Neilgherries, not unfrequent species are confused—the one with included sta- ___ &__ ___ „„„ ^ ,.m iiLnl clumps of jungle
mens and the lobes of the calyx equal, the other in moist soil near springs and streams
with exserted stamens and the lobes unequal, as
here shown.
1398. Solanum verbascifolium (Linn.), shrub-
„ by: leaves ovate-oblong acuminate, entire, tomen-
13y4. Lchinospermum cjelestinum (R. W. tose, surfaces discoloured: axiUs leafless: corymbs
vynoglossum calestmum? Lind.), sparingly pubes- sub-terminal, dichotomous, peduncled: calvx half
cent, except on the veins on the undersurface of 5-cleft. Nees.
the leaves and younger branches: stem erect, ra- Neilgherries, frequent about the elevation of
mous : radical leaves large, reniform-cordate, entire, Coonoor (6000 feet), less so above that zone, gen-
smooth, about 9-nerved at the base, somewhat erally to be met with in flower and fruit at all
cuspidate at the apex ; cauline ones ovato-lanceo- seasons. Usually a tall straight bush, but some-
Jate, sessile: racemes ebractiate, dichotomous: calyx times a small tree with a bushy head; flowers
5-parted, lobes ovate bluntish: tube of the corolla pale yellow or a kind of dirty white,
about the length of the calyx, limb 5-cleft spreading;
lobes orbicular: nuts ovate, depressed, bound iqqq i/inn SB ,T • , ■Bn»“ F ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
- — Belgaum and Bombay.
I am indebted to Mr. Law of Bombay for the
1399. SoiANUM ferox, maius. (Nees.l
specimen here figured, he sent it from the latter
Courtallum.
place as a species of “Cynoglossum probably C.
ccelestinum,” Lindley.
1400. SoiiANUM ferox, minus. (Nees.)
Neilgherries.
tha^Decte'thft1' ? 6 ChaIaCter °f Nees Von »0» * Esenbeek s e n lL : views taese these two terms forms as
reel S c e o t for the but *“ <**■ of «>= same species. I think there
as I understand the e-enn«! a true w j,- 1S is room for dissenting from that view, but yet 1,
US„ L “ » examtainPT nt> H 1 W M W " “
plantI have retained his speciflc n a ie . ’ J T S S “ h a°s t ^ f y l e ^ o n T e
, on(, subject. One circumstance is worthy of note,
ldy5- Cynoglossum furcatum (Wall.), stems namely, that the former of these plants, No. 1399,
ramous, adpressed, pubescent or tomentose, the has not, so far as I am aware, been met with on
hairs on the lower part reflexed: leaves glauces- the higher range of the Neilgherries, while the
cent, adpressed-pubescent; radical ones petioled, other is quite common. That difference of habit,
oval-lanceolate, acute at both ends; cauline ones combined with its glabrous fruit, causes me to
sessile, the upper ones half-stem-clasping, ovato- doubt the correctness of Nees’ decision in this
cordate: racemes paired, slender, ebractiate, secund, instance,
hairy.—Flowers purple, scales of the throat two-
° Neilgherries, very common, rising from one to *4°1; 1Sof AmJM Jacqtjini (Willd.), herbaceous,
three feet high, and in flower’ at nefrly all seasons Stem Procu“ bent, ramous, prickly: leaves
This snecies aDDears verv nparlv niiipri in r ovat.e oblong, sub-cordate, smuato-pinnatifid, at first
mcranlhlm, from which indeed It'seems scarceS b°‘b sid“ ’ a??™ards
to differ; I believe, however, this is the true C. v i u 8 d qu,te, fflabrous., *™ished on
furcatum. If I have not confounded the two species * ? k Wltb mmerous long straight prickles:
this has an extensive range T geo^aThM to - " ed: ,Iacemes I f l l extra-foKaeious,
tribution, extending from the Himalayas to Ceylon fKW flowered- Cldyx campanulate, 5-cleft, armed,
and is generally to be met with in alpine regions t br°adl? ov“te CBSPldalei spreading m the
throughout that wide extent of country. A rather frequent plant, generally met with in
10ny> t, ,„t , . open exposed situations, flowering during the cool
1396. Datura fastuosa (Nees), annual; leaves season and ripening its fruit during the earlier
ovate acuminate, repando-dentate, unequal at the months of the year. Berries red, succulent,
base, and like the stems puberulous; fruit drooping,
tubercled.
oKrrnl . V ___ i-U -J »UTJSKI ,
a a « i i b°by 1 0 fauTroopta^fn'1£ emS 1 9 L over with shoSrt soSme- in that. ■ P ° u U11S’ eiecc what viscid tomentose-pubescence: leaves ovate
' acute, entire or sub-repand: racemes corymbose,
1Qn„ lateral: the lower anther larger.
1397. S olanum denticulatum (Blume), stem, Coimbatore: very common in the low jungles
suttruticose: inferior leaves solitary, upper ones on arid soil near the foot of the hills in this dis-
paired, smoothish; one of them larger, oblong acu- trict, and generally in similar places extending all
mmate at both ends, the other smaller, somewhat along the range of mountains, nearly to Cape
obovate: flowers fasciculately-aggregated, lateral: Comorin. It sometimes attains the size of a rather
calyx minutely 10-denticulate, furrowed. large bush, 6 -8 feet high, very ramous: branches