lich was taken from plants raised in the Calcutta
Botanic Garden from seed communicated by Dr. Gibson.
It is a native of Mysore extending northwards in
the direction of the Western Ghauts. I have never met
with it in the Southern provinces.
1056. Nicolsonia congesta (R. W.) suffruticose,
very diffuse, procumbent, all the young parts except the
upper surface of the leaves pubescent or hairy: leaves
3 or by abortion 1 foliolate, leaflets elliptic or subor-
bicular, mucronate: flowers congested on the extremities
of the branches: calyx 5 parted; segments subulate
hairy, longer than the corolla: stamens diadelphous:
ovary with a single ovule : (always?) legume 1 seeded.
Pycarrah, Neilgherries, on the banks of the river,
abundant—I have also met with it at Ootacamund but
very rare. This plant has the appearance of being a
true Nicolsonia notwithstanding the descrepancy between
the generic character and ,my plant as regards the
legume * constans articulis plurimis' as I find, on referring
to D. C.’s figure that his specimens had one or
two, and an ovary with 3 ovules. In my plant the ovary
(fig. 6) is represented with a single ovule whether or not
that is always the case I am unable to say.
1057. Sonerila versicolor (R. W.) herbaceous;
6tems erect roundish hairy afterwards glabrous, marked
with a slight decurrent rib from the insertions of the
leaves: leaves opposite ovate or slightly unequal at the
base, acute or somewhat acumehated, crenulate, pubescent
on both sides; penninerved : peduncles axil-gfe:
lary and terminal : racemes curved secund many
flowered : calyx glabrous : petals obovate cuspidate:
anthers cordate at the base, rostrate : style equalling the
stamens : stigma obtuse : capsule clavate, trigonous,
with a prominent nerve between the angles.
Western slopes of the Neilgherries below Sisparah
among grass and low j ungle.
The undersurface of the leaves is usually dark crimson
or purplish, flowers pink; in the earlier stages the
whole plant is sprinkled over with scattered hairs but
afterwards the stalks are nearly glabrous. It seems
nearly allied to S, Brunonis but is at once distinguished
by its penninerved leaves, and obovate petals; it seems
still more closely allied to the following form which it
is distinguished by its long curved many flowered racemes
; the form of its petals, and more copious pubescence.
1058. Sonerila axillaris (R. W.) herbaceous
erect sparingly sprinkled all over with hairs: stems
terete: leaves opposite or subalternate, long pitioled,
ovate or subcordate at the base, acuminate, sparingly
hairy above, nearly glabrous beneath: peduncles axillary
erect, about the length of the petioles, few flowered:
calyx limb 3 lobed, lobes pointed deciduous: petals
elliptic mucronate: anthers rostrate: style the length of
the stamens: capsule clavate, somewhat triangular, 6
nerved, glabrous.
Western slopes of the Neilgherries two or three
miles below Sisparah: frequent by the road side,
flowering December and January. My specimens were
gathered in February, but I only succeeded in obtaining
one or two in flower. It seems a very distinct species,
its nearest neighbour being, apparently, the preceding.
1059. Sonerila Brunonis (W. & A.) herbaceous
: stems (about a foot high or more) erect, branched;
branches acutely 4-angled, glabrous: leaves long-peti-
olefl, ovate, bristle-serrated, 5-7-nerved at the base,
hairy or at length glabrous: peduncles terminal, longer
than the leaves: flowers unilateral, longish-pedicelled,
racemose : calyx glabrous: petals lanceolate, pointed:
anthers ovate, short-pointed: style about the length of
the stamens: stigma capitate : capsules turbinate, 3-
sided, strongly and prominently 6-ribbed, three of the
ribs forming the angles, the other three on the sides.—
W. and A. Prod. p. 321.
The specimens from which the figure was taken were
gathered at Courtallum in 1836, in general habit and in
the form of its capsule, it approaches both the preceding,
but is amply distinct from both.
1060. E ugenia (Syzygeum) Montana (R. W.)—
arboreous, young shoots acutely 4 angled the sides
depressed or concave between: leaves coriaceous from
obovate bluntly acuminate to suborbicular, short
pitioled: cymes terminal corymbose many flowered,
each extreme division terminating in a fascicle of three
flowers : flowers small: petals adhering and separating
as one : calyx obtusely 4 lobed persistent, crowning the
fruit : fruit globose about the size of a currant purple:
Neilgherries not unfrequent in woods, sometimes attaining
a large size. This species is very nearly allied
in many respects to Moons, E. sylvestris but is certainly
distinct. Its most characteristic feature is the form
of the young shoots which are prominently 4 angled
with concave sides between. In the specimen figured
the leaves are represented as occasionally alternate.
This form, however, is of rare occurrence, and, though
it certainly does occasionally present itself, cannot be
admitted as part of the specific character.
1061. Haloragis oligantha(W. and A.) herbaceous?,
glabrous, procumbent: leaves alternate, narrow-
linear, tapering at both ends, serrated towards the apex:
flowers minute, axillary, solitary, sessile: calyx-tube
marked with four projecting angles: petals linear-lanceolate,
obtuse, much longer than the segments of the
calyx : stamens 4: stigmas 4, large, sessile, pappulose:
nut muricated, 1-celled, 1-seeded.— W.and A . Prod.p.
338.
This plant occurs in great abundance in shallow
water in the lake at Ootacamund and in marshy ground
along its borders. I have also seen specimens from
Ceylon, but more abundantly covered with fruit.
1062. H edera acuminata (R. W.) arboreous,
glabrous; leaves unequally pinnate many paired, leaflets
oval-oblong acuminate short petioled : thyrses
numerous elongated, peduncles, involucrate at the base
with minute subulate bracts : flowers very numerous,,
short pedicelled, forming subcapitate umbels, each having
a minute caducous bractiole at the base ; calyx 5-,
lobed petals expanding: styles 5 free at the apex: ovary
5 celled with a pendulous ovule in each: fruit—
Cortallum and on the western slopes of the Neilgherries
about 2 miles below Sisparah. Apparently a
small erect growing tree. The plant from which the
specimen represented was taken had been injured and
six or eight tall, erect, luxuriant branches, had sprung
from the stump. The wood appears very soft; the
larger leaves were full 2 feet long and the leaflets twice
or thrice the size of those in the plate. As a species it
seems nearly allied to Don’s H. Jackiana, if not indeed
the same plant, a point his character does, not enable
me to determine with certainty, but I think they must
be distinct as the characters differ in. several points. I
have not seen the fruit,
1063. Loranthus (Scurrvla) E uphorbl® (R. W.)
glabrous, erect, very ramous, branches terete : leaves:
short petioled, elliptic or orbicular, with a tendency to
attenuation downwards,, succulent when dry obscurely