1036. GRUMELIA ELONGATA (R. W.) sbrubby 
glabrous : leaves short petioled, obovate oblong, cus- 
pidatety acuminate; penninerved becoming yellowish 
in drying : stipules caducous, ovate oblong, broad poin- 
ted cymes elongated, panicle-shaped, compact when 
in flower, enlarging somewhat in fruit: calyx limb 
minutely 5-toothed : tube of the corolla short, throat 
closed with hairs: style umbraced at the base by a 
thick convex fleshy disk, stigma exserted, dilated 2- 
lobed. 
In woods about Ootacamund but rather sparingly. 
T also possess specimens from several other stations, 
Courtallum, Shevagherry &c. It is unquestionably 
very nearly allied to the next, but is, I think, an abun- 
dantly distinet species, as well by character as habit; 
the two bushes, even when growing side by side, ge- 
nerally flowering at different seasons. The flowering 
season of this is the autumnal months, of that the 
spring ones. 
1037. GRUMELIA congesta (W.KA.) erect: leaves 
short petioled, oblong, acuminated at both ends, 
penninerved becoming yellowish by drying: stipules 
broadly triangular, cuspidate, caducous: corymbs 
sessile, at first compact and scarcely longer than the 
stipules, afterwards larger but also compact or rarely 
spreading when iu fruit, naked calyx-limb somewhat 
bluntly 5-toothed : tube of the corolla short, scarcely 
longer than the ealyx-limb : berry ovoid, not furrow- 
ed.— W and A. Prod. p. 432, 
With the preceding and much resembling it. 
1038. PsyCHoTRIA SARMENTOSA 7 (Blume) stem 
climbing rooting; leaves short petioled lanceolate ; 
acuminated at both ends, slenderly veined, coriaceous, 
glabrous; stipules connate: corymbs terminal deva- 
ricately-trichotomous: tube of the corolja funnel- 
shaped: drupes elliptic, globose, furrowed by drying. 
—D. (7. Prod. 4-522. 
Malabar about Calicut: also in Ceylon. The 
drawing is taken from a Malabar specimen, I have 
others from Ceylon. ‘Though this plant corresponds 
well with De Candolle’s character, so far as it goes, 
I am doubtful of its being Blume's plant. 
The tube of the corolla of my plant can scarcely be 
said to be funnel-shaped, and no notice is taken 
of the very hairy throat; but still these differences 
are too sliglit to justify me in describing it as distinct 
while unacquainted with the original species. 
1039. PsrcHorria BISULCATA (W. & A.:) shrub- 
by, diffuse, glabrous: leaves with a short petiole 
slightly dilated at the base, oblong.lanceolate, taper- 
ing at the base: stipules triangular-acuminated, 
caducous: corymb terminal, peduncled, small, few. 
flowered, trichotomous or with the primary rays in 
fives, with minute acute bracteas subtending the 
ramifications: calyx-limb 5-lobed; lobes roundish- 
ovate : tube of the corolla bearded in the throat, 
about twice the length of the calyx.limb : filaments 
exserted ; anthers oblong: stigma nearly included, 
short and thick, bipartite: berry ovate, 4 furrowed 
by drying: seed and albumen flat on the inner side, 
with two deep dorsal furrows and an intermediate 
broad blunt ridge.— W. and A. Prod. p. 434. ` 
In woods about Ootacamund but rather sparingly. 
The leaves are of a light lively green, and dry almost 
unchanged in colour. : : 
Obs. These two genera Grumelia and Psychotria 
ought to be united as they are truly one in every 
thing except the ruminated albumen of the former ; 
a character, which, however good in a mere carpolo- 
gical system, is too limited for a vegetable one (which 
requires its generic characters to be taken from 
more organs and structures than one) as it can only 
be made out from ripe seed; if both are preserved 
then, I believe, : 1 | 
half the present genus Psychotria must ultimately 
may almost prediet that probably . 
be transferred to Grumelia and then, without speci« 
mens furnished with ripe fruit no man can tell 
whether au unknown species belongs to the one or 
other genus. Our P, bractiata I feel certain will, - 
when the ripe seed is found, prove a Grumelia: 
Wallich's P. truncata I am all but certain isa Gra. 
melia, and I think identical with our G. congesta— 
Genera in a natural system ought not to rest on a 
solitary character,since only the most artificial can be 
so limited and stillless so when that is derived from 
the ripe seed which, as distinet from Psychotria, is 
certainly the case with Grumelia. 
1040. Correa ALPEsTRIS (R. W.) shrubby, glab- 
rous: leaves lanceolate, cuneate towards the base, 
pointed, coriaceous: peduncles axillary, confined to 
the upper leaves, longer than the petioles, aggregated 
forming terminal corymbs : corolla five cleft; divisions 
much longer than the tube, lanceolate obtuse: 
anthers exserted style gibbous, near the base, 
hairy: stigma clavate, glabrous : berry oval 2-seeded. 
Ootacamundin woods flowering March and April. 
A low very ramous shrub the branches nearly naked, 
the ramuli covered with closely approximated cori- 
aceous shining leaves: peduncles confined to the 
terminal axils, generally about 3 ftowered ; flowers 
white with a hairy throat and line of hairs extending 
along the segments of the corolla. ES 
1041. Correa GRUMELIO0IDES (R. W.) shrubby or 
subarboreous glabrous: leaves obovate cuneate, 
shortly and bluntly acuminate, coriaceous : peduncles 
axillary, confined to the upper axils, about 3 flowered 
forming terminal corymbs: corolla 5 cleft, throat 
hairy, divisiens oblong elliptic obtuse; anthers ex- 
serted : style not gibbous: stigma clavate,slightly cleft 
at the apex: berry ovoid, crowned with the per- 
sistent calyx, 
A large shrub or small tree, in low woods by the 
road side going to Pycarah, flowering in February. 
This seems to be a rarer species than the preceding 
and is confined to 8 lower range of elevation. Though 
in many respects like C. alpestris this is certainly 
a distinct species. 
1042. GaLtum Requienranom (W. € A.:) 
perennial: stems diffuse, ascending, branched, and 
the branches 4-angled, clothed with much soft 
spreading or defleged hair, when old more glabrous: 
leaves in fours, roundish-obovate, mucronate, 3+ 
nerved; upper sides sprinkled with hairs; under 
more copiously hairy, particularly on the nerves and 
margin : peduncles axillary or terminal, few-flowered, 
trichotomous, hairy : divisions of the corolla round- 
ish-ovate, slightly hairy on the outside: 6 
roundish, hispid with hooked bristles.— W. and A. 
Prod. p. 443. : 
This isa low growing procumbent plant which, 
but for the large patches it forms, would be but 
little conspicuous from the grass among which it 
grows. I believe it is in flower the greater part of 
the year. 
The late Mr. Griffith was of opinion that the 
` Stellate division of Rubiacee were misunderstood 
and erroneously described in calling the yellow petaloid 
part ofthe lower, a corolla, That he once stated 
to me in a letter, he considered merely the coloured 
dilated calyx limb, I have since often examined the 
flower with reference to that view of its structure, but 
have scarcely been able to satisfy myself that there is 
not both a calyx and corolla. The Draftsman seems 
here to have settled the point in Mr. Griffith’s favour. 
He knows nothing of Botanical opinions or theories, 
but sets down what he sees, and here he has assuredly 
given no corolla, and I think he is right; in which 
case this section must, as Lindley has done, be ele- 
vated to the rauk ofan order and will stand in the 
same relationship to Spermacocee that Nyctagini ወ 
does Plumbaginee. i 
P. S. subsequent examination has left no doubt on 
my mind on this point. 
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