tn arid plains near the foot of the Neilgherries 

 flowering March and April. Though frequentin that 

 locality it is far from being so local in its distribution 

 as I have repeatedly met with it elsewhere. Through' 

 some error the dissections have not been added which 



however is not of much consequence as in this the stigma depressed, scarcely exceeding the anthers, 

 structure does not differ in any essential point from 

 the rest of the genus. But probably another oppor^ 

 tunity of supplying the deficiency will offer.- 



This species is, in our contributions to Indian 

 Botany p. 34, referred to C. fimhriata. Wall, further rower, and furnished with two obovate black fflands at 



1272. Gymxema hirsutum(W. and A.)volul>k ?' 



leaves, ovate or subcordate, hirsute above, tomentose 

 beneath : umbels short peduncled, many flowered : 

 tube of the corolla furnished with foliaceous scales, 

 the filaments with two black fleshy glands at the base, 

 gma depressed, scarcely exceeding the anthers, 

 Subalpine jungles, in the southern provinces of the 

 Peninsula.- Nearly allied to the former in habit and^ 

 general appearance, but differs in the interior appen- 

 dages of the flowers, in the filaments being much nar- 



the base,*and lastly, in the flattened stigma of this,- 

 and the conical one of that. 



acquaintance has satisfied me that it is a distinct spe* 



It grovvg in very arid stony soil generally 

 among tufts of low thorny shrubs in which situations 



it not unfrequently attains a height of from 2^ to 3 1273', Sahcolobus globosus (Wall.) leaves 



ovate oblong, or oval, shortly acuminated, sprinkled 

 above with short hairs :■ umbels few flowered, flowers 



feet though from 



12 to 18 inches is its usual height. 

 A^; the base, the stems are always 4 sided and fleshy, the 

 flowering extremities subterete and attenuated towards 

 the point. Fiovvers usually drooping, dull purple, thick- 

 ly fimbriated on the margin, follicles slender, about 



conglobate; corolla rotate, introi^ely villous : follicle^ 

 large, globose, muricate. 



Malacca, Griifith. lam indebted to the late Mr. 

 Griffith for my specimens of this plant, which he had 

 named S\ c'arinatus. As they are without fruit, and 

 the two species very much resemble each other in all 

 other respects, he may be right, but I think not, as 

 the corolla in this is hairy within, while in 5. carina^ 

 tus it is glabrous. The following notes taken when^ 

 examining the plant, leave room to suspect that it is 



neitherr 



half a foot in length. 



1269 HoYA PARVIFLORA (R. W.,) scandent,leaves 

 approximated, fleshy, glabrous, narrow lanceolate, 

 blunt pointed : flowers few, generally paired, from a 

 short thick peduncle ; pedicels shorter than the leaves : 

 corolla glabrous : leaflets of the crown ovate points 

 ed, the apex resting on the stigma. 



Courtallum flowering September. 



The specimens froni which the drawing was made 

 grew in thick shady jungle, thickly matted over a 

 large stone : as a species it seems to approach H It" 

 nearis but the leaves are glabrous and lanceolate in 

 place of hirsute and linear. 



1270 CoSMOSTIGJfA ACUMINATUM (ft. W.,) 



shrubby twining: leaves broad ovate or cordate at the 

 base acuminate ; sparingly sprinkled on both sides 

 with short hairs ; the veins especially beneath more 

 thickly clothed : peduncles a little longer than the 

 l>etiold, rigid hairy ; pedicels short, cernuous, stout in 

 proportion to their length .-^ corolla marked with pur-* 1274, TvLaPHORA pabviplora (W. and A.) 



voluble, glabrous, branches slender : leaves ovate. 



4 



Calyx 5 parted, corolla rotate, tube crownless, hairjr 

 within, gynostegium exserted, stigma hemispherical, 

 mammillose in the centre, dilated on the margin,' 

 forming acute angles on which the free erect corpus- 

 cules are inserted. Anthers with a broad membra- 

 nous margin, nearly covering the stigma : corpus* 

 cules linear, free except the point of attachment; 

 pollen masses obovate compressed, attached to the 

 corpuscule by a long annularly contorted 

 Leaves oblong, ovate> subacuminate, acute, 

 glabrous. 



stipe, 

 nearly 



pie spots, 



Baiaghaut Hills near Madras and Ceylon Flower- 

 ing April and May. 



This seems almost too nearly allied to C. racemo* 

 sum from which it principally differs, so far as 



In this 



known, in its inftorescence. 



yet 



the peduncles 



and pedicels are short, rigid and somewhat tomentose; 

 in that, both are long, slender and nearly glabrous. 

 The wide difference in geographical distribution is 

 further in favour of their being kept distinct. 



broad at the base, or slightly attenuate or subcordate/ 

 abruptly acuminated at the aper, acute, glabrous, 

 somewhat uudulated on the margin : petiols longish^ 

 furnished with a minute gland at the origin of the hmb : 

 peduncles shorter than the leaves, fiexuose, bearing 

 two or three filiform pedicels at the flexures : flowers 

 small, leaflets of the staminal crown broad, elliptic 

 obtuse : pollen masses ascending : stigma convex :' 

 follicles glabrous. — Dec. in D. C. Prod.,S,p. 607. 



Courtallum, Malabar &c., not unfrequent, flower^ 



1271 Gymnema Decaisneana (R. W. (?. hir^ ing during the autumnal months. 



sutum Dec. in D. C. Prod, not W, and A,) twining 



tomentose : leaves ovate or ovato*elliptic,subacuminat0, 1275^^ Tylophoba mollissika (Wall.) voluble, 



acute hirsute above, sub tomentose beneath ; peduncles every where clothed with long soft pubescence : leaver 



axillary, about the length of the petiols : umbels com 

 pact, many flowered : throat of the corolla furnished 

 with fleshy prominences : 



oval or elliptic, sometimes obscurely cordate, shortly 



acuminate, mucronate, acute at the apex : peduncles 



filaments Tsrithout glands at twice or thrice the length of the leaves, flexuose, bear- 



thers. 



An 



Neilgherries, in flower most part of the year. 



climber, not unfrequent in jungles about 



and under 



the base ; stigma conical, prolonged beyond the an- ing on the flexures an umbel either sessile or spring 



ing from an oblong receptacle : pedicels filiform ; 

 flowers small; leaflets of the staminal crown trun- 

 cated, or rounded at the apex : pollen masses trans- 

 verse : stigma obtuse, follicles pubescent. — Dec, in 

 D. C, Prod., I c. 



Neilgherries, twining extensively among hushes, 

 almost always in Qower, also Scrra Mallie, near Din- 

 digul. 



and 



Kaitie, Young branches 



clothed with short tomentum. 



extensive 



Koonoor 



surface of the leaves 



upper surface, calyx and petiols hirsute, flowers pale 



yellowish. This species seems to hold an intermediate 



])lace between G. sylvstre, and G, hirsutum, but 



diflVrs from both. 



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