EXPLANATION OP PLATES 



VOL. IV.— PART II. 



1283. Secamone emetica (R. Bn), twining glab- 

 rous : leaves lanceolate on: elliptico-lanceolate taper- 

 ing downwards to the petiol: cymes shorter than 

 the leaves, five or many flowered: corolla glabrous: 

 leaflets of the staminal crown cultriform, half the 

 length of the gynostegium: stigma apiculate: folli- 

 cles slender, attenuated at the apex. 



_ Subalpine jungles, not unfrequent, twining exten- 

 sively over low trees and bushes. 



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1284. Brachylepis nervosa (W. and A.), young 

 shoots and under surface of new leaves clothed 

 with soft pubescence: cymes very hairy, furnished 

 with numerous minute bractiols. 



Common on the Neilgherries about Coonoor and 



Kotergherry and generally about that elevation, 



(6,000 feet.) Flowers small, purple, surrounded with 



much whitish hair. Leaves very dark green and 



shining above, below reticulated with strong dark 



coloured veins, at first pubescent, afterwards glab- 

 rous. 



1285. Decalepis HAivnxTONii, (W. and A.) 



Balaghaut mountains near Madras. 



A very ramous, twining, glabrous shrub: ramuli 

 terete, slightly sulcated, thickened at the joints: 

 leaves obovate cuneate, retusely acuminate, coriace- 

 ous, finely veined beneath. Cymes racemose: brac- 

 tiols numerous, minute, ovate, pubescent: flowers 

 small, lobes of the corolla spreading, exterior pubes- 

 cent, densely hairy within. 



1286. BoucERosiA LASiANTHA (R. W.), quad- 

 rangular erect, very ramous: angles prominent, 

 denticulate: flowers umbelled, longish pedicelled: 

 corolla rotate, four lobed, externally glabrous ; dense- 

 ly clothed with shaggy pubescence within; lobes at 

 first ciliate with longish jointed caducous hairs : 

 gynastegium exserted. 



Nuggur Hills, Madras. 



Nearly allied to B. umbellata, but quite distinct in 

 its very ramous habit and its densely hairy corolla. 



1287. BoiVCERosiA cAMPAivuLATA (R. W.), stcms 

 simple er^t, 4-sided, angles dilated somewhat wing- 

 like withjfand-like denticulae: corolla campanulate; 

 tube conical, glabrous on both sides ; not marked 

 with transverse bars: gynostegium short, not exserted 

 beyond the tube. 



Station unknown. 



both ends, bluntly acuminate, glabrous, shining 

 above, dull (when dry) rusty coloured beneath, 

 parallely veined: corymbs axillary, cymose: calyx 

 lobes broad, ovate, obtuse^ cihate: corolla deeply 

 5-cIeft: stamens inserted on a thickened ring near 

 the bottom of the tube, included : filaments incurved : 

 anthers ovate pointed: ovary obtuse: stigma oblong 

 acute: iruit . 



Ceylon. I gathered the specimens here represent- 

 ed in March, 1835, but without fruit. Since the 

 figure was printed I have received others from Mr. 

 Gardner, but still without fruit, hence it is still 

 doubtful whether this is a true Chilocarpus, or a 

 species of Willoughbia. 



1289. Carissa congesta (R. W.), fruticose, 

 erect, ramous: branches dichotomous, armed with 

 long tapering simple spines: leaves petioled, broad 

 ovate or suborbicular, obtuse, glabrous, very smooth, 

 membranous, the veins scarcely visible in the dried 

 specimen: peduncles short, terminal, about 3-flovver- 

 ed, several congested on the points of the branches 

 slightly pubescent: calyx lobes ovate, acute, ciliate, 

 much shorter than the corolla: corolla hairy within 

 the tube, throat glabrous: filaments hairy, anthers 

 apiculate : stigma capitate, hairy. 



Coorg. Jerdon, Aboo. Stocks, 



This seems a very distinct species, intermediate 

 between C. carandas and paucinervia^ but certainly 

 distinct from both. I am only acquainted with it 

 through Herbarium specimens, communicated by 

 Messrs. Jerdon and Stocks. 



3290, Carissa paucinervia (Alph. D. C), branch- 

 es subdichotomous, armed: leaves elliptic, oblong, 

 acute at both ends, mucronate, glabrous, short petio- 

 led, few veined oblique: peduncles terminal and 

 axillary, much shorter than the leaves, 3-5 flowered; 

 pedicels longer than the calyx puberulous: calyx 

 5-cleft, slightly pilose, laminae lanceolate, acuminate. 



Neilgherries, abundant near Kaitie falls, flowering 

 during the hot season, April and May, but I believe 

 generally to be met with in flower. A low some- 

 what diffiase very ramous thorny bush: leaves ellip- 

 tic oblong, mucronate, smooth and shining, light pea 

 green, from | to 1| inch long, and about half as 

 broad — flowers white with a slight dash of rose, ber- 

 ries about the size of a small bean, oval, dark purple. 



]291. OpBioxxLoy Cbylaisicum {R. W.), shrub- 



This seems still more nearly allied to B. umhellala by, erect, glabrous : leaves opposite or verticelled, 3-4 



than the preceding, but is, I think, quite distinct. 

 The simple stems with broad thin angles, and the 

 want of transverse brown bars, added to the tubular 

 form of the corolla, which is more distinct in the 

 specimen than in the figure, all combine to prove 

 it distinct. I received the specimens without the 

 station being marked. 



together, elliptico-lanceolate, acuminate, at both ends, 

 acute, dark green above, glaucous beneath, pinni- 

 veined: corymbs longish peduncled cymose, axillary, 

 solitary or two or three together from the upper 

 axils: flowers pedicelled: lobes of the calyx narrow 

 lanceolate or somewhat subulate: corolla hypocra- 

 teriform, lobes of the limb broad obovate obtuse, 

 about the lenerth of the tube: tube hairv in the 



1288. CmrocARPus Ceylanicus (R. W.), shrub- throat: ovary 



tube; luDe nairy m 

 -celled, 2-parted united at tne apex, 



by, cirriferous: leaves petioled, elliptic, tapering to two ovules in each cell: berries connate at the base, 



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