Compact! ƒ fascicled on the ends of the branches, sessile
: calyx campanulate, obtusely 5 lobed, hairy : tube
Of the corolla 4 or 5 times longer than the calyx, lobes
of the corolla elliptic, 3 or 4 times shorter than the
tube, anthers mtfcronate, stigma oblong, forked at
the apex ; cells of the ovary two seeded, berry pUrple,
globose.
Ootacamund, Neilgherries, frequent in clumps of
jungle, climbing extensively.
This is a variable plant as regards the foliage, it
certainly belongs io the 3-foliolate section, and ranks
next I. atlriculatuni, though from the abortion of the
lateral pair of leaflets, simple' leaved specimens are of
frequent occurrence. Such must have been the case
in the one from which El. C. took his character as he
has given it simple leaves. They also vary much in
the degree o f hairyness, being sometirfies nearly glabrous,
at others to the full as hairy as represented in
the plate. The shortly lobed calyx and 2 ovuled cells
of the ovary clearly associate this with the Trifoliti-
lata, as these peculiarities ate common to nearly all
of them.
1255. JASStiSUM a f f in e (R. W .) scan dent, sub-
glabrous, branches terete : leaves petioled, 3 foliolate,
leaflets broad, ovate, subcordate, mucronate, the terminal
one much larger: corymbs axillary, 3-9 flowered,
numerous towards the ends of the branches, there
forming a terminal panicle: calyx short, obtusely 5
lobed : lobes of the corolla lanceolate, afcute, about ^
the length of the tube: anthers ovate, iriucronate,
style much Shorter than the tube of the corolla, stigma
linear, furrowed, cells of the ovary 2 ovuled.
Lower slopes of the Neilgherries,- and on hills
about Coimbatore. This, if really a distinct species,,
seems to occupy a station intermediate between I.
brevilobim and I. auriculaturii, but at the present moment,
I feel doubtful whether they are not all three
but one species.. There are technical differences be-
tween this and J. auriculatum, but. not, 1 fear, of sufficient
specific value, though sufficient to induce nie
when naming the drawing,- to consider them distinct
species. The difference of inflorescence, and
very different geographical position occupied by J.
brevilobum on the summits of the highest mountains,
while the others descend to the plains,- seem to point it
out as distinct,- though its structural characters agree
with those of the other two.
1256. J a Sminum ovALlFobiUM (R. W.) scan-
dent^ villous, branches terete: leaves trifoliolate, leaflets
ovate, oblongs tapering slightly at the base, acuminate,
villous on both sides; the axils of the veins
beneath often furnished with haify glands; lateral
pair sublanceolate, much smaller than the terminal i
corymbs axillary, 3-9 flowered, numerous towards the
extremities of the branches f calyx campanulate, slights
ly 5 lobed: corolla about 7 lobed, lobes oval or sub-
obovate, obtuse, about £ the length of the tube, anthers
oblong, style the length of the tube, stigma
subexserted, clavate or Subcapitate, cells of the
ovary 2 seeded, ovules pendulous from the apex of
the cells.
Malabar, flowering in April. This is nearly allied
to the former, but is at once distinguished by the
form of the style and stigma, which, judging from other
specimens, seems the only mark on which reliance
can be placed, for in other respects, if some specimens
I have referred here on the strength of that character, be
truly referable to this species, it is a variable plant.
In them the leaves are scarcely .half the size,obtuse £
both ends, and glabrous on both sides, the inflores*'
cence, however, is the same in both. These latter forms
are not unfrequent in hedges, about Coimbatore, flowering
during the rainy months from July to November,
1257. J asm/num grandiflorum (Lin.) glabrous,
at length scandent: branches somewhat angled
: leaves pinnate, leaflets 4 pairs with an odd
one, oval, mucronulate, the outer ones confluent, the
terminal one acuminate, panicles terminal, corymbose,
few flowered : lobes of the calyx subulate, 3-4 times
shorter than the tube of the corolla; lobes of the
coVolla oval, obtuse.—Corolla white, reddish beneath.—
D . C. Prod.
Courtallum, but I believe cultivated, nor do I recollect
of ever having met with this plaqt in a truly wild
state.
1258. J asrUnum revolutum (Sims. I. bignoi-
cium Wall. I. aureum ? Don’s Prodromus,) glabrous,1
not scandent, branches angled; leaves alternate, pinnated,
leaflets 3, 5, 7, 11, ovate, or ovate oblong,
acuminate: panicles terminal, opposite the leaves,
corymbose : calyx acute and acutely denticulate, lobes
of the corolla suprevolute on the apex—Flowers yellow,
fragrant.—D. C. Prod. .
“ Var. '0. peninsulare (Alph. D. C.) leaflets obovate,
oblong, narrowing at the base, acute at the apex,
flowers few, Neilgherries frequent. An erect shrub,
2-4 feet high, flowers solitary, or three or four.”
Neilgherries, abundantly distributed all over them,
and always to be met with in flower, but in greatest
perfection during the rains. Under the name I re-
vblutuni, perhaps, two species are confused, but as I
am unacquainted with the original form, and as I infer
that Alph. D. C. would not have referred this plant to
it unless he had good grounds for so doing, I adopt
hid name, and bring here Wallich’s 1 bignoniaceum,
which must be identical with Var. 0. of Alph. D. C.
though referred by his father to a different Section,-
as there is no other plant having the slightest resemblance
to it on the Neilgherries. D. C. refers here
I chrysanthemum Roxb. I also bring Don’s I. aureum
here, though doubtfully, as he says, the leaves are
opposite, which however, I suspect is an error, as I
have a Nepaul specimen, accurately according in all
other points with his character, but with alternate
leaves.
1259. C eropegia de caisneana (R. W.) twining,
glabrous : leaves lanceolate, acuminate at both
ends, acute, hispid above, from short scattered rigid
hairs, glabrous beneath i umbels pendulous, 6 flowered,
pedicels deVaricated, longer than the peduncles,
flowers large, ascending, mottled with purple spots,
calyx lobes setaceous, corolla clavate, largely ventrir
cose at the base, lobes of the limb cohering at the
point: secondary lobes of the staminal crown about
half the length of the primary, erect, slightly cleft at
the apex, tipped with pUrple.
Neilgherries, on the road side leading from Sisparah
to Malabar, but rare, flowering March and April. An
extensively twining, somewhat succulent shrub, leaves
from 6 to 8 inches long, about 1 broad; corolla nearly
3 inches long, about 4' of which forms the dilated
base; secondary lobes of the crown yellow, tipped
with purple without, deep purple within: follicles
long and slender, not much thicker than whip cord.