266 CL. HÆMODORACE®. (J. D. Hooker.) [.Peliosanthes. 
2. P. Griffithii, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 506; leaves long- 
petioled 6-8 by 13-22 in. strongly 5-nerved, scape very short. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, Griffiths Collectors ; alt. 1500 ft. Clarke. 
Leaves 5-6, with 5-distant nerves much stronger than the numerous others ; 
petiole 8-10 in., very slender. Raceme many -fld. ; pedicels short, stout ; bracts long ; 
flowers not seen. Seeds globose, about 4 in. diam. ` 
** Bracts l- rarely 2-fld. Flowers cernuous. 
3. P. violacea, Wall. Cat. 5084; leaves 6-12 by 1j-9 in. long- 
petioled, nerves very many, racemes usually shorter than the petiole many- 
fid., flowers violet-blue. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 502. P. Teta, 
Wall. Cat. 5083 A in part. P. campanulata, Wall. mss. 
EASTERN HIMALAYA, the Kuasa Hirrs, and BURMA. . 
Habit of P. Teta and with flowers of the same size and colour, but solitary in the 
bracts. Seeds $ in. long, oblong.—Baker has three varieties. 1. minor, wit 
smaller fewer 5-7-nerved leaves and smaller green flowers; 2. Clarket, with more 
conspicuous transverse nervules and a darker purple flower; 3. Princeps, more 
robust, leaves broader, 4—44 in, diam., racemes longer, flowers greenish.— Moulmein, 
Lobb. 
4. P. macrophylla, Wall. mss.; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. Se 
505; leaves petioled 10-18 by 3-4} in. elliptic-lanceolate nerves 13- 
strong, scape long or short, raceme many-fld., flowers greenish or purple. 
EASTERN HIMALAYA; Sikkim alt. 3-600 ft., J. D. H.; Clarke; Mishmi Hills, 
Grifith. 
The largest and stoutest Indian species, but I suspect only a further development 
of P. violacea var, Princeps. Seeds globose or obturbinate. 
>. P. neilgherriensis, Wight. Ic. t. 2052; leaves long-petioled 4-8 
by 3-14 in. with 5-10 stronger nerves, scape about equalling the leave» 
bracts short, flowers small. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 909. ^' 
longifolia, Steudel Pl. Canara Exsicc. n. 1306. 
MALABAR and CANARA ; in the Ghats, Wight., óc. : 
Leaves few, membranous, transverse nervules conspicuous; petiole 6-9 in. Wei 
slender. Scape 4—6 in.; raceme as long; lower bracts many, À in., upper very 
short; perianth dark purple, 4 in. diam. Seeds obturbinately ovoid. 
6. P. courtallensis, Wight. Ic. t. 2057; leaves long-petioled 8-12 
by 13-2 in. with 5 strong nerves, scape much shorter than the leaves, Gen 
longer than the flowers. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 504. P. 1e, 
Wall. Cat. 5083 B. 
TRAVANCORE ; at Courtallum, Wight., Ze, the 
A much larger plant than P. neilgherriensis, with leaves twice as long 8$ 
scape and raceme, and long lanceolate bracts much exceeding the flowers. n 
coloured drawing of this by Jerdon, the flowers are blue-purple, 4 in diam. 
7. P. humilis, Andrews Bot. Repos. &. 634 (not of Baker); dwarf 
leaves sessile or very shortly petioled elliptic-lanceolate 5-nerved, SC 
short stout, raceme short, bracts ovate about equalling the sma 
crowded very shortly pedicelled flowers. Bot. Mag. t. 1932 ; Kunth Enum 
v. 307. 
PENANG, Maingay. ut 
Leaves about 3 in. long; petiole shorter than the blade or 0. Flowers abo i 
iin. diam.; segments of perianth green margined with white, obtuse and emarg 
