^ompactfy fascicled on the ends of the hranchcs, ses- In them the leaves are scarcely half the size^oituSe i 



iile : calyx campanulate, obtusely 5 lobed, hairy : tube both ends, and glabrous on both sides, the inflores*' 



6T the corolla 4 or 5 times longer than the calyx, lobes 

 6f the corolla elliptic, 3 or 4 times shorter than the 



cence, however, is the same in both. These latter form* 

 arenotunfrequentin hedges, about Coimbatore, flower- 



tube, anthers milcronate, stigma oblong, forked at ing during the rainy months from July to November, 



the apex ; cells of the ovary two seeded, berry purple, 

 globose. 

 , Ootacamund, NeilgherrieS, frequent in clumps of 



Jungle, climbing extensively. 



This is a variable plant as regards the foliage, it 

 certainly belongs io the 3-*foliolate section, and rank^ 

 next J. auriculatvrri, though froni the abortion of the 

 lateral pair of leaflets, simple leaved specimens are of 

 frequent occurrence. Such must have been the case 

 in the one from which D. C. tpok his character as he 

 has given it simple leaves.^ They also vary miich in Courtallum, but I believe cultivated, nor do I recol- 

 the degree of hairynegs, being sometimes nearly gk- lect of ever having met with this plant in a trtily wild 

 brous, at others to the full as hairy as represented in state; 



1257. Jasminum grandiflorum (Lin.) gla* 



brous, at length scandent : branches somewhat an- 

 gled : leaves pinnate, leaflets 4 pairs with an'odd 

 one, oval, mucronulate, the outer ones confluent, the 

 terminal one acuminate, panicles terminal^ corymbose, 

 few flowered : lobes of the calyx subulate, 3-4 times 

 shorter than the tube of the corolla; lobes of the 



corolla oyal, obtuse. — Corolla white, reddish be- 

 neath. — jD. C. Prod. 



the plate. The shortly lobed calyx and 2 ovuled cells 

 of the ovary clearly associate this with the TrifoUO-- 

 latce, as these peculiarities are conamon to nearly all 

 of them . * 



1255. JasmiKum AfpINe (R. W.)sfcanderit, sub- 

 glabrous, branches terete : leaves petioled, 3 foliolate, 

 leaflets broad, ovate, subcordate, mucronate, the ter- 

 minal oneinuch larger: corymbs a':iillary, 3-9 flower- 

 ed, numerous towards the end5 of the branches, there 

 forming a terminal panicle : calyx short, obtusely 5 

 lobed : lobes of the corolla lanceolate, acute, about i 

 the length of the tube i anthers ovate, mucronate, 

 style much Shorter than the tube of the corolla, stigma 

 linear, furrowed, cells of the ovary 2 ovuled; 



Lower slopes of the Neilgherries, and on hills 

 about Coimbatote. This, if really a distinct species, 

 seems to occupy a station intermediate between /, 

 brevUobunt and /. auriculaiuni^ but at the present mo- 

 ment, I feel doubtful whether they are not all three 

 but one Species. There are technical differences be^ 

 tween this and /. auricuiatunij but not, I fear, of suffi- 

 cient specific value, though sufficient to induce me 

 when naming the drawing/ to' consider them dia^ 

 tinct species. ITie difference of inflorescence, and 

 very different geographical position occupied h^ L 

 hrevilohum on the summits of the highest mountamdj 



while the others descend to the plains, seem to point it 

 out as distinct, though its structural characters agree 

 with those of the other two. 



1256. Ja^minux oVALiFoLnTM (R. W.) scan* leaves* 



1258* Jasmin UM bevolutum (Sims. I. hignoi* 

 cium Wall. J, aureum? Don's Prodromus,) glabrous^ 

 not scandent, branches angled; leaves alternate, pin* 

 tiated, leaflets 3, 5, 7, 11, ovate, or ovate oblong, 

 acuminate ; panicles terminal, opposite the leaves, 

 corymbose : calyx acute and acutely denticulate, lobes 

 of the corolla s^ubrevolute on the apex — Flowers yellow, 

 fragrant. — D. C, Prod, 



" Yar. 0, peninsular e (Alph. D. C.) leaflets obovate, 

 oblong, narrowing at the base, acute at the apex, 

 flowers few, Neilgherries frequent. An erect shrub, 

 2-4 feet high, flowers solitary, or three or four/' 



Neilgherries, abundantly distributed all over them, 

 and always to be met with in flower, but in greatest 

 perfection during the rains* Under the name I re" 

 i^dluturfi, perhaps, two species are confused, but as I 

 am unacquainted with the original form, and as I infer 

 that Alph. D. C, wolild not have referred this plant to 

 it unless he had good grounds for so doing, I adopt 

 his name, and bring here Wallich's 1 bignoniacetim, 

 which must be identical with Var.. 0. of Alph. D. C. 

 though referred by his father to a different Section^ 

 as there is no other plant having the slightest resem-* 

 blance to it on the Neilgherries. D. C. refers hera 

 I chrysanthemum Roxb. I also bring Bon's /. aureum 

 here, though doubtfully, as he says, the leaves are 

 opposite, which however, I suspect is an error, as I 

 have a Nepaul specimen,- accurately according in all 

 other points with his character, but with alternate 



dent, villous, branches terete : leaves trifoUolate, leaf^ 

 lets ovate, oblongs tapering slightly at the base, acu« 

 minate, villous on both sides ; the alils of the veins 

 b^ath ofteti furnished with haity glands; lateral 

 pair sublanceolate, much smaller than the termiaal : 

 corymbs axillary, 3*9 flowered, numerous towards the 

 extremities of the branches: calyx campanulate, slights 



1259. Ceropegia Decaisneana (R. W.) twin- 

 ^"gi glabrous : leaves lanceolate, acuminate at both 

 ends, acute, hispid above, from Short scattered rigid 

 hairs, glabrous beneath : umbels pendulous, 6 flower- 

 ed, pedicels devaricated, longer than the peduncles, 

 flowers large, ascending, mottled with purple spots. 



]y 5 lobed : corolla about 7 lobed, lobes oval or sub- calyx lobes setaceous, corolla clavate, largely ventrir 

 obovate, obtuse, about i the length of the tube, an- cose at the base, lobes of the limb cohering at the 



point: secondary lobes of thestaminal crown about 

 half the length of the primary, erect, slightly cleft at 



thers oblong, style the length of the tube, stigma 



iSubexserted, Clavate or subcapitate, cells of the 



Ovary 2 seeded, otules pendulous from the apex of the apex, tipped with purple. 



the cells* 



Neilgherries, on the road side leading from Sisparah 

 to Malabar, but rare, flowering March and April. An 

 extensively twining, somewhat succulent shrub, leaves 



Malabar, flowering in April. This is nearly allied 



to the former, but is at once distinguished by the 



form of the style and stigma, which, judging from other from 6 to 8 inches long, about 1 broad ; corolla nearly 



3 inches long, about | of which forms the dilated 

 base ; secondary lobes of the crown yellow, tipped 

 with purple without, deep purple within : foUiclef 

 long and slender^ not much thicker than whip cord. 



Specimens, seems the only mark on which Reliance 

 can be placed, for in other respects, if some specimens 

 I have referred Ixere on the strength of that character, be 



truly referable to thi< species, it i« a variable plant. 



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