iBe genus. It seems ciulous tTiatD. C. shcuW liave perfection in MarcTi and April, Leares rusty colour- 

 overlooked the identity of Hooker's plant with his ed beneath, flowers deep crimson. The tree itself, 

 mvn as the figure is niost characteristic, especiaily apparently from usually growing in exposed tilua^ 

 vhen aided, as it is, hy a good character and descrip- tions, has a gnarled stunted appearance ; its compact 

 tion. The oldest name is undoubtedly Moon's, but capitula of flowers always terminal. 



1202. RODODENDRON GRANDE, (R. W,) Ar* 



horeous, everywhere glabroufi except the bractial 

 scales, the inner series of which are densely tomen« 

 tose externally : leaves oblong-lanceolate, cuspidate*^ 

 ly acuminate, somev/hat obovate, (the broadest part 

 nearer the apex than the base) petioled, entire, coria-* 



he also referred it to a wrong genus. 



1196. Gaultherta fragrantissima. (Wall.) 



elabrous, erect, vamuli somewhat 3 cornered: leaves 



elliptic- oblong, acute at both ends, dentate, corisce- 

 ous : racemes axillary, soHtary, straight, puberulous, 

 about half the length of the leaves, bracts concave 



2 under the calyx, one under the pedicel. D. ceous, whitish scaly beneath: corymbs terminal capi^. 



acuie ; 



C- Prod. he. 



Col. Walker. 



There are some slight dif^ 



Ceylon 

 ferences between the Ceylon and Nepaul plants, but 



not sufficient I apprehend to constuute them distinct 

 species. 



1197. Gaultiieria Griffith iaxa (R. W,) 



shrubby, glabrous : leaves short petioled, elliptico-, 

 lanceolate, acutely serrulate, coriaceous : racemes 

 axillary, soUtary, erect, much shontrlhan the leaves, 

 puberulous : bracts acute, concave and with the se- 

 j)al8 ciliate ; bractioles somewhat remote from the 

 flower : filaments short, ventricose in the middle, 



hairy. 



Bootan, Griffith. 



This s]>ecies seems very distinct from all the Indian 

 ones difTeiincr in the form and in the delicate t^eira- 

 tion of the leaves, the t^hort raceme?, ciliate bracts and 

 calyx, but especially in the bellied filaments. 



1198. Andromeda (Pieris) lanceolata. — 



(Wall.) leaves lanceolate, acute at the base, acumi* 

 nated, entire on the margin ; racemes simple, flowers 

 gecund : corolla oval cylindrical, pubescent. D. C. 



Prod, 7,p-599. 



Khasya, Griffith. 



If this is really Wallich's plant which the shape of 

 the leaves renders somewhat doubtful, the specific 

 name seems less appropriate than his usually are. It 

 may however be merely a broader leaved form as I 

 have another specimen o'f apparently the same species 

 with lanceolate leaves and it corresponds in other 



respects. 



Being unable to detect any sufficient generic difltr* 

 ence, I have followed Endlicher in reducing the genua 



I^ieris to Andromeda, 



1199- AnDR051eDA (P.) OVALIFOLIA. (WaU.) 



leaves oval, obtuse at the base, acuminated, entire on 

 the Margin : racemes simple, flowers secund sub^ 

 p\ibescent : corolla oval cylindrical, puberulous. D.C. 



Simla, Countess Dalhousie : apparently, jv\dging enliie : stamens equal exserted; style filiform. D. C. 

 from a finely preserved specimen, a beautiful tree, '^ 



tate : bracteas obovate cuspidate tomentose: corolla 

 subcampanulate, limb 8 cleft lobes emarginate : 

 stamens I6 the length of the tube: stigma dilated, 



ovary I6 celled. 



Bootan, Griffith. Mr. Griffith briefly characterises 

 this species in the single word "magnifique," which 

 idea I have attempted to convey in the specific name. 

 In this the same relative proportion of parts exist as 

 in It. arboreum, that is the number of stamens and 

 cells of the ovary are equal and double those of the 

 calycine teeth and lobes of the corolla, but in this 

 they are a half more numerous ; this mark equally dis-. 

 tinguishes it from R. formosum which is 10«androus, 



1203. Rhododendron griffitiiiaxum. (R. 

 W.) arboreous, glabrous, branches terete : leaves cori* 

 aceou§, crowded on the ends of the branches, oblongs 

 oval, acute at both ends, mucronate : racemes terminal 

 lax, flowers longish pedicelled : calyx entire, scutelH* 

 form : corolla campanulate, 5 lobed, spreading : sta*- 

 mens 15 (?) shorter than the corolla: anthers trun* 

 cated opening by pores, ovary hairy 10 celled. 



** BootaUj a beautiful species, 1045 — ofjournah''^ 



GrifF, MS. 



Every flower in my specimen has so suffered from 

 attacks of insects that I could only find one in a fit 

 state for dissection, and from it we learn that thia 

 species has a 5 lobed corolla, 15 stamens and a 10 

 celled ovary* Here is a marked departure from all 

 the other sections of the genus hence, if further ac- 

 quaintance with the species establish the correctness 

 of these numbers, this must form either the type of a 

 new section or of a genus. 



1204. Lysimachia (ephemedrum) Leschb- 



NAULxn (Duby in D. C. Prod. V. 8.) erect ramous, 

 leaves opposite or ternate lanceolate, sinuate (?) entire, 

 acuminate, glabrous, fihort petioled : flowers race- 

 mose crowded : bractiols linear subulate, acuminated, 

 much shorter than the pedicels : calyx much shorter 

 than the companulate corolla, divisions linear lan- 

 ceolate acuminate, lobes of the corolla obovate obtuse. 



1200. Andromeda (P.) Formosa. (W 

 leaves lanceolate, acute at the base, acuminate, serru 



Andromeda 



late, coriaceous, glabrous : racemes paniculato-thyr- 

 «oid, corollo ovate. D. C. Prod, I. c. 



Bootan, Griffith. 



Leaves crowded, 2-3 inches long, racemes delicately 



Prod 



JVeilgherries, frequent in low moist or even inarshy 

 soils and generally to be met with in flower. Plant 

 herbaceous perennial from two to three feet in height. 

 Flowers on first opening reddish-white, streaked with 

 darker lines afterwards acquiring a rather deep lylac 

 tinge. 



pubescent, lobes of the calyx with a marginal nerve. 1205. Aicagallis latifolia (Linn) roots her- 

 baceous : decumbent, ramous ; branches elongated, 4 



1201. Rhododendbon arboreum. 



arboreous, leaves lanceolate, glabrous, scaly beneath : 

 flowers compact corymbose : ovary pubescent!- 

 tomentose 8-10 celled. D! C. Prod. 7—720. 



(Smith.) sided slightly winged : leaves opposite or ternate broad 



ovate, seraiaroplexicaul, subacute, spreading : pedun- 

 cles longer than the leaves ; calyx a little shorter than 

 the corolla, lobes narrow linear Janccolatc acuminate : 



Neilgherries, very frequent. Flowering in great corolla nearly twice as long at the stameas, lobes 



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