It is at once distiogxiished from all the species with corolla tuhular, 3 lohed, about twice the length 0/ ths' 

 which I atn acquainted, by its anthers being prolong- 

 ed at the apex, and cleft into two thin lamellae : leaves 

 abont an inch long and 8 lines broad, obtuse at both 

 ends, becominf( blackish in drying: capitula of 

 flowers usually sessile, but sometimes borne on a short 

 peduncle from 6 to 10 together. 



1225. DiosPYROS MONTANA ? (Roxb.) : leaves 

 ovate acute, obtuse at the base, glabrous, membrana- 

 ceous ; racemes reflex-patulous, nearly twice the 

 length of the petiol, male 5-6 flowered, female one 

 flowered : bractS and lobes of the calyx ovate, acute, 

 ciliate : corolla of the male twice the length of the calyx : 

 stamens length of the tube. — Leaves 2 to 2^^ inches 

 long, from 1 inch to an inch and quarter broad, nar* 

 rowing towards the apex. Flower buds ovoid conical, 

 stamens of the male flowers lanceolate, geminate, not 

 two anthers to one filament. Female flowers tetran- 

 drouij, ovary globose, 8 celled, styles 4, divided, ac- 

 cording to Roxburgh, at the apex. 



Courtallum, subalpine forests. 



Several circumstances tend to make me now doubt 



calyx : stamens 6, snb-hypogynous unequal, hairy at 

 the base : ovary 3 celled, ovules paired, stigma 3 

 lobed, berry 3 seeded. 



Woods about Coonoor on the Neilgherries. 



When naming the drawing, I did not sufliciently 

 advert to some points of the specific character nor 

 to the description given by Rumphius, being unfor^ 

 tunately satisfied with a comparison of the figures 

 which sufficiently accord. This oversight led to the 

 mistake of naming the figure M, EbinnSy which I did 

 not discover in time to have it corrected. The much 

 larger flowers of this sufficiently distinguish the two 

 species. It seems nearly allied to M. Smeathmanni, 

 but is, I think, quite distnct. 



1230. SvMPLOCOS PULCHRA (R. W.) shrubby,- 

 diffuse : ramuli, leaves, peduncles and bracts clothed 

 with lon^ brownish hair : leaves ovate obloncr, acu- 

 minate, slightly cordate, setosely serrated : peduncles' 

 axillary filiform, several flowered (3-4) calyx lobes 

 ciliate, corolla glabrous, ovary pubescent, 3 celled. 



Sisnara on the Western slonea of thfl NftiUKArrJao 



whether this is Roxburgh's plant, or even a variety of on the banks of streams, flowering in February. 



it. It unquestionably corresponds in most points 

 with his description, but the form of the calyx does not 

 correspond, and the stigmas are not cleft. Willd- 

 now has given a brief character and very imperfect 

 description of another plant, which he recognised as a 

 distinct species, under the name of D. ortjeensis. 

 From his character it scarcely appears that they are 

 different, but it is not probable that he would have 

 described two specimens of the same plant as distinct 

 epecies i may not this therefore be the female plant of 

 D. orixensis of which he might not have had a specie 

 men* This I can only advance as a conjecture, and 

 as my plant agrees in so many points with Roxburgh's 

 description, I retain his name, but with a mark of 



doubt attached. 



1226. DlQSPYROS OBOVATA 



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A beautiful species, the snow white flowers con- 

 trasting with excellent effect with the brownish tawny 

 coloured under surface of the leaves against which 

 they press in the growing plant. 



1231. SvMPLocos GARDXERrAXA. Arboreou^,^ 

 ramuli ferrugenio-tomentose : leaves petioled, elliptic 

 acuminate, denticulate, glabrous above, tomentose on 

 the costa beneath, pubescent on the lamina, veined 

 (4th series of veins visible under the lens) .- racemes 

 axillary, about half the length of the leaves : flowers 

 crowded, bracts, bracteols and calyx tomentose : style 

 the length of the stamens, stigma capitulate. 



In woods between Ootacaraund and Pycarrab, on 

 the Neilgherries, flowering in February. A consi-. 

 derable tree of great beauty when covered with it» 



except the pedicels and calyx : leaves broad obovate 

 obtuse, tapering towards the base, coriaceous, entire :- 

 flowers axillary, sessile, aggregated in dense capitula, 

 calyx deeply 4 lobed ; lobes unequal imbricated, in^j 

 terior pair glanduUferous at the apex : corolla 6 

 lobed, about the length of the calyx, lobes obtuse: 

 stamens 18, filaments very short, anthers apiculate : a 

 large free, styleJike, rudimentary ovary in the centre* 

 The female of this species is still unknown to me, 

 but as it seems a very distinct one and*may be easily 

 recognised from the figure, I have thought it desirable 

 to give it a place here. The peculiar calyx seems to 

 rendef it probable that it may form the type of a new 

 geuus when better known. ^ 



green 



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1227. DiOSPYROS OVALIFOLTA 



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lous, bark greyish, corrogated : leaves oval glabrous 

 slightly coriaceous : flowers aggregated on short 

 peduncles on the naked branches : calyx hairy, 5 

 lobed : corolla twice the length of the. calyx, 5 cleft: 

 stamens numerous, subhypogynous, filaments short, 

 bearing two linear acute geminate anthers : hetma^ 

 phrodite, flowers like the male v/ith a 2 celled ovary. 



1228-29. MaBaneilgerrensis (R. W. M.EbU 



nusoxx the plate) ramuli slender glabrous : leaves ellip- 

 tic lanceolate, obtusely acuminate, membranaceous, 

 glabrous : flowers axillary, males several, females soli^ 



tary ; calyx campaaulate, 3 lobed, hairy on both sides : 



cose, ramous, glabrous : leaves eIlipiic,obtuse, serrated^ 

 coriaceous, glabrous, or with a few hairs on the costa 

 beneath, racemes axillary about twice the length of 

 the petiols, pilose ; bracts ovate, obtuse, and like the 

 calyx pubescent : lobes of the calyx suborbicular, 

 cihate : corolla scarcely longer than the stamens. 



Neilgherries, high on the hills behind the Avalanchr 

 Bungalow on the banks of small streams, flowering ia 



February^ 



A very ramous bush 5 or 6 feet high, and when 

 found was covered with its numerous fragrant white 

 flowers, leaves from I to 1^ inch long^, and from 8 to 

 10 lines broad, slightly crenato-serrated. Fruit I 

 have not seen. 



1233. Sympuocos obtusa (Wall.) leaves cllip* 

 tic obovate, orbicular above, tapering towards the base, 

 subdenticulate : raceme^s axillary, twice the length 

 of the petiols, simple, and like the flowers glabrous : 

 lobesof the calyx roundish. — Leaves 3 inches long 

 12^15 lines broad, veins prominent beneath, no 

 quaternary ones : bracts caducous : tube of the 

 calyx obconical, flowers subsessile, lobes of the calyx 

 ciliolate. — D, C. Prod.^ 8, 255. 



Neilffhfrijvs, frequent in woods about Oofacamund,^ 



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