the genus. It seems curioüs that D. C. should have
overlooked the identity of Hooker’s plant with his
own as. the figure is most characteristic, especially
when aided, as it is, by a good character and description.
The oldest name is undoubtedly Moon’s, but
he also referred it to a wrong genus.
1196. Ga u l th e r ia fra g ra n t issim a. (Wall.)
glabrous, erect, ramuli somewhat 3 cornered : leaves
elliptic-oblong, acute at both ends, dentate, coriaceous
: racemes axillary, solitary, straight, puberulous,
about half the length of the leaves, bracts concave
acute ; 2 under the calyx, one under the pedicel. D.
C- Prod. 1. c.
Ceylon— Col. Walker. There are some slight dif-
ferences between the Ceylon and Nepaul plants, but
not sufficient I apprehend to constitute them distinct
species.
1197. Ga u l t h e r ia Gr if f it h ia n a (R. W.)
shrubby, glabrous : leaves short petioled, elliptico.
lanceolate, acutely serrulate, coriaceous : racemes
axillary, solitary, erect, much shorter than the leaves,
puberulous : bracts acute, concave and with the sepals
ciliate ; bractioles somewhat remote from the
flower : filaments short, ventricose in the middle,
hairy.
Bootan, Griffith.
This species seems very distinct from all the Indian
ones differing in the form and in the delicate serration
of the leaves, the short racemes, ciliate bracts and
calyx, but especially in the bellied filaments.
1198. Andromeda (P ie r is ) la n ceo la ta.—
(Wall.) leaves lanceolate, acute at the base, acuminated,
entire on the margin : racemes simple, flowers
secund : corolla oval cylindrical, pubescent. D. C.
Prod. 7, p. 599-
Khasya, Griffith.
If this is really Wallich’s plant which the shape of
the leaves renders somewhat doubtful, the specific
name seems less appropriate than his usually are. It
may however be merely a broader leaved form as I
have another specimen of apparently the same species
with lanceolate leaves and it corresponds in other
respects.
Being unable to detect any sufficient generic difference,
I have followed Endlicher in reducing the genus
Pieris to Andromeda.
1199. Andromeda (P.) o v a l ifo l ia. (Wall.)
leaves oval, obtuse at the base, acuminated, entire on
the margin : racemes simple, flowers secund sub-
pubescent : corolla oval cylindrical, puberulous. D. C.
Prod. 1. c.
Simla, Countess Dalhousie : apparent'y, judging
from a finely preserved specimen, a beautiful tree.
1200. Andromeda (P.) Formosa. (Wall.)
leaves lanceolate, acute at the base, acuminate, serrulate,
coriaceous, glabrous : racemes paniculato-thyr-
soid, corollo ovate. D. C. Prod. 1. c.
Bootan, Griffith.
Leaves crowded, 2-3 inches long, racemes delicately
pubescent, lobes of the calyx with a marginal nerve.
1201. Rhododendron arboreum. (Smith.)
aTboreous, leaves lanceolate, glabrous, scaly beneath :
flowers compact corymbose ovary pubescenti-
toroento6e 8-10 celled. D. C. Prod. 7—720.
Neilgherries, very frequent. Flowering in great
perfection in March and ApriL Leaves rusty coloured
( «
beneath, flowers deep crimson. The tree itself,
apparently from usually growing in exposed situations,
has a gnarled stunted appearance; its compact
capitula of flowers always terminal.
1202. ' Rododendron grande. (R. W.) Arboreous,
everywhere glabrous except the bractial
scales, the inner series of which are densely tomen-
tose externally : leaves oblong-lanceolate, cuspidate-*
ly acuminate, somewhat obovate, (the broadest part
nearer the apex than the base) petioled, entire, coriaceous,
whitish scaly beneath : corymbs terminal capitate
: bracteas obovate cuspidate tomentose: corolla
subcampanulate, limb 8 cleft lobes emarginate :
stamens 16 the length of the tube : stigma dilated,
ovary 16 celled.
Bootan, Griffith. Mr. Griffith briefly characterises
this species in the single word “ magnifique,” which
idea I have attempted to convey in the specific name.
In this the same relative proportion of parts exist as
in R. arboreum, that is the number of stamens and
cells of the ovary are equal and double those of the
calycine teeth and lobes of the corolla, but in this
they are a half more numerous; this mark equally distinguishes
it from R. formosum which is 10-androus.
1203. Rhododendron griffithianum. (R.
W.) arboreous, glabrous, branches terete : leaves coriaceous,
crowded on the ends of the branches, oblong-
oval, acute at both ends, mucronate: racemes terminal
lax, flowers longish pedicelled : calyx entire, scutelli-
form: corolla campanulate, 5 lobed, spreading: stamens
15 (?) shorter than the corolla: anthers truncated
opening by pores, ovary hairy 10 celled.
“ Bootan, a beautiful species, 1045—of journal-”—
Griff. MS.
Every flower in my specimen has so suffered from
attacks of insects that I could only find one in a fit
state for dissection, and from it we learn that this
6pecies has a 5 lobed corolla, 15 stamens and a 10
celled ovary. Here is a marked departure from all
the other sections of the genus hence, if further acquaintance
with the species establish the correctness
of these numbers, this must form either the type of a
new section or of a genus.
1204. Lysimachia (ephemedrum) Lesche-
naultii (Duby in D . C. Prod. V. 8.) erect ramous,
leaves opposite or ternate lanceolate, sinuate (?) entire,
acuminate, glabrous, short petioled: flowers racemose
crowded : bractiols linear subulate, acuminated,
much shorter than the pedicels : calyx much shorter
than the compahulate corolla, divisions linear lanceolate
acuminate, lobes of the corolla obovate obtuse,
entire; stamens equal exserted: style filiform. D, C.
Prod.
Neilgherries, frequent in low moist or even marshy
soils and generally to be met with in flower. Plant
herbaceous perennial from two to three feet in height.
Flowers on first opening reddish-white, streaked with
darker lines afterwards acquiring a rather deep lylac
tinge.
1205. Anagallis latifolia (Lin n ) roots herbaceous
: decumbent, ramous : branches elongated, 4
sided slightly winged : leaves opposite or ternate broad
ovate, semiamplexicaul, subacute, spreading : peduncles
longer than the leaveB; calyx a little shorter than
the corolla, lobes narrow linear.lanceolate acuminate :
corolla nearly twice as long as the stamens, lobes S)