Khandalla) through half a mile or more of these trees, 
close together, simply laden with buds. There was in the 
air a sweet resinous, pleasant odour from the buds. My 
hands were covered with what they exuded, and—this is 
the point—though I washed my hands three times, the 
pleasant scent remained.” Ths buds sent by Dr. Kirkitar 
were transmitted to Messrs. Piesse & Lubin, who reported 
that ‘‘ the odour somewhat resembles Patchouli, but is not 
so good, and would be likely to be used in the soap-trade.” 
— Kew Bulletin 1. c. : 
Seeds of S. callosus were received at the Royal Gardens, 
Kew, in 1888, from the Botanical Gardens of Saharanpur. 
They were collected on Mt. Abu, where Mr. Duthie in- 
forms me the shrub is supposed to flower about every 
ninth year. The plants raised at Kew flowered in a warm 
greenhouse in August, 1896, that is in the eighth year after 
the seeds were sown. 
Descr.—An erect shrub. Stems erect, strict, simple or 
branching, six to eight feet high, as thick as the thumb, 
obscurely polygonal, with small tubercles on the angles. 
Leaves six to nine inches long, elliptic-lanceolate, acumi- 
nate, subserrulate, base narrowed into a long, slender 
petiole, which is winged down to the middle, bright green 
and lineolate above, margins ciliolate, pale beneath ; 
nerves many, puberulous. Flowers sessile, large, pale 
violet-blue, in short globose or oblong, catkin-like spikes, 
one to two inches long, with broadly boat-shaped or 
hemispheric green imbricating bracts. Sepals linear, 
‘obtuse. Corolla-tube very short, dilated into a subcam- 
-panulate throat twice as long as the calyx, and hairy 
within; limb nearly two inches in diameter; lobes orbi- 
cular, undulate. Filaments with spreading hairs; anthers 
short. Ovary glabrous; style filiform, glandular-hairy. 
Capsule oblong, 2-seeded. Seeds obovate, appressedly 
villous.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Portion of stem of nat. size; 2, calyx; 3, base of corolla laid open 
with stamen; 4 and 5, stamens; 6, ovary and disk :—Ad/ enlarged. 
