCandolles’ specimens
were from the Neilgherries, and as this is the only
species I have seen there, presume this is his plant
though he has failed to notice the ciliate margins of
the calyx lobes.There are however two forms one with
the calyx lobes, minute, glabrous, the other with
them larger and ciliated, but beyoud that lean see
no other point of difference of any importance, I have
therefore united them as mere varieties. Iu the
analyses of the plate both forms are given.