3 nerved, veinless when green : flowers sessile, axillary
or fascicled round the knots of the branches: brac-
tea lateral, embracing the base of the ovary, very obtuse
: calyx truncated entire : tube of the corolla terete,
limb elongated indurated, acute before expansion,
lacinese subulate, becoming elastically involute on dehiscence
: filaments red ; anthers subulate : stigma cla-
vate, berry red about the size of a small bean.
Frequent about Coimbatore parasitic on Euphorbia
antiquorum and tortilis, flowering in July. Very nearly
allied to L. elasticus, but I think quite distinct; differing
in the form of the leaves and in their being only 3,
not 5 nerved. The flowers of this are slender, about an
inch and a half long, one-third of which only is
truly petaloid, forming the proper tube; the limb is
firm and coriaceous, at first bursting with elasticity, and
then becoming spirally involute like the main spring of
a watch. The whole plant is exceedingly fragile, and
will scarcely bear the gentlest handling, all tumbling to
pieces in drying. The juices of this plant do not show
a trace of milkiness.
1064. Stylocorone rigida (R. W.) shrubby,
glabrous : leaves elliptic shortly acuminate at both ends,
coriaceous shining: cymes terminal and from the axils
of the upper leaves, compact, tricliotomous: calyx limb
5 cleft, lobes obtuse, nearly equaling the tube of the
corolla : corolla 5 cleft, tube short, with a ring of hairs
within below the stamens throat hairy, limb spreading
or reflexed, segments obtuse, villous near the base :
anthers linear, cuspidate : ovary 2 celled with numerous
ovules»
Neilgherries in woods near the Avalanche Bungalow,
flowering February and March. The mature fruit 1 have
not seen. The leaves on the flowering branchlets, are
about 2 £ inches long and about half as broad ; below
they are considerably larger; of a very firm rigid texture,
the transverse veins large and prominent on both sides :
the young shoots, and peduncles, thickly covered with an
abundant resinous exudation. This, as compared with
several other species in my herbarium, is a very distinct
one: it comes nearest Moons S. cerefera of which
I have an indifferent specimen but is I think distinct.
1064. (bis.) Canthium Neilgherrense (R. W.)
shrubby or subarboreous unarmed, branchlets obsolately
4 sided glabrous : leaves short petioled, ovate, bluntly
acuminate, membranous ; nearly glabrous above, hir-
sutulate beneath peduncles axillary, about the length
of the petioles, bearing a small umbel of from 5 to 7
flowers, furnished with subulate bracts : calyx limb
truncate 5 toothed : corolla 5 cleft, throat hairy :
stamens short nestling among the hairs: ovary 2 celled, 1
pendulous ovule in each: stigma capitate: drupe glabrous
obovate compressed succulent.
Sisparah on the Neilgherries in jungles flowering most
part of the year. Leaves 4-5 inches long about half as
broad, ending in a short obtuse acumen, thin and membranous
: flowers small white very hairy in the throat •
fruit succulent glabrous pale yellowish or cream coloured.
1065. Pavetta Brunonis (Wall.) soft and villous
all over : leaves obovate : stipules and bracteas broad,
membranous: peduncles trichotomous, having the branches
dense and corymbose : lobes of the calyx subulate.
and description, but not sufficiently so, at least in ray
estimation, to constitute it a distinct species. In Roth s
plant the leaves are described as elliptic sprinkled with
short hairs, here they are obovate shortly and bluntly
acuminate and clothed on both sides with soft short villi.
This seems the only difference: in his the calyx is described
—G. Don.
Northern slopes of the Neilgherries flowering April
and May. This seems clearly the plant described by
Mr. Don, the only difference being that here the lobes
of the calyx are not subulate, I do not however think it
can be kept distinct from P . Rothiana, supposing this
to be truly Wallich’s plant, it differs from Roths character
as very minute “ dentibus triangulis obtusis”
which is the case here. There is no station assigned to
Roth’s plant, Neilgherries is appended to this—but I
have other specimens from Malabar and Mysore, the latter
being the country, where most of Heyne’s plants were
Collected. The similarity of the two plants, to eaeh
other did not strike me when naming the drawing, otherwise
I think, I should have given this the older name.
1066. I xora polyantha (R. W.) shrubby, every
where except the inflorescence glabrous, leaves elliptic
oblong obtuse or sometimes bluntly acuminate: stipules
acuminate or subulate, pointed : corymbs terminal,
contracted, many flowered, branches and tube of the
calyx densely hairy : scariose bracts and ovate lanceolate
acuminate lobes of the calyx glabrous : calyx limb
4 parted, divisions subulate pointed : corolla glabrous,
tube long, slender, limb 4 cleft, segments obtuse reflexed
: style exserted, stigma 2 lobed.
Calicut, Malabar, flowering in March. I have not
seen the growing plant, but judging from a coloured
drawing and specimens it seems to be a very handsome
shrub. ° The larger leaves exceed a foot in length and
are about 6 inches broad. The very dense hairy
corymbs, scariose bracts, and large 4 parted limb of the
calyx, at once mark this as a peculiar and distinct species.
1067. Ophiorrhiza eriantha (R. W.) suffruti-
cose, erect, nearly glabrous, except the young shoots
and inflorescence : leaves elliptic, lanceolate acuminate,
tapering at the base : stipules about the length of the
petioles subulate: bracts long filiform and with the calyx
and corolla hairy : corolla funnel shaped, tube glabrous
within, much longer than the dilated 5 cleft limb :
stamens and style included : stigma deeply 2 cleft.
Western slopes of the Shevagherry mountains under
the shade of brush wood. Leaves from 5 to 6 inches
long, and from 1 £ to 2 broad thin and membranous,
terminating in a slender acumen: cymesterminal compact
hairy : anthers linear blunt: seed irregularly angled.
1068. Ophiorrhiza Roxburghiana (R. W.) suf-
fruticose erect or somewhat diffuse ; young shoots and
corymbs villous: leaves from ovate to oblong-lanceolate,
acuminate, glabrous, except the veins, on the
under surface : Stipules lanceolate acute, shorter than
the petioles: corymbs terminal congested, villous: bracts
narrow linear lanceolate and with the calyx hairy ;
corolla funnel shaped, tube much longer than the dilated
5 lobed limb, villous without hairy within :
style and stamens included : anthers linear acute : stigma
dilated 2 lobed.
Shevagherry mountains with the preceding near the
base on the western face, August 1836. This though a
nearly allied species is quite distinct from the preceding.
1069. Ophiorrhiza graudiflora (R. W.) suffru-
ticose erect glabrous : leaves ovate lanceolate acuminate:
stipules minute triangular: corymbs terminal glabrous :
bracts linear subulate and like the calyx glabrous: corolla
funnel shaped, a few hairs near the base, and along the
veins ; tube much longer than the dilated limb, glabrous
within: style and stamens included : stigma tapering to
a point 2 cleft.
Shevagherry mountains with the 2 preceding species.
The corolla in this is nearly an inch and half long. It