Oss. In our Propromus it is remarked that Para- 
Jropia appears a natural genus, having the leaves 
digitate and umbels of flowers arranged in racemes 
forming thyrses, &c., being now impressed with con- 
viction that, sofar as characters derived from the 
fructification are concerned, no generic diflerence ex- 
its between Hedera and Paratropia, I have referred 
all these species to the former, but have retained the 
latter as a very natural and characteristic subgenus, 
on account of their digitate leaves and thrysoid in- 
florescence ; these, in the absence of struetural differ- 
ence of the reproductive organs, not being held of 
sufficient weight to entitle them to generic value. 
1016. Viscum orsicuLatum (R. W.) monoicous, 
branches foursided, angled : leaves opposite, orbicular, 
much waved on the margin, slightly 3-5 nerved: 
flowers sessile, axillary, aggregated, male and female 
mixed: anthers sessile on thelobes of the calyx, flat, 
composed of numerous little cells, berries oval, oblong, 
obtuse at both ends. 
A very rare shrub; the plants from which the 
drawing was made being the only ones I have seen ; 
they were growing on the branches of Agapetes ar- 
borea. The Draftsman has not correctly represent- 
ed the anthers, the other parts of the figure are unex- 
geptionable. 
1017. Viscum RAMOSISSIMUM (Wall :( entirely or 
almost leafless, much branched : stem and branches 
terete, verticiliate or opposite, younger branches 
usually long and slender : leaves (when present) 
narrow, oblong, 3-nerved : flowers usually3 together, 
axillary, sessile or nearly so : berries almost globose, 
— W. and A. Prod’, p. 380. 
This like the preceding is monoicous, and is fre- 
quently met with in all parts of the eountry. 
1018. Viscum MONILIFORME (Blume) leafless: 
stems terete at the base; branches opposite or 
fascicled, compressed: articulations obovate-oblong, 
taperiug at the base, 3-4 times longer than broad, 
costate along the middle but not striated: flowers 
sessile at the apex of the joints, opposite or in oppo- 
site fascicles of 3together, sometimes nearly verticil- 
iate.— W. and A. Prod., p. 380. 
This is, like the preceding, a widely distributed 
plant and is found on all kinds of trees, the specimen 
here given, grew on the Rhododendron arboreum 
a portion of which accompanies. 
1019. Viscum MONILIFORME Û coraloides(R. W.) 
This variety occurs in the most profuse abun- 
dance on the hills, frequenting nearly all kinds 
of trees and shrubs, but is probably most frequent 
on a species of Ilix. The specimen from which the 
drawing was taken grew on a epecies of agapetes 
on the banks of the Pycarah River. This variety 
seems quite dicecious; but I have never met witha 
male plant among hundreds that I have examined. 
Judging from the specimen figured, it might well be 
considered a distinct species, but extended examina- 
tion of the plant in all its forms scarcely warrants 
its separation from the preceding. 
1020. LonawTHUs NriLGHERRENSIS (W. & À. :) 
glabrous: branches terete, young ones obscurely and 
bluntly angled ; leaves alternate, elliptic-oblong, 
shortly petioled, thick and somewhat fleslıy, ultimate 
one of the branch (always ?) orbicular ovate: 
peduncles axillary, aggregated, very short, about the 
length of the petiole, bearing an umbel of 3 7, very 
shortly pedicelled flowers: bractea solitary under the 
ovary and closeto it, lateral, ovate: margin of tho 
calyx obscurely repand.toothed : corolla glabrous, 
ventricosely gibbous at the base, equally 5-cleft to 
beyond the middle; segments cunecate-linear, re- 
curved.— W. ond A. Pred,, p. 382. 
This is a fine species of great size, and when in 
perfection, most conspicuous from its numerous deep 
red, almost crimson coloured flowers, which com- 
pletely cover the branches, while the young leaves 
on the new shoots are also often deep red. 
1021. Virurnum ACUMINATUM, (Wall.:) young 
branches, petioles, and peduncles dotted with 
small rusty-coloured scales: leaves elliptical, acu- 
minated at both ends, coriaceous, quite entire with 
the margin slightly recurved, glabrous: upper side 
shining, under covered with minute shining rusty- 
coloured dots: cory mb terminal, large, trichotomous, 
often larger than the leaves: stigmas sessile: berry 
oval-oblong.— W. and A. Prod., p. 388. 
A common and widely distributed species, but 
rarely, if ever, met with at the elevation of Ootaca- 
mund, at Conoor, and for two or three miles below 
that place, it is very common and when in flower, a 
very handsome shrub. I have specimens from 
several other alpine stations, but have never seen 
it under three or four thousand feet of elevation. 
In some situations it may almost be called a small 
tree generally it is a large ramous shrub. 
1022. VIBURNUM CAPITELLATUM, (W. & A. :( 
free from scales, quite glabrons except in the axils 
of the nerves : leaves oval-lanceolate, with a few 
distant wavy teeth, attenuated at the apex into a 
rather fine point, under side with the axils of the 
nerves woolly : cymes compound, somewhat umbel- 
shaped, 3 6-partite; flowers umbellate, several toge- 
ther, nearly sessile at the extremity of the ultimate 
divisions : flower-buds viscous and shining : stigmas 
sessile : berries oval.oblong.— W. and A. Prod., 
p. 388. 
The specimens from which the accompanying 
drawing was made were found in the neighbourhood 
of Kotergherry. I have other specimens from the 
Pulry range, found at a nearly similar elevation: 
but I do not recollect having observed it about Oota- 
camund. It is a handsome shrub, very nearly allied 
to the next, but evidently distinct. Flowers during 
the autumnal months. 
1023. VIBURNUM HEBANTHUM, (W. € A.:) 
branches, petioles, and general peduncles glabrous : 
leaves elliptical or obovate,shortly acuminated,obtuse 
or acute at the base, slightly sinuate-toothed on the 
lower half, coarsely so toward the apex, woolly .in 
the axils of the nerves on the under side, otherw'se 
glabrous: partial peduncles of the corymb pubescent: 
corolla tubular campanalate, softly pubescent, limb 
very small, nearly erect, 4-5 times shorter than the 
tube: atyle very short and thick.—W. and A. Prod., 
. 388. 
å A very common shrub or small tree all over the 
higher ranges of the hills. The specimen from 
which the figure is taken does not convey a favourable 
impression of the inflorescence, but can searcely be 
said to be unfavourable, as in that respect it is cer- 
tainly the least striking of the Neilgherry species. 
It begins to show its flowers in February, but is not 
in perfection until March and April. 
