lobes of the calyx broad ovate, rounded, externally beyond the tube, aristae a little longer than the anthers, 



pubescent half the length of the glabrous tube of anthers hairy on the back. 



the corolla, the ovately rounded scales about half the Malacca, Captain Wight. 



length of the lobes: coronal appendages 10, ligulate, This species is allied in habit and general appear- 



labrous, unequal, the larger ones opposite the lobes ance to S. dichotomiis, but differs in the form of the 



crenate at the apex, about 4 times shorter than the calyx, the appendices, the proportionately shorter 



lobes, the alternating ones a little shorter and nar- arista of the anthers, and above all in the very long 



rower, 2-cleft: anthers hairy on the back. — Branches caudae of the petals. 

 terete retuse towards the extremity: leaves 3-4 

 inches long, 15-18 lines broad, smoothish above, pur- 

 purescent tomentose beneath, petiols 2-3 lines long: 

 lobes of the corolla velvety: follicles about half a 



1300. 



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rous, leaves coriacious, obovato-subcuneate, obtuse, 

 at the base, abruptly acuminate, acumen sometimes 

 footTong, Connate, cylind^ acute, oftener blunt: cymes terminal, dichotomous, 



pointed. calyx lobes ovato-lanceolate : corolla infundibuliform, 



Slopes of the Neilgherries 

 of this occur by the road side from about the middle 

 of the ascent to the elevation of between 4,000 and 

 5,000 feet. The upper surface of the leaves, which 

 in the figure is represented glabrous, is clothed with 

 very short pubescence, giving them a velvety feel. 



The original specimens of this species were col- 

 lected in the Tenasserim provinces, but the Neil- 

 gherry ones do not seem to differ, at least not spe- 

 cifically. 



1297. HoLAKRHENA CoDAGA (G. Dou, Dicy.), 

 leaves ovate elliptic, short petioled, obtuse at the 



flowers white. Plants caudae very long: appendices broad at base, crenate 



on the margin, not exserted, aristae about the length 

 of the anthers: anthers glabrous on the back. 



Malacca, Grifiith. 



This is allied to the former in the great length of 

 the caudae but is amply distinct in all other respects. 



1301. Strophanthus Wightiaivus (Wall.), shrub- 

 by twining glabrous; bark warty: leaves elliptic, 

 acute at both ends, shortly acuminate: lobes of the 

 calyx ovate about one-third the length of the tube of 

 the corolla: corolla glabrous within, appendices ex- 

 serted, deeply 2-cleft, lobes filiform: aristae of the 



base acute or acuminate at the apex, pubescent: stamens filiform longer than the anthers : style some- 

 cvmes many flowered: lobes of the corolla oblong what ligulate with a crisp marginal wing: follicles 



about the length of the tube: cells of the ovary 

 separate: follicles 8-12 inches long, glabrous, taper- 

 ing near the extremity. 



large obtuse, warty all over, seed with a long apiculus. 

 Travancore, frequent about Quilon in low bushy 

 jungle. I am not acquainted with follicles and seed 



Malabar, frequent, flowering in great profusion of any other species, so that I am unable to institute 



during March and April. 



any comparison, but, as here represented, the follicle 

 H. is not exaggerated, the seed is somewhat magnitied. 



puhescens'? I suspect not; it is a variable plant 

 especially in regard to the amount of pubescence, 

 being sometimes quite glabrous. At other, as in the 

 specimen figured, decidedly pubescent. Perhaps 

 under these circumstances I erred in adopting Don's 

 TicTv,Q wViiVh ;« mnrP! rftcent than Wallich's, but I felt 



The ovary is somewhat incorrectly represented in so 

 far as it seems to show but a single ovule in each 

 cell, which is far from being the case, an easily cor- 

 rected defect, but unfortunately overlooked when 

 sending the drawing to the printer. 



1302. Strophantiius brevicaudatus (R. W.), 



sure that this is Rheede's plant, and therefore gave 1302. Strophantiius brevicaudatus ^K. w.), 

 h;« r^.^f. thP. reference. stir^bby diffuse glabrous: leaves ovate elliptic, ab- 



his name the preference. 



1298. HoLARRHENA Maxaccensis (R. W.), glab- 

 rous, very ramous : leaves petioled, oblong ovate, 

 very obtuse or subcordate at the base, subacumi- 

 nate, acute at the apex: cymes loose on the ends of 

 short lateral ramuli, peduncles and pedicels glab- 

 rous : corolla pubescent, tube three or four times the 

 length of the calyx, longer than the ovate, obtuse, 

 obUque lobes, cells of the ovary cohering. 



Malacca. Captain Wight ' „_ ^ ^, 



This^^ecies is I fear too nearly allied to the 

 former.^ince the plate was printed, I have received 

 additional specimens of the Malabar plant, which 

 very closely resemble this, so that the principal dis- 

 tinction between them rests in the ovary : in that 

 the cells are free to the apex, in this they are united 

 throughout, the follicles of this I have not seen, but 

 if they too are united, this may be considered a good 

 species. 



1299. Strophanthus i-ongicaudatus (R. W.), 



glabrous : leaves elliptic-oblong, acute at both ends: 

 cymes terminal, dichotomous, few flowered: bracts 



ruptly acuminate crisped on the margin : cymes ter- 

 minal dichotomous: bracts and calyx lobes broad 

 ovate acute: corolla glabrous infundibuliformj throat 

 campanulate, cauda? very short: appendices short, 

 cleft to tlie base, lobes filiform included : aristae shorter 

 tiian the anthers: style villous. 



I am uncertain whence I obtained the specimen, 

 as the station by some oversight is not marked, but 

 I believe from Mergui. 



1303. Heligme rheedii (R. W.|, twining glab- 

 rous: leaves ovate acute, short petioled: corymbs 

 trichotomous many flowered: calyx lobes ovate ob- 

 tuse ciliate, with an ovate scale on each: corolla 

 rotate, ventricose at the base, hairy within: stamens 

 exserted, filaments spirally twisted round the style: 

 anthers sagittate, slightly adhering to the stigma: 

 ovary 2-ceUed, cells cohering, embraced by 5 ovate 

 hypognous scales: style filiform, stigma capitate, 

 bound with a membrane at the base, apiculate, fol- 

 licles 2-celled, seed comose at the apex. 



Malabar, in low jungles, vide Rheede Hort MaL 9 



tab- 10. 



caducom ca^v^^^ lobes broad-ovate below, ending in When nammg this plant I overlookea me seconc 

 a suS; noS caud^ very section of Parsonia, "Filamenta mter se spirahter 



a suDuiaie pome, corona i,^""«^\^'_^F ' ... , , -; .Tpvfrnr«iim rnnfnrta " a structure not mdicated m the 



long (4-5 inches), appendices deeply 2-Iobed, lobes 

 DoiHted. entire ~ *"- ' ...r..ivpv«^rted 



dextrorsum contorta," a structure not indicated in the 



generic character, otherwise I should probably have 



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