840. Exacum WIGHTIANUM. (Arnott) stems very 
ramous and with the branches broadly winged: leaves 
oblong lanceolate acuminated subsessile : corymbs leafy ; 
corolla five clift, lacinice oval acute or acuminated : fruiti- 
ferous pedicels recurved: capsule globosely ellipsoidal. 
Arnott annals Nat. Hist. 3, p. 89. 
This seems to be a rare plant, Ihave not myself met 
with it the accompanying drawing having been prepared 
during my absence from India. 
841. SoLanum (Nycrertum) Wien (Nees) herba- 
ceous, armed with aciculate prickles, and clothed with fasi- 
cled hairs: leaves cordate, ovate or elliptic, repando-sinu- 
ate : fruitiferous peduncles elongated reflexed: the three 
inferior anthers larger: fruit covered by the persistent 
calyx. Nees in Act. Acad, Ces. Nat. Cur. Vol. 18. 
A rare plant found sparingly on the Neilgherries near 
Coonoor in jungle, the specimen figured was not however 
from that station. 
842. WAHLENBERGIA PEROTIFOLIA. (W. & A. DC. 
Dentilla Willd. Roxb.) stem erect, flexuose, pilose, angled 
ramous : leaves alternate, sessile, lanceolate, acuminated 
attenuated at the base, glabrous ; the margin somewhat un- 
dulately-crisp, denticulate : peduncles terminal pubescent 
naked : tube of the calyx hairy ; with shorter,linear acumi- 
nate, glabrous lobes: capsule globose. DC. Prod.7, p. 434. 
Found not uncommon in eultivated sandy soils near 
the Coast. Leaves finely ciliate, capsule 3 celled. 
843) EMBRYOPTERIS GLUTENIFERA.—Male and female 
844 j (Roxh. Diospyras giutinosa Konig. in Roxb.) 
leaves linear lanceolate glabrous male peduncles from 
three to four flowered with about 20 filaments and forty 
anthers: fertile flowers solitary, with from one to four 
sterile stamens styles four. Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2, p. 533. 
The specimens here figured were found in Malabar. 
They seem to correspond so nearly with Roxburgh’s des- 
cription that 1 can scarcely doubt their being the same 
species, though they vary in some points. Judging from 
one or two I have seen cultivated at Madras it seems a 
middle sized tree. 
845. CEROPEGIA BULBOSA. (Roxb. W. & A. Contribu- 
tions) twiving, glabrous, rather fleshy: root tuberous; 
leaves from suborbicular to lanceolate acuminated: pe- 
duncles many flowered, shorter than the leaves: calycine 
segments much shorter than the ventricose base of the 
corolla; tube of the corolla subclavate, segments of the 
limb enlarging upwards, much shorter than the tube, cili- 
ated: middle lobes of the leaflets of the corona subulate 
incurved at top, lateral ones minute, acuminated lying on 
the primary ones. W. عق‎ A. contributions p. 32. 
The specimen figured was grown in my garden froma 
root found in sandy soil on the sea coast near Point 
Calimere, I am uncertain whether I have since met with 
the plant. 
846. CEROPEGIA Mysorevsis. (R. WW.) suffrutecose, 
glabrous, twining: leaves broad cordate ovate, acumi- 
nated: peduncles about the length of the petiols, four to 
eight flowered : laciniæ of the calyx acute, much shorter 
than the greatly dilated base of the corolla: tube of the 
corolla short, suddenly expanding into a large 5 clift 
limb, segments short, broad ovate, adhering at the point, 
glabrous on the margins: lebes of the corena all ligulate, 
the lateral ones about equaling the primary : follicles long 
slender irregularly curved, 
Mysore twining in hedges December 1834. 
I have not since met with this beautiful, copiously 
flowering, plant. Flowers pale straw-coloured. It is most 
nearly allied to Celegans but is readily distinguished at 
first sight by the uniform colour of its flowers, their being 
quite glabrous, but more and satisfactorily by the divisions 
of the staminal crown which are all equal in place cf the 
lateral ones only about half the length of the primary. 
847. Hora ovanırorıa. (W.& A.) climbing, rooting 
along the stems, glabrous: leaves fleshy oval acuminated 
at both ends: peduncles shorter than the leaves many 
flowered : corolla puberulous within, segments ovate acute, 
leaflets of the staminal crown oval, obtuse, interior angle 
short : stigma muticous. Wight's contributions, p. 37. 
A handsome species but apparently of rare occurrence 
as I have not met with it for several years, the specimen 
figured was found in Malabar. 
845. TYLOPHORA FASCICULATA. (Ham. W. & A. Con- 
tributions) erect, or slightly twining, glabrous : leaves ap- 
proximated ovate somewhat fleshy, slightly decurrent to- 
wards the ends of the branches : peduncles erect flexuose, 
bearing at the flexures two or three flowered facicles : 
leaflets of the staminal crown oblong ovate, bluntish : pol- 
len masses transverse : stigma apiculate. — WizAt's contri- 
butions, l. c. 
Copper mountains Bellary frequent, twining on grass 
also on low grassy hills at Courtallum twining among long 
grass. When it meets with support it twines to a small 
extent. In theanalysis the peculiarities of this species 
are not so well shown as I could have wished, 
` 849. OPHIOXYLON SERPENTINUM. (Linn.) 
This is a plant of frequent occurrence in moist woods 
and being one of great beauty is also much cultivated as an 
ornamental shrub. The leaves are generally whorled, from 
three to five round the joints, lanceolate acute or acu- 
minated, waved on the margin, glabrous; cymes axillary on 
long peduncles usually erect: pedicels and calyxes bright 
shining red which, contrasting with the pure white flowers, 
give the evmes a showy appearance especially when com- 
bined with its clusters of black berries. 
850. ANISEIA UNIFLORA. (Choisy.) stems glabrous or 
pilose at the apex, prostrate: leaves oblong on very short 
petiols, mucronate at the apex, glabrous : peduncles equal 
in length to the petiols 1 flowered : outer sepals joined 
obliquely at the base. Don. gard, dict. 4, p. 295. 
A rare plant in Coromandel. I have only once met with 
it near Negapatam, where this drawing was made. As I 
found it growing on the edge of atank in moist sandy 
soil it may perhaps be more frequent in the more humid 
climate of Malabar where Rheede also found it. 
851. ARGYREIA sPecIosa.(Sweet Choisy. Rivea, R. W.) 
tomentose: leaves large cordate, acute, glabrous above or 
rarely villous, thickly nerved beneath and clothed with 
silky silvery down : peduncles about equal in length to the 
petiols, at first umbellately capitate the divisions after- 
wards elongating, forming lax cymes: bracteas acute un- 
equal: sepals ovate very blunt. Don. gard. dict. 4, p. 254. 
A most powerful twiner and splendid plant. The juice 
like that of most of the genus is milky and viscid, the 
flowers pink or rose colored within, but appear nearly white 
exteriorly, owing to the thick coat of white hair with which 
the tube ¡is covered. Except in the campanulate corolla 
this is a Rivea having the 4 celled ovary of that genus. 
852. Datura ALBA. (Nees,—D. metel Roxb.) leaves 
ovate, acuminated, repandly toothed, unequal at the base, 
and are, as well as the stem, smoothish : stamens enclosed : 
fruit prickly. Don. gard. dict. 4, p. 474. 
A very common plant, possessing, in every part, intense- 
ly narcotic properties which has led to its being benefici- 
ally employed in medicine for the relief of various nervous 
disorders and, among evil disposed persons, for other most 
mischievous purposes. 
853. PuysaLis SOMNIFERA. (Link. Nees,) shrubby: 
leaves entire: flowers crowded, nearly sessile, subvertice- 
late. Don. gard. dict. 4, p. 44. 
This is a common plant but, so far as I am aware, a 
useless one to man. 
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