•ixe. Being from tliree to six incTics long by from 1 .^- 

 to 2 broad, usually ending in a blunt acumen. 



According to Professor Arnott the genus Choripe^ 

 talumAlph, D, C is identical with the genus Samera quite diistinct. 



part, whence it suddenly contracts towards each end*^ 

 without pellucid dots, flowers smalL In some res- 

 pects this approaches A. pentagona hut is I think 



L'nn : and that this plant, consequently, ought to be 

 called Samara aiirantiaca. To this view I am not 

 yet prepared to accede, unless the genus Myrsine be 

 added, as I feel all but certain that S. Imta Lin. is 

 Myrsinm capitellata. Wall, and Alph. D. C. 



Cor 



nus Zeylanica 4'c. Biirm, Zeyl, tab. 31. 



1214. Aroisia pauciflora. (Heyne D. C) t 



leaves long elliptic, narrowing at both ends, entire: 

 racemes axillary scattered few flowered, much shorter 

 than the leaves, pedicels umbellate, longer than the 

 fl^owers : lobes of the calyx ovate-acUte, subciliate : co-. 

 rolla two or three times longer than the calyx. 



1211. Myrsine capitellata. (Wall.) leaves Branches virgate, terete, puberalous at the extremities. 



clliptico-obovate entire, coriaceous,glabrous,nar rowing 

 into the petiol : fascicles numerous, 5-8 flowered, brac- 

 tiate : bracts imbricated,ovate: flowers short pedicelled ; 

 teeth of the calvx ciliate : lobes of the corolla lanceo- 



late acute, two or three times larger than the calyx, 

 exceeding the stamens, — D, C. Prod. 8 — 95. 



Leaves 4-6 inches long, acute or obtuse, everywhere 

 punctuate, those of the margin larger — flowers poly- 

 gamous, the fascicles, owing to the bracts, resembling 

 small cones. Nepauh 



p Grandiflora, leaves smaller, lobes of the co^ 

 rolla 4 times longer than the teeth of the calyx, NeiL 

 gherries, D,C. l.c, — Cornus Zeylanica sylvestris altera 

 ^'c. Burm. ZeyL tab, 31. 



Ootacamund, frequent in clumps of jungle, flower^ 

 ing February and March, when the naked branches, 

 below the leaves, are quite covered with its numerous 

 compact capituloe of flowers, an appearance which the 

 artist has not been succestful in representing. The 

 branch in fruit conveys a better idea of its appearance 

 in that stage. 



1212. Akdisia HUMiLis. (Vahl.) leaves obovate 



lanceolate, obtuse, subentire, coriaceous, contracted at 

 the base into the petiol : racemes umbiUiforra, axillary 

 and terminal, refl^xed, shorter than the leaves : lobes of 

 the calyx crbiculate, subciliate: lobes of the corolla 

 lanceolate, subacute, twice the length of the calyx. 

 D. C. Prod, 8—120. 



leaves 3 to 4 inches long, pellucedo-punctuate, mixed 

 with other larger redish ovate semipellucid ones. 



D. C, Prod. 8—127. 



Courtallum, flowering in August and September. 



The plant figured seems to correspond well with 

 the character but wants the " punctis majoribus ru- 

 bescentibus ovatis semipellucidis** which I consider 

 an important character though the want of it seems 

 scarcely sufficient to authorize my considering this a 

 new species, unless I had authentic specimens of the 

 other to compare, which I have not. 



1215. Ardisia CotJBTALENSis. (R. W.) : leavcs 



obovate cuniate bluntly acuminate entire, eubsessile : 

 j)anicles longer than the leaves terminal lax, branches 

 umbellate (not paniculate) few flowered ; pedicels 

 umbellate 4-5 times longer than the flowers, spreading : 

 lobes of the calyx ovate, pointed, ciliate; of the corolla 

 ovate, subcuspidate longer than the stamens. 



Courtallum.— August and September. In subal- 

 pine jungles. 



This species so nearly approaches A panicjj^ota in 

 its general characters that I shoiild probably have 

 been induced to consider it a form of that species had 

 I not possessed authentic specimens from tlie Cal- 

 cutta garden.- The best and ncost easily recognized 

 distinction is the compositon of the panicle : in this 

 each branch ends in a simple umbellate raceme, in 

 that forms a secondary smaller panicle : in this there- 

 fore the panicle is simple in that compound. Other 



Eastern slopes oftheNeilgherries, in subal pine jun- distinctions are not wanting when the two plants are 



gles, in moist soil near the banks of streams, flowering 

 March and April. This is beautiful and somewhat 

 variable plant but is not likely to be confounded with 

 any other species. Its showy rose or rather light 

 purplish flowers shining black fruit and large bright 

 shining leaves makes it a most conspicuous shrub. 

 In favourable situations it becomes a small tree. That 

 from which the specimens represented were taken was 

 nearly 20 feet high. It is a widely distributed and 

 conspicuous plant and has received several names as 

 A. Solanaem, Uttoralis, Doma, oteracea, umbellata, 



&c. 



I am uncertain to which of D. C.'s varieties this be^ 



longs but think his last. 



1213. Ardisia riiomboidea, (R. W.); leaves 

 rhomboidal acuminated, contracted below into the 

 petiol, glabrous, slightly crenulately undulated on the 

 margin : racemes axillary, much shorter than the 

 leaves, few flowered : pedicels umbellate, bracts lan- 

 ceolate acute : lobes of the calyx ovate, subciliate, three 

 times shorter than the corolla : lobes of the corolla 

 broad, ovate acute, longer than the stamens : fruit glo- 

 bose small. 



Shevagherry Mountains in dense jungles, flowering 

 August. A glabrous shrub, leaves from 2 to 3 inches 

 long and from 6 to 8 lir^s broad, at the broadest ground. 



compared, the dense panicles with their numerous 

 reflexed branches, and short pedicelled drooping 

 flowers of that and the loose ones of this, with their 

 long pedicelled spreading flowers, show at once the 

 diff^erence. 



The upper 4 or 5 leaves forming a verticel round 

 the base of the panicle, are from 7 to 9 inches long, 

 and from 2 to 2^ broad, the fruit I have not seen. 



1216. Ilix (P.) Wightiana. (Wall.) : glabrous, 

 leaves ovato elliptic or elliptic acuminate entire, co- 

 riaceous r umbels numerous axillary or from the scars 

 of fallen leaves, pedicels about the length of the pe- 

 duncles, often longer r flowers often polygamous by 

 abortion, corolla 5-6 cleft, berry 5-6 seeded. 



Neilgherries — frequent : to be met with in flower at 

 nearly all seasons, but in greatest perfection in all 

 March and April. 



A large umbrageous tree everywhere glabrous, 

 leaves from an inch and half to two inches long, co,* 

 riaceous, shining above paler and dull beneath, usually 

 ending in a short abrupt acumen* Flowers very 

 numerous, small, white ; at certain seasons nearly all 

 males, at others generally bisexual. Berries about 

 the size of a pea, red when ripe. I measured one 

 tree 18 feet in circumference at about 6 feet from tha 



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