1030. HipYoTISs (A.) arrınıs (W. & A.) herbace- 
ous, procumbent, rooting : stems flexuose, branched, 
branches villous, particularly near the extremities : 
hairs on the branches and leaves flat and jointed: 
leaves deltoid-ovate, acute, tapering slightly at the 
base into a petiole about one-third of the length of 
the limb, sprinkled with hairs on both sides, paler 
on the under: bristles of the stipules 2-4 on each 
side, much shorter than the petioles: corymbs 
shortly hirsute, terminal, peduneled, trichotomous: 
calyx-segments cuneate-lanceolate, becoming larger 
and somewhat foliaeeous immediately after flower- 
ing: corolla infundibuliform ; tube slender, 4-5 
times longer than the calyx-segments: filaments 
exserted and the style short, or filaments short and 
the style elongated : capsule with 6-3 seeds in each 
cell.—W. and A. Prod. p. 411. 
- This is a very common plant on the Neilgherries, 
especially on the banks of water courses and in pas- 
tures where the soil is somewhat humid. ፲ long con- 
sidered it the Hed. deltoidea and it was only recently, 
when arranging the whole of my collections of the 
genus, I ascertained that the one here represented 
was more torrectly referable to affinis than to del- 
loidea ; the two species might, I think with advan- 
tage, be united. H. Leschenaultiana might how- 
ever be retained as a good species, distinguished by 
its sessile, cordate, ovate, somewhat amplexicaul 
leaves. 
1031. Hipyoris (A.) Monosperma (W. and ለ. :) 
herbaceous, procumbent, rooting: stems and branch- 
` es slender, glabrous below, hairy towards the extre- 
mities : leaves petioled with the petioles more than 
one-half the length ofthe limb, deltoid-ovate, acute; 
upper side thickly, under thinly sprinkled with flat 
jointed hairs : stipules with 2-4 hairy bristles on each 
sides: corymbs somewbat terminal, simple, small, 
few-flowered ; corolla shortly infundibuliform, the 
tube about twice the length of the calyx-segments : 
capsule compressed-globose, crowned with the dis- 
taut spreading calyx-teeth ; seeds solitary! in each 
cell.—W. and A. Prod. p. 410. 
This is a common and widely diffused plant, my 
specimens being derived from Courtallum, Sheva- 
gherry, Malabar and the Neilgherries, Sic. Asa 
species it is very distinct from all the rest of the 
genus, unless by the way I chance to have confound- 
ed two or more species, having a similar structure, 
which seems not improbable as viewed as one, It 
seems rather polymorphous, but this point still re- 
mains for eloser examination than I have yet had 
leisure to bestow. 
1032 Lasıantuus vEnuLosus (R.W. Santia venu- 
losa W. & A.) shrubby, glabrous : stipules triangular 
hairy : leaves coriaceous, short petioled, elliptic-ob- 
long, cuspidate or acuminate, glabrous above; veins 
| prominent on both sides beneath sprinkled with hairs: 
cymes axillary, short peduncled few (3-5) flowered : 
bracteas small hairy : calyx 4-5 parted, divisions 
subulate, as long as the tube of the corolla : corolla 
4-5 cleft throat and lobes hairy : stamens 4-5 : style 
as long or often longer than the corolla 3-5 lobed : 
cells of the ovary equalling the lobes ofthe stigma; 
a single erect ovule in each. 
Common in the woods about Ootacamund, and 
generally distributed over the higher ranges of the 
Hills—a very ramous shrub: leaves from 2 to 4 in- 
ches long by about half as much broad, of a light 
yellowish green colour, sometimes acuminate oftener 
cuspidate. Flowers pale yellow or cream coloured, 
berries about the size of a pea, succulent blue. The 
long teeth of the calyx of this species, is very charac- 
teristic. The inflorescence is essentially cymose, but 
the peduncles are sometimes reduced to one flower. 
1033. WenpLANDIA NoroNIANA( Wall. :( arboreous, 
with the young shoots hirsute: leaves petioled, ob- 
long, slightly tapering at both ends ; upper side gla- 
brous, under somewhat glaucous, more or less min- 
utely pubescent, often nearly quite glabrous except 
on the nerves and veins: stipules triangular-ovate- 
hirsute at the base ; the upper part glabrous, recurv: 
ed: branches of the panicle hirsute, somewhat erect , 
flowers crowded and forming interrupted spikes: 
calyx hoary, the teeth triangular, acuminated : corolla 
glabrous, 6-8 times longer than the limb of the calyx 
tube widened at the mouth; divisions of the limb 
oval, obtuse, recurved ; anthers nearly sessile: cap” 
sule sprinkled with short hairs.—W. and A. Prod. 
#› 403. 
A large and very beautiful shrub frequent about 
Coonoor and Kotergherry, but not ascending to the 
elevation of Ootacamund, It also occurs abundantly 
and in great perfection about Kaitie Falls flowering in 
February and March, when it is most ornamental 
often attaining a height of from 10 to 15 feet with 
every branch terminated by a large panicle of reddish 
white flowers. 
1034. CANTHIUM UMBELLATUM (R. W.) shrubby 
or subarboreous, unarmed ; young branches four- 
sided: leaves short petioled, oval acuminated gla- 
brous, coriaceous: flowers axillary umbelled on a short 
thick peduncle: calyx limb obtusely 5-lobed : tube 
of the corolla hairy within, the lower hairs pointing 
downwards : stamens 5 : style exserted : stigma mitri- 
form, 2 lobed, fruit obovate didymous. 
An alpine plant rather rare on the Neilgherries 
about the elevation of Kotergherry, where in Orange 
Valley I found it forming a moderate sized tree. I 
also found it in great abundance on the tops of the 
Hills at Shevagherry in full flower in September. 
It is very nearly allied to C. didymum from which it 
scarcely differs except in the inflorescence, and 
subarboreous habit of the plant generally : theleaves 
when tlie two are compared are found much larger 
and more coriaceous in this, but its most striking 
characteristic, is the union of all the branches of the 
cyme into a single stout peduncle from the dilated 
apex of whicb, the flowers rise on short pedicels— 
Flowers white. 
1035. Paverra BrevirLora (D. C.) leaves oval 
acute at the base, acuminated, short petioled, sub- 
membranaceous glabrous; panicles corymbose, many 
flowered, its opposite branches, ramuli, and flowers 
glabrous: tube of the corolla scarcely longer than 
the lobes.—Tube of the corolla about 3 lines long: 
style 4 lines clavate at the apex : stipules broad mem- 
branaceous : plant turning black in drying— D. C. 
Prod. 4. p. 491. 
A shrub not uncommon in the woods about Oota- 
camund flowering in March and April. The leaves 
which are thin and translucent when held between 
the eye and the light are seen marked with numer- 
ous dark glandular points. DeCandolles’ specimens 
were from the Neilgherries, aud as this is the only 
species I have seen there, presume this is his plant 
though he has failed to notice the ciliate margins of 
the calyx lobes.There are however two forms one with 
the calyx lobes, minute, glabrous, the other with 
* them larger and ciliated, but beyond that I can see 
no other point of difference of any importance, I have 
therefore united them as mere varieties, In the 
analyses of the plate both forms are given. 
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