1851. Blackweloa tetrandka (R. W.), leaves 

 ovate^ bluntly serrated, abruptly sub-acuminate : 

 spikes about the length of the leaves, erect : limb of 

 the perianth 8-parted, the interior lobes larger, in- 

 termediate glands sessile on the throat : stamens four, 

 exserted, stigmas 4, filiform. 



The station whence my specimens were obtained 

 is not mentioned, but I have it from several stations ; 

 the Putney Mountains, I think, one of them, lu the 

 analysis the artist has represented a 3-carpelled ovary 

 and four stigmas. This I find an error, as on re- 

 examination I can easily find 4-placentas, not three, 

 as shown in the plate. As however his skill in 



are usually paired, axillary, very long, interrupted ; 

 the flowers forming numerous sessile fascicles, not 

 properly capitulate, as i-epresented in the figure, but 

 side by side on the rachis, without the least appear- 

 ance of pedicel. The fruit. is an oval somewhat flat- 

 tened nut, about an inch long, and half an inch broad, 

 the seed exalbuminous, filling the whole cavity. The 



stamens shown in the figure are rudimentary, with- 

 out pollen. 



1855, Hernandia sonora (Linn.), leaves peltate. 



The specimen from which the drawing was made 

 I received from Ceylon. I do not know whether it 



making these dissections is greater than mine, ami his j^ ii,digenous there, but it is so in the Eastern Islands, 

 sight better, I hardly feel myself at liberty to set this ^^^ i^ligui-ed by Runiphius in his Herbarium Amboi ' 



discrepancy down as an error, since it seems possi- 

 ble he may have stumbled on an accidental variety. 

 According to theory, there should either be 2 or 4, 

 not three ; the latter I found in several instances. 



1 852, Thesium "WiGHTiAJfUM (Wall.)? suiftniti- 

 cose, diffuse, procumbent : leaves narrow linear or 

 somewhat subulate : flowers terminal, solitary on the 

 points of the young shoots, 5-cleft, minute ; lobes of 

 the perianth ciliate. Anthers roundish, glabrous, 



Neilgherries, frequent in gi'assy pastures. A very 

 inconspicuous plant, but from its abundance not likely 

 to be overlooked. This, so far as I am aware, is the 

 only species of the genus found in Southern India, 

 One species is described by Mi-, Edgeworth from the 

 Himalayas, but it is very different from this, having 

 racemose flowers. 



In this species the flowers are usually solitary, 

 surrounded with a whorl of 4 leaves, the outer pair 

 lai'ger; sometimes there are two flowers from the 

 same branch, but so far as I have noticed this is 

 rather rare. 



The hairy anthers which have accidentally found 



nense. It is introduced here with a view to giving 

 Indian Botanists the means of determining by com- 

 parison, any new genus referable to this order. The 

 landuUferous stamens, similar to those of Zauracea!^ 

 urnish a generic, not an ordinal, character. The 



other species have ovate leaves ; hence the present is 

 distinguished by the brief character given above. 



1856. Ex-^AGNtJS latifoija (Linn.), leaves ovate, 

 oblong or elliptic, acute ; flowers axillaiy, solitary or 

 two or three together, fruit drupaceous, succulent, red. 



Common in alpine forests, very abundant on the 

 Neilgherries where it forms a large almost arboreous 

 climbing slirub. I do not know in what respect this 

 differs from Roxbm'gh's E, conferta, which, so far as 

 I can judge from description, it greatly resembles. 

 Possibly his plant is not distinct from the Linnaean 

 one. The species of Elmagnus axe now numerous, 

 but the distinctive characters not always very obvi- 

 ous as the species seem variable. The one here 

 represented certainly is so. The fruit is edible, and 

 moreover forms a good tart fruit. 



their way into the upper comer of the plate do not 1857. Pyrrhosia HoRsriELDn (Blume), leaves 



belong to this plant. 



1853. 



WiGHTIANA (Wall.) 



ramous, everywhere glabrous ; young shoots 3-sided, 

 with prominent sharp angles: leaves from oblong 

 elliptico-lanceolate to elliptic obovate, mucronate : 

 male flowers umbellato-capitulate, peduncles axillary, 

 shorter than the leaves, 6-8-flowered, female pedun- 

 cles axillary, 1-3-flowered, lengthening as the fruit 

 advances : ovary conical, limb of the perianth 3- 

 lobed, spreading : anthers often polleniferous, style 

 shoil;, stigma 3-lobed. 



An alpine plant, found on almost every high range 

 of hills. I have specimens from all quarters, Ceylon, 

 Ghauts near Bombay, Pulneys, Neilgherries, Belgaum, 

 &c. It docs not however seem to extend so far noith 

 as the Himalayas. Among my specimens I find some 

 of the male flowers covered with short thick hairs 



alternate, oblong, acute, veined, rusty pubescent 

 beneath : flowers capitato-panicled. Spreng, 



Ceylon, I am indebted to Mrs. CoL Walker for 

 the very perfect drawing from which this plate ii^ 

 taken. The male branch is somewhat reduced, the 

 female one, fig. 10, about the natural size, as are figs. 

 I, 2, and 3 ; from 4 to 9 are all magnified ; 4, female 

 flower opened, 5, in its usual state, 6, germen and 

 stigma, 7, group of female flowers, 8, male flower 

 opened, 9, the same in its usual state. 



This plant has thrice passed through the ordeal of 



naming. Fii-st, Willdenow called it Horsfieldia odorata. 



Sprengel reduced that name and called it Myristica 

 Horsfieldii^ which name I at first adopted ; and then 

 Blume gave it its present, wliich I hope may now be 

 permanent, even though the distinction seems to be as 

 much due to habit as to structural characters, which 

 seem barely suflicient to keep the two genera distinct. 



as shown in the plate, others perfectly smooth. The The seed of this genus want the aromatic properties 

 difference I think accidental, and not of speciflc value- of the true nutmeg. 



1854. 



(W, & A.) 



Cochin) 



is the only species yet known of the „ ., .. . _ 

 male flower has yet to be discovered. It is a climb- 

 ing branchy shrub with alternate short petioled, ob- 

 long oval, acuminate, coriaceous, glabrous, leaves. 

 The venation in the dried specimen appears raised 

 and minutely reticulate from the shrinking of the 

 parenchymatous matter of the leaf. The racemes 



1858, Aristolochia lanceolata (R, W.), leaves 

 short petioled, sub-cordato-truncated at the base, 

 tapering to the point, glabrous : flowers axillary, soli- 

 tary, or paired, pedicels exceeding the petiol : lip of 

 the calyx linear obtuse, somewhat calcai'ate at the base, 

 ' No station is mentioned, but I think I obtained 

 the specimens from the Balaghaut Moxmtains near 

 Madras. As a species it is neai'ly allied to A. Indica^ 

 but I believe quite distinct. 



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