69 I. Ukttca. suffruticos a (Roxb.) suffruticose : leaves 

 alternate, lanceolate, broadest at the base, entire, three- 

 nerved, smooth: flowers axillary crowded, subsessile : 

 female calyx one-leaved, ribbed, mouth bidentate. — Roxb. 



Ft. Ind. 3. 584. 



Sumatra— Whence it was introduced into the Calcutta 



Botanic Garden. This plant or one exceedingly like, 

 but which I have usually referred, with some others 

 agreeing in habit, to Far ielaria, is very frequent in damp 

 alpine jungles throughout the higher ranges of hills of 

 the Peninsula* % 



702. Jasminum iursutum (Linn. Willd. Smith J» 

 pubescens Willd. Roxb.) leaves cordate, downy : umbels 

 terminal, sessile, many flowered.— Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. 91. 



Native of both China and Bengal, from the former 

 it was introduced into the Calcutta Botanic Garden. 

 Willdenow seems to have described the same plant under 

 two different names, the older of which is here adopted. 

 It appears a very handsome spe 

 nearly allied to J. elongation. 



apparently very 



695. Uktica vescicaria (Roxb.) shrubby, erect : 

 leaves alternate, broad lanceolate, three-nerved, entire, 

 downy : flowers axillarv, crowded, sessile : female calyx 



_ _ 



with an inflated swelling round the base. — Roxb. FL 



hid. S 587. 



Circar Mountains. — This species is, I believe, found 



as far south nearly, as Cape Comorin, in similar situa- 

 tions dark shady moist alpine forests. 



703. Jasminum l^tifolium (Roxb.) shrubby,twining: 

 leaves opposite, petioled, cordate : corymbs terminal : 

 calycine segments from 5 to 7, subulate: those of the 

 corolla from 10 to 12 linear and cuspidate: berries 

 kidney shaped —Roxb. FL Ind. I. 95. 



Roxburgh only found this in the mountainous part* 

 e Circars. I have specimens of a species found on 

 the Neilgherries, much resembling this except in the 

 length of the calyx segments, in this they are short, in 

 mine long and subulate, more resembling those of /. 

 arborescens, but from whivh it differs in bein^ an exten- 



of the 



606. Uktica pemtakdra (Roxb.) Perennial diffuse: sive climber. It may perhaps prove an intermediate 



form, tending to shew that these two are mere varieties 

 of one species. 



leaves opposite and alternate, subsessile, linear, small, 

 three-nerved: flowers axillary, pentandrous ; the male 

 ones peduncled ; the female ones sessile, with calyx 



winged.— Roxb. FL Ltd. ». 58S. 



Found about Calcutta among bushes in wet places. 

 The unusual developement of the limb of the calyx 

 before expansion, as shown in the upper figure, and the 

 winged fruit render it probable, this will form the type 

 of a new genus. 



697. Urtica tuberosa (Roxb.) root tuberous : leaves 

 alternate, oblong, three-nerved hairy : flowers axillary 

 sessile: seed much pointed. 



Native of the banks of water courses, hedges, &c. 

 widely distributed over Southern India. This with the 

 three preceding species and U. alieiwta seem all more 

 justly referable to Parietaria thau Urtica. 



Obs. 



As the following figures of Jasmines are all 



copied from Roxburgh's drawings I adopt his specific 

 characters in preference to those of more modern wri- 



ters, even when I think the latter better, as I think it but 

 just towards that excellent Botanist to define the plants 



he has so succesfully illustrated from living specimens, 

 in his own words, 



698. Jasminum angustifolium (Willd. Roxb. Nye- 



tmithes Linn.) shrubby, twining, polished : leaves oppo- 

 site, petioled, ovate, smooth, of a shining deep green: 

 flowers terminal, one, two, or three, corolla 8 or 9 -cleft, 

 berries single [or paired] ovate. — Roxb, FL Ind. 1. 96. 



A common and beautiful species, found in most parts 

 of Coromandel among hedges and bushes. Flowers 

 during the hot season. 



699. Jasminum yrborescens (Roxb.) arborescent: 

 leaves opposite and three-fold,oblong,downy : flowers ter- 

 minal, numerous, corymbiform, border from ten to twelve 

 cleft, stigma two-lobed.— Roxb. FL Ind. I. 95. 



More elevated parts of Bengal, flowering the begining 

 of the hot season. This species has no tendency to 

 twine or climb by which it is distinguished from J. lati- 

 folium Roxb. 



700. Jasminum auriculatum (Linn. Roxb.) shrub- 

 by, twining : leaves subternate, leaflets ovate, the pair 

 minute or "wanting: bordej of the calyx with 5 obscure 

 glandular teeth : corolla 7-cleft : berries globular. 



Roxb. BL Ind. 1. 98. 



Less common than J. august if otium, but usually found 

 in similar situations. Iu the Southern province* it can 

 scarcely be considered uncommon Its flowers are much 

 more abundant than that, but smaller, and the plant is 

 less graceful. 



701. Jasminum elosgatcm (Linn. Roxb.) scandent : 

 leaves opposite and alternate, lanceolate, villous on both 

 Bides: corymbs terminal: corolla 8 or 12-cleft, segments 

 linear: stigma bifid.— Roxb. FL Ind. I. 90. 



In forests near the mouth of the Hooghly in Bengal. 



704. Jasminum sambuc (Aiton Roxb) shrubby, 

 twining: leaves opposite, subsessile, from cordate to 

 oblong, acute or obtuse : segments of the calyx subu- 

 late : berries globular.— Roxb. FL Ind. 1. 88. 



A common plant —some varieties much cultivated by 

 the Natives for presentation at the shrines of their deities. 



703. Jasminum simplicbfolium (Forst. Roxb.) shrub- 

 by, spreading : leaves oblong, polished : flowers from 

 three to many, terminal : border of the corolla of from six 

 to eight, linear, acute, segments, equaling the tube in 

 length.— Roxb. FL Ind. 1. 97. 



Friendly Islands and Eastern Archipelago, whence 

 brought to the Calcutta Botanic Garden. 



706. Ixora acuminata (Roxb.) shrubby : leaves 



petioled, lanceolar, acuminate, smooth ; floral pair stem 

 clasping and broader : corymbs super -dicompound, much 

 crowded and smooth : calycine segments ensiform — 

 Roxb. FL Ind. I. 383. 



Forests near Silhet. A fine shrubby species, blossoms 

 during the hot season, very fragrant. 



1 Flowering branch— 2 corolla dissected— 3 brateas 

 calyx style and stigma— 4 ovary cut vertically— 5 cut 

 transversely— 6 a fruit full grown— 7 cut transversely 

 showing the semi-lunar embryo — 8 embryo detached. 



707. Ixoea alba (Linn. Roxb.) leaves sessile, lance- 

 olar : corymbs decompound, dense, sub-hemispheric : 

 lacinese of the corolla obovate and reflexed. 



I. stricta (Roxb.) shrubby straight : leaves subsessile 



oblong : corymbs dense, compound, hemispheric : lacinea? 

 of the corolla round, spreading : anthers bristle pointed. 

 —Roxb. FL Ind. 1 . 379. 



Both these species were originally brought from China 

 to the Calcutta Botanic Garden, and Roxburgh supposes 

 they may perhaps be only varieties of the same plant. 

 Much difference of opinion exists among Botanists on 

 this point. We have in our Prodromus considered th«Mn 

 distinct and both of Indian origin, referring lx. alba to 

 our /. parmflora, while /. stricta is retained as a distinct 

 species nearly allied to /. coccinia and confounded with 

 that species by some writers. Whether we are 

 correct is a point to be determined, but in justice to 

 Roxburgh, I have thought it right to adduce his cwn 

 evidence iu support of his opinion by the publication #f 

 his figures. 



70S. Ixora undulata (Roxb.) shrubby: leaves broad- 

 ly lanceolate, much waved on the margin, glabrous : co- 

 rymbs trichotomous, decompound, open ; branches pu- 

 bescent : flowers (small and white) numerous at the ex- 

 tremities of the ultimate divisions; calyx-segments short- 

 lanceolate, acute: lobes of the corolla narrow-oblon* 

 reflexed : filaments exserted : style glabrous, scarcely 

 exserted ; divisions of the stigma linear, recurved ■ ber 

 ties transversely oval.— IF. and A. Prod. 1. 428. 



Bengal, flowering time, the hot season. 



1 Flowering branch— 2 dissected flower— 3 a berrv 

 4 the same cut transversely. J 



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