subrivolute on the inargin : 



obovate obtuse, finely serrulate : filaments hairy : cap- 

 sule about the length of the calyx. D. C. Frod. 



Neilgherries, in corn fields and other cultivated 

 lands : flowers blue. Duby asks if this is a genuine 

 species ? The question is not easily ans'ivered but so far 

 as my slender acquaintance with A, orvtnsis enables 

 me to judge, I confess I feel disposed to answer in 

 the negative, though, on slightly comparing my 

 Neilgherry specimens with European ones of A. 

 arvinsis there does appear some difference. This 

 more nearly approaches the variety A. ccerw/ea if in- 

 deed it is not that very plant, of which however I 

 have not a good specimen to compare. The Indian 

 plant is much more luxuriant than the European. 



1206, McESA IxDicA (Alph, D. C.) : leaves ovato- 

 elliptic acuminate, coarsely dentate, membranaceous, 



racemes axillary and 



terminal, simple or ramous at the base, glabrous, twice 

 the length of the petiole : bracts lanceolate acuminate, 

 shorter than the pedicel, bractioles ovate acute : lobes 

 of the calyx ovate subciliate : corolla 5 cleft, 3 times 

 the size of the calyx, lobes obovate subciliate spread- 

 ing : ovary semisuperior stigma capitate sublobate, 



D, C. Prod. 8. 80. 



Alpine jungles in various parts of the peninsula, 

 on the Eastern slopes of the Neilgherry rather fre- 

 quent. Between this and M. Perrotettiana I can 

 discover no satisfactory difference. This may indeed 

 be that plant as it grew on the Neilgherries, but I 

 have numerous specimens from other localities 

 which seem all, with but slight variations, to corres- 

 pond with it. I have therefore adopted the older 

 name though I suspect the newer might have been 

 •afely given. The genus indeed seems a very diffi- 

 cult one, different specimens varying in appearance 

 but scarcely affording specific marks of distinction. 



1207. Embelia glandultfeba (R. W. By 



an error E. Ribes on the plate) : glabrous : leaves 

 ovate, lanceolate, obtusely acuminate, entire, furnished 

 with numerous glands on either side of the mid rib : 

 flowers polygamous, and hermaphrodite, small, pani* 

 cled or racemose : panicles axillary, sparingly branch- 

 ed or sometimes reduced to a simple raceme : lobes 

 of the calyx ovate, acute : petals elliptical, puberulous, 

 tomentose on the margin, fruit small globose. 



Neilgherries &c. xr t^-i. i, * 



This species is so nearly alhed to E. Ribes that 

 when naming the figure I supposed it that species. 

 On subsequent more careful comparison however 

 with good specimens of the Ceylon plant I have seen 

 reason to change my mind and view the contmental 

 plant as distinct, from the insular species. The 

 axillary sparingly branched inflorescence forms a dis- 

 tinguishing mark of some, but I think only secondary 

 importance, the presence of glands along the mid 

 rib I consider the essential character, as I find it can see. 



tain whether there are male and bisexual plants, or 

 that the same plant produces both kinds of flowers- 

 according to the season at which they blossom. I 

 suspect the latter however to be the case. 



1208. Embelia gardneriana (R.W.) : young. 

 branches and petioles ferrugeneo-hirsate : leaves 

 ovate, rounded at the base, crenulato-eerrated, coriace- 

 ous, glabrous, except the sparingly hairy costa, reti* 

 culately veined: peduncles axillary short, ferrugineo- 

 tomentose: racemes capitulate: pedicels about as 

 long as the peduncles, glabrous : calyx much shorter 

 than the glabrous corolla : petals obovate obtuse 

 longer than the stamens, sprinkled with purplish co- 

 loured spots. 



Sisparh on the western slopes of the Neilgherries in 

 clumps of jungle, rare. Flowering February and 



March. 

 A diffuse shrub, remarkable in the genus for the 



venation of the leaves which, when dry, form a quite 

 a net work of white lines. In habit it associates with 

 Choripetalum but its quinary flowers seems to keep it 

 diatinct, I have dedicated this very distinct species 

 to Mr, Gardner of Ceylon, who accompanied me when 

 it was found and gathered the first flosyering speci-. 

 rriens. Thro* an oversight of the draftsman the 

 branches are represented glabrous in place of clothed 

 with short hairs. 



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1209. Embelia Tsjebiam-cottaM (Alph. D.C.) 



glabrous : leaves ovate, entire (scarcely) coriaceous, 

 short petioled r racemes axillary solitary, shorter than 

 the leaves : flowers subsessile crowded, polygamous : 

 petals ovate Janceolate spreading, villous within : an- 

 thers pointed. 



Hab, Malabar? I am uncertain regarding the 



station as the specimens were collected and the draw^ 

 ing made while I was in England, but I believe in 

 Malabar. The few specimens I have corresponding 

 with the figure are all male flowered, which will I think 

 account for the differences between my figure and 

 Rheede's. In these specimens the leaves are not 

 coriaceous, but that may perhaps be owing to their 

 being still young, scarcely full grown. In some other 

 specimens which I doubtfully refer to E. Basaal,. 

 and in one, which is I suspect the fertile plant of this 

 species, they are somewhat coriaceous. 



These two species seem too nearly allied, the only 

 difference I can see being in the shape of the leaves- 

 which in this are more distinctly ovate, in that 

 somewhat elliptico-lanceolate sub-acuminate. 



The specimen figured seems an intermediate forin 

 which might serve to unite them, in which case I 

 should propose to dedicate the united specieg to the 



original discourser. 



They are also very nearly allied to E, villosa, of 

 which I possess a specimen fr«m the Himalayas, this 

 being glabrous that pubiscent is the only difference I 



constant in specimens from the Neilgherries, Bel- 

 paum, and Mahablishwar Hills, but absent in all my 



1210, Chobipetalu*c AUBANTI AC UM (Alph. 



Ceylon specimens as well as in 'others received from D. C.) leaves ovate^lanceolatc subacute at both ends, 



__J'*^ . ^, , , - onf;i.i> /.nrinppmiB Innarnpflnlpn r rarftmPS ITIUCQ shorter 



Merg 



They are not always so nu- 



merous as they are represented in the drawmg, neither 

 doea the inflorescence usually partake eo largely of 

 the racemose character, but still I believe the figure 

 true for the specimen represented. Masa missionts 

 D. C. is referable to this species, if a specimen in 

 my herbarium, so called, is correctly named. But of 

 that I am uncertain. The flowers of both this spe- 

 ciaa and E. Ribes are polygamouB but I am uncer- 



entire.coriaceous, long petioled : racemes much shorter 

 than the leaves, longer than the petiols, bracts acumi-. 

 nate as long as the pedicels, petals linear lanceolate 

 reflexed : filaments longer than the petals, much 

 longer than the anthers.— D. C, Prod. 



Neilgherries also Malabar, flowering during the dry 

 ieason. When in full flower the branchei are quite 

 covered with the numerous racemes of bright orange 

 coloured flowers. The leaves rary considerably in 



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