ovoid, about three lines long, nuts smooth. — Flowers 



white. 



Ceylon. I gathered the speciraenig here represent- 

 ed in March, 1836, I think at Neuera EUia. This 

 species seems very nearly allied to the following, but 

 appears quite distinct. 



1292. Ophioxylon Neilgherrense (R. W.), 

 shrubby, erect, glabrous, rather sparingly ramous; 

 the leaves confined to the terminal ramuli, older 



aware of any species of the genus having yet been 

 found in the Continent of India. *Dr. Wallich, how- 

 ever, found one at Amherst. 



1294. HuNTERiA RoxBURGHiANA (R. W.), shrub- 

 by, branches slender, glabrous : leaves long, petioled, 

 narrow eUiptico-lanceolate, slightly involuate on the 

 margin, finely veined, shining above, dull below, 

 (becoming rusty coloured in drying): corymbs axilla- 

 ry, much shorter than the leaves, many flowered, 



branches naked: leaves oblong, elliptic, broader to- bracts ovate acute: lobes of the calyx ovate acute: 



wards the apex, acute at both ends, shortly acumin- tube of the corolla about three tmies the length of 



ate, glaucous beneath: corymbs axillary, cymose, the calyx, hairy withm at the msertion of the sta- 



trichotomous, solitary or two or three together: corolla mens, lobes ovate obtuse: bernes ovoid, tapermg at 



hypocrateriform, tube about twice the length of the both ends, two-seeded. 



limb, hairy within; lobes of the limb oval, obtuse: 



Courtalium, flowering August and September. 



ovary 2-celled, cells cohering, 2-ovuled: berries con- The venation in the figure, though correct as to out- 



nate at the base, 1-seeded, ovoid, dark brownish purple line, is too conspicuous ; m the specimen it is much 



when ripe : seeds oblong, tapering at both ends, bony, less distinctly seen. I am uncertam whether this 



smooth to' r o ^^y ^^^ ^^ j^ lanceolana, Walhch, a Mergui plant, 



Neikherries. Frequent about Coonoor and Koter- but I think not, as I have another species from that 



gherry, and generally over the hills about that line of country which in some respects^ agrees better with 



elevation (6,000 feet), flowering in greatest perfec- the character though not so well m others. 



tion during the rainy season, (July to September,) but 

 may be met with at most seasons. Flowers pure 

 white, and usually accompanied by full grown fruit. 

 Fruit about the size of a small bean 2-3 lines long. 



My collection still contains two undescribed spe- 

 cies, the specimens however are scarcely sufficient- 

 ly complete for full description. One of these from 

 the Pulney mountains is not in flower, but is distin- 

 guished by its large fruit, the nuts of which are near- 

 ly half an inch long: the other from Belgaum is not 

 in fruit, but the flowers are very different from the 



preceding species, 

 nated and defined. 



1. 



These two may be thus desig- 



Ophioxxjlon macrocarpum (R. W.)> shrubby 

 glabrous, leaves broad obovate elliptic, abruptly 

 acuminate acute, corymbs axillary lax: calyx lobes 

 linear subulate: nuts obovate slightly compressed, 



tubercled: corolla -. 



This species is nearly allied to both the preceding 

 but differs in its large tuberculated nuts— 4-5 lines 

 long and 2 broad— which are fully twice the size of 



those of either of the above. 



2. O. Belgaumense (R. W.), shrubby, erect, 

 glabrous: leaves elliptic, oblong, obtuse or acum- 

 inate: corymbs long, peduncled, compact, many 

 flowered: flowers longish pedicelled: calyx 5- cleft, 

 lobes dilated imbricating: tube of the corolla long, 



of the limb before expansion in- 

 volutely imbricated, forming a round capitulum: 

 stamens inserted about the middle of the tube. 



slender, lobes 



Ellertoisia. (R. W.) 



Calyx 5-cleft, lobes ovate acute without glands. 

 Corolla hypocrateriform, 5-lobed, siuistrorsely convo- 

 lute, tube ventricose near the middle. Stamens five 

 included, filaments short, anthers lanceolate, cohering 

 round the stigma, cordate at the base, longer than 

 the filaments. Nectary 0. Ovaries 2 distinct, united 

 at the apex by the style, oblong, furrowed, 2-cleft 

 at the apex. Style filiform. Stigma conical prong- 

 ed into a 2-cleft apiculus. Follicles terete divari- 

 cated : with two rows of seed. Seed compressed, 

 peltate, winged at each end. Radicle superior. 

 Scandent shrubs with opposite or 34 verticelled 

 leaves: leaves elliptic, acuminate, coriaceous, glab- 

 rous, corymbs axillary or several from the ends of 

 the branches, longish peduncled, cymose, many flow- 

 ered: bracts minute, ovate acute: flowers short pe- 

 dicelled. 



The essential distinctive character of this genus is 

 the winged seed, in other respects it is closely allied 



to Jilslonia and Blaberopus, 



I have dedicated the genus to J. Ellerton Stocks, 



Esq., of the Bombay Medical Establishment, a very 

 promising young Botanist, to whom this work is in- 

 debted for some very interesting communications. 

 I have adopted the sub-cognomen, Ellerton, lest 

 Stocksia might be confounded with the existing genus 

 Stokesia. 



1295 



Mv stSadmen of this, wUicn is a very mainereiu 

 ^ ^ .,,... It is allied to Hort. Mai. 9 tab. 14. 



W 



Rheede 



one, was communicated by Mr. Law. 

 the alpine group, but quite distinct from the three 

 preceding ones, as shown by its compact inflorescence, 

 very numerous capitate alabastra and broad imbri- 

 cating, somewhat truncated, lobes of the calyx. The 

 fruit I have not seen. 



\ 



1293. Altxia Cetlanica (R. W.), shrubby, 

 glabrous, dichotoraously branched : leaves opposite, 

 obovato-elliptic, acuminate acute, tapering into a short 

 petiol : flowers axillary, solitary, longish, pediceUed : 

 drupes two, compressed, each from two to four-seed- 

 ed.^The dissected seed is inverted in the figure. 



Ceylon. Colonel Walker. This I beheve is the 

 onlv snecies hitherto found in Ceylon, and am not 



Malabar. The specimens from which the draw- 

 ing was made were collected at Quilon. 



Rheede's figure has been variously quoted as Ec- 

 hites — Aganosma— Alstonia, but for want of speci- 

 mens to re-examine and properly describe its struc- 

 ture, the plant has hitherto been virtually unknown, 

 the figure being our only guide to a knowledge of its 

 existence, and, so far as the corolla is concerned, the 

 delineator does not seem to have been very atten- 



1296 



all 



WRiGHTrA Walmchii (Alph. D. C), 



leaves elliptic-obovate, acute at the base, obtusely 



acuminate, pubescenti-tomentose: cymes tomentose: 



2 ) 



